Concept Definition for the Problems Data Base Component of the Water Pollution Abatement Subsystem of the Pollution Abatement Management System (PAMS).

摘要

Recent Federal legislation on water pollution, such as the Clean Water Ac t of 1977, requires Army installations to control the quality of their point-source wastewater effluents. In fact, some of the legislation stipulates mandatory penalties for noncompliance, and the EPA is enforcing such penalties. These facts, coupled with the high priority that the Department of the Army (DA) has placed on improved environmental management techniques, clearly demonstrate the need for a system to manage wastewater pollution-abatement efforts. To address these needs, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) researchers are developing a Problems Data Base component of the Water Pollution Abatement Subsystem (WPAS) of the Pollution Abatement Management System (PAMS). This Problems Data Base will help the Army Facility Engineers, Major Commands, and Headquarter's Environmental Offices meet environmental requirements by supplying manual, interactive-mode, computer-assisted procedures that provide a permanent inventory of (1) all DA wastewater treatment-plant (or other point-source) self-monitoring data and (2) associated NPDES permit information. Once readily available, this information will allow systems users to compare the self-monitoring data to appropriate NPDES permits to see whether an installation complies with legislative requirements.