{"id":4691,"date":"2012-01-24T10:33:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T17:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=4691"},"modified":"2012-01-24T10:33:07","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T17:33:07","slug":"minimize-eliminate-environmental-risks-associated-with-runoff-from-rainfall-snowmelt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/minimize-eliminate-environmental-risks-associated-with-runoff-from-rainfall-snowmelt\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimize, Eliminate Environmental Risks Associated with Runoff from Rainfall, Snowmelt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan 24, 2012<\/p>\n

Many people may be familiar with the nursery rhyme, \u201cRain rain, go away; come again some other day.\u201d As an environmental professional, I propose a new rhyme: \u201cRain rain, it comes today; pollutants with it flows away.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the rhymes themselves may be lost in translation to other languages, the meaning of each is universal: rain ruins a child\u2019s perfect day to play, and rain, as it falls to the ground and flows away, can carry with it debris, chemicals, sediment or other pollutants that can negatively impact the environment. But this does not have to be. There are relatively simple and many times inexpensive best management practices that can minimize or eliminate environmental risks associated with runoff from rainfall and snowmelt.<\/p>\n

A few of the more simplistic \u201cnon-structural\u201d BMPs are described below.<\/p>\n

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  1. Good housekeeping. Keeping a clean shop\u2014inside and out\u2014is the simplest way to protect against the pollution of rainwater and snowmelt runoff.<\/li>\n
  2. Exposure minimization. Keeping containers closed, stored inside covered secondary containment, or indoors are just a few of the many ways to minimize potential exposures of pollutants to the environment.<\/li>\n
  3. Preventative maintenance. Maintaining all equipment as per manufacturer\u2019s recommendations is not only prudent to maximize the life of the equipment, but can also protect the environment.<\/li>\n
  4. Spill prevention and response procedures. The development of sound procedures for the prevention of spills and what to do when they occur will assist with prompt and safe response that can keep small spills from becoming large spills.<\/li>\n
  5. Routine facility inspections. Daily, weekly, and\/or monthly inspections will help to ensure that all equipment and controls are operating as designed and facilitate early detection and correction of potential problems.<\/li>\n
  6. Employee training. This may be the most important BMP of them all. Employee education is crucial to \u201cbuy-in\u201d and the success of any program. You may even find that as your employees become more engaged, that they will begin to offer up ideas for improvement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It is worthwhile to note that the six\u00a0best practices\u00a0described above would require zero capital dollars to implement and can significantly reduce environmental risks. Additionally, these\u00a0practices are internationally universal as they can\u2014and should be\u2014implemented across\u00a0a global network of locations.<\/p>\n

    Source<\/a>: Michael L. Thayer, CHMM, corporate HSE manager\u00a0for air\u00a0and water compliance for National Oilwell Varco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Jan 24, 2012 Many people may be familiar with the nursery rhyme, \u201cRain rain, go away; come again some other day.\u201d As an environmental professional, I propose a new rhyme: \u201cRain rain, it comes today; pollutants with it flows away.\u201d While the rhymes themselves may be lost in translation to other languages, the meaning of … Continue reading Minimize, Eliminate Environmental Risks Associated with Runoff from Rainfall, Snowmelt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4692,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4691\/revisions\/4692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}