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Have
you ever wondered what happens to stuff after it goes down the drain or is
flushed down the toilet? As
much as we would like to think that it magically disappears and is never
seen by anyone again, that is not the case. Disposal of wastewater is an important issue in our modern
culture. Business and
industry spend billions of dollars each year treating wastewater so that
it is safe to be disposed of in the environment.
Likewise municipalities also spend billions of dollars on
wastewater treatment. For
this treatment to be effective it is important to know the content of the
wastewater being treated to enable proper treatment to be applied.
It is important that each of us takes some responsibility for what
we put down the drain and storm sewers to not create hazards and injure
the treatment system.
Through
the resources we have listed here you can learn about many of the issues
in wastewater. You can
read regulations, see how a wastewater plant works, learn how to deal with
household hazardous waste, and much more.
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RESOURCES:
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ANALYTICAL METHODS
Standard Methods for The Examination of Water and Wastewater : Information from the AWWA on Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater.
http://www.awwa.org/bookstore/product.cfm?id=10081 [207]
Massachusetts VPH Method : You can view or download the Massachusetts VPH method at this site.
http://www.mass.gov/dep/cleanup/laws/vph0504.pdf [209]
Massachusetts EPH Method : You can view or download the Massachusetts EPH method at this site.
http://www.mass.gov/dep/cleanup/eph0504.pdf [208]
EPA SW-846 Methods : The USEPA Office of Solid Waste Manual SW-846 is available online.
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/test/main.htm [98]
ASTM : From the ASTM website any of their methods and standards can be downloaded. http://www.astm.org [206]
GOVERNMENT HOMEPAGES
Septic Data : This site by Montana Natural Resource Information System allows you to look up data on a wide variety of natural resources including septic tank data.
http://nris.state.mt.us/mapper [96]
MT Water Quality Standards - WQB-7 : View online or download the Montana Department of Environmental Quality's Circular WQB-7 Water Quality Standards. http://www.deq.state.mt.us/wqinfo/Circulars/WQB-7.PDF [93]
MT Department of Environmental Quality : Information on Montana issues and regulations can be accessed through the website of Montana Department of Environmental Quality.
http://www.deq.state.mt.us/ [90]
MT Current Streamflow Conditions : Get the current streamflow data for Montana rivers and streams from USGS.
http://mt.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/current?type=flow [210]
EPA TMDL Program for Montana : EPA site with data on Montana waters.
http://oaspub.epa.gov/waters/state_rept.control?p_state=MT [91]
INDUSTRY & ASSOCIATIONS
Water For People : Water For People helps inpoverished people worldwide improve their quality of life by supporting locally sustainable drinking water, sanitation and hygene education projects.
http://www.waterforpeople.org/ [89]
Water Environment Federation : The Water Environment Foundation (WEF) provides a range of materials describing today's water quality issues, including household hazardous waste, biosolids recycling and watershed management.
http://www.wef.org/ [88]
National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association : Get information on onsite wastewater processing from the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association
http://www.nowra.org [212]
American WaterWorks Association : The American Water Works Association is the authoritative resource for safe drinking water.
http://www.awwa.org/ [211]
NEWS
Environmental Protection Agency : Get the latest water news from the US Environmental Protection Agency.
http://www.epa.gov/water/waternews/waternews.html [215]
Center for Disease Control : The latest information from the Center for Disease Control.
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media [213]
American WaterWorks Association : Get the latest news from the American WaterWorks Association.
http://www.awwa.org/Advocacy/pressroom/pr/ [216]
TOPICS
Periodic Table : This is the best website that I've found for information on the elements.
http://www.webelements.com [95]
Household Hazardous Waste : At this site sponsored by the Water Environment Foundation you can learn to identify household hazardous wastes and how to dispose of them properly.
http://www.wef.org/publicinfo/FactSheets/householdwastes.jhtml [218]
Go With The Flow : At this site by the Water Environment Federation you can track wastewater from home through a wastewater treatment plant.
http://wef.org/wefstudents/GoWithFlow/theflow.htm [217]
EPA Lead Programs : This EPA site is a good source of information about lead, lead hazards, and provides some steps to protect your family from lead.
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/lead/ [92]
Chemical Safety Info : This University of Vermont site is one of, if not, the most complete source for Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) on the web.
http://hazard.com/msds/ [97]
Acronyms : This site has a database of 267,000+ of scientific acronyms that is fairly user friendly.
http://scimed.acronymfinder.com [94]
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