U.S. Army soldiers on KP duty in the staging area for a field mess at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin in April 2002. A U.S. Navy sailor working in galley duty aboard the USS Saratoga in March 1986. KP duty is kitchen police or kitchen patrol work under the kitchen staff assigned to junior U.S. enlisted military personnel. KP can be either the work or the personnel assigned to perform such work. In the latter sense it can be used for either military or civilian personnel assigned or hired for duties in the military dining facility excluding cooking. Duties include washing dishes, food prep, and busboy. The image of enlisted soldiers peeling potatoes in an installation's kitchen was on
Industrial wastewater that discharges to domestic wastewater treatment facilities, however, is regulated under the Industrial Pretreatment component of the Department s Domestic Wastewater Program.
1. Introduction Until the mid 18 th century, water pollution was essentially limited to small, localized areas. Then came the Industrial Revolution, the development of the internal combustion engine, and the petroleum-fuelled explosion of the chemical industry.