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A COMMITTEE has been set up, under the chairmanship of Sir Horace Monro, to deal with the legislative and administrative aspects of questions relating to river pollution. This committee considers that present legislative enactments are sufficient, and recommends the setting up of River Boards in the various watersheds of England. Such Boards, having a call upon the rates, would be in a financial position to apply the laws against pollution, a costly activity which rarely appeals to private individuals. They would be in a position to employ a technical adviser conversant with local conditions and with known means of dealing with noxious effluents. It remains to be seen whether county councils will act on this advice and set up a series of Boards throughout Great Britain, similar to that in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Research on Water Pollution. Nature 123, 585 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123585a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/123585a0