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RCED-84-79 1 (1984-08-20)

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REPORT BY THE U, S.



General Accounting Office






EPA's Innovative Technology Program For

Waste Water Treatment Needs Better Controls


The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which makes grants to
municipalities to build sewage treatment plants, gives financial and other
incentives to municipalities which use more efficient, innovative sewage
treatment technologies in their plant projects

GAO reviewed 70 projects approved for innovative technology program
funding in 11 states located in three EPA regions. GAO questioned
whether 24 of the projects were technologically innovative, 14 projects
could not be assessed because of insufficient information; and 32
projects appeared to be innovative. EPA awarded bonuses totaling $20.2
million to the projects which were questionable and $7.3 million to the
projects which could not be assessed Project engineers in two of the
three regions generally did not ensure that projects were innovative
Designed to break down the barriers hindering development of innovative
technology in wastewater treatment, the program has had limited
success. The program does not provide sufficient incentives for consulting
engineers and states to take the risk or incur the additional cost of
developing innovative projects.
GAO recommends several actions to improve compliance with program
objectives GAO also recommends that EPA seek to establish a demon-
stration program which would allow it to select promising technologies
for communities willing to accept the technologies, directly fund con-
struction and start-up costs, and evaluate operation and project results








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                                                                   AUGUST 20,1984

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