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Viewpoint – Is There a National Water Crisis?
Author(s) -
Durenberger David
Publication year - 1985
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.1551-8833.1985.tb05482.x
Subject(s) - hazardous waste , state (computer science) , business , water resources , environmental planning , wastewater , flood myth , clean water , national policy , public administration , political science , engineering , waste management , environmental science , international trade , geography , archaeology , computer science , biology , ecology , algorithm
Using examples from his home state of Minnesota, Senator Durenberger describes the national water crisis. Durenberger points to the need for flood control projects, construction of wastewater treatment facilities, and clean up of hazardous wastes which threaten water supplies. The importance of a national water policy is stressed as is the need to find new ways to organize United States water resources and water programs and to bring new actors, governmental and private, into the policy arena.