Water Pollution--Great Lakes: Hearing Before a Subcommittee ...

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Page 76 - It is further agreed that the waters herein defined as boundary waters and waters flowing across the boundary shall not be polluted on either side to the injury of health or property on the other.
Page 501 - But at my back in a cold blast I hear The rattle of the bones, and chuckle spread from ear to ear. A rat crept softly through the vegetation Dragging its slimy belly on the bank...
Page 481 - WHEREAS, the Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution of the Senate Committee on Public Works, in its 1966 report "Steps Toward Clean Water...
Page 77 - ... to prevent disputes regarding the use of boundary waters and to settle all questions which are now pending between the United States and the Dominion of Canada involving the rights, obligations, or interests of either in relation to the other or to the inhabitants of the other, along their common frontier, and to make provision for the adjustment and settlement of all such questions as may hereafter arise...
Page 606 - Record. (There being no objection, the letter was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows : ) SEPTEMBER 25, 1970.
Page 462 - Most people seeking outdoor recreation want water — to sit by, to swim and to fish in, to ski across, to dive under, and to run their boats over. Swimming is now one of the most popular outdoor activities and is likely to be the most popular of all by the turn of the century. Boating and fishing are among the top 10 activities. Camping, picnicking and hiking, also high on the list, are more attractive near water sites.
Page 638 - ... agricultural, recreational or other uses which are being or may be made of such waters: or which is or may become injurious to the value or utility of riparian lands; or which is or may become injurious to livestock, wild animals, birds, fish, aquatic life or plants or the growth or propagation thereof be prevented or injuriously affected; or whereby the value of fish and game is or may be destroyed or impaired.
Page 136 - We just have too many people for the treatment plants we have." A 1969 report, "Potomac River Water Quality...
Page 280 - Legislature of Erie County, held in the County Hall, in the City of Buffalo, on the...
Page 273 - The samples of water were obtained and handled according to the standard methods for the examination of water and sewage of the American Public Health Association, as recommended by the New York State Department of Health.

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