Addressing Key Questions for Water Pollution Control: The Case of Nutrient Controls

I am pleased to have an opportunity to contribute to this first issue of the Journal of Water Pollution and Control. After having spent much of my professional career working on issues relating to public health, the environment, and water policy, I support the journal’s aim to provide quality water-related research and open access to it. In this commentary, I call attention to the magnitude and importance of water pollution problems, and focus particularly on the example of excess nutrient enrichment and the policy tools used to address it. Excess nutrient enrichment is one among many areas where this new journal may contribute to dialogues about water quality problems and the ways in which they can be addressed technically and through public policies.

Author(s): John Hoornbeek

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