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Main Title First things first : a strategy against water pollution.
CORP Author United States. Environmental Protection Agency.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency : for sale by Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
Year Published 1974
Report Number EPA 800-R-74-102
Stock Number PB2009-114509
OCLC Number 262693270
Subjects Water--Pollution--United States
Additional Subjects United States--Environmental Protection Agency ; Water pollution ; Industrial waste ; Human waste ; Impurities overload ; Correction strategy ; Prevention strategy
Internet Access
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ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 800-R-74-102 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
NTIS  PB2009-114509 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 15 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Abstract
Most Americans know quite a lot about water pollution. Individually we may not know too much about chemistry, biology or oceanography, but we do know that our waters are in serious trouble. We see and hear evidence of water pollution everywhere we go. What happened. Simply this: as our industry and population grew, we produced more and more industrial and human waste. Soon we were producing more than Nature's own purification system could handle, and our waters became overloaded with impurities. Now many of our lakes and rivers, harbors and bays are a national disgrace because they are fouled with human and animal wastes, chemicals and oil, sludge, and debris of all kinds.
Notes
Title from cover. "September 1974"--P. 1.