A Report of Water Pollution in the South Platte River Basin February 1953

• Description: Report on the water quality study that resulted from the 1948 Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide data in preparation for the adoption of comprehensive programs for eliminating or reducing pollution.
• State: CO
• State: NE
• State: WY
• State: MO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 2/1/1953
• Author: CDPHE, Nebraska Department of Health, Wymoing Deparment of Public Health, Public Health Service ‎(Missouri Drainage Basin Office)‎
• Title: A Report of Water Pollution in the South Platte River Basin February 1953
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLES
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- Project list - Municipalities and industries needing
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improvements to abatement of pollution . . . . .
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- Principal tributaries of the South Platte River .
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- Population of municipalities . . . . . . . .
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- Municipal surface water supplies . . . . . . .
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- Municipal water supplies taken from ground sources .
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- Sources of municipal pollution . . . . . . .
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- Summary of existing municipal treatment facilities
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- Basic data on sources of industrial pollution .
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- Adequacy of existing treatment facilities .
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- Progress in pollution abatement . . . . . . .
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- Needs for municipal and industrial waste treatment
plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Table
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- Current status of municipal and industrial action
on pollution abatement needs . . . . . . .
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General Reference i-iap . . . . . . . . .
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:misting Primary Water Uses .
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Sources of Pollution and Existing Treatment Facilities
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Pollution Abatement Needs . . . . .
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