Water Demand Management: An Evaluation of a “Soft” Solution for the Hamilton Harbour Remedial Action Plan

Abstract

The investigation of actions for the remediation of Hamilton Harbour has focussed largely on the traditional “end of the pipe” solutions to the problems of municipal wastewater treatment. This paper attempts to place one “at source” solution, water demand management, into the context of the remedial action plan. Fully developed relationships between volumes of water usage and the quality of sewage treatment facility effluent have not yet received an adequate degree of investigation. Nevertheless, ample evidence is available to suggest that water demand management is the most cost effective method for the remedial action of municipal water pollution for Hamilton Harbour.