While Technology-Based Effluent Standards Help Reduce Point Source Emissions, the 1987

question 16

Multiple Choice

While technology-based effluent standards help reduce point source emissions, the 1987 Water Quality Act has sought to control non-point source emissions through

• A) goals of zero discharge.
• B) best management practices (BMPs).
• C) criminal legislation.
• D) discharge permits.

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Definitions:

Break-even Point

The point at which cost or expenses and revenue are equal, resulting in neither profit nor loss.

Variable Costs

Expenses that change in proportion to the activity of a business, such as costs for raw materials.

Fixed Costs

Expenditures that do not change over a short period of time, regardless of the level of production or activity.

Break-even Point

The financial point at which total costs and total sales are equal, resulting in no net loss or gain for the business.