Pollution and Water Quality
According to the United Nations, declining water quality has become a global issue of concern as human populations grow, industrial and agricultural activities expand, and climate change threatens to cause major alterations to the hydrological cycle. Resources available in this sub-theme include manuals describing water quality testing and treatment, reports and assessments of water quality from around the world, methods of maintaining water quality and managing pollution, and other resources that support enabling environments for effective water quality control.
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Water Quality Management in Pond Fish Culture
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January 1, 1979U.S. Agency for International Development
Presents a study of the variables in waste quality as they affect the survival, reproduction, growth, production, or management of fish. An attempt is made to define 'good' water quality. Information is presented which will be of help in: determining the potential of a body of water for...Read more
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United States, North AmericaEffect of Agricultural Use on Water Quality for Downstream Use for Irrigation
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July 1, 1973U.S. Agency for International Development
Studies the effect of irrigation return flow on downstream irrigation water quality in the Sevier, Colorado, and Rio Grande river systems, and in the Imperial Valley of Southern California. The report begins by reviewing significant literature on irrigation return flow. Next, water quality criteria...Read more
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United States, North AmericaHow Trees Can Retain Stormwater Runoff
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December 31, 1969The National Institutes for Water Resources
Trees in our communities provide many services beyond the inherent beauty they lend to streets and properties. One of the most overlooked and underappreciated is their ability to reduce the volume of water rushing through gutters and pipes following a storm. This means less investment in expensive...Read more
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United States, North AmericaMethods of Analysis for Waters, Organic Matter, and Pond Bottom Soils Used in Fisheries Research
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January 1, 1969U.S. Agency for International Development
This report provides guidance on water quality testing with respect to fisheries and increasing fish production and the methods to doing so.Read more
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United States, North AmericaNutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Lakes and Reservoirs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
This manual details the U.S. EPA's scientific recommendations regarding ambient concentrations of nutrients that protect resource quality and aquatic life. The guidance manual is intended to help the user develop criteria useful for abating cultural eutrophication...Read more
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North America, United StatesA Twenty-First Century U.S. Water Policy
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July 2, 2021Pacific Institute
Environmental justice is a trending topic among water officials, especially for those who are trying to reorient federal water policy to increase equity. Environmental justice advocates are attempting to correct the decades of water injustices that have targeted disenfranchised communities,...Read more
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United StatesEnvironmental justice and drinking water quality: are there socioeconomic disparities in nitrate levels in U.S. drinking water?
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July 2, 2021Low-income and minority communities often face disproportionately high pollutant exposures. The lead crisis in Flint, Michigan, has sparked concern about broader socioeconomic disparities in exposures to drinking water contaminants. Nitrate is commonly found in drinking water, especially in...Read more
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United StatesEnvironmental justice and drinking water quality: are there socioeconomic disparities in nitrate levels in U.S. drinking water?
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July 13, 2021Low-income and minority communities often face disproportionately high pollutant exposures. The lead crisis in Flint, Michigan, has sparked concern about broader socioeconomic disparities in exposures to drinking water contaminants. Nitrate is commonly found in drinking water, especially in...Read more
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United StatesMaking the Invisible Visible: Results of a Community-Led Health Survey Following PFAS Contamination of Drinking Water in Merrimack, New Hampshire
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July 13, 2021In March 2016, citizens of Merrimack, New Hampshire, learned that their public water supply was contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). A subsequent state-led investigation revealed widespread contamination of both public and private well water with PFOA and several related chemicals,...Read more
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United StatesApplying a Cumulative Risk Framework to Drinking Water Assessment: A Commentary
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July 13, 2021The health risks of drinking water contaminants and the economic benefits of drinking water standards are typically assessed one chemical at a time, an approach that misses the health impacts of co-occurring contaminants in drinking water. In contrast, a cumulative risk framework has become common...Read more
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