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CED-80-86 1 (1980-07-02)

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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL



Report To The Congress


OF THE UNITED STATES





Many Water Quality Standard

Violations May Not Be Significant

Enough To Justify Costly Preventive Actions



Advanced waste treatment for municipal sew-
age may not be worth the tremendous costs--
estimated by the Environmental Protection
Agency at $10 billion--unless it will make a
substantial difference to water quality. In set-
ting or revising water quality standards, States
generally do not consider costs, and many
standards are based on questionable data. A
number of costly advanced waste treatment
plants may have little effect on water quality.

This report presents a number of options to
the Congress concerning the funding of ad-
vanced waste treatment projects. It also makes
recommendations to the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency to help im-
prove the way water quality standards are set
and implemented and the procedures used
in assessing the need for advanced waste
treatment.



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                                                               JULY 2,1980

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