WESTWATER LECTURES-1976

CONTROLLING POLLUTION IN THE LoweR FRASER RIVER

 

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In the spring of 1972 the Westwater Research Centre initiated a programme of
research on pollution of the Lower Fraser River. This research has examined
the physical, chemical and biological condition of the river, the sources
of pollution, the technology and policies for controlling pollution and
the legal and administrative structure for deciding upon and taking action.
This programme is virtually completed and the lectures listed below will be
an oral report on the findings and conclusions of this set of studies. These
are free public lectures which will be non-technical [in nature and illustra-
ted with slides.

January 8 - CONTROL OF POLLUTION IN THE LOWER FRASER: THE PROBLEM IN PERSPEC-
TIVE. Irving Fox, Director, Westwater Research Centre.

January 15 - THE ADMINISTRATION OF POLLUTION CONTROL ACTIVITIES: HOW DECISIONS
ARE MADE. Mark Sproule-Jones, Associate Professor of Political Science,
University of Victoria. Ken Peterson, Research Associate, Westwater.

January 29 = THE QUALITY OF WATER IN THE LOWER FRASER AND SOURCES OF
POLLUTION. Ken Hall, Assistant Director, Westwater, and Assistant Prof-
essor of Civil Engineering.

February I2 - THE QUALITY OF WATER IN THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE LOWER FRASER
AND SOURCES OF POLLUTION. Ken Hall and John Wiens, Assistant Professor
of Soil Science and Westwater.

February 26 - BIOLOGY OF THE LOWER FRASER AND ECOLOGIC EFFECTS OF POLLUTION.
Tom Northcote, Professor (Aquatic Biology) Faculty of Forestry, Institute
of Animal Resource Ecology and Westwater.

March I! - TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONTROLLING POLLUTION OF THE LOWER FRASER AND
IMPLEMENTATION POLICIES. Anthony Dorcey, Assistant Director, Westwater.

March 25 = STRENGTHENING WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE LOWER FRASER:
RESEARCH, POLICIES, AND ADMINISTRATION. Panel: Irving Fox, Chairman,
Anthony Dorcey, Ken Hall, Ken Peterson, Mark Sproule-Jones and John Wiens.

 

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