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Field management of hazardous spills
Author(s) -
Westgarth Warren C.
Publication year - 1981
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.1551-8833.1981.tb04731.x
Subject(s) - hazardous waste , confusion , contingency plan , environmental planning , contingency , field (mathematics) , environmental resource management , environmental science , engineering , business , waste management , computer science , computer security , psychology , linguistics , philosophy , psychoanalysis , mathematics , pure mathematics
Field management of hazardous material spills is becoming up to date as modern management procedures and technology are brought to bear on the problem. Federal, state, and local regulations are addressing the problem, and that is creating both aid and confusion in identifying spilled materials that are hazardous and in indicating what can be done with them. Water supplies are particularly vulnerable to spills of hazardous material and need to be protected. Contingency planning on the part of water purveyors is a necessity.