Sacramento Regional Wastewater Management Program: Policy Issues and Recommendations

摘要

This report is an evaluation of the EPA's Wastewater Treatment Facilities Grants Planning Process as funded under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 (PL 92-500). The Policy Issues and Recommendations discussed here are based on the information developed by the 5 reports to NSF/OMP by contractors/agencies. They include: (1) Public Policy relative to the requirement of cost effectiveness in pollution control should be clarified; (2) Administrative policy should enforce detailed planning according to specific guidelines; (3) Time constraints of PL 92-500 should be relaxed; (4) PL 92-500 should authorize the administrator to define the limits on control objectives and stipulate the relationship of these grants availability; (5) More specific requirements for implementation of reuse, recycling and land treatment should be developed.