Incorporating Sustainability into Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations

Author: Newton, James J.

Source: Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC 2011: Session 41 through Session 50 , pp. 2763-2774(12)

Publisher: Water Environment Federation

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Abstract:

One of the goals of operating a sustainable facility is to reduce the facility's environmental impacts often translates to energy usage, since energy production has significant environmental impacts. There is a definite synergy between sustainability and an EMS.

The Kent County Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility (KCRWTF) is the first wastewater facility in the country to be certified to ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, and the National Biosolid Partnership's EMS standard. The KCRWTF modified its EHS-MS to include sustainability commitments and now refers to it as a Sustainability Management System (SMS).

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2175/193864711802720984

Publication date: 2011-01-01

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