The Mersey Basin: An historical assessment of water quality from an anecdotal perspective

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 314-316, Issue , 2003, Pages 53-66

  Burton, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

History; Industrial Revolution; Industry; Mersey Basin; Sewage development

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EFFLUENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

DOMESTIC EFFLUENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; POLLUTION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EFFLUENT; HISTORY; LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND (MERSEYSIDE); UNITED KINGDOM;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 18144432330     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00094-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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