Guidance for Operations and Environmental Quality Management System: Water and Wastewater Utilities
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
Apr 2014
Subject
Environmental Policy;
Water Management;
Public Utility;
Wastewater;
Environmental Management
JEL code
Q25 - Water;
Q56 - Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population Growth
Category
Technical Notes
The primary objective of this Technical Note is to provide guidance to utility companies either for improving the operations-phase implementation of a current environmental management system or for developing a system. The guidelines presented herein provide the approach, content and implementation protocols for developing a completed operations component of the Environmental Management System (EMS) (i.e., the Operations and Environmental Quality Management System, or "OEMS").
