PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE ON NONPOINT SOURCES OF WATER POLLUTION: PROBLEMS, POLICIES, AND PROSPECTS, HELD AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY, SEPTEMBER 13-14, 1976

The objective of this conference was to identify the nature, sources, and extent of nonpoint pollution, and to describe what is known about its effect and what is being done. This included identifying problems in programs and policies, as well as gaps in knowledge, particularly as applied to Indiana. There were 13 papers presented in the areas of precipitation, urban runoff, highways, agriculture, forests, and mining. Also included was an overview of policies and programs, and a panel discussion on problems, prospects, and practicalities.

• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue Research Foundation

  Industrial Water Resources Research Center
  Lafayette, IN  United States  47907

  Office of Water Research and Technology

  C Street between 18th and 19th Streets, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20242
• Authors:
  • Potter, H R
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 167 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Agricultural wastes; Agriculture; Coal mines; Federal government; Fills; Forests; Highways; Impacts; Meetings; Mining; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Policy; Precipitation (Meteorology); Runoff; State government; Urban areas; Water pollution; Water quality
• Uncontrolled Terms: Nutrients; Sources
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Old TRIS Terms: Precipitation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00158683
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: OWRT-A-999-IND(5)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1977 12:00AM