Brittanney Adelmann

Step 1: Create a table of all buried assets. Step 2: Create columns for the variables for which you have data. Note that where there are categorical variables (type of pipe for example), these need to be converted to separate yes/no questions as mixing. Categorical and numerical variables do not provide appropriate comparisons; hence the need to alter the categorical variables to absence/presence variables.

1. Introduction Regulatory, political, and economic constraints have shaped wastewater management strategies throughout the United States. Historically the easiest means to dispose of wastewater is via the nearest river or stream. Such disposal goes back to Roman times. However, as the communities grew, the environmental degradation caused by this practice became clearer, and regulations to eliminate raw wastewater disposal were legislated.