25 YEARS OF WASTE-WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS - AN INDUSTRIALVIEW

Authors
SCHUT J
Citation
J. Schut, 25 YEARS OF WASTE-WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS - AN INDUSTRIALVIEW, Water science and technology, 32(11), 1995, pp. 33-38
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Water Resources","Environmental Sciences","Engineering, Civil
Journal title
Water science and technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02731223
Volume
32
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
33 - 38
Database
ISI
SICI code
0273-1223(1995)32:11<33:2YOWMI>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
This paper reflects, from an industrialist's perspective, on 25 years' operation of the Water Pollution Act in The Netherlands. The Act empo wers Water Boards to implement national policy on water quality. These Boards may be regarded as a model for cooperation between the general public and industry, two partners that are both polluters and suffere rs from pollution. Oxygen-consuming and heavy metal pollutants are con sidered as examples of the significant improvements achieved over the past quarter century. (C) 1996 IAWQ. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd .