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Use of the Clyde Estuary and Firth for the disposal of effluents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

A. J. N. Haig
A. J. N. Haig
Affiliation:
Clyde River Purification Board, Rivers House, Murray Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 OLA, Scotland
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The effluents from about half of Scotland's population and industry drain to the Clyde Estuary and Firth, where they cause a number of problems of contamination and pollution. This paper outlines historical aspects of urban growth, effluent production and disposal, pollution and pollution control. The sources, nature, quantities and main effects of effluents discharged are described, as is recent national and international legislation intended to prevent or control pollution. Reference is also made to the determination of licence conditions for effluent discharges by means of the Environmental Quality Objective/Environmental Quality Standard approach.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 90: The Environment of the Estuary and Firth of Clyde , 1986 , pp. 393 - 405
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1986

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