AICP - Environment/Energy Question and Answer
1st Earth Day - April 22, 1970 Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - created in 1927 in order to create the Colorado River Aqueduct. Largest supplier of treated h2o in the US Effluent Standards - Restrictions on the discharge of pollutants into the environment Clean Air Act - passed in 1970; last amended in 1990. monitors six pollutants: Ozone Particulate Matter Carbon Monoxide Nitrogen Dioxide Sulfur Dioxide Lead Biomass - Plants or trees that are grown to be used to generate energy. Uses organic material which is burned to create energy. R-value - Measure of thermal resistance Higher = better. min. 20 reccomended for residential use Palustrine - non-tidal wetland marsh Lacustrine - of, relating to, or associated with lakes Littoral - a region lying along a shore Oligotrophic - Deep lake. Poor in nutrients & plant life. Rich in oxygen. Acreage of US national forestland - 191 million responsible for the review of historic preservation applications at the federal level - Department of the Interior is responsible for the National Park Service, which is responsible for overseeing the National Register of Historic Places
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