The Doolittle Family in America

The Doolittle Family in America
Author: William Frederick Doolittle
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781016855594

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Septic Tank System Effects on Ground Water Quality

Septic Tank System Effects on Ground Water Quality
Author: Canter
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1985-04-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780873710121

This valuable reference delineates the ground water quality concerns associated with the planning and usage of septic tank systems. Septic tank systems represent a significant source of ground water pollution in the United States. Since many existing systems are exceeding their design life by several-fold, the usage of synthetic organic chemicals in the household and for system cleaning is increasing, and larger-scale systems are being designed and used.

Factories in the Field

Factories in the Field
Author: Carey McWilliams
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2000-04-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520925181

This book was the first broad exposé of the social and environmental damage inflicted by the growth of corporate agriculture in California. Factories in the Field—together with the work of Dorothea Lange, Paul Taylor, and John Steinbeck—dramatizes the misery of the dust bowl migrants hoping to find work in California agriculture. McWilliams starts with the scandals of the Spanish land grant purchases, and continues on to examine the experience of the various ethnic groups that have provided labor for California's agricultural industry—Chinese, Japanese, Mexicans, Filipinos, Armenians—the strikes, and the efforts to organize labor unions

American Exodus

American Exodus
Author: James Noble Gregory
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 362
Release: 1991
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780195071368

Gregory reaches into the migrants' lives to reveal both their economic trials and their impact on California's culture and society. He traces the development of an 'Okie subculture' which is now an essential element of California's cultural landscape.

HEC-2 Water Surface Profiles

HEC-2 Water Surface Profiles
Author: Hydrologic Engineering Center (U.S.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 318
Release: 1990
Genre: HEC-2 (Computer program)
ISBN:

This manual documents Version 4.6 of HEC-2, released February 1991. Appendices provide sample applications, floodway options, bridge and culvert analysis. Input, output, and special notes are also presented in the Appendices.

Agricultural Practices and Water Quality

Agricultural Practices and Water Quality
Author: Ted L. Willrich
Publisher:
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1971
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

SEDIMENT AS A WATER POLLUTANT; PLANT NUTRIENTS AS WATER POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES AS WATER POLLUTANTS; ANIMAL WASTES AS WATER POLLUTANTS; AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION IMPLICATIONS; AGRICULTURE'S INVOLVEMENT IN POLLUTED AND CLEAN WATER.