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

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 kn...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©1967
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (276 p.)
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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