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Author Hillegas-Elting, James V., author.

Title Speaking for the river : confronting pollution on the Willamette, 1920s-1970s / James V. Hillegas-Elting.

Publication Info. Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2018.
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 334 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : one river, many voices -- The beautiful Willamette -- When reasonable use became unreasonable -- Sewage and the city -- Postwar effluents -- Polluted paradise -- At long last? -- Hydra-headed pollution -- Speaking for ourselves -- Appendix 1 : Notable Willamette Valley and Lower Columbia River pulp and paper mills in the Willamette River pollution story -- Appendix 2 : Willamette Valley Project dams -- Appendix 3 : North American water quality entities as of 1949.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Willamette River (Or.) -- Environmental conditions.
Water -- Pollution -- Oregon -- Willamette River.
Environmental degradation -- Oregon -- Willamette River.
Water quality management -- Oregon -- Willamette River.
Stream conservation -- Oregon -- Willamette River.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Ecology.
Environmental degradation.
Stream conservation.
Water -- Pollution.
Water quality management.
Oregon -- Willamette River.
Other Form: Print version: Hillegas-Elting, James V. Speaking for the river. Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2018 9780870719165 (DLC) 2017054212 (OCoLC)1007073636
ISBN 9780870719172 (electronic bk.)
0870719173 (electronic bk.)
9780870719165 (original trade pbk. ; alk. paper)
0870719165