Author: United States. Mississippi River Commission
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Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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The Improvement of the Lower Mississippi River for Flood Control and Navigation
Author: United States. Mississippi River Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Improvement of the Mississippi River. March 24, 1882
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Publisher:
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Proceedings of the Convention for the Improvement of the Mississippi River and Its Navigable Tributaries
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Publisher:
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Improvement of the Mississippi River
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Improvement of the Mississippi River
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Category : Jetties
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Category : Jetties
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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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.
The Improvement of the Mississippi River
Author: Robert Stewart Taylor
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Publisher:
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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The Improvement of the Lower Mississippi River for Flood Control and Navaigation
Author: United States. Mississippi River Commission
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Improvement of the Lower Mississippi River for Flood Control and Navigation
Author: Dabney Otey Elliott
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Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Floods
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Improvement of the Mississippi River
Author: Robert Stewart Taylor
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Publisher:
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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The Permanent Improvement of the Upper Mississippi River
Author: Albert Baird Cummins
Publisher:
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Publisher:
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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