WESTWATER LECTURES-1976

CONTROLLING POLLUTION IN THE LoweR FRASER RIVER

DOUGLAS COLLEGE LIBRARY

ARCHIVES 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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