Preface;  Acknowledgements;  Part 1: An Economic Framework ;  1. Introduction  2. Water Pollution - Nature, Effects, Treatment, Alternatives to Treatment  3. Economic Efficiency, Social Policy and the Pollution Policy  4. Evaluation - Determination and Integration of Individual and Social Values - Focus of Public Policy;  Part 2: Research Needs ;  5. The Effect of Wastes on Receiving Water -Some Computational and Scientific Problems  6. Deficiencies in Technical and Economic Knowledge - Damages, Treatment, and Abatement Costs  7. Problems in Devising Procedures for Approximating Optimum Systems  8.

Summary of Part 1 and a Brief Review of Selected Research Needs.