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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY—WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY—WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240

POTOMAC RIVER BASIN ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONTENTS THE RIVER IN TIME

1830

1936 Flood scene Civil War Chain Bridge Early 1900—canoeists near Seneca, Md. 1917 Washington Waterfront Washington Waterfront today POTOMAC RIVER BASIN

I. THE WAY THINGS ARE

Proposed Water Resource Development

North Mountain Town Creek

II. TOWARD A MORE USEFUL RIVER Problems of Water Supply in the Potomac Basin

WATER SUPPLY POTOMAC RIVER, WASH. D.C. GROUND WATER LEVELS WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA

Possible Answers Flooding in the Basin

THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE FLOOD PLAIN DELINEATION POTOMAC RIVER AT HANCOCK, MD.

III. THE CLEANSING OF THE WATERS

Troubles above the Fall Line

WATER TREATMENT STEPS PURPOSE OF CHEMICALS

The lower estuary Techniques for cleaning up

Low Flow Augmentation

Machinery

IV. A GOOD PLACE TO BE

The Basin's amenities Troubles and threats The metropolis

Sprawl as a problem farther out Industry in the landscape Other Basin landscape problems Recreation City recreational needs Basin recreational needs Avenues toward coping with landscape problems

V. COMPLEXITIES AND PRIORITIES

Public attitudes toward environmental action Pecuniary matters The implications of complexity The question of an agency Action now

VI. THE NATION'S RIVER

AN ACTION PLAN