Author: Gary R. Papke
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Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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National Rural Clean Water Program
Author: United States. Soil Conservation Service
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Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Publisher:
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Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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National Rural Clean Water Program Manual
Author: United States. Soil Conservation Service
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Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Publisher:
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Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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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.
Managing Wastewater in Coastal Urban Areas
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309048265
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Close to one-half of all Americans live in coastal counties. The resulting flood of wastewater, stormwater, and pollutants discharged into coastal waters is a major concern. This book offers a well-delineated approach to integrated coastal management beginning with wastewater and stormwater control. The committee presents an overview of current management practices and problems. The core of the volume is a detailed model for integrated coastal management, offering basic principles and methods, a direction for moving from general concerns to day-to-day activities, specific steps from goal setting through monitoring performance, and a base of scientific and technical information. Success stories from the Chesapeake and Santa Monica bays are included. The volume discusses potential barriers to integrated coastal management and how they may be overcome and suggests steps for introducing this concept into current programs and legislation. This practical volume will be important to anyone concerned about management of coastal waters: policymakers, resource and municipal managers, environmental professionals, concerned community groups, and researchers, as well as faculty and students in environmental studies.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309048265
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
Close to one-half of all Americans live in coastal counties. The resulting flood of wastewater, stormwater, and pollutants discharged into coastal waters is a major concern. This book offers a well-delineated approach to integrated coastal management beginning with wastewater and stormwater control. The committee presents an overview of current management practices and problems. The core of the volume is a detailed model for integrated coastal management, offering basic principles and methods, a direction for moving from general concerns to day-to-day activities, specific steps from goal setting through monitoring performance, and a base of scientific and technical information. Success stories from the Chesapeake and Santa Monica bays are included. The volume discusses potential barriers to integrated coastal management and how they may be overcome and suggests steps for introducing this concept into current programs and legislation. This practical volume will be important to anyone concerned about management of coastal waters: policymakers, resource and municipal managers, environmental professionals, concerned community groups, and researchers, as well as faculty and students in environmental studies.
Rural Clean Water Program
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Implementation of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (nonpoint Pollution and the Areawide Waste Treatment Management Program)
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Oversight and Review
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Category : Nonpoint source pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
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Category : Nonpoint source pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
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Clean Water Act Amendments
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works
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Category : Federal aid to water quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Federal aid to water quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Implementation of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Oversight and Review
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Category : Federal aid to water quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Federal aid to water quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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The Thirty-fifth Anniversary of the Clean Water Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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Category : Sewage
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Category : Sewage
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Institutional Bases for Control of Nonpoint Source Pollution Under the Clean Water Act, with Emphasis on Agricultural Nonpoint Sources
Author: Beatrice Hort Holmes
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Category : Agricultural pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Publisher:
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Category : Agricultural pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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