Wisconsin. Committee on Water Pollution: Records, 1921-1966
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Title: Wisconsin. Committee on Water Pollution: Records
Inclusive Dates: 1921-1966

Creator:
  • Wisconsin. Committee on Water Pollution
Call Number: Series 1243

Quantity: 11.0 c.f. (29 archives boxes)

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Minutes, 1928-1963; regulatory orders and findings, correspondence, reports, studies and investigations, scattered photographs, and subject files of the committee responsible for enforcing and administering laws concerning pollution of surface water in Wisconsin from 1927 through 1966. Also included are minutes, reports, and correspondence of its subcommittee on the chemical treatment of lakes and streams (later the Subcommittee on Aquatic Nuisance Control), 1938-1966; minutes and reports of the Sulphite Manufacturers Research League, 1944-1962; and minutes of the Advisory Committee on Waste Disposal for the Wisconsin Pulp and Paper Industry. The subject files also contain detailed annual surveys, mainly 1929-1934, of Wisconsin paper mills. River basin and municipal sewage plant studies include narrative reports, public hearing transcripts, and occasional court documents. Well documented river basins include the Chippewa, Fox, Oconto, Rock, and Wisconsin river basins and the Madison lakes.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser01243
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