BIWQ Standards Development for Comprehensive International Border Water Quality Management Agreement Conrad G. Keyes, Jr., ScD EWRI/ASCE, Chair, BIWQ SC

Outline ä Introduction on ASCE policies and standards process ä ASCE Environmental Systems and Water Policy Statements ä EWRI Codes & Standards Review ä EWRI/ASCE BIWQ method for 1998 through 2000

ASCE Public Policy Issues ä Statements, papers, resolutions on subjects ä Substantial reference for any public pronouncements or comments on public issues ä Policy Documents, ASCE Official Register 2000, pages ä ASCE reviews policy documents every 3 years

ASCE Rules on Standards ä April 1980, Board of Direction approval for writing & maintenance ä 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 ä Environmental & Water Policy Statements ä Outside Water Mgt. findings ä Review by EWRI Stds Dev. Council ä EWRI/ASCE BIWQ SC method

ASCE Environmental Systems & Water Policy Statements ( ä ASCE annual document on policies and priorities Ê National Environment Systems Policy - one of members is Conrad G. Keyes, Jr. Ë National Water Policy - some EWRI members on this committee Ì BOD Policy Team Chair is Jay Padget

1998 NESPC reviews ä Endangered Species Act Reauthorization ä Clean Water Act Reauthorization ä Water Reuse ä Risk Management ä Storage Tanks Risk Management ä Global Climate Change ä National Wetlands Policy ä Control of Combines Sewer Discharge

1998 NWPC reviews ä Atmospheric Water Resources Management ä Coastal Collection Program ä Global Climate Change ä National Wetlands Policy ä Clean Water Act Reauthorization ä Flood Plain Management ä 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 ASCE & public ballot at later date in 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 ä Committee ballot on each draft ä Document goes through ASCE Public ballot until committee settles all negatives ä ASCE document can go through the ANSI public ballot process and ISO process ä Present SDC is under the EWRI Technical EXCOM for planning and budgeting ä Any ASCE standard is to be in accordance with the ASCE Standard Rules of CSAC (pg of ASCE Official Register)

Consensus Standards ä Mandatory Standard - enforceable by public body and potential auditing is likely by the court systems (form & style manual, 1999) ä 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

EWRI/ASCE BIWQ Standards Committee ä development of proposal in 1993 ä formulated BIWQ standardization activity ä approved 16 members to stds. committee ä initial conference call in October 1996 ä brief meetings in Feb. 97 (working) & April 1997 (funded committee in Houston) - created method for the establishment of first draft document ä draft outline created in late September 1997

Type of Documents by Institute/BIWQ ä Agreement of development guidelines (similar to SUTWR drafts) ä Plan and Guideline for protection of water source

Comprehensive BIWQ Agreement ä Declaration of policies and purpose ä General obligations and definitions ä Administration ä Comprehensive water quality management ä Financing ä Dispute resolution ä Effectuation ä References

Recent Committee Schedule ä First draft of BIWQ Agreement - March 1998 ä ed to committee - by early April 1998 ä Discussion at June 7, 1998 Chicago meeting ä Revised agreement draft out in late 1998 ä Meeting in FY 1999 for starting the first committee balloting process on agreement ä Second committee ballot in 1999 and 2000 ä Agreement publication in 2001 ä Other document(s) later -- at least two

Future BIWQ Standards ä ASCE & Institute to develop policies and standards on BIWQ? ä NESPC & NWPC revisions every three years (some involvement by EWRI Public Policy Committee) ä EWRI could develop other position papers for approval by ASCE? ä ASCE Rules & Procedures on Codes and Standards (ANSI?)

ä FUTURE DOCUMENTS: ä 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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