HAZARD MATERIAL MANAGEMENT

Hazard Material Management

Hazard Material Management

Scenarios

Community has got aware of the development that its largest well is contaminated with certain solvents in the context of a dry cleaning business. As a result, they would have to purchase water from other towns till the current water supply can be accommodated at a substantial cost of more than $700,000. In addition, the owner of the dry cleaner would have to bear a cost of $300,000 for the cleaning process.

Community B is pondering in the context of future water needs and thus admits that it would have to develop a big well that substantially covers the water supply by 2005. A highly productive recharge area in the context of water supply is dominated by industries and is characterized by a prevalence of risk land.

Introduction

Although most of the communities throughout Massachussets are affected to a great extent by scenarios like these, the quest for new water development supplies has increased in phenomenon. The quest for new water supplies reveals that new water supplies are characterized by an exorbitant cost and a high degree of complexity. People living in these areas have learnt a hard lesson that preserving current water supplies is a more cost efficient mechanism rather than look to incorporate new water supplies.

Thus, many communities in Massachussets are being affected to a great extent to permit the development and growth of water supplies while simultaneously look to protect current water supplies. It has become prominent that the current water supplies specifically drinking water resources have been plagued by significant threats of mismanagement of hazardous materials. The mass mismanagement of hazardous materials results in the drinking water resources getting affected toa great extent by these hazardous materials. With a focus on increased protection of drinking water resources, majority of communities across Massachussets have looked to implement zoning controls. On the other hand, zoning controls do not attend to current land uses and as a result pose a bigger threat to the safety of water supplies.

A thoroughly research and well formulated hazardous materials program not only serves as a means to protect drinking water resources but is also a viable option for protecting the business and financial interests of communities. A program of this nature gives proper awareness to businesses on the aspect of hazardous materials management requirements. Thus, it strives to indicate the expectations required from businesses in a comprehensive context. Furthermore, such type of program goes a long way in successfully eliminating potential threats which the businesses might be facing because of their limited knowledge. The local program uses the town as a consultant in order to protect businesses interests.

In the past, communities had asked for assistance from DEP's Drinking Water Program on the pretext of implementing a local hazardous materials program. Currently, many towns have asked for assistance in the context of implementing such a program in order to influence int the acquisition of a waiver. A waiver from water supply testing requirements would go a long ...