Surface Water Quality: Have the Laws Been Successful?

by Drew M. Palavage, Faith Douglass, Paul M. Stewart, et al.

Book Overview

Addressing ecologists, legislators, lawyers, and industrialists alike, Ruth Patrick asks what has been accomplished with the millions of dollars spent on upgrading our surface waters. Has the water improved in spite of the fact that the crayfish, snails, and algae are not those that one would expect to find in natural rivers and estuaries? To evaluate the success of environmental laws over the past two decades, the author examines the aquatic life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691601836
• ISBN13: 9780691601830
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"