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Book Synopsis Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act by : National Research Council
Download or read book Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-02-08 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mississippi River is, in many ways, the nation's best known and most important river system. Mississippi River water quality is of paramount importance for sustaining the many uses of the river including drinking water, recreational and commercial activities, and support for the river's ecosystems and the environmental goods and services they provide. The Clean Water Act, passed by Congress in 1972, is the cornerstone of surface water quality protection in the United States, employing regulatory and nonregulatory measures designed to reduce direct pollutant discharges into waterways. The Clean Water Act has reduced much pollution in the Mississippi River from "point sources" such as industries and water treatment plants, but problems stemming from urban runoff, agriculture, and other "non-point sources" have proven more difficult to address. This book concludes that too little coordination among the 10 states along the river has left the Mississippi River an "orphan" from a water quality monitoring and assessment perspective. Stronger leadership from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is needed to address these problems. Specifically, the EPA should establish a water quality data-sharing system for the length of the river, and work with the states to establish and achieve water quality standards. The Mississippi River corridor states also should be more proactive and cooperative in their water quality programs. For this effort, the EPA and the Mississippi River states should draw upon the lengthy experience of federal-interstate cooperation in managing water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
Book Synopsis Mississippi River Tragedies by : Christine A. Klein
Download or read book Mississippi River Tragedies written by Christine A. Klein and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read a free excerpt here! American engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting the lower half of the river apart from its floodplain. American law has aided and abetted these feats. But despite our best efforts, so-called “natural disasters” continue to strike the Mississippi basin, as raging floodwaters decimate waterfront communities and abandoned towns literally crumble into the Gulf of Mexico. In some places, only the tombstones remain, leaning at odd angles as the underlying soil erodes away. Mississippi River Tragedies reveals that it is seductively deceptive—but horribly misleading—to call such catastrophes “natural.” Authors Christine A. Klein and Sandra B. Zellmer present a sympathetic account of the human dreams, pride, and foibles that got us to this point, weaving together engaging historical narratives and accessible law stories drawn from actual courtroom dramas. The authors deftly uncover the larger story of how the law reflects and even amplifies our ambivalent attitude toward nature—simultaneously revering wild rivers and places for what they are, while working feverishly to change them into something else. Despite their sobering revelations, the authors’ final message is one of hope. Although the acknowledgement of human responsibility for unnatural disasters can lead to blame, guilt, and liability, it can also prod us to confront the consequences of our actions, leading to a liberating sense of possibility and to the knowledge necessary to avoid future disasters.
Book Synopsis Inland Navigation System Planning by : National Research Council
Download or read book Inland Navigation System Planning written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-04-30 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1988, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began an investigation of the benefits and costs of extending several locks on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW) in order to relieve increasing waterway congestion, particularly for grain moving to New Orleans for export. With passage of the Flood Control Act of 1936, Congress required that the Corps conduct a benefit-cost analysis as part of its water resources project planning; Congress will fund water resources projects only if a project's benefits exceed its costs. As economic analysis generally, and benefit-cost analysis in particular, has become more sophisticated, and as environmental and social considerations and analysis have become more important, Corps planning studies have grown in size and complexity. The difficulty in commensurating market and nonmarket costs and benefits also presents the Corps with a significant challenge. The Corps' analysis of the UMR-IWW has extended over a decade, has cost roughly $50 million, and has involved consultations with other federal agencies, state conservation agencies, and local citizens. The analysis has included many consultants and has produced dozens of reports. In February 2000, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) requested that the National Academies review the Corps' final feasibility report. After discussions and negotiations with DOD, in April 2000 the National Academies launched this review and appointed an expert committee to carry it out.
Book Synopsis The Corps, the Environment, and the Upper Mississippi River Basin by : Raymond H. Merritt
Download or read book The Corps, the Environment, and the Upper Mississippi River Basin written by Raymond H. Merritt and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army by : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Download or read book Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .
Book Synopsis Report by : United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers
Download or read book Report written by United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Report of the Chief of Engineers by : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Download or read book Report of the Chief of Engineers written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Committee on Clean Water Act Implementation Across the Mississippi River Basin Publisher :National Academies Press ISBN 13 :0309162726 Total Pages :34 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico by : Committee on Clean Water Act Implementation Across the Mississippi River Basin
Download or read book Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico written by Committee on Clean Water Act Implementation Across the Mississippi River Basin and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most water resources managers, scientists, and other experts would agree that nonpoint source pollution is a more pressing and challenging national water quality problem today than point source pollution. Nonpoint sources of pollutants include parking lots, farm fields, forests, or any source not from a discrete conveyance such as a pipe or canal. Of particular concern across the Mississippi River basin (MRB) are high levels of nutrient loadings--nitrogen and phosphorus--from both nonpoint and point sources that ultimately are discharged into the northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM). Nutrients emanate from both point and nonpoint sources across the river basin, but the large majority of nutrient yields across the MRB are nonpoint in nature and are associated with agricultural activities, especially applications of nitrogen-based fertilizers and runoff from concentrated animal feeding operations. Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico offers strategic advice and priorities for addressing MRB and NGOM water quality management and improvements. Although there is considerable uncertainty as to whether national water quality goals can be fully realized without some fundamental changes to the CWA, there is general agreement that significant progress can be made under existing statutory authority and budgetary processes. This book includes four sections identifying priority areas and offering recommendations to EPA and others regarding priority actions for Clean Water Act implementation across the Mississippi River basin. These sections are: USDA's Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative; Numeric Water Quality Criteria for the northern Gulf of Mexico; A Basinwide Strategy for Nutrient Management and Water Quality; and, Stronger Leadership and Collaboration.
Book Synopsis The Variability of Large Alluvial Rivers by : Stanley Alfred Schumm
Download or read book The Variability of Large Alluvial Rivers written by Stanley Alfred Schumm and published by American Society of Civil Engineers. This book was released on 1994 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experts detail specific river engineering problems and a geomorphic-engineering approach to large river management.
Book Synopsis Laws of the United States Relating to the Improvement of Rivers and Harbors by : United States
Download or read book Laws of the United States Relating to the Improvement of Rivers and Harbors written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army by : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Download or read book Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Laws of the United States Relating to the Improvement of Rivers and Harbors from August 11, 1790, to March 4, 1913 by : United States
Download or read book Laws of the United States Relating to the Improvement of Rivers and Harbors from August 11, 1790, to March 4, 1913 written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annual Report of the Secretary of War by : United States. War Department
Download or read book Annual Report of the Secretary of War written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year ... by : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Download or read book Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year ... written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 1416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annual Reports of the War Department by : United States. War Department
Download or read book Annual Reports of the War Department written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Laws of the United States Relating to the Improvement of Rivers and Harbors from August 11, 1790, to March 4, 1907: 1790-1889 by : United States
Download or read book Laws of the United States Relating to the Improvement of Rivers and Harbors from August 11, 1790, to March 4, 1907: 1790-1889 written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
