The goal of the project was to establish and evaluate the problems in Worcester County's wastewater and investigate what was being done to remedy the situation. Through many means of data collection: first hand interviews, budget analysis, and government document collection, we discovered key areas that are responsible for causing the problems Worcester County is facing. We concluded that there are two main issues from which all the problems in wastewater treatment stem. Budget cutbacks and labor shortages are crippling the MassDEP and EPA. All problems with the procedures and equipment in the environmental strike force can be traced back to these issues.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• McGoff, Marshall S.
• Keough, Ryan Matthew
• Gagnon, Kevin James

Subject

• Water
• Sustainability
• Infrastructure
• Industry

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030107-122046

Keyword

• Sustainability
• Sewage disposal

Advisor

• Vernon-Gerstenfeld, Susan
• Thompson, Robert W.

Year

• 2007

Center

• Worcester Community Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Date created

• 2007-03-01

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright