Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. Nature's Attraction
2. History of the Lake
3. Sounding the Alarm
4. Those Who Built on Ameren’s Land
5. Impaired Waters–Yes, There’s Evidence
6. The Land and Geological Factors
7. Loving to Death
8. Documented Pollution Past
9. Modern Effort for Water Quality
10. Challenges in Regulating Pollution Sources
11. Lake Water Quality Gets Political
12. Other Regional Watershed Groups
13. Living Together—Activists, Homeowners, Policy Makers, and Proprietors
Epilogue
Notes
Index