The effects of management practices on wastewater permit violations

Conference · Fri Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:500774

Allison, R C; Durand, R; Gossett, L; Wilder, S ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX (United States)

The objective of the research reported in this paper is to extend understanding of the contributions of management practices to the prevention of water pollution. The results of testing hypotheses about the effects of variables concerning the management of wastewater treatment systems will be reported. The management variables studied are staffing, employee training, budgetary processes and allocations, maintenance operations, strategic planning, management information systems, and community relations programming. The relationship of these management variables and violations of wastewater permits will be analyzed and described. Data were derived from the permit violations management information system of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. These violations data were gathered for all wastewater permit holders (N+100) on the Clear Lake watershed over the period from 1990 to 1996. Data were collected on a relatively large number of water pollution parameters. Additional data in the form of systematic surveys of managers and operators of these permitted wastewater facilities are now being gathered. Once completed these survey results will be merged with the violations evidence to form a combined survey-aggregate analysis file.

• OSTI ID: 500774
• Report Number(s): CONF-9705100--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
LICENSES
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WASTE WATER
WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT
WATER QUALITY