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Usepa Adopts Streamlined Filter Backwash Recycling Rule
Author(s) -
Scharfenaker Mark A.
Publication year - 2001
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.1551-8833.2001.tb09258.x
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , filter (signal processing) , filtration (mathematics) , business , waste management , the internet , engineering , environmental economics , computer science , world wide web , mathematics , economics , philosophy , statistics , epistemology , electrical engineering
This article discusses the streamlined filter backwash recycling rule (FBRR), adopted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), which requires all systems using conventional or direct filtration and practice recycling to submit certain information to states by December 8, 2003, and to comply with a treatment technique by June 8, 2006. The essentials of the rule are discussed, along with the simplified reporting/recordkeeping requirements, amending the public notification rule, costs and benefits, and implementation assistance. A list of internet resources is given.