Research Workshop: Environmental Issues Related to Industrial Competitiveness

该项目的目的是为美国环境工程师学会举办一次会议/研讨会提供支持，以确定所需的环境工程研究，以帮助美国变得比现在更具竞争力，与其他工业化国家相比，这些国家在实现环境质量目标方面没有美国普遍存在的相对较高的成本。美国环境工程师学会是一个认证被确定为在空气污染控制、一般环境工程、危险废物管理、工业卫生、辐射防护、固体废物管理、供水和废水以及卫生工程方面合格的人员的组织。该学院由空气污染控制协会、美国化学工程师学会、美国公共卫生协会、美国公共工程协会、美国工程教育学会、美国土木工程师学会、美国机械工程师学会、美国自来水工程协会、环境工程教授协会、全国专业工程师协会和水污染控制联合会赞助。学院计划于1988年10月底或11月在华盛顿特区大都会地区举行这一会议/研讨会。计划审议的专题包括：为工程实践建模以确定减少污染系统的位置；处理水以满足使用要求的创新概念、程序和系统；减少废物对环境的污染影响的处理；危险有机物质的解毒；以及为减少或消除废物的产生而进行的工艺修改。美国目前的环境质量标准旨在保障国家的生活质量。以更低的成本满足现有和未来标准的能力的提高，可能会对提高美国比现在更成功地与其他工业国家竞争的能力产生重大影响。

The objective of this project is to provide support for the American Academy of Environmental Engineers to conduct a conference/workshop to determine the environmental engineering research needed to assist the United States in becoming more competitive than it now is with other industrialized countries that do not have the relatively high costs associated with meeting environmental quality goals as are prevalent in the United States. The American Academy of Environmental Engineers is an organization that certifies persons who are determined to be qualified in air pollution control, general environmental engineering, hazardous waste management, industrial hygiene, radiation protection, solid waste management, water supply and wastewater and in sanitary engineering. The academy is sponsored by the Air Pollution Control Association, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Public Health Association, the American Public Works Association, the American Society for Engineering Education, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Water Works Association, the Association of Environmental Engineering Professors, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the Water Pollution Control Federation. The Academy plans to hold this conference/workshop in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area late in October or in November of 1988. Topics planned for consideration include modeling for engineering practice to determine the location of pollution abatement systems; innovative concepts, processes and systems for treatment of water to meet use- requirements and treatment of wastes to reduce their pollutional effect on the environment; detoxification of hazardous organic substances; and process modifications to reduce or eliminate production of wastes. Current environmental quality standards in the United States are aimed at safeguarding the quality of life in the nation. Improvements in ability to meet existing and future standards at lower cost could have a significant effect on improvement of the ability of the United States to compete more successfully than it now does with other industrial countries.