Onsite sewage system regulation along the Great Lakes and the US EPA "Homeowner Awareness" model

Environmental Management

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-409

  Halvorsen, Kathleen E ^a   Gorman, Hugh S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; Onsite sewage; Pollution; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAKES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; WATER POLLUTION;

GREAT LAKES; ONSITE SEWADE SYSTEMS (OSS); REGULATORY PROGRAMS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

POLLUTION CONTROL; REGULATORY APPROACH; SEWAGE;

AWARENESS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA BASE; DOCUMENTATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; SEWAGE TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GREAT LAKES REGION; GUIDELINES; HOUSING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LICENSURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OWNERSHIP; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 32444439449     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0050-4     Document Type: Review

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