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Clean Water: EPA allows credits to offset pollution.

Authors :
Winston, Sherie
Ichniowski, Tom
Source :
ENR: Engineering News-Record. 1/20/2003, Vol. 250 Issue 2, p11. 1/7p.
Publication Year :
2003

Abstract

Reports on the plan of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to make it easier for wastewater treatment plants to comply with federal clean water act provisions. Announcement of a 'Water Quality Trading Policy'; Allowance to firms disposing large contaminants into watersheds to buy off-setting credits from other facilities that have lower pollution control cost.

Subjects

Subjects :
*SEWAGE purification

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
08919526
Volume :
250
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
ENR: Engineering News-Record
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
8987185