Southeastern Michigan Wastewater Management Survey Scope Study. Public Participation Appendix.

摘要

In line with the directives concerning public participation in Corps water resource projects and especially in regard to those applying to wastewater management studies, the purpose of the Detroit District has been twofold: to inform the public of the objectives, the process and the progress of the Southeastern Michigan Wastewater Management study, and to seek public response in terms of the concerns of citizens, their reactions and suggestions. At the outset, the District Staff was at least partially alert to the fact that public awareness of the problems of wastewater management was imperative to public participation in the process of resolving these problems. There was also a feeling that public awareness and attitudes influence-or make an impact-on decision-makers, that is, those elected officials and administrators that are involved in wastewater management. And finally, there was some recognition within the District Staff that public involvement in the planning process stimulates and furthers a concern for implementation by authorities of the plans that result. Though the emphasis varied during the three series of public meetings during 1972, and the final series of meetings in December 1973, the general purpose as expressed above dominated these meetings. At times, the information content of the meetings ranked high, at other times public reaction and comment was the major characteristic.