Speaking for the River : Confronting Pollution on the Willamette, 1920s-1970s /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hillegas-Elting, James V. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Water quality management.
Water > Pollution.
Stream conservation.
Environmental degradation.
Ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Cours d'eau > Conservation > Oregon > Willamette (Riviere)
Eau > Qualite > Gestion > Oregon > Willamette (Riviere)
Environnement > Degradation > Oregon > Willamette (Riviere)
Stream conservation > Oregon > Willamette River.
Water quality management > Oregon > Willamette River.
Environmental degradation > Oregon > Willamette River.
Water > Pollution > Oregon > Willamette River.
Oregon > Willamette River.
Willamette (Or. : Riviere) > Conditions environnementales.
Willamette River (Or.) > Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : one river, many voices
  • The beautiful Willamette
  • When reasonable use became unreasonable
  • Sewage and the city
  • Postwar effluents
  • Polluted paradise
  • At long last?
  • Hydra-headed pollution
  • Speaking for ourselves
  • Appendix 1 : Notable Willamette Valley and Lower Columbia River pulp and paper mills in the Willamette River pollution story
  • Appendix 2 : Willamette Valley Project dams
  • Appendix 3 : North American water quality entities as of 1949.

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