Description
Book SynopsisA thorough analysis of public policy and the Clean Water Act''seffect on water quality in the U.S.
Using water quality data and historical records from the past 60years, this book presents the measured impact of the 1972 CleanWater Act on domestic waterways-ecologically, politically, andeconomically. Municipal Wastewater Treatment supports thehypothesis that the Act''s regulation of wastewater treatmentprocesses at publicly owned treatment works (POTW) and industrialfacilities has achieved significant success. The authors'' case ispresented in:
* Background information on the history of water pollution controland water quality management
* Chapters addressing long-term trends in biochemical oxygen demandloadings from municipal wastewater plants and the worst-casedissolved oxygen levels in waterways downstream of point sourcesbefore and after the Clean Water Act
* Nine case study assessments of long-term trends of pollutantloading water quality and environmental res
Trade Review"It is a detailed, data-filled report of the nation's water quality and improvements therein." (
Journal of Hazardous Material, October 2003)
Table of ContentsPreface.
Acknowledgments.
Acronyms.
Introduction.
An Examination of BOD Loadings Before and After the CWA.
An Examination of "Worst-Case" DO in Waterways Below Point SourcesBefore and After the CWA.
Case Study Assessments of Water Quality.
Connecticut River Case Study.
Hudson-Raritan Estuary Case Study.
Delaware Estuary Case Study.
Potomac Estuary Case Study.
James River Estuary Case Study.
Upper Chattahoochee River Case Study.
Ohio River Case Study.
Upper Mississippi River Case Study.
Willamette River Case Study.
Appendix A: United States Waterways Identified with WaterPollution Problems Before the 1972 Clean Water Act.
Appendix B: National Municipal Wastewater Inventory andInfrastructure, 1940-2016.
Appendix C: National Public and Private Sector Investment in WaterPollution Control.
Appendix D: Before and After CWA Changes in Tenth PercentileDissolved Oxygen and Ninetieth Percentile BOD5 at the Catalog UnitLevel.
Appendix E: Before and After CWA Changes in Tenth PercentileDissolved Oxygen at the RF1 Reach Level.
Appendix F: Hydrologic Conditions of the 48 Contiguous States,Summer (July-September) from 1961 through 1995.
Appendix G: Municipal and Industrial Wastewater Loads by MajorRiver Basin Before and After the Clean Water Act: 1950, 1973, andca. 1995.
Appendix H: Municipal and Industrial Water Withdrawals by MajorRiver Basin: 1940-1995.
Glossary.
Index.
