AWWA-20740 Overview of Environmental Laws and Regulations: Navigating the Green Maze
An
easy-to-understand introduction to the complex maze of environmental laws
that directly or indirectly affect water and wastewater utilities.
Water and wastewater professionals spend their careers inside
the “green maze” of environmental law. If you have ever felt a bit lost, you
are not alone. Now, there is a new guide to help you find your way around the
green maze. Overview of Environmental Laws and Regulations: Navigating the Green Maze is an easy-to-understand introduction to the complex
maze of environmental laws that directly or indirectly affect water and
wastewater utilities. Laws and regulations that affect water and
wastewater utilities include the Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Water
Act, Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Superfund,
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, Endangered
Species Act, and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act.
Each of these major pieces of legislation is explained in clear,
nonlegal language and is placed in the context of water and wastewater
utility regulation. Selected state environmental
regulations, riparian water rights, prior appropriation rights, and
ordinances are also discussed.
Author Joseph Bernosky includes a brief history of environmental
regulations, the scope and nature of regulations that affect water and
wastewater utilities, overlaps and gaps in the laws, environmental
advocacy, public participation, stakeholders’ roles and relationships to
each other, and future regulatory trends. He does not delve into the specific
requirements of individual regulations, e.g., MCLs.
This readable guide is ideal for all water and wastewater
professionals, legislators and regulators, and anyone who needs to
have knowledge of the federal laws affecting the day-to-day workings of
water and wastewater treatment utilities.
ISBN: 9781583218150
Author: Joseph J. Bernosky, PE
Publisher: American Water Works Association
Publication date: 2011
AWWA catalog no: 20740
Media Type: SOFTBOUND
Number of pages: 150