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Languages : en
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Report on Pollution of the Waters of the Upper Mississippi River and Its Significant Tributaries
Author: J. M. RademacherPublisher:
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Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Report on Pollution of Waters of Upper Mississippi River and Its Significant Tributaries
Author: Report on Pollution of Upper Mississippi River and Major Tributaries
Author: Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309114098
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.
A Report on Pollution of the Upper Mississippi River and Major Tributaries
Author: United States. Federal Water Pollution Control AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : Water
Languages : en
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Report on an Investigation of Pollution in the Upper Mississippi River and Its Major Tributaries (Minnesota - Wisconsin)
Author: Twin Cities-Upper Mississippi River Project (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Mississippi River Watershed
Languages : en
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In the Matter of Progress Meeting of the Conference Concerning Pollution of the Interstate and Intrastate Waters of the Upper Mississippi River and Its Tributaries (Wisconsin-Minnesota), April 30, 1968, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Author: Resource Description of the Upper Mississippi River System
Author: Vladimir NovotnyPublisher:
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Category : Agricultural pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Conference in the Matter of Pollution of the Interstate Waters of the Upper Mississippi River, St. Paul, Minnesota, February 8, 1964
Author: Pollution of the Upper Mississippi River and Major Tributaries
Author: U. S. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289206765
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Languages : en
Pages : 500
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was introduced on December 2, 1970 by President Richard Nixon. The agency is charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. The EPA's struggle to protect health and the environment is seen through each of its official publications. These publications outline new policies, detail problems with enforcing laws, document the need for new legislation, and describe new tactics to use to solve these issues. This collection of publications ranges from historic documents to reports released in the new millennium, and features works like: Bicycle for a Better Environment, Health Effects of Increasing Sulfur Oxides Emissions Draft, and Women and Environmental Health.