Solutions are offered for some of the common problems operators and managers of small water utilities are having with regard to the Safe Drinking Water Act. (BB)

Highlights some of the problems involved when public citizens become involved in the development of policy for projects affecting the environment, using as an example a situation in upstate New York where citizens opposed the construction of a nuclear power plant on the shore of Cayuga Lake. (PEB)

This is a citizen's guide to the section 208 water quality management program. Section 208 refers to that section of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (the Clean Water Act) which calls for public participation in water quality management planning. Included in this guide are chapters on controlling pollution through the Clean Water…

Recent studies have focused attention on the fact that residents of inner-city neighborhoods are subject to greater amounts of pollutants than are other neighborhoods of large cities. In this study, the premise is set forth and investigated at the metropolitan scale, seeking to discover differences of impact between the center city and its…

This manual provides guidance for putting into initial operation a new municipal wastewater treatment plant, a new addition to an existing treatment plant, or a change in the mode of a treatment plant's operation. Information is provided on preparing for actual treatment plant start-up. Preparation for start-up includes: staffing the plant,…