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Oil Pollution of Water Supplies: Task Group Report
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1966.tb01641.x
Subject(s) - water supply , task (project management) , variety (cybernetics) , threatened species , environmental planning , oil spill , water resource management , petroleum industry , environmental science , business , water pollution , environmental engineering , engineering , computer science , ecology , chemistry , environmental chemistry , biology , systems engineering , artificial intelligence , habitat
This report discusses the frequency and severity of accidental oil spills that pollute public water supplies, their impact on the water supply industry, and preventative and emergency measures to deal with them. AWWA Task Group 2500R was established in the fall of 1964 in response to the growing magnitude of the problem. It has focused on the protection of water sources from oil spills through best use of such water utility management tools as planning, communication, and interindustry relations. Several examples of spills are reported in detail that polluted or threatened to pollute sources of public water supply. They cover a variety of situations and help give perspective on the nature of the problem.