Research Article
Dec 1967
Air Quality and Source Emissions
Authors: Paul W. Purdom, F.ASCE, H. C. Wohlers, and W. E. JacksonAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of the Sanitary Engineering Division
Volume 93, Issue 6
Abstract
Community air quality criteria are currently of considerable interest in air pollution control. The use of air quality criteria as a guide for community action and especially for long-term community planning, is presented. In the earliest approaches to air pollution control, the damage or nuisance caused by pollution was the basis for action for abatement. Action could be taken only after proof of damage or nuisance. Since this approach was not acceptable, the emphasis shifted from abatement to prevention of excessive pollution, with attention directed to the source and the efficiency of control systems. The performance to be obtained from a control system was a matter of negotiation between the community and those responsible for the source. Certain efficiencies usually obtainable with well known types of processing equipment or control devices became accepted as good practice, and emission standards based on these practices were incorporated in regulations.
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Journal of the Sanitary Engineering Division
Volume 93 • Issue 6 • December 1967
Pages: 97 - 103
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© 1967 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Dec 1967
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Paul W. Purdom, F.ASCE
Prof. and Dir., Environment Engrg. and Science, Drexel Inst. of Teach., Philadelphia, Pa.
H. C. Wohlers
Assoc. Prof. and Dir., Environment Engrg. and Science, Drexel Inst. of Teach., Philadelphia, Pa.
W. E. Jackson
Research Asst., Environment Engrg. and Science, Drexel Inst. of Teach., Philadelphia, Pa.
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