该PowerPoint演示文稿首先提供了AWWA研究基金会项目（91128）的简要概述，“环境管理系统:帮助公用事业管理更有效的工具”。 委托的目的如下:确定潜在的利益 饮用水公用事业公司 实施 环境管理 系统（EMS）；还有 定义必要的步骤 制定特定于水行业的 从哪个模型 公用事业公司可以创建自己的 EMS。随着该项目的实施 重点转向ISO 14001模式，因为 许多人发现它很有用，并且参与其中 公用事业公司在这方面看到了巨大的好处 方法介绍了EMS要素，包括: 确定活动/方面/影响； 定义改进 目标/行动计划/计划； 建立/展示 操作控制； 政策 角色， 责任和 能力； 审计和审查； 班长 性能和 纠正问题；编制文件；沟通 内部和 外部。其中两个元素的示例， 方面/影响和 监控/测量，以及工作组的经验。结束语包括: 该研究团队发现，水资源利用在中国很有价值 EMS中确定的系统过程； ISO框架被认为是一种有用的方法 为水务设施实施环境管理体系； 不要重新发明轮子，把它整合起来 现有流程； 和 有几种方法可以在同一时间实施EMS 水设施-全油门或分阶段进行。

This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of the AWWA Research Foundation Project (91128), "Environmental Management Systems: A Tool to Help Utilities Manage More Effectively," that was commissioned for the following objectives: to identify potential benefits to drinking water utilities by implementing an Environmental Management System (EMS); and, to define steps necessary to develop a water industry-specific model from which utilities could create their own EMS. As the project was conducted, the focus shifted to the ISO 14001 model, because many have found it useful, and participating utilities saw strong benefits in elements of this approach. EMS elements are presented and include: identify activities/aspects/impacts; define improvement objectives/action plans/programs; establish/demonstrate operational control; policy; roles, responsibility and competency; audit and review; monitor performance and correct problems; develop documentation; and communicate internally and externally. Examples of two of the elements, aspects/impacts and monitoring/measurement, are presented along with work group experiences. Closing thoughts include: the study team found value for water utilities in the systematic process identified in an EMS; the ISO framework was found to be a useful way to implement an EMS for water utilities; don't reinvent the wheel, incorporate related existing processes; and, there are several ways to implement an EMS at a water utility - full throttle or in a staged manner.