Report on your findings from Portland Aluminium
SACs, Unit 4: Pollutants Tagged aluminium, emissions, fluoride, pollution August 11th, 2009
Water discharge from Portland Aluminium
By now you should have all your information, including relevant data, about fluoride as a pollutant at Portland Aluminium. Your report should include the characteristics of fluoride, including strategies that reduce the risk of pollutants affecting human health and the environment as well as the direct and indirect effects on the health of humans and the environment.
“On completion of this unit the student should be able to describe the characteristics of pollutants and evaluate the management options for reducing the risk of a pollutant affecting the health of the environment and humans.”
It is important that you make an attempt to evaluate the management options that Portland Aluminium have implemented to reduce fluoride emissions at the smelter. Have they been successful? Could they be improved? Compare emissions from Portland to other aluminium smelters – how do they measure up?
