Municipal water pollution prevention program
EPA believes that the most effective and equitable means of assuring viability of this infrastructure is through environmentally preferred pollution prevention approaches especially through application of Municipal Water Pollution Prevention (MWPP). These approaches may enhance worker safety, improve the usability of sludge, increase the ability for local community expansion, and reduce operation and compliance costs. State-based municipal pollution prevention programs focus attention on a series of actions to prevent pollution in advance rather than taking more expensive corrective actions. MWPP encourages resource conservation to reduce water and energy use, appropriate pricing, toxicity reductions at the source, BOD reductions, recycling, proper treatment of wastes, and beneficial uses of sludge.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of the Assistant Administrator for Water
- OSTI ID:
- 6281496
- Report Number(s):
- PB-93-202588/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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GOVERNMENT POLICIES
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