Book Description
Document is a two-part users' guide.
Author : Joan M. Kovalic
Publisher : Water Environment Federation
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 27,81 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Water
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Document is a two-part users' guide.
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Page : 228 pages
File Size : 37,93 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Federal aid to water quality management
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Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,76 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Federal aid to water quality management
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Author : Water Pollution Control Federation Staff
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Page : pages
File Size : 50,91 MB
Release : 1987
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ISBN : 9780318327471
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Page : 380 pages
File Size : 12,47 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Water
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"Prepared for distribution at the Clean Water Act : as amended by the Water Quality Act of 1987 program, May-June 1987"--P. 5.
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Page : 318 pages
File Size : 11,78 MB
Release : 1987
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Author : Mary J. Houghton
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Page : 232 pages
File Size : 30,27 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Federal aid to water quality management
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Page : pages
File Size : 16,32 MB
Release : 1990*
Category : Water
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
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Page : 174 pages
File Size : 26,34 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Water
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Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 37,77 MB
Release : 2008-02-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0309177812
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.