The Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) Executive Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has numerous standing committees, one of which is the Sustainability Task Committee. This Committee was formerly known as the EWRI Sustainable (Design) Water Pollution Engineering Committee.
ASCE has fully committed to the principles of sustainable development (Policy Statement 418), urging civil engineers to serve as agents of change “through the information we provide, the decisions we make and those we influence.”
The mission of this subcommittee is to focus the attention of those involved in water pollution engineering on the ways in which sustainable development principles can and must lead to broader collaboration between water pollution engineers and other engineering and professional disciplines.
For example, as municipal wastewater and rainwater become sources of reclaimed water supplies, the lines between water resources, water pollution, and water treatment become blurred. Wastewater treatment plant operators can suddenly find themselves with “customers,” and those customers, in turn, find that there are new rules for water use.
This committee will provide and promote forums for considering how increased dialogue and new systems approaches can lead to regulatory reevaluations and new innovations that minimize resource consumption and maintain the economic and environmental systems needed for a sustainable future.
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