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Treatment of Shipboard Wastes JOHN W. HERNANDEZ, Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering New Mexico State University EDWARD T. KINNEY, Supervisory Marine Engineer Naval Ship Engineering Center Department of the Navy Washington, D. C. HAROLD H. SINGERMAN, Supervisory Chemical Engineer U. S. Navy Marine Engineering Laboratory Annapolis, Maryland INTRODUCTION Heads of departments and agencies of the Executive Branch have been directed by an Executive Order (1) to ' provide leadership in the nationwide effort to improve water quality through prevention, control and abatement of water pollution from federal Government activities in the United States." Section 8 of this order directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to".... make a comprehensive study of the problem of water pollution within the United States caused by the operation of vessels, and shall develop such recommendations for corrective or preventive action as may be appropriate, including recommendations with respect to vessels operated by any department, agency or establishment of the Federal Government." It is clearly evident that the traditional practice of discharging shipboard wastes directly overboard must be discontinued. The purpose of this paper is to present the naval shipboard sewage disposal problem and the work being done to determine a solution. Although individual states have jurisdiction over inland and adjacent coastal waters, Federal law is looked to in most cases involving navigable waters in which the Navy primarily operates. There are two Federal acts which relate specifically to discharge of sewage by naval vessels. The first is the River and Harbors Act (Sec. 13, 33 USC 407) of March 3, 1899, which provides as follows: "It shall not be lawful to throw, discharge, or deposit .... from or out of any ship, barge, or other floating craft any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever other than that flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid state into any navigable water of the United States." The second is the Water Pollution Control Act of 1956 which requires that: "any Federal department or agency having jurisdiction over any building, installation, or other property shall, insofar as practicable and consistent with the interests of the United States and within any available appropriations, cooperate with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare .... in preventing or controlling the pollution of such waters." As a consequence of the phenomenal increase in small boat registry in the last decade and the resulting increased recreational use of our inland and coastal waterways, the public has become aware of the seriousness of water borne pollution sources. The magnitude of this problem may be judged by the activity of several state and Federal agencies during the last five years to call attention to this form of pollution. Eighteen states have laws specifically prohibiting the discharge of raw sewage from boats and craft. Similar legislation is pending in other - 880 -
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Purdue Identification Number | ETRIWC196671 |
Title | Treatment of shipboard wastes |
Author |
Hernandez, john W. Kinney, Edward T. Singerman, Harold H. |
Date of Original | 1966 |
Conference Title | Proceedings of the 21st Industrial Waste Conference |
Conference Front Matter (copy and paste) | http://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/u?/engext,12965 |
Extent of Original | p. 880-891 |
Series |
Engineering extension series no. 121 Engineering bulletin v. 50, no. 2 |
Collection Title | Engineering Technical Reports Collection, Purdue University |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Rights Statement | Digital object copyright Purdue University. All rights reserved. |
Language | eng |
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Title | page 880 |
Collection Title | Engineering Technical Reports Collection, Purdue University |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Rights Statement | Digital object copyright Purdue University. All rights reserved. |
Language | eng |
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Transcript | Treatment of Shipboard Wastes JOHN W. HERNANDEZ, Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering New Mexico State University EDWARD T. KINNEY, Supervisory Marine Engineer Naval Ship Engineering Center Department of the Navy Washington, D. C. HAROLD H. SINGERMAN, Supervisory Chemical Engineer U. S. Navy Marine Engineering Laboratory Annapolis, Maryland INTRODUCTION Heads of departments and agencies of the Executive Branch have been directed by an Executive Order (1) to ' provide leadership in the nationwide effort to improve water quality through prevention, control and abatement of water pollution from federal Government activities in the United States." Section 8 of this order directs the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare to".... make a comprehensive study of the problem of water pollution within the United States caused by the operation of vessels, and shall develop such recommendations for corrective or preventive action as may be appropriate, including recommendations with respect to vessels operated by any department, agency or establishment of the Federal Government." It is clearly evident that the traditional practice of discharging shipboard wastes directly overboard must be discontinued. The purpose of this paper is to present the naval shipboard sewage disposal problem and the work being done to determine a solution. Although individual states have jurisdiction over inland and adjacent coastal waters, Federal law is looked to in most cases involving navigable waters in which the Navy primarily operates. There are two Federal acts which relate specifically to discharge of sewage by naval vessels. The first is the River and Harbors Act (Sec. 13, 33 USC 407) of March 3, 1899, which provides as follows: "It shall not be lawful to throw, discharge, or deposit .... from or out of any ship, barge, or other floating craft any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever other than that flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid state into any navigable water of the United States." The second is the Water Pollution Control Act of 1956 which requires that: "any Federal department or agency having jurisdiction over any building, installation, or other property shall, insofar as practicable and consistent with the interests of the United States and within any available appropriations, cooperate with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare .... in preventing or controlling the pollution of such waters." As a consequence of the phenomenal increase in small boat registry in the last decade and the resulting increased recreational use of our inland and coastal waterways, the public has become aware of the seriousness of water borne pollution sources. The magnitude of this problem may be judged by the activity of several state and Federal agencies during the last five years to call attention to this form of pollution. Eighteen states have laws specifically prohibiting the discharge of raw sewage from boats and craft. Similar legislation is pending in other - 880 - |
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