Clean Water Act assessment processes in relation to changing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency management strategies

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 5265-5273

  Cooter, William S ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PLANNING; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

BIOASSESSMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA); MODELING-BASED ASSESSMENTS; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS (TMDL);

WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

ACCURACY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; LAW; MODEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 6044254967     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es030690h     Document Type: Review

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