Presented is a compilation of selected materials related to safety in wastewater treatment systems and water quality education. Part I provides examples of available teaching/learning materials on such general aspects of safety as: management and worker responsibilities, plant design and general operation, chemicals, electricity, fire and explosion, laboratory operation, and manholes and traffic. Part II cites abstracted reference materials and identifies films, slide/tape presentations, and print materials that are available.

EPA-430/1/81-014. "June 1981." Financed in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water Program Operations, National Training and Operational Technology Center, as part of grant no. T-900710-03-0. Bibliography (with abstracts) : pages 149-185. Grant Contract Number: T-900710-03-0.

Part I discussion and learning resources -- Management-supervisor-worker responsibilities -- The individual worker -- Plant design and general operation -- Chemicals: Gases -- Electricity -- Fire and explosion -- Laboratory operation -- Manholes and traffic -- Part II Abstracted reference materials -- Part III The National Training and Operational Technology Center and selected information sources. The intent of this monograph is to assemble materials that may be useful to managers, supervisors, foremen and others who are interested in the safety education of workers in wastewater systems. Safety education for employees in wastewater treatment systems is of critical importance. A survey conducted several years ago by the Water Pollution Control Federation found that wastewater systems had an injury rate substantially higher than most industries. Data collected by the National Safety Council in 1972 indicated that workers in sewage systems had an injury rate higher than that found in underground coal mining, a notoriously dangerous occupation. Despite their obvious interrelationships, eight separate aspects of safety have been identified and used as a framework to identify typical learning resources (Part I) and pertinent references (Part II). It is expected that such a format will facilitate the location of specific materials needed. The learning resources are often small segments of illustrative materials on safety taken from a chapter or section of a publication or other learning resource that provides additional information.