Author: United States. Mississippi River Commission
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Index to Reports of the Mississippi River Commission, 1879-1895
Author: United States. Mississippi River Commission
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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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.
Report
Author: United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1510
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1510
Book Description
Mississippi River and Tributaries Project
Author: United States. Mississippi River Commission
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
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Category : Flood control
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Annual Reports of the War Department
Author: United States. War Department
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1320
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1320
Book Description
Monthly Catalog, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1878
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1878
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Report of the Chief of Engineers
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 1266
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Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 1266
Book Description
Annual Report of the Secretary of War
Author: United States. War Department
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .
Publisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .