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Brown acres : an intimate history of the Los Angeles sewers / Anna Sklar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sklar, Anna, 1940-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sewerage--California--Los Angeles Metropolitan Area--History.
- Sewerage.
- Water--Pollution--California--Los Angeles Metropolitan Area--History.
- Water.
- Environmental protection--California--Los Angeles Metropolitan Area--History.
- Environmental protection.
- Water--Pollution.
- History.
- California--Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 231 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, Calif. : Angel City Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- "With more than fifty photographs, diagrams and maps, Brown Acres is the first historical narrative to detail any world-class city's sewer system--complete with the relationship between headstrong politicians and the reformers seeking to "heal the bay" after a century of pollution and contamination. Brown Acres provides a unique look at the underground history of Los Angeles"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Rivers of darkness
- Sewers for the pueblo
- A sewer system is born
- Sewer to the sea
- Sewage woes
- More sewage misery
- Dilution is the solution to pollution
- Pollution of the Santa Monica Bay
- A modern treatment plant
- An interim solution to pollution
- The clean water battle
- Do-gooders get organized
- Healing the bay
- No more Brown Acres.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-226) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781883318758
- 1883318750
- OCLC:
- 193903892
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