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Surface water quality : have the laws been successful? / by Ruth Patrick with Faith Douglass, Drew M. Palavage, and Paul M. Stewart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patrick, Ruth, 1907-2013, author.
- Series:
- Princeton Legacy Library
- Princeton legacy library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water quality--United States.
- Water quality.
- Water--Pollution--Law and legislation--United States.
- Water.
- Water quality management--United States.
- Water quality management.
- Water quality--Delaware River Estuary.
- Water quality--Sabine River Watershed (Tex. and La.).
- Water quality--Georgia--Flint River.
- Freshwater animals--Effect of water pollution on--United States.
- Freshwater animals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- Course Book
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1992]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 determine trends over time. Although tracing the impact of environmental laws is difficult, Patrick found that for these three water systems the results were generally positive. However, if society as a whole wants effective environmental legislation, organizations must take on a more systematic and orderly approach to data gathering. Patrick argues that in monitoring the waters, one must study protozoa, algae, and worms as well as fish, oysters, and shrimp; one must track amounts of metal as well as low concentrations of oxygen. In proposing options for the future, the author predicts that the cost of such monitoring will be higher than present expenditures, but the cost of lax control will be even greater.Originally published in 1992.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [158]-186) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691631448
- 0691631441
- 9780691601830
- 0691601836
- 9781400862771
- 1400862779
- OCLC:
- 884013042
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