Keywords:
United States. -- Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (674 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780471463528
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=152065
DDC:
363.739/45/0973
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1. Introduction -- Background -- Study Approach -- The First Leg: An Examination of BOD Loadings Before and After the CWA -- The Second Leg: An Examination of "Worst-Case" DO in Waterways Below Point Sources Before and After the CWA -- The Third Leg: Case Study Assessments of Water Quality -- The Target Audience for this Book -- References -- 2. An Examination of BOD Loadings Before and After the CWA -- A. History of Water Supply and Its Effects on Public Health -- Impacts on Water Supply Users and "The Great Sanitary Awakening" -- Impacts on Water Resources Users -- B. Evolution of Wastewater Treatment -- Primary Treatment -- Dissolved Oxygen as an Indicator of Water Quality -- Secondary Treatment -- Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) as a Measure of Organic Wasteload Strength -- C. The Federal Role in Implementing Secondary Treatment in the Nation's POTWs -- The Federal Role in Secondary Treatment Before the Clean Water Act -- The Federal Role in Secondary Treatment After the Clean Water Act -- D. Nationwide Trends in BOD Loading from POTWs -- Types of BOD Reported in this Trends Analysis -- Trends in POTW Inventory -- Trends in Population and Influent Wastewater Flow to POTWs -- Trends in Influent BOD Loading to POTWs -- Trends in Effluent BOD Loading from POTWs -- Trends in BOD Removal Efficiency -- Future Trends in BOD Effluent Loading -- E. BOD(5) Loadings from Point and Nonpoint Sources -- Pollutant Loading from Sources Other than POTWs -- BOD(5) Loads from the National Water Pollution Control Assessment Model (NWPCAM) -- Comparison of Point and Nonpoint Sources of BOD(5) at the National Level -- F. Investment Costs for Water Pollution Control Infrastructure -- The Construction Grants Program.
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Other Investment Costs for Water Pollution Control Infrastructure -- Future Infrastructure Needs -- G. Summary, Conclusions, and Future Trends -- Key Points of the Background Sections -- Key Points of the BOD Loading Analysis Sections -- Key Points of the Investment Costs Section -- Conclusions and Future Trends -- References -- 3. An Examination of "Worst-Case" DO in Waterways Below Point Sources Before and After the CWA -- A. Background -- Sources of DO Data -- "Worst Case" Conditions as a Screening Tool -- The Role of Spatial Scale in this Analysis -- B. Data Mining -- Step 1-Data Selection Rules -- Step 2-Data Aggregation Rules from a Temporal Perspective -- Step 3-Calculation of the Worst-Case DO Summary Statistic Rules -- Step 4-Spatial Assessment Rules -- Step 5-Data Aggregation Rules from a Spatial Perspective -- Step 6-Development of the Paired Data Sets (at Each Spatial Scale) -- C. Comparison of Worst-Case DO in Waterways Below Point Source Discharges Before and After the CWA at Three Spatial Scales -- Before and After DO at Reach Scale -- Before and After DO at Catalog Unit Scale -- Comparison of the Change in Signal Between the Reach and Catalog Unit Scales Using the Upper White River Basin (Indiana) as an Example -- Before and After DO at Major River Basin Scale -- D. Summary and Conclusions -- Key Points of the Background Section -- Key Points of the Data Mining Section -- Key Points of the Comparison Analysis Section -- Conclusions -- References -- 4. Case Study Assessments of Water Quality -- A. Background -- B. Selection of Case Study Waterways -- C. Before and After CWA -- D. Policy Scenarios for Municipal Effluent Discharges -- E. Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 5. Connecticut River Case Study -- Background -- Physical Setting and Hydrology -- Population, Water, and Land Use Trends -- Historical Water Quality Issues.
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Legislative and Regulatory History -- Impacts of Wastewater Treatment -- Pollutant Loading and Water Quality Trends -- Recreational and Living Resources Trends -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 6. Hudson-Raritan Estuary Case Study -- Background -- Physical Setting and Hydrology -- Population, Water, and Land Use Trends -- Historical Water Quality Issues -- Legislative and Regulatory History -- Impacts of Wastewater Treatment -- Pollutant Loading and Water Quality Trends -- Recreational and Living Resources Trends -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 7. Delaware Estuary Case Study -- Physical Setting and Hydrology -- Population, Water, and Land Use Trends -- Historical Water Quality Issues -- Legislative and Regulatory History -- Impacts of Wastewater Treatment -- Pollutant Loading and Water Quality Trends -- Evaluation of Water Quality Benefits Following Treatment Plant Upgrade -- Recreational and Living Resources Trends -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 8. Potomac Estuary Case Study -- Physical Setting and Hydrology -- Population, Water, and Land Use Trends -- Historical Water Quality Issues -- Legislative and Regulatory History -- Impacts of Wastewater Treatment -- Pollutant Loading and Water Quality Trends -- Evaluation of Water Quality Benefits Following Treatment Plant Upgrades -- Recreational and Living Resources Trends -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 9. James River Estuary Case Study -- Physical Setting and Hydrology -- Population Trends -- Historical Water Quality Issues -- Legislative and Regulatory History -- Impacts of Wastewater Treatment -- Pollutant Loading and Water Quality Trends -- Evaluation of Water Quality Benefits Following Treatment Plant Upgrades -- Recreational and Living Resources Trends -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 10. Upper Chattahoochee River Case Study.
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Physical Setting and Hydrology -- Population, Water, and Land Use Trends -- Historical Water Quality Issues -- Legislative and Regulatory History -- Impacts of Wastewater Treatment -- Pollutant Loading and Water Quality Trends -- Recreational and Living Resources Trends -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 11. Ohio River Case Study -- Physical Setting and Hydrology -- Population, Water, and Land Use Trends -- Historical Water Quality Issues -- Legislative and Regulatory History -- Impacts of Wastewater Treatment -- Pollutant Loading and Water Quality Trends -- Recreational and Living Resources Trends -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 12. Upper Mississippi River Case Study -- Physical Setting and Hydrology -- Population, Water, and Land Use Trends -- Historical Water Quality Issues -- Legislative and Regulatory History -- Impacts of Wastewater Treatment -- Pollutant Loading and Water Quality Trends -- Evaluation of Water Quality Benefits Following Treatment Plant Upgrades -- Recreational and Living Resources Trends -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 13. Willamette River Case Study -- Physical Setting and Hydrology -- Population, Water, and Land Use Trends -- Historical Water Quality Issues -- Legislative and Regulatory History -- Impacts of Wastewater Treatment -- Pollutant Loading and Water Quality Trends -- Recreational and Living Resources Trends -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Appendix A. United States Waterways Identified with Water Pollution Problems Before the 1972 Clean Water Act -- Appendix B. National Municipal Wastewater Inventory and Infrastructure, 1940-2016 -- Appendix C. National Public and Private Sector Investment in Water Pollution Control -- Appendix D. Before and After CWA Changes in Tenth Percentile Dissolved Oxygen and Ninetieth Percentile BOD(5) at the Catalog Unit Level.
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Appendix E. Before and After CWA Changes in Tenth Percentile Dissolved 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 Major River Basin Before and After the Clean Water Act: 1950, 1973, and ca. 1995 -- Appendix H. Municipal and Industrial Water Withdrawals by Major River Basin: 1940-1995 -- Glossary -- Index.
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