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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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North Carolina Publications
Author: Checklist of Official North Carolina State Publications
Author: Federal Water Project Recreation Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Time Before History
Author: H. Trawick WardPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 9780807847800
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Describes the state's prehistory and archaeological discoveries
Urban Stormwater Management in the United States
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309125391
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 611
Book Description
The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into the nation's rivers, lakes, and estuaries. These changes have degraded water quality and habitat in virtually every urban stream system. The Clean Water Act regulatory framework for addressing sewage and industrial wastes is not well suited to the more difficult problem of stormwater discharges. This book calls for an entirely new permitting structure that would put authority and accountability for stormwater discharges at the municipal level. A number of additional actions, such as conserving natural areas, reducing hard surface cover (e.g., roads and parking lots), and retrofitting urban areas with features that hold and treat stormwater, are recommended.
National Water Summary
Author: Riparian Areas
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309082951
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and wildlife habitat. However, this protection generally does not encompass riparian areasâ€"the lands bordering rivers and lakesâ€"even though they often provide the same functions as wetlands. Growing recognition of the similarities in wetland and riparian area functioning and the differences in their legal protection led the NRC in 1999 to undertake a study of riparian areas, which has culminated in Riparian Areas: Functioning and Strategies for Management. The report is intended to heighten awareness of riparian areas commensurate with their ecological and societal values. The primary conclusion is that, because riparian areas perform a disproportionate number of biological and physical functions on a unit area basis, restoration of riparian functions along America's waterbodies should be a national goal.
North Carolina and Its Resources
Author: North Carolina. Board of AgriculturePublisher:
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Protocol for Developing Nutrient TMDLs
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Category : Nutrient pollution of water
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Technical Guidance Manual for Developing Total Maximum Daily Loads
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428906096
Category : Biochemical oxygen demand
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description