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050 4 TD763|b.S557 2010eb
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100 1 Sharpsteen, Bill,|d1954-
245 10 Dirty water :|bone man's fight to clean up one of the
world's most polluted bays /|cBill Sharpsteen.
264 1 Berkeley :|bUniversity of California Press,|c[2010]
264 4 |c©2010
300 1 online resource (xvi, 263 pages) :|billustrations.
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
490 1 The Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the
environment
504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 The swimmer -- The witness -- The coalition -- Squirp --
The press conference -- City hall -- The activist -- The
second hearing -- The scientist -- The politician -- The
brown ribbon -- Heal the bay -- The dirty toilet awards --
The decision -- Friend of the court -- Outsiders and
insiders -- The 50 percent job.
520 Dirty Water is the riveting story of how Howard Bennett, a
Los Angeles schoolteacher with a gift for outrageous
rhetoric, fought pollution in Santa Monica Bay--and won.
The story begins in 1985, when many scientists considered
the bay to be one of the most polluted bodies of water in
the world. The insecticide DDT covered portions of the sea
floor. Los Angeles discharged partially treated sewage
into its waters. Lifeguards came down with mysterious
illnesses. And Howard Bennett happily swam in it every
morning. By accident, Bennett learned that Los Angeles had
applied for a.
588 0 Print version record.
600 10 Bennett, Howard,|d1929-
600 17 Bennett, Howard,|d1929-|2fast/nic/nac
610 20 Hyperion Water Treatment Facility (Los Angeles, Calif.)
|xHistory.
610 27 Hyperion Water Treatment Facility (Los Angeles, Calif.)
|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01769824
650 0 Sewage disposal in the ocean|xEnvironmental aspects
|zCalifornia|zSanta Monica Bay.
650 0 Marine pollution|zCalifornia|zSanta Monica Bay
|xPrevention.
650 0 Environmental policy|zCalifornia|zSanta Monica Bay Region.
650 0 Environmentalists|zUnited States|vBiography.
650 0 Political activists|zUnited States|vBiography.
650 0 High school teachers|zUnited States|vBiography.
650 7 NATURE|xEcology.|2bisacsh
650 7 Ecology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00901476
650 7 Environmental policy.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00913250
650 7 Environmentalists.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00913554
650 7 High school teachers.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00956247
650 7 Marine pollution|xPrevention.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01009849
650 7 Political activists.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01069192
650 7 Sewage disposal in the ocean|xEnvironmental aspects.|2fast
|0(OCoLC)fst01113924
651 0 Santa Monica Bay Region (Calif.)|xEnvironmental
conditions.
651 7 California|zSanta Monica Bay Region.|2fast
|0(OCoLC)fst01342966
651 7 Pacific Ocean|zSanta Monica Bay.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01242596
651 7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155
655 7 Biography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423686
655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628
776 08 |iPrint version:|aSharpsteen, Bill, 1954-|tDirty water.
|dBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2010
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830 0 Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the
environment.
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