Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 06/10/2000

Draft EPA Guidelines for Management of Onsite/Decentralized Wastewater Systems and Guidance Manual Outline

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making available for review and comment a draft of its Guidelines for Management of Onsite/Decentralized Wastewater Systems and an outline for a guidance manual that will be developed to supplement the guidelines. The purpose of the guidelines is to raise the level of performance of onsite/decentralized wastewater systems through improved management programs. Onsite/decentralized wastewater treatment systems include individual onsite or cluster wastewater systems (commonly referred to as septic systems, private sewage systems, individual sewage systems, etc.) used to treat and dispose of relatively small volumes of wastewater, generally from individual dwellings, or groups of dwellings and businesses which are located relatively close together. EPA is proposing the voluntary national guidelines in order to raise the quality of management programs, establish minimum levels of activity, and institutionalize the concept of management. Implementation of the guidelines will provide a greater range of options for cost-effectively meeting wastewater needs and meeting water quality and public health goals. The guidelines contain a set of mo