Mississippi Water Quality Assessment 1994
Author : Mississippi. Department of Environmental Quality
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Page : pages
File Size : 49,47 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Water quality
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Author : Mississippi. Department of Environmental Quality
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Page : pages
File Size : 49,47 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Water quality
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Author : Sharon E. Kroening
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Page : 76 pages
File Size : 14,24 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Groundwater
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 23,34 MB
Release : 2008-03-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0309114098
The Mississippi River is, in many ways, the nation's best known and most important river system. Mississippi River water quality is of paramount importance for sustaining the many uses of the river including drinking water, recreational and commercial activities, and support for the river's ecosystems and the environmental goods and services they provide. The Clean Water Act, passed by Congress in 1972, is the cornerstone of surface water quality protection in the United States, employing regulatory and nonregulatory measures designed to reduce direct pollutant discharges into waterways. The Clean Water Act has reduced much pollution in the Mississippi River from "point sources" such as industries and water treatment plants, but problems stemming from urban runoff, agriculture, and other "non-point sources" have proven more difficult to address. This book concludes that too little coordination among the 10 states along the river has left the Mississippi River an "orphan" from a water quality monitoring and assessment perspective. Stronger leadership from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is needed to address these problems. Specifically, the EPA should establish a water quality data-sharing system for the length of the river, and work with the states to establish and achieve water quality standards. The Mississippi River corridor states also should be more proactive and cooperative in their water quality programs. For this effort, the EPA and the Mississippi River states should draw upon the lengthy experience of federal-interstate cooperation in managing water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
Author : James D. Fallon
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Page : 66 pages
File Size : 15,81 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Water quality
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Author :
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Page : 68 pages
File Size : 13,23 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Groundwater
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Author :
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Page : 32 pages
File Size : 23,31 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Groundwater
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Author : Alison L. Fong
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Page : 48 pages
File Size : 14,84 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Groundwater
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Author :
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 11,95 MB
Release : 2000
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Author :
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Page : 72 pages
File Size : 32,28 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Groundwater
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Page : 44 pages
File Size : 29,38 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Agriculture
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