Water Pollution Issues and DevelopmentsSarah V. Thomas Nova Publishers, 2008 - 280 էջ Pollution is undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities so that the environment becomes harmful or unfit for living things; especially applicable to the contamination of soil, water, or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances. In addition to the harm to living beings, both present or future and known or unknown, pollution cleanup and surveillance are enormous financial drains of the economies of the world. This book focuses on issues and developments critical for the field. |
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MTBE IN GASOLINE CLEAN AIR AND DRINKING WATER ISSUES | 25 |
ANIMAL WASTE AND WATER QUALITY EPA REGULATION OF CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS CAFO | 51 |
ANIMAL WASTE AND WATER QUALITY EPAS RESPONSE TO THE WATER KEEPER ALLIANCE COURT DECISION ON REGULATION O... | 75 |
ALLOCATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT ASSISTANCE FORMULA AND OTHER CHANGES | 89 |
ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATER REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS AND ISSUES | 103 |
PERCHLORATE CONTAMINATION OF DRINKING WATER REGULATORY ISSUES AND LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS | 111 |
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS PREVENTION AND CLEANUP | 119 |
SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS | 127 |
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Էջ 14 - The Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of the United States that there should be no discharges of oil or hazardous substances into or upon the navigable waters of the United States...
Էջ 14 - contiguous zone" means the entire zone established or to be established by the United States under article 24 of the Convention of the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. (10) The term "ocean" means any portion of the high seas beyond the contiguous zone.
Էջ 14 - Ocean waters" means those waters of the open seas lying seaward of the base line from which the territorial sea is measured, as provided for in the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone (15 UST 1606; TIAS 5639). (c) "Material...