Report on pollution of the waters of the Grand Calumet River, Little Calumet River, Calumet River, Lake Michigan, Wolf Lake and their tributaries, Illinois-Indiana
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control, Region V
Published: 1965
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
Subjects: Water Pollution; Water; Pollution
Description: And conclusions -- Foreword -- Background -- The area. Cities and industries ; Stream system ; Flow reversal in Calmut River -- Water uses. Municipal water supply ; Industrial water supply ; Waterborne commerce ; Recreation ; Esthetics ; Waste disposal and assimilation -- Sources of wastes. Municipal wastes ; Combined sewer overflows ; Industrial wastes ; Federal installations ; Bulk storage areas and barges ; Vessel pollution -- Lake currents. Current considerations ; Relationship to municipal water supplies -- Effects of wastes on water quality and water uses. Water quality criteria ; Calmuet area streams ; Lake Michigan -- Corrective action needed.
Notes: "February, 1965."
Table of contents: title: Summary and conclusions; title: Foreword; title: Background; title: The area. Cities and industries ; Stream system ; Flow reversal in Calmut River; title: Water uses. Municipal water supply ; Industrial water supply ; Waterborne commerce ; Recreation ; Esthetics ; Waste disposal and assimilation; title: Sources of wastes. Municipal wastes ; Combined sewer overflows ; Industrial wastes ; Federal installations ; Bulk storage areas and barges ; Vessel pollution; title: Lake currents. Current considerations ; Relationship to municipal water supplies; title: Effects of wastes on water quality and water uses. Water quality criteria ; Calmuet area streams ; Lake Michigan; title: Corrective action needed.