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Water crisis demands pollution control measures nation wide
National water use climbs from 322.9 to an estimated 597.1 billion gallons daily by 1980 while pollution worsens across major rivers. The first National Conference on Water Pollution gathers 1,500 officials to outline needs, costs, and enforcement challenges for 1968 and beyond.
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Washington
America
Potomac
New England
Connecticut
Mississippi River
St. Louis
California
San Joaquin
Leroy E. Burney
U.S. Public Health Service
Eisenhower
Congress
Boston Harbor
Lake Michigan
San Francisco Bay
Hudson
Dela
Ware
Ohio
Cumberland
Arkansas
Red
Colorado
Public Health Service
United States
Lake Mead
Hoover Dam