Very surprise to hear this : Where is the CLEAN WATER ACT in Effect? Summary of the Clean Water Act (Access https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-water-act) PDF of CWA, from U.S. Senate (234 pp, 571K, About PDF).  The official text of the CWA is available in theUnited States Code on FDSys, from the US Government Printing Office 33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq. (1972) The Clean Water Act (CWA) establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. The basis of the CWA was enacted in 1948 and was called the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, but the Act was significantly reorganized and expanded in 1972. "Clean Water Act" became the Act's common name with amendments in 1972. Under the CWA, EPA has implemented pollution control programs such as setting wastewater standards for industry. We have also set water quality standards for all contaminants in surface waters.

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Very surprise to hear this : Where is the CLEAN WATER ACT in Effect?

Summary of the Clean Water Act (Access https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-water-act)

PDF of CWA, from U.S. Senate (234 pp, 571K, About PDF).  The official text of the CWA is available in theUnited States Code on FDSys, from the US Government Printing Office

33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq. (1972)

The Clean Water Act (CWA) establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. The basis of the CWA was enacted in 1948 and was called the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, but the Act was significantly reorganized and expanded in 1972. "Clean Water Act" became the Act's common name with amendments in 1972.

Under the CWA, EPA has implemented pollution control programs such as setting wastewater standards for industry. We have also set water quality standards for all contaminants in surface waters.