Reducing Air Emissions Associated With Goods Movement: Working Towards Environmental Justice

Engineering & Transportation

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

National Environmental Justice Advisory Council

Engineering

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Plumbing cross-connections, which are defined as actual or potential connections between a potable and nonpotable water supply, constitute a serious public health hazard. There are numerous, welldocumented cases where crossconnections have been responsible for contamination of drinking water, and have resulted in the spread of disease. The problem is a dynamic one, because piping systems are continually being installed, altered, or extended.

Cross-Connection Control Manual

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Explains where it comes from and how it's treated, what contaminants are, and what to do in case of a problem with either your public or private water supply.

Water on Tap: What You Need to Know

Next Generation Compliance is an EPA initiative to increase compliance with environmental regulations by using advances in pollutant monitoring and information technology combined with a focus on designing more effective regulations and permits to reduce pollution. Protecting clean air and water, and ensuring our communities are safe from pollution, is more complex today than ever. Whether it’s pollution that’s not apparent to the naked eye or large numbers of small sources that collectively have a big impact on the environment, new challenges require us to innovate and improve. Today’s challenges require a modern approach to compliance with new tools and approaches while strengthening vigorous enforcement as the backbone of environmental protection. Next Generation Compliance principles have been used to build compliance drivers into rules, permits, and enforcement settlements, resulting in better environmental performance, while also enabling regulators to more easily monitor and ensure compliance. These principles are demonstrated by tools such as: •public accountability through increased transparency of compliance data, •electronic reporting, •advanced pollutant monitoring for point source discharges, •ambient monitoring in water bodies, both upstream and downstream from dischargers, and •third-party verification of compliance with environmental requirements. As authorized by the Clean Water Act (CWA), the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program controls water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge pollutants into waters of the United States. While Next Generation Compliance can and has been used across all environmental programs, this Compendium focuses primarily on use of Next Generation Compliance tools in the NPDES program to advance the goals of the CWA for point source discharges. These creative and innovative approaches illustrate how technological and behavioral advancements and efficiencies could improve compliance rates, increase transparency, and improve environmental performance.

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Compendium of Next Generation Compliance Examples

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

This is a Home study program to develop qualified treatment plant operators.

Industrial Waste Treatment: (A Field Study Training Program., Complete in 2 Volumes)

Office of Water Programs

Objectives: Proper installation, inspection, operation, maintenance, repair and management to reduce or eliminate 1) Health Hazards, 2) System Failures, 3) Tastes and Odors, 4) Corrosion, 5) Unreliability or Failure to perform, 6) Fire damage. Scope: 1) Procedures, 2) Characteristics, 3) Operation and Maintenance, 4) Quality, 5) Disinfection, 6) Hazards and Safety, 7) Management. This text is designed to be used in either Classroom or as Self-study and includes objective tests at the end of each Chapter. Cities, Utilities and Operators can use this text in on the job training.

Water Distribution System Operation and Maintenance: A Field Study Training Program: Fourth Edition

Kenneth D. Kerri

California Department of Health Services

Sanitary Engineering Branch

Office of Drinking Water

CSU Sacramento

Softcover, 5th Edition, Volume 1, Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants: A Field Study Training Program

Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants: A Field Study Training Program, Volume 1: 5th Edition

Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants

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