| Lake Erie Rehabilitated: Controlling Cultural Eutrophication 1960s-1990s Contributor(s): McGucken, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1884836585 ISBN-13: 9781884836589 Publisher: University of Akron Press OUR PRICE: $7.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Lakes, Ponds & Swamps - Political Science | Public Policy - General |
| Dewey: 363.739 |
| LCCN: 99053826 |
| Series: Technology and the Environment (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.16" W x 9.28" (1.26 lbs) 318 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 1970's - Chronological Period - 1980's - Chronological Period - 1990's - Cultural Region - Great Lakes |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Lake Erie Rehabilitated, historian William McGucken presents a comprehensive account of the most notorious international incident of cultural eutrophication -- Lake Erie. With the assistance of the International Joint Commission, Canada and the United States diagnosed phosphorus as the primary cause of the problem and, in a unique cooperative effort, reduced input to the lake from municipal and industrial wastewater plants and agricultural lands. Public pressure and government regulation encouraged the reluctant detergent industry to produce alternative detergents and, finally, reduced the input of phosphorus to targeted levels. |