Water chemistry: fifty years of change and progress.
Patrick L Brezonik, William A Arnold
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, 500 Pillsbury Drive Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States. brezonik@umn.edu
Environmental science & technology 2012 Jun 5Water chemistry evolved from early foundations in several related disciplines. Although it is difficult to associate a precise date to its founding, several events support the argument that the field as we know it today developed in the mid-20th century--at the dawn of the "environmental era"--that is, ∼1960. The field in its modern incarnation thus is about 50 years old. In celebration of this half-centenary, we examine here the origins of water chemistry, how the field has changed over the past 50 years, and the principal driving forces for change, focusing on both the "practice" of water chemistry and ways that teaching the subject has evolved.
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Patrick L Brezonik, William A Arnold. Water chemistry: fifty years of change and progress. Environmental science & technology. 2012 Jun 5;46(11):5650-7
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