Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-108).

Introduction -- Problem and scope of study -- Framework--binational governance of Great Lakes water quality -- Background -- The resource problem: Great Lakes water quality -- The institution -- The Great Lakes water quality agreement -- Assessment of the institution -- The case studies: areas of concern -- Areas of concern in the Great Lakes basin -- Hamilton Harbour, Ontario -- Study area -- State of system -- Actors -- Research efforts -- Provincial level -- Federal level -- University level -- Remedial efforts with point sources -- Municipal -- Sewage treatment plants -- Landfill: Ottawa street dump -- Industrial -- Spills -- Vessel wastes -- Remedial efforts with nonpoint sources -- Urban drainage -- combined sewer overflows -- Rural drainage -- In-place sediments -- Windermere basin -- Outer basin dredging and fill -- Airborne deposition -- Rehabilitative efforts -- Southern Green Bay and the lower Fox River, Wisconsin -- Study area -- State of the system 1970-1972 -- Actors -- Research efforts -- University of Wisconsin Sea Grant program -- Other endeavors -- Remedial efforts with point sources -- Municipal -- Industrial -- Vessel wastes -- Spills -- Remedial efforts with nonpoint sources -- Urban and rural drainage -- East River watershed study -- Rural sewage treatment -- In-place sediments -- Dredging -- Airborne deposition -- The Green Bay remedial action plan -- Rehabilitative efforts -- Summary and conclusions -- Efforts toward water quality improvement in Great Lakes areas of concern -- Summary -- Hamilton Harbour -- Green Bay -- Conclusion: Impediments to action -- References -- Appendix A: Supplementary data and information: Hamilton Harbour -- Appendix B: Supplementary data and information: Green Bay and the Lower Fox River.