Industry Participation in the
Development of a Comprehensive Water
Quality Program
NICHOLAS J. LARDIERI, Manager
Air and Water Resources
J. W. DAPPEN,  Technical Director
Chester Plant
Scott Paper Company
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania 19113
INTRODUCTION
We are rapidly approaching an important deadline in the field of water
quality. Reference is made to the date of June 30, 1967, by which time the states
must submit to the Secretary of the Interior water quality criteria and an implementation plan for all interstate waters. Most of us are aware, through direct
participation of the great activity these requirements of the Water Quality Act of
1965 have engendered.
The state agencies have been doing a remarkable job in meeting their obligations in this matter. Public hearings on criteria have mostly been completed
and many states are in the process of resolving the conflicting views of water users
prior to the formal submission of the criteria.
Those of us who have been involved in the recently completed Delaware
Estuary Comprehensive Study cannot help but feel some regret over the present
activity. Our disappointment is that, due to lack of time, parts of the methodology used in the Study for developing water quality criteria for the Delaware
Estuary will not be more universally applied at this time. We believe these techniques provide a rational basis for determining the appropriate water quality objectives and program for a given area.
Water quality conditions and objectives are dynamic. Water quality is constantly changing as a result of use and natural causes and objectives altered in
accordance with the needs and desires of society. Thus, while a Delaware Estuary
type analysis may be of limited value in establishing our immediate goals the
concept can be extremely helpful in guiding subsequent water quality management
programs.
This paper will be concerned primarily with the role of our Chester, Pennsylvania, plant and other industries in the Delaware Estuary Comprehensive Study.
The waste treatment facilities at the Chester plant also will be described as they
contain a number of unique features which should be of interest to this group.
DESCRIPTION OF CHESTER MILL
The mill is located on the Delaware River at Chester, Pennsylvania. It produces approximately 800 tons per day of tissue,   towels and other sanitary con-
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