Companies now approach environmental issues systematically, abandoning the carte blanche approach to resolving environmental issues. An opportunity to validate this approach is found in the management of those risks related to process sewers. Historically, these sewers were a low priority for capital and routine maintenance expenditures. If the system maintained a flow, it was considered adequate. Most of these systems have far exceeded their original design life expectancy.
Many companies now elect to take a proactive approach.
Environmental and engineering managers are focusing on balancing the economic resources of their organization while identifying, characterizing, and managing a potentially huge liability. The Approach. . . Risk Based Business Approach Effective management with respect to this type of liability incorporates a risk-based business approach. The answers to these complex questions must be balanced in an integrated fashion. Effectively managing this vast amount of often poorly defined information into a coherent plan requires a robust decision making framework.