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INDUCED OXIDATION OF STREAMS AND WATER QUALITY CONTROL INSTITUTIONS 1
Author(s) -
Whipple William,
Dittman Frank W.,
Ju Shaw L.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1970.tb01654.x
Subject(s) - aeration , politics , control (management) , quality (philosophy) , streams , water quality , state (computer science) , business , environmental economics , waste management , environmental science , natural resource economics , computer science , political science , engineering , law , economics , management , computer network , philosophy , epistemology , algorithm , biology , ecology
The proof is rapidly mounting that instream aeration is a technically and economically feasible supplement to secondary treatment of wastes, an alternative to tertiary waste treatment. Some phenomena remain unexplained; and competing technologies, especially those employing molecular oxygen, are being explored vigorously. However, there are convincing arguments in favor of aeration on theoretical grounds, proved technology is available; and the first installations have already been made. While remaining questions are being further investigated, it is time to consider in more detail the broader aspects, as to the institutional, legal, and political hurdles to be overcome before advantage can be taken of the new technology. This paper first summarizes the state‐of‐the‐art as far as technology is concerned; and then outlines the institutional problem.