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NAME: ______________________________

Industrial Wastewater Management (ESHS-614)

Homework Assignment #4

20 Points

This homework assignment involves the review and evaluation of a pollution prevention case study. Select one of the pollution prevention case studies from those posted on myCourses in the Reference Materials, PP Case Studies module. Prepare a well written, 2-3 page (single spaced) evaluation of the case study, addressing most if the questions/issues given below. All of the points listed may not be applicable to the case study of your choice, and, therefore, it might not be possible to answer all of the questions for each base study. Assume that your audience has not read the case study.

· Describe the facility which is the bases of your case study and its operations.

· Describe the types of waste generated at the facility and the source of each waste.

· What were the goals of the pollution prevention investigation?

· What was the primary reason for implementing the pollution prevention study?

· What tools or processes were used to identify the sources of waste?

· Were reduction targets set before or after the waste was characterized/measured and what were they?

· Were the reduction targets met? Why or why not?

· What types of changes were made to reduce the volume of wastewater discharged and/or the contaminants discharged?

· What process or methodology was used to determine which changes to make to achieve pollution prevention results?

· Who initiated the WM/PP program or project (top management, line management, EHS manager, outside interest)? How much support was there for the project and for the changes that were proposed or made?

· What were the overall benefits of the pollution prevention program?

· Indicate at least one overall lesson that you learned from this case study?

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