Waste disposal
brownfields, 68
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 56
hazardous industrial wastes, 54-56
hierarchy, 53-54, 54f
industrial wastes, 53-58
injection wells, 55-56, 57(f4.2)
land disposal of hazardous waste, 56
laws, 53
methods, 55-56, 56t
nonhazardous industrial wastes, 57-58, 57(f4.3)
public opinion, 74, 74t
shipping, 56
Superfund, 65-68, 67t, 68t, 69(f4.12)
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), 56
See also Hazardous wastes; Municipal solid waste; Nuclear waste
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), 71, 72f
Waste to energy plants, 62t, 64-65, 196-197
Water 2025: Preventing Crises and Conflict in the West, 108-109
Water cycle, 102f
Water quality
acid rain, 132-133
BEACH Watch Program, 114-115
combined sewer overflows (CSOs), 111-112, 111f
economic issues, 109-110
estuary impairment, 113
excessive nutrients, 112, 113f
Federal regulations, 116-117
fertilizers, 150
fish consumption advisories, 114f, 187
fishability/swimmability, 113-115
groundwater, 116-117, 117f
international issues, 117-119
metals, 112
oceans, 119
oil spills, 119
pathogens, 111, 164
pesticides, 142
pollutants and sources, leading, 111t
pollution sources, 115-116, 115f, 116f
public opinion, 128t
siltation, 111-112, 112f
surface water, 110-116, 110t, 163-164, 164f
surface water quality, 110t
violations by state, 126, 126f
water management, 117, 118f
Water Quality Control Act, 120
waterborne disease outbreaks, 124-127
wetlands, 177
See also Drinking water
Water Quality Control Act, 120
Water supply
dams, 102-103, 105
erosion, 106-107
freshwater use and supply, 103, 104-109
groundwater, 103, 104f, 105(f6.4), 107-108, 107f
hydroelectric power, 102-103
international issues, 117-119
irrigation, 108, 109f
water management, 117, 118f
water table, 107
water use, 101-104, 103t, 104f, 105f, 106f
Western United States, 108-109
See also Drinking water
Waterfowl, 177
Watersheds, 117, 118f
Wave power, 200
Weapons, chemical and biological, 166-167
West Nile virus, 184, 185f
Western National Forests—A Cohesive Strategy Is Needed to Address Catastrophic Wildfire Threats (GAO), 172
Western United States
water issues, 108-109, 118
wildfires, 172
Wetlands, 176-179, 178f, 179f
White Americans, 158t, 159t
White pine blister rust, 174
Whitman, Christine Todd, 7
Wildfires, 98-99, 172, 174f
Wildlife
cities and, 185
invasive species, 184
protective legislation, 8t
roads and, 186
Wind energy, 203-205, 203f
WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant), 71, 72f
Wood energy, 195
Wood thrush populations, 135
World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 48-49
World Trade Organization (WTO), 11
WTO. See World Trade Organization (WTO)
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