The Clean Water Act 20 Years Later
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ISBN: 1559632666 / Publisher: Island Press, August 1993
The authors discuss the successes and shortfalls of the Clean Water Act, considering traditional measures of water quality and pollution, human health threats, the jeopardy of aquatic species and ecosystems, economics of clean water, programs, standards, monitoring, regulatory structure for industry and sewage treatment plants, permit program deficiencies, enforcement, and poison runoff. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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<div><div><p>This volume explores the issues associated with the complex subject of water quality protection in an assessment of the successes and failures of the Clean Water Act over the past twenty years. In addition to examining traditional indicators of water quality, the authors consider how health concerns of the public have been addressed, and present a detailed examination of the ecological health of our waters. Taken together, these measures present a far more complete and balanced picture than raw water quality data alone.<p><P><P>As well as reviewing past effectiveness, the book includes specific recommendations for the reauthorization of the Act, which is to be considered by Congress in 1995. This balanced and insightful account will surely shape the debate among legislative and policy experts and citizen activists at all levels who are concerned with issues of water quality.</P></P></p></p></div></div>
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