Research Reporting Series: Environmental protection technology, Issue 600Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1977 - Environmental engineering |
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... cause diversion of some surface waters , because wastes now being processed for on - land application may previously have been carried away by the flow of surface waters . Third , trace contaminants may remain on the land after ...
... cause diversion of some surface waters , because wastes now being processed for on - land application may previously have been carried away by the flow of surface waters . Third , trace contaminants may remain on the land after ...
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... caused by the fact that many states have no statutes , regulations , or even judicial decisions involv- ing the unique aspects of land application . The position of land application systems is particularly strong in eastern , riparian ...
... caused by the fact that many states have no statutes , regulations , or even judicial decisions involv- ing the unique aspects of land application . The position of land application systems is particularly strong in eastern , riparian ...
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... culture that relied on using the waters of a stream . The surge of industrial development in the eastern United States in the latter half of the nineteenth century caused many courts to conclude that the natural flow 7.
... culture that relied on using the waters of a stream . The surge of industrial development in the eastern United States in the latter half of the nineteenth century caused many courts to conclude that the natural flow 7.
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... caused his harm . The trend from the natural flow to the reasonable use theory has been an ongoing and gradual process . Even today there are states that , in name at least , observe the natural flow theory . Moreover , in many of the ...
... caused his harm . The trend from the natural flow to the reasonable use theory has been an ongoing and gradual process . Even today there are states that , in name at least , observe the natural flow theory . Moreover , in many of the ...
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... caused by mining , industrial use , and the disposal of urban sewage ; as might be expected , such cases often involve conduct with a high degree of social utility but causing a significant decline in water quality . As a result it is ...
... caused by mining , industrial use , and the disposal of urban sewage ; as might be expected , such cases often involve conduct with a high degree of social utility but causing a significant decline in water quality . As a result it is ...
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15 cm treatment anoxic approximately beneath a cover calculated from measurements carbon civil law civil law rule court cover placed cropped plots denitrification occurred determined difference effluent Environmental Protection Agency fertilizer application fertilizer was applied flow of surface flux method Flux of N20 function of soil gas fluxes gaseous diffusion coefficients groundwater harm irrigation kg N ha-1 kg N/ha land application systems liability lower landowner manure manure and cropped manure plots method N₂ N20 concentration natural flow natural watercourse nitrogen Nitrous oxide percolating water plaintiff riparian rights riparian theory Rolston samples SOIL DEPTH cm soil gaseous diffusion soil profile soil solution soil surface soil temperature soil-air content soil-water content soil-water pressure head soil-water velocity stream summer experiment surface waters tensiometers three plots tion total denitrification trace contaminants trace pollutants U.S. Environmental Protection uncropped plots wastewater water content water law water rights water treatments Western winter experiment
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Page 69 - This report has been reviewed by the Environmental Protection Agency and approved for publication. Approval does not signify that the contents necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use...
Page 31 - That whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes, have vested and accrued, and the same are recognized ana acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 13 - If the testimony shows the former to be the nature of the injury, the measure of damages is the difference in value of the property before and after the injury.
Page 68 - Environmental Protection Agency, have been grouped into nine series. These nine broad categories were established to facilitate further development and application of environmental technology. Elimination of traditional grouping was consciously planned to foster technology transfer and a maximum interface in related fields. The nine series are: 1. Environmental Health Effects Research 2. Environmental Protection Technology 3. Ecological Research 4. Environmental Monitoring 5. Socioeconomic Environmental...
Page 23 - ... but that it rather falls within that principle, which gives to the owner of the soil all that lies beneath his surface; that the land immediately below is his property, whether it is solid rock, or porous ground, or venous earth, or part soil, part water; that the person who owns the surface may dig therein, and apply all that is there found to his own purposes at his free will and pleasure; and that if, in the exercise of such right, he intercepts or drains off the water collected from underground...
Page 31 - ... all surplus water over and above such actual appropriation and use, together with the water of all lakes, rivers, and other sources of water supply upon the public lands, and not navigable, shall remain and be held free for the appropriation and use of the public for irrigation, mining, and manufacturing purposes, subject to existing rights.
Page 41 - Each possessor is legally privileged to make a reasonable use of his land, even though the flow of surface waters is altered thereby and causes some harm to others.
Page 36 - What diminution of quantity, or deterioration in quality, will constitute an invasion of the rights of the first appropriator, will depend upon the special circumstances of each case, considered with reference to the uses to which the water is applied.
Page 7 - For water is a movable, wandering thing, and must of necessity continue common by the law of nature; so that I can only have a temporary, transient, usufructuary, property therein...
Page 40 - Owners of land may drain the same in the general course of natural drainage, by constructing open or covered drains...