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 Protecting
Your Community's Assets: A Guide for Small Wastewater Systems
This guide helps utility managers, operators, and local
officials improve security and plan for emergency situations
affecting wastewater treatment systems. The guide is designed
for those who work with systems serving less than 10,000 people,
although it may also be of use to those who work in larger systems.
A
PDF version of the guide may be downloaded using the
links below.
You
may also request a printed and bound hard copy of this guide
by calling 1-800-624-8301, and asking for product TRBKMG03.
(shipping and handling charges may apply.)
Click
on Parts 1 & 2 - Click
on Part 3 -Click
on Part 4
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Resources Dealing with Illegal Dumping and Litter Control
Small
communities have made major strides in solid waste management
since the era of open dumps. One solid waste problem that has
remained constant, however, is illegal dumping. NETCSC has compiled
a number of websites that provide information and downloadable
documents that may prove useful to communities in their campaigns
to eliminate illegal dumps and litter.
www.epa.gov/reg5rcra/wptdiv/illegal_dumping/index.html
The
Region 5 office of the U.S. EPA has established an Illegal
Dumping Prevention Project. They have two downloadable documents
that may be useful including an "Illegal Dumping Prevention
Guidebook" and the "Illegal Dumping Economic Assessment
(IDEA) Model."
www.ncedr.org/guides/litter/default.html
This
site contains a downloadable 75-page guide titled "Controlling
Litter and Illegal Dumping." The guide contains information
on characterizing the problem; determining objectives; identifying
constraints; reviewing existing laws; examining enforcement;
and considering control options.
www.rsyllc.com
Reed,
Stowe, and Yanke, LLC, a private consulting firm, has developed
a number of publications dealing with solid waste issues,
including "How to Establish and Operate An Environmental
Enforcement Program," which covers creating, enforcing,
and managing an anti-illegal dumping program. The site also
includes the report, "Targeted Illegal Dumper Study,"
which includes an analysis of illegal dumping trends in a
16-county area in Texas, with profiles of types of dumpers
and implementation strategies to prevent dumping. Go to the
PUBLICATIONS button on the main menu to find both.
www.pacleanways.org
PA
CleanWays is a statewide non-profit organization tackling
illegal dumping issues with chapters in 20 Pennsylvania Counties.
Information includes cleanup and prevention strategies, education,
and other topics.
www.kab.org
Deep
American Beautiful, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose
network of local, statewide, and international affiliate programs
educates individuals about litter prevention and ways to properly
manage waste, including establishing environmental courts.
www.smalltrash.com
This
site counters misconceptions and provides solutions to the
problems caused by the most commonly littered item in the
world—cigarette butts.
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More Security Information
The
National Drinking Water Clearinghouse (NDWC) has compiled information
about safety precautions for drinking water systems. For more
information on drinking water protection visit the NDWC Web
site at www.nesc.wvu.edu/ndwc/ndwc_protect.htm.
The
National Small Flows Clearinghouse (NSFC) has information
on securing wastewater systems. Visit the NSFC web site at
www.nesc.wvu.edu/nsfc/SecuringWastewaterSystems.html
to find out what wastewater utilities can do to guard against
terrorist and security threats.
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