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Mutagenicity of municipal water obtained from an agricultural area
Environmental Mutagenesis, 1981AbstractWe have studied the mutagenicity of the water from Lake Bloomington and of the tap water that is made from the lake water. The lake, which is the source of drinking water for Bloomington, Illinois (pop. 44,000), is surrounded by land that is farmed intensively ‐ being mainly in maize and soybeans. Samples were collected monthly from May through
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UPGRADING MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN RURAL AREAS
1977The 1972 amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (P.L. 92-500) call for upgrading municipal wastewater treatment throughout the United States. The amendments established the goal of best practical waste treatment by 1977 and best available treatment by 1983 for all municipal wastewater treatment works.
Young, C. Edwin, Young, C. Edwin
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Municipal organic wastes and composts for arid areas
Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation, 1989Abstract Municipal organic wastes offer many benefits for application to arid soils, including (1) increased soil fertility, (2) increased water retention in the soil, (3) decreased soil erosion, and (4) decreased fertilizer requirements. Both refuse and sewage sludge are sources of municipal organic wastes. This paper presents health and environmental
John C. Glaub, Clarence G. Golueke
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Municipal Service Provision Choices within a Metropolitan Area
Urban Affairs Review, 2005The authors investigate the decision of municipal governments to out source the provision of public services during the 1980s and 1990s—a period of increased responsibility for municipalities. This study extends previous empirical work on outsourcing by distinguishing the type of outsourcing used (e.g., public, private, or other types of providers ...
Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, Juliet Musso
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Forest Management on Municipal Water Source Areas
Journal of Forestry, 1947Abstract Research is rapidly dispelling many of the fallacies that long beclouded our information on forest influences. These findings have immediate and highly practical application to management of municipal watersheds. It is rare to find a watershed forester who displays in his management program a working knowledge of these newly ...
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Rural Municipalities - Great Lakes - St. Lawrence area
1958Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the location and extent of rural municipalities in the Great Lakes/Saint Lawrence area circa late 1950s. County, township and other rural municipalities are indicated. Tables for numbered municipalities are included, listed by the province in which it is located.
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MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN URBAN AREAS
Rapid increase in different types of hazardous waste due to continuous economic growth, industrialization and urbanization is becoming a major problem for government to ensure effective and sustainable waste management. The transport, separation, handling and discarding of wastes needs to be properly managed without affecting the environmental health ...Ravi Kumar B N, Anand K Joshi
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Areas of increasing the prestige of municipal service
Proceedings of the Southwest State University. Series: Economics. Sociology. ManagementRelevance. Currently, despite the emerging positive trends, the prestige of the municipal service is low. Young professionals who come to municipalities do not stay there to work, a characteristic feature is the high staff turnover. Under the current conditions, it is necessary to develop a unified, effective mechanism for the selection, adaptation and
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Municipal and Industrial Areas
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 1952openaire +1 more source