What this service is:

Bloomberg BNA's Water Pollution Control Guide provides plain-English explanations of federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements related to discharge permits, public drinking water, and water quality. Through its easy to understand presentation and links to full text of laws, regulations, guidance documents, and Web sites, the Guide can help drinking water, wastewater, and water quality professionals, such as consultants, plant managers, plant operators, and regulatory authorities comply with myriad complex requirements, including monitoring and reporting.

What it helps you do:

• Have immediate access to laws and regulations, practical guidance, and expert analysis, fully linked and presented in plain English.
• Direct personnel at all levels of expertise with easy-to-use, step-by-step explanations of federal and state requirements addressing topics ranging from infrastructure and operator certification to discharge permits water quality standards. 
• Keep current on developments by accessing recent news articles on those topics getting the most attention from the courts, congress, and federal agencies.
• Link directly to the full text of cited federal and state laws and regulations.
• Set up and maintain effective compliance programs, including employee training and preparation for inspections.
• Get quick, accurate search results with custom templates that let you search by word, citation, topic, and other options.
• Save time and effort with interactive forms that you can fill out on screen, speeding up paperwork while ensuring it's done properly to comply with reporting requirements.
• Use the same information that government regulators rely on for timeliness, accuracy, and clarity.
• Never be caught off guard on changes to rules and policies relating to water pollution. Always have the latest information to anticipate and meet your obligations.
• Read in-depth and cutting-edge articles on important water issues written by outside authors.
• Access quarterly reports that track the development of new and revised regulatory programs and policies.
• Understand the distinctions between federal and state requirements for drinking water and wastewater and where state provisions are more stringent.
• Learn about voluntary international standards that can enhance the way you do business and conduct your operations.
• Find exactly what you need with efficient research aids, including chemical lists, glossaries, and directories of relevant federal and state offices and agencies, associations, and organizations; locate useful Websites specifically related to topics of interest.

Product Structure

Reference: analysis, guidance and primary source material

Formats and Frequency

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NOTE: Water Pollution Control Guide is a component of Bloomberg BNA's Environment & Safety Library. Your free trial to the Guide includes access to the full Library, allowing you to explore all areas of environment and safety regulation, case law, guidance, and more. More information on the Library.

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