Ecoat wastewater treatment systems are often very manual operations utilitzing commodity chemistries, resulting in high labor and chemical costs. Wastewater treatment does not need to be viewed as a 'necessary evil' consuming your profits. Customized treatment programs can be operated very effectively, minimizing labor requirements and costs. While setting up a customized program may require equipment, chemical, and automation changes, it can significantly reduce costs (case histories indicate up to 50%) while improving discharge compliance. Program examples and benefits achieved will be discussed. Conference GOLD sponsors: Axalta Coatings Systems, BASF Corporation, George Koch Sons, LLC, PPG, Therma-Tron-X Inc.