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Surface Water Quality : Have the Laws Been Successful?
Addressing ecologists, legislators, lawyers, and industrialists alike, Ruth Patrick asks what has been accomplished with the millions of dollars spent on upgrading our surface waters. Has the water improved in spite of the fact that the crayfish, snails, and algae are not those that one would expect...
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Princeton :
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2014.
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| 505 | 0 | |a List of Illustrations ; List of Tables ; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms ; Preface ; Chapter 1 What is Happening To Our Surface Waters?; Chapter 2 Impacts of Human Society on the Riverine System -- Past and Present; Chapter 3 The Impacts of Population Growth and Movement ; Chapter 4 Changes in Societal Activities and Demands; Chapter 5 Federal and State Laws, Regulations and Management ; Chapter 6 Effects on Pollution of Laws and Regulations Versus Voluntary Efforts ; Chapter 7 How Have Our Surface Waters Changed?; Chapter 8 Options for the Future; Bibliography; Subject Index. | |
| 520 | |a Addressing ecologists, legislators, lawyers, and industrialists alike, Ruth Patrick asks what has been accomplished with the millions of dollars spent on upgrading our surface waters. Has the water improved in spite of the fact that the crayfish, snails, and algae are not those that one would expect to find in natural rivers and estuaries? To evaluate the success of environmental laws over the past two decades, the author examines the aquatic life of river systems in the Delaware Valley, Texas, and Georgia--the only areas in the United States where she found enough biological data to determ. | ||
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