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Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities (2008)
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. "Front Matter." Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2008.

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Mississippi River Water Quality and the Clean Water Act: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
   

 Water Quality Data and Assessment for the Mississippi River,

  

114
   

 The Status of TMDL Development Along the Mississippi River,

  

122
   

 Nutrient Criteria and TMDLs for the Mississippi River,

  

126
   

 Federal-State Cooperation in the Chesapeake Bay,

  

128
   

 Summary,

  

135

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EVALUATING MISSISSIPPI RIVER WATER QUALITY

  

138
   

 Mississippi River Basin Structure, Hydrology, and Monitoring,

  

139
   

 Federal and Regional Mississippi River Evaluations,

  

141
   

 Monitoring Associated with Clean Water Act Objectives,

  

146
   

 Status of and Prospects for Mississippi River Monitoring,

  

155
   

 Summary,

  

163

6

  

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER WATER QUALITY

  

165
   

 Tensions Between Agricultural Production and Water Quality,

  

166
   

 Federal Agricultural Programs for Resource Conservation,

  

168
   

 Key Pollutants and Strategies for Reducing Their Impacts,

  

172
   

 Approaches for Reducing Nonpoint Source Inputs from Agricultural Lands,

  

177
   

 Motivating Nonpoint Source Control in Agriculture,

  

184
   

 Potential Impacts of Biofuels Production,

  

185
   

 Summary,

  

187

7

  

COLLABORATION FOR WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CORRIDOR

  

190
   

 Clean Water Act Coordination Needs on an Interstate River,

  

191
   

 Cooperation on Interstate Rivers,

  

192
   

 Cooperative Efforts Along the Mississippi River,

  

198
   

 EPA Collaboration on the Mississippi River,

  

204
   

 Cooperation Among Federal Agencies on the Mississippi River,

  

207
   

 Summary,

  

210

 

  

REFERENCES

  

212

 

  

APPENDIXES

  

 

A

  

Guest Speakers at Committee Meetings

  

227

B

  

Acronyms

  

229

C

  

Biographical Information: Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act

  

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