Transcript Institute Focus Session at IAHR CONGRESS Wednesday, August 13

BIWQ Standards Development
for
Comprehensive International
Border Water Quality
Management Agreement
Conrad G. Keyes, Jr., ScD
EWRI/ASCE, Chair, BIWQ
SC
Outline
Introduction on ASCE policies and
standards process
 ASCE Environmental Systems and
Water Policy Statements
 EWRI Codes & Standards Review
 EWRI/ASCE BIWQ method for 1998
through 2000
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ASCE Public Policy Issues
Statements, papers, resolutions on subjects
 Substantial reference for any public
pronouncements or comments on public issues
 Policy Documents, ASCE Official Register
2000, pages 91-92
 ASCE reviews policy documents every 3 years
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ASCE Rules on Standards
 April
1980, Board of Direction
approval for writing & maintenance
 Consensus standards by TAC’s Codes
and Standards Activities Committee
 balloting by balanced stds committee
 balloting by ASCE members & public
 same process every 5 years (page 96)
EWRI/ASCE process for
Intl Water Management
 Environmental
& Water Policy
Statements
 Outside Water
Mgt. findings
 Review
by
EWRI Stds
Dev. Council
 EWRI/ASCE
BIWQ SC
method
ASCE Environmental Systems &
Water Policy Statements
(http://www.asce.org)
ASCE annual document on policies and
priorities
 National Environment Systems Policy - one
of members is Conrad G. Keyes, Jr.
 National Water Policy - some EWRI
members on this committee
 BOD Policy Team Chair is Jay Padget
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1998 NESPC reviews
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Endangered Species Act Reauthorization
Clean Water Act Reauthorization
Water Reuse
Risk Management
Storage Tanks Risk Management
Global Climate Change
National Wetlands Policy
Control of Combines Sewer Discharge
1998 NWPC
reviews
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Atmospheric Water Resources Management
Coastal Collection Program
Global Climate Change
National Wetlands Policy
Clean Water Act Reauthorization
Flood Plain Management
Endangered Species Act Reauthorization
ASCE RRM Water Code
review process
1- ASCE Policy Week, week in March of each year
2- ASCE Board of Direction, board committee week in April
in Reston, VA each year
3- other policy summer or fall sessions before ASCE annual
meeting in fall of each year
4- Regulated Riparian Model Code of the Water Regulatory
Standards Committee in committee ballot in 1998-2000
5- ASCE & public ballot at later date in 2001
6- References in a Model Water Code that is reviewed every
5 years can change as the policies change every 3 years
ASCE and/or Institutes Standards
Process and Organization
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Committee ballot on each draft
Document goes through ASCE Public ballot
until committee settles all negatives
ASCE document can go through the ANSI
public ballot process and ISO process
Present SDC is under the EWRI Technical
EXCOM for planning and budgeting
Any ASCE standard is to be in accordance
with the ASCE Standard Rules of CSAC (pg.
388-395 of ASCE Official Register)
Consensus Standards
Mandatory Standard - enforceable by
public body and potential auditing is likely
by the court systems (form & style manual,
1999)
 Non-mandatory Standard (guide, guideline,
or consensus guideline) -- written in
permissive language and may not be
suitable for adoption in codes or other
regulatory documents
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EWRI/ASCE BIWQ Standards
Committee
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development of proposal in 1993
formulated BIWQ standardization activity - 1995
approved 16 members to stds. committee - 1996
initial conference call in October 1996
brief meetings in Feb. 97 (working) & April 1997
(funded committee in Houston) - created method
for the establishment of first draft document
draft outline created in late September 1997
Type of Documents by Institute/BIWQ
Agreement of
development
guidelines (similar
to SUTWR drafts)
 Plan and
Guideline for
protection of
water source
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Comprehensive BIWQ
Agreement
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Declaration of policies
and purpose
General obligations
and definitions
Administration
Comprehensive water
quality management
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Financing
Dispute resolution
Effectuation
References
Recent Committee Schedule
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First draft of BIWQ Agreement - March 1998
Emailed to committee - by early April 1998
Discussion at June 7, 1998 Chicago meeting
Revised agreement draft out in late 1998
Meeting in FY 1999 for starting the first
committee balloting process on agreement
Second committee ballot in 1999 and 2000
Agreement publication in 2001
Other document(s) later -- at least two
Future BIWQ Standards
ASCE & Institute to develop
policies and standards on BIWQ?
 NESPC & NWPC revisions every
three years (some involvement by
EWRI Public Policy Committee)
 EWRI could develop other position
papers for approval by ASCE?
 ASCE Rules & Procedures on
Codes and Standards (ANSI?)
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FUTURE DOCUMENTS:
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COMPREHENSIVE
TRANSBOUNDARY INTERNATIONAL
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
AGREEMENT
FUTURE DOCUMENTS (Cont.)
GUIDELINES FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF AN
INTERNATIONAL WATER QUALITY
MANAGEMENT PLAN
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