Effective Surface Water Quality Policies: A Contrast of Policies in the United States and the European Union

The United States and the European Union each have their own policy approach to protect surface water quality. Both policy approaches are similar in many ways. Both rely heavily on command and control. However, there are differences in the application of the details. Both the U.S. and E.U. began current efforts to protect surface water quality in the 1970s, yet quality continues to less than desired in both places. Both have reduced point source pollutants but have had difficulty controlling non-point source pollutants even though policies have been in place for many decades. The successes and failures of the two policies are studied in this project to determine which aspects of both policies will best protect surface water quality in an increasingly complex future.

Troubled Waters Ahead: An Evaluation of Shoreline Land Use Policies for Water Quality Protection in Renfrew County, Ontario

Increases in the rate and extent of lakeshore development along inland lakes in Ontario are adversely impacting water quality. Despite growing awareness, there is a lack of knowledge about the land use policies and tools in place to protect inland lakes in rural Ontario. This research evaluated official plans for water quality protection policies for inland lakes in the County of Renfrew, Ontario to address this gap. The findings suggest that municipalities implicitly link water quality to land use planning policy and fail to incorporate innovative methods to protect water quality.

Planning methodologies for analysis of land use/water quality relationships /

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The recreation benefits of water quality improvements : analysis of day trips in urban setting /

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Water quality : Western Fish Toxicology Station and western Oregon rivers /

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Proceedings of the Second American-Soviet Symposium on the Use of Mathematical Models to Optimize Water Quality Management, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, August 27-30, 1979 /

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Forest harvest, residue treatment, reforestation and protection of water quality /

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Water quality indices : a survey of indices used in the United States /

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Agricultural land use water quality interaction : problem abatement, project monitoring, and monitoring strategies /

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Surface water quality parameters for monitoring oil shale development /

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Ion selective electrodes in water quality analysis /

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Automated In Situ Water Quality Sensor Workshop, February 14-16, 1978 : [proceedings] /

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Integrated land use/air quality/water quality control study for Sonoma County, California /

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Costs and water quality impacts of reducing agricultural nonpoint source pollution : an analysis methodology /

Aug. 1979.