Record #:

36613

Author(s):

Cassebaum, Anne

Abstract:

The author talks about the Haw River, one of 17 river basins in North Carolina, whose clear waters in the 1700s wound up a polluted mess by the 1950s. The Clean Water Act of 1972 brought the river back for recreation, but it still struggles with runoff and chemicals.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. Vol. 53 Issue No. 1, , p33-36, il

Subject(s):

Haw River--Clean-up and conservation