Unfouling the Public's Nest
Chicago's Sanitary Diversion of Lake Michigan Water
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4018975 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louis P Cain (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 594 |
| Publication date | 1974-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3102244 |
| PMID | 11609305 |
| OpenAlex | W2316170789 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Water pollution, with its latent and manifest effects on public health, is one of the most complex problems faced by technology, society, and government. The high social impact of pollution seems to militate for governmental control or regulation of pollution control systems.' However, several crucial and persistent public policy questions immediately arise. Should the control be local or national? Are existing governmental bodies capable of coping with pollution problems, or are new agencies or environmental law needed? What about the functional disparity arising when agencies are assigned or assume responsibility outside their original purview? How is technology influenced by such extrinsic policy pressures? This paper will examine policy issues, the interaction of governmental units, and economic, geographical, and technological constraints which accompanied the haphazard attempts to resolve the problem of sewage pollution control in the Chicago metropolitan area. The focus will be on the activities of the Sanitary District of Chicago from its creation in 1889 until the issuance of a significant Supreme Court decree in 1930
Archaeology · Biology · Geography · Nest (protein structural motif) · Water diversion · Water resource management · American Environmental and Regional History · Environmental Science
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2019 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |