Main Title |
Water wasteland : Ralph Nader's study group report on water pollution / |
Author |
Zwick, David,
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
Grossman Publishers, |
Year Published |
1971 |
OCLC Number |
00227211 |
ISBN |
0670751693; 9780670751693 |
Subjects |
Nonpoint source pollution ;
Water--Pollution ;
Water--Pollution--United States ;
Government Agencies ;
Eau--Pollution--Thèses et crits académiques ;
Government Agencies--United States ;
Eau--Pollution--Tháeses et âecrits acadâemiques
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Additional Subjects |
Water--Pollution--United States
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBM |
TD223.Z86 1971 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
03/08/2002 |
EJDM |
TD223.Z861 1971 |
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Env Science Center Library/Ft Meade,MD |
01/01/1988 |
EMBM |
TD223.Z86 1971 |
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NRMRL/GWERD Library/Ada,OK |
01/01/1988 |
ERAM |
TD223.Z86 1971 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
01/01/1988 |
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Collation |
xvii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 494 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Notes |
"The Nader Report"--Spine. Introduction by Ralph Nader. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
Focusing on the problem of water pollution, the authors critically evaluate the government's limited efforts to prevent the hazardous abuse of this natural resource. Part one. The danger -- Water wasteland -- Part two. Polluters and protectors -- People, profits, and pollution : municipal and industrial pollution -- Plusð ca change, plus c'est la mãeme chose : the federal water pollution control program -- Pollution for sale : detergents -- The forgotten polluters : non-point sources of pollution --Part three. Politics, action, and inaction -- Discretion and dereliction -- Better late than never : the Lake Superior story -- With a little help from their friends -- The squeaky wheel gets the grease : public pressure and pollution control -- Part four. Law and order -- Law and order -- A uniquely local problem -- Private property, keep out : information on pollution -- Time is money -- The rise and fall of a mirage : federal water quality standards -- Hope springs eternal : the refuse act of 1899 -- Part five. The new federalism -- Talk is cheap -- Subsidies abused, sanctions unused -- Janus' other face : the federal government as polluter -- Innovation and obfuscation : the uses and abuses of pollution control research. |