Water quality may be adversely affected by nonpoint sources of pollution even after significant measures have been taken and costs have been incurred for controling pollutants from point sources. Residual wastes can be more efficiently managed and thus reduce deterioration of water quality by applying cost effective state-of-the-art practices termed best management practices (BMP's). This planner's handbook describes residual wastes from nine most frequently encountered sources and relates management of these wastes to exhaustive enumeration of BMP's. This will provide the potential users-planners, engineers, administrators, lawyers, elected officials and others, with a reference for carrying out their residual waste management responsibilities under areawide or State water quality management planning programs and other regional/local activities.

Issued also as Environmental protection technology series: EPA-440/9-76-022, Contract no. 68-01-3503, modification no. 1. "EPA/440-9-76-022." "August 1976." Includes bibliographical references.