Download or read book Mississippi River and Tributaries Project written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-02-08 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mississippi River is, in many ways, the nation's best known and most important river system. Mississippi River water quality is of paramount importance for sustaining the many uses of the river including drinking water, recreational and commercial activities, and support for the river's ecosystems and the environmental goods and services they provide. The Clean Water Act, passed by Congress in 1972, is the cornerstone of surface water quality protection in the United States, employing regulatory and nonregulatory measures designed to reduce direct pollutant discharges into waterways. The Clean Water Act has reduced much pollution in the Mississippi River from "point sources" such as industries and water treatment plants, but problems stemming from urban runoff, agriculture, and other "non-point sources" have proven more difficult to address. This book concludes that too little coordination among the 10 states along the river has left the Mississippi River an "orphan" from a water quality monitoring and assessment perspective. Stronger leadership from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is needed to address these problems. Specifically, the EPA should establish a water quality data-sharing system for the length of the river, and work with the states to establish and achieve water quality standards. The Mississippi River corridor states also should be more proactive and cooperative in their water quality programs. For this effort, the EPA and the Mississippi River states should draw upon the lengthy experience of federal-interstate cooperation in managing water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
Download or read book Stages of the Mississippi River and of Its Principal Tributaries Except the Missouri River for written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stages and Discharges of the Mississippi River and Its Outlets and Tributaries written by United States. Mississippi River Commission and published by . This book was released on with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mississippi River written by Nathan Olson and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2004 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the Mississippi River, its source, outlet, history, people and uses today.
Download or read book Mississippi River and Tributaries Project written by United States. Mississippi River Commission and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mississippi River and Tributaries written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mississippi River and Tributaries Project Letter from the Secretary of the Army Transmitting a Letter from the Chief of Engineers Department of the Army Dated April 6 1963 Submitting a Report Together with Accompanying Papers and Illustrations on a Review of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project in Response to a Resolution Adopted June 12 1964 by the Committee on Public Works of the United States Senate and to Other Resolutions by the Committee and by the Committee on Public Works of the House of Representatives Listed in the Accompanying Report of the Mississippi River Commission and to the Flood Control Acts of July 24 1946 and May 17 1950 written by United States. Mississippi River Commission and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mississippi River Tragedies written by Christine A. Klein and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read a free excerpt here! American engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting the lower half of the river apart from its floodplain. American law has aided and abetted these feats. But despite our best efforts, so-called “natural disasters” continue to strike the Mississippi basin, as raging floodwaters decimate waterfront communities and abandoned towns literally crumble into the Gulf of Mexico. In some places, only the tombstones remain, leaning at odd angles as the underlying soil erodes away. Mississippi River Tragedies reveals that it is seductively deceptive—but horribly misleading—to call such catastrophes “natural.” Authors Christine A. Klein and Sandra B. Zellmer present a sympathetic account of the human dreams, pride, and foibles that got us to this point, weaving together engaging historical narratives and accessible law stories drawn from actual courtroom dramas. The authors deftly uncover the larger story of how the law reflects and even amplifies our ambivalent attitude toward nature—simultaneously revering wild rivers and places for what they are, while working feverishly to change them into something else. Despite their sobering revelations, the authors’ final message is one of hope. Although the acknowledgement of human responsibility for unnatural disasters can lead to blame, guilt, and liability, it can also prod us to confront the consequences of our actions, leading to a liberating sense of possibility and to the knowledge necessary to avoid future disasters.
Download or read book The Mississippi River written by Katie Marsico and published by Cherry Lake. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tour of the Mississippi River and its surrounding area.
Download or read book Annual Highest and Lowest Stages of the Mississippi River and Its Outlets and Tributaries written by United States Mississippi River Commission and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stages and Discharges of the Mississippi River and Its Outlets and Tributaries written by and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 1052 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fifty Years on the Mississippi Or Gould s History of River Navigation written by Emerson W. Gould and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stages of the Mississippi River and of Its Principal Tributaries written by United States. Mississippi River Commission and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Maximum Minimum and Mean Discharges of the Mississippi River and Its Outlets and Tributaries to 1963 written by United States. Mississippi River Commission and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flood Control The Mississippi River and its tributaries Hearings Nov 7 to 22 Nov 28 to Dec 19 1927 Jan 5 17 Jan 18 to 26 Jan 27 Feb 1 1928 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Man River written by Paul Schneider and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating account of how the Mississippi River shaped America In Old Man River, Paul Schneider tells the story of the river at the center of America's rich history—the Mississippi. Some fifteen thousand years ago, the majestic river provided Paleolithic humans with the routes by which early man began to explore the continent's interior. Since then, the river has been the site of historical significance, from the arrival of Spanish and French explorers in the 16th century to the Civil War. George Washington fought his first battle near the river, and Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman both came to President Lincoln's attention after their spectacular victories on the lower Mississippi. In the 19th century, home-grown folk heroes such as Daniel Boone and the half-alligator, half-horse, Mike Fink, were creatures of the river. Mark Twain and Herman Melville led their characters down its stream in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Confidence-Man. A conduit of real-life American prowess, the Mississippi is also a river of stories and myth. Schneider traces the history of the Mississippi from its origins in the deep geologic past to the present. Though the busiest waterway on the planet today, the Mississippi remains a paradox—a devastated product of American ingenuity, and a magnificent natural wonder.
