Author: Gerry Best
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780419215400
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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This book is a collection of papers presented at the 2nd International River Quality Symposium. The papers give case studies of the quality of rivers in different parts of the world, focusing particularly on the polluted Vistula River in Poland and the revived Will amette River in Oregon, USA which was the subject of a major cleaning operation in the 1970s. The book provides valuable information on the quality of rivers in Eastern Europe, particulary Poland. It is timely since, with the collapse of communism, Eastern European countries are faced with tackling huge environmental problems created by the lack of investment in environmental technology. The situation in Poland is contrasted with the USA and UK where water pollution problems have largely been overcome.
Author: International Joint Commission. International Poplar River Water Quality Board. Surface Water Quality Committee
Publisher:
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Category : Poplar River (Sask. and Mont.)
Languages : en
Pages : 361
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Author: J. G. Lammers
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789024729555
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Author: Larry W. Canter
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351084860
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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The purpose of this book is to present practical information on the planning and conduction of river water quality monitoring studies.
Author: International Red River Pollution Board
Publisher:
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Category : Water quality
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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Author: International Rainy River Water Pollution Board
Publisher: [Washington, D.C. ; Ottawa] : International Joint Commission
ISBN:
Category : Rainy River (Minn. and Ont.)
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309177812
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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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: International Joint Commission. International Poplar River Water Quality Board
Publisher:
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Category : Poplar River Power Project
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Asit Biswas
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317978951
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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The global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues. Water quality has received significantly less attention than water quantity. Commendable progress has been made by the developed world to control point sources of pollution, but commensurate progress in reducing non-point sources has not been made. In the third world countries both point and non-point sources of pollution are becoming increasingly a serious concern. Already, nearly all water bodies in such countries near and around urban centres have been severely polluted, with very high health and environmental costs. The book assesses the current status of water quality management in both developed and developing worlds, as well as analysing the effectiveness of economic instruments and legal and institutional frameworks to control water contamination. It outlines the importance of building up social and political awareness to reverse the trend of continuing water quality deterioration, which is likely to be a most challenging task in the coming years. This book was published as a special issue of International Journal of Water Resources Development.
Author: International Poplar River Water Quality Board. Water Quality Committee
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Category : Poplar River (Sask. and Mont.)
Languages : en
Pages : 361
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