Author: John O. Anfinson
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Category : Formations (Geology)
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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River of History
Author: John O. Anfinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Formations (Geology)
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Formations (Geology)
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Caves of Missouri
Author: J. Harlen Bretz
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Category : Caves
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Publisher:
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Category : Caves
Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309177812
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
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.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309177812
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
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.
Geological Survey Research, 1964
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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National Water Summary 1988-89
Author:
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Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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The Haymakers
Author: Steven R. Hoffbeck
Publisher: Borealis Book
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Tells a story of the labour and heartbreak suffered by five families struggling to make the hay that fed their livestock, a story not just about grass, alfalfa, and clover, but also about sweat and tears, toil and loss. This is an epic -- the history of a man's struggle with nature as well as man's struggle against machines. It relates the story of farmers and their obligations to their families, to the animals they fed, and to the land they tended.
Publisher: Borealis Book
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Tells a story of the labour and heartbreak suffered by five families struggling to make the hay that fed their livestock, a story not just about grass, alfalfa, and clover, but also about sweat and tears, toil and loss. This is an epic -- the history of a man's struggle with nature as well as man's struggle against machines. It relates the story of farmers and their obligations to their families, to the animals they fed, and to the land they tended.
National Water Summary
Author:
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Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Publisher:
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Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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National Water Summary on Wetland Resources
Author: J. D. Fretwell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780607856965
Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 431
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780607856965
Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 431
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History of Winneshiek County
Author: Charles H. Sparks
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Category : Winneshiek County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Winneshiek County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Transportation Archaeology in Wisconsin
Author:
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Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 880
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Publisher:
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Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
Languages : en
Pages : 880
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