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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.
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 Water Quality Assessment of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin-polychlorinated Biphenyls in Common Carp and Walleye Fillets, 1975-95 by : Kathy E. Lee
Download or read book Water Quality Assessment of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin-polychlorinated Biphenyls in Common Carp and Walleye Fillets, 1975-95 written by Kathy E. Lee and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin by :
Download or read book Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin by : James R. Stark
Download or read book Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin written by James R. Stark and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin by : Alison L. Fong
Download or read book Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin written by Alison L. Fong and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin by : Sharon E. Kroening
Download or read book Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin written by Sharon E. Kroening and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Water Quality in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Iowa, and North Dakota, 1995-98 by : James R. Stark
Download or read book Water Quality in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Iowa, and North Dakota, 1995-98 written by James R. Stark and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis U.S. Geological Survey Circular by :
Download or read book U.S. Geological Survey Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin by : James D. Fallon
Download or read book Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin written by James D. Fallon and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--ground-water Quality in an Agricultural Area of Sherburne County, Minnesota, 1998 by :
Download or read book Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin--ground-water Quality in an Agricultural Area of Sherburne County, Minnesota, 1998 written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin by : William J. Andrews
Download or read book Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin written by William J. Andrews and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Wisconsin Water Quality Assessment Report to Congress by : Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources
Download or read book Wisconsin Water Quality Assessment Report to Congress written by Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin by : Ryan P. McNellis
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Book Synopsis Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Study Unit, Minnesota and Wisconsin by : Sharon E. Kroening
Download or read book Water-quality Assessment of Part of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Study Unit, Minnesota and Wisconsin written by Sharon E. Kroening and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Contaminants in the Mississippi River, 1987-92 by : Geological Survey (U.S.)
Download or read book Contaminants in the Mississippi River, 1987-92 written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nutrient Control Actions for Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico by : National Research Council
Download or read book Nutrient Control Actions for Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-07-13 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A large area of coastal waters in the northern Gulf of Mexico experiences seasonal conditions of low levels of dissolved oxygen, a condition known as hypoxia. Excess discharge of nutrients into the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers causes nutrient overenrichment in the gulf's coastal waters and stimulates the growth of large algae blooms. When these algae die, the process of decomposition depletes dissolved oxygen from the water column and creates hypoxic conditions. In considering how to implement provisions of the Clean Water Act to strengthen nutrient reduction objectives across the Mississippi River basin, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested advice from the National Research Council. This book represents the results of the committee's investigations and deliberations, and recommends that the EPA and U.S. Department of Agriculture should jointly establish a Nutrient Control Implementation Initiative to learn more about the effectiveness of actions meant to improve water quality throughout the Mississippi River basin and into the northern Gulf of Mexico. Other recommendations include how to move forward on the larger process of allocating nutrient loading caps-which entails delegating responsibilities for reducing nutrient pollutants such as nitrogen and phosphorus-across the basin.
