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Water quality concerns are not new to the Great Lakes. They emerged early in the 20th century, in 1909, and matured in 1972 and 1978. They remain a prominent part of today's conflicted politics and advancing industrial growth. The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909, became a model to the world for environmental management across an international boundary. This book recounts this historic binational relationship,...

A 15-mile stretch of the swollen Mississippi River, closed Tuesday due to pressure on levees, has been reopened to barges moving one at a time. Tom Bearden reports on the short- and long-term environmental effects the floodwater could have on Lake Pontchartrain, oyster beds and more.

"Clean Water summarizes the basic fundamentals of water chemistry and microbiology and outlines important water quality rules and regulations, all in concise, understandable prose. It describes the basic scientific principles behind water pollution control and the broader approach of addressing water pollution problems through watershed management. There are sections on drinking water and a concluding chapter entitled "Getting Personal about Clean...

Straightforward, honest answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about drinking water and the issues that surround it.

Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), sea catfish (Arius felis), Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus), sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides), Atlantic croaker (Micropogon undulatus), black drum (Pogonias cromis), spot (Leiostomus xanthurus), Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber), striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) and white mullet (Mugil curema) were cultured in floating cages between 17 July 1972 and 18 August...

Reports of closed beaches, restricted shellfish beds, oil spills, and ailing fisheries are some of the recent evidence that our marine environment is in trouble. More than $133 million is spent on marine environmental monitoring annually in the United States, but officials still do not have enough accurate information to make timely decisions about protecting our waters. This book presents the first comprehensive overview of marine monitoring, providing...

"This Report offers the most comprehensive assessment to date of the state of the world's freshwater resources, based on the collective input of twenty-three United Nations agencies and convention secretariats. The global picture is complemented by the presentation of seven pilot case studies of river basins representing different social, economic and environmental settings: Lake Titicaca (Bolivia, Peru), Senegal River (Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal),...

"Perhaps no other advancement of public health has been as significant. Yet, few know the intriguing story of a simple idea-disinfecting public water systems with chlorine-that in just 100 years has saved more lives than any other single health development in human history. At the turn of the 20th century, most scientists and doctors called the addition of chloride of lime, a poisonous chemical, to public water supplies not only a preposterous idea...

"The Environmental Science of Drinking Water illustrates the need for fundamental changes in our approach towards protecting drinking water, and proves the extent to which our water resources are polluted. The authors present factual and circumstantial evidence to explain how current drinking water standards fail to adequately protect human health, and outline the available technologies which, if properly employed, can move us towards a healthier...