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Status of Water Pollution Control in the United States
Author(s) -
Atkins C. H.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1963.tb01127.x
Subject(s) - legislation , pollution , scope (computer science) , united states regulation of point source water pollution , control (management) , water pollution , environmental planning , pollution prevention , environmental science , environmental protection , pollutant , political science , business , nonpoint source pollution , engineering , law , economics , waste management , computer science , chemistry , management , ecology , environmental chemistry , biology , programming language , organic chemistry
This article discusses efforts at water pollution control in the United States. A brief overview of the history of federal legislation to control water pollution is presented, along with the Congressional policy of leaving it up to the individual states, the national scope of the water pollution control program, other special and cooperative programs in water pollution control, and future needs for controlling new pollutants.