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RECORD NUMBER: 935 OF 954Main Title | Water Pollution Problems of the Great Lakes Area. | |||||||||||
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CORP Author | Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, Chicago, Ill. Great Lakes-Illinois River Basins Project | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1966 | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB-260 337 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Water quality data ; Water pollution sampling ; Great Lakes ; Michigan ; Recreation ; Water supply ; Bacteria ; Chemical effluents ; Industrial wastes ; Waste disposal ; Municipalities ; | |||||||||||
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Collation | 27p | |||||||||||
Abstract | The water pollution problems of the Great Lakes area are reviewed in terms of their various effects and what is being done to correct them. Problems are identified as: over-enrichment of the lakes; build-up of dissolved solids; bacterial contamination of the lakes and tributaries; chemical contamination from industrial waste discharges; and oxygen depletion of the lakes and tributaries. Management problems are also described along with federal, state, regional, local, industrial interstate and international action. |