December 3, 2025
For today’s industrial and commercial operations, managing wastewater isn’t easy to ignore, it’s an essential part of staying compliant and protecting the environment. When wastewater isn’t handled properly, it can pose serious risks to waterways, communities, and your operation’s regulatory standing. That’s why more businesses are turning to Crystal Clean for dependable, sustainable industrial wastewater management solutions.
With over 100 million gallons of wastewater pre-treated annually, prior to discharge to local Publicly Owned Treatment Works, Crystal Clean helps customers across North America handle their non-hazardous wastewater with confidence. Our full-service approach is built on over 25 years of regulatory expertise, operational efficiency, and environmental responsibility.
Crystal Clean’s Nationwide Wastewater Treatment Solidification Network
Crystal Clean operates a network of advanced wastewater pre-treatment facilities, and solidification facilities for non-treatable solids and sludges, throughout North America. Each wastewater treatment plant is designed to manage a wide variety of non-hazardous liquid and solid waste streams from industrial and commercial operations.
Crystal Clean’s range of customers come from factories and repair shops to chemical plants and commercial buildings. Our facilities use specialized wastewater systems and solidification facilities to treat the waste these operations generate. Each pre-treatment system follows a proven treatment process that removes oils, solids, and other contaminants, ensuring that only clean water is released. If the facilitiy is unable to treat the waste through pre-treatment, we can also alternatively manage the wastes through solidification.
How Our Wastewater Systems Work
Our treatment process follows a structured, five-step method that ensures every gallon is handled with care and precision.
What Happens to the Waste?
Crystal Clean’s industrial wastewater management program includes full accountability for all byproducts:
- Recovered oils are routed to our in-house used oil re-refinery, where they are transformed into high-quality base oils.
- Solid materials are stabilized and sent to secure, permitted landfills.
- Cleaned water is discharged in compliance with EPA, state, and POTW standards.
This integrated model supports sustainability and contributes to a circular economy by recycling valuable materials and reducing waste volume.
Certified Treatment Capabilities
Our wastewater pre-treatment plants are permitted to process a broad range of non-hazardous wastes, including:
- EPA Subcategory A – Metals
- EPA Subcategory B – Used Oils
- EPA Subcategory C – Organics
- EPA Subcategory D – Mixed Waste
- Oily Water Treatment
- Petroleum Phase Separation and Recycling
- Non-RCRA Liquids & Semi-Solids
- Non-Hazardous Solidification
Whether you need to treat oily wastewater, organic contaminants, metals, or suspended solids, Crystal Clean has the capacity and certifications to do it right.
Tailored Programs for Compliance and Efficiency
Our team works directly with each customer to design a tailored wastewater management plan that includes:
- On-site waste stream analysis
- Scheduled pickups and transportation
- Full regulatory documentation
- Ongoing service support and reporting
At Crystal Clean, it is our mission to help you stay compliant, reduce costs, and meet your sustainability goals.
Let’s Work Together to Make the Business World Run Cleaner
Crystal Clean is proud to be a trusted partner in industrial wastewater management, supporting businesses that take their environmental responsibilities seriously. With a reliable network of wastewater treatment plants, expert technicians, and customer-first service, we make it easy to do the right thing for your business and the Earth’s resources.