Water Resources of Canada / / ed. by Claude Dolman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Brouillette, Benoît,; Bruce, J. P.,; Cameron, W. M.,; Camu, Pierre,; Chandler, David C.,; Desrochers, Raymond,; Dolman, C. E.,; Dolman, Claude E.,; Harrison, J. M.,; Hayes, F. R.,; LeBlond, Paul H.,; McLean, Donald M.,; McNaughton, A. G. L.,; Meyboom, P.,; Misener, A. D.,; Moss, Frank E.,; Neatby, Hilda,; Pleva, E. G.,; Radforth, Norman W.,; Richards, T. L.,; Riley, Gordon A.,; Rodgers, G. K.,; Sourirajan, S.,
• HerausgeberIn: Dolman, Claude ,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (276 p.)

Thoughtful people everywhere, but particularly in North America, are disturbed by the increasing number and seriousness of the problems associated with water resources. The Royal Society of Canada, impressed by the gravity of this situation, and by the multi-disciplinary nature of the specialized knowledge needed to cope with it, chose Water Resources as the main theme for its 1966 annual meeting. The topic has been broadly interpreted here: most of the papers were presented by the Science Section of the Society but contributions from all its Sections are included, covering political, historical and sociological aspects of the problem in addition to the physical, biological and even mathematical aspects. The contents comprise twenty-three essays, grouped into six parts under self-explanatory headings—"Pros and Cons of Canadian Water Export"; "Water, an Indispensable Resource"; "The St. Lawrence, Then and Now"; "The Great Lakes: Unique Features and Peculiar Problems"; "Physico-Mathematical Studies of Water"; and "The Biological Necessities and Hazards of Water." The contributors to this volume include Senator Frank E. Moss, the late General A.G.L. McNaughton, Pierre Camu, Hilda Neatby, Benoit Brouillette, A.D. Misener, and F.R. Hayes. This work is authoritative without being highly technical. It can be read profitably by all scientists and health workers professionally involved in the conservation of water resources everywhere. In addition, the non-scientific citizen can find much in this book that is enlightening and impressive about this inescapable and vital problem. (Royal Society of Canada Studia Varia Series No. 11)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Toward a North American Water Policy -- Toward a North American Water Policy -- A Monstrous Concept, a Diabolic Thesis -- The McNaughton-Moss Confrontation -- Nawapa and Muskeg -- PART II. WATER, AN INDISPENSABLE RESOURCE -- L'eau, ressource indispensable -- Water, a Physical Resource -- Water Resources -- PART III. THE ST. LAWRENCE, THEN AND NOW -- That Great Street: The St. Lawrence -- Le role du Quebec dans le trafic maritime au Canada -- PART IV. THE GREAT LAKES: UNIQUE FEATURES AND PECULIAR PROBLEMS -- The Uniqueness of the Great Lakes -- Unique Research Opportunities Afforded by the Great Lakes -- Environmental Control in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region of North America -- Thermal Regime and Circulation in the Great Lakes -- Meteorological Problems on the Great Lakes -- PART V. PHYSICO-MATHEMATICAL STUDIES OF WATER -- Meteorology and Water Resources -- L'aspect mathematique de l'oceanographie -- Estimates of Groundwater Recharge on the Prairies -- The Reverse Osmosis Membrane Separation Process and Its Application for Water Purification -- PART VI. THE BIOLOGICAL NECESSITIES AND HAZARDS OF WATER -- Biological Aspects of the Water Problem -- Aquatic Communities and Their Adaptations to Their Environment -- Présence de bactéries réductrices du soufre dans les rivières polluées par les eaux résiduaires des usines de préparation des pâtes à papier -- Water-Borne Viral Infections -- The Waters of Wide Agony