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    to have a thriving and healthy society a clean water supply is a very simple but necessary resource. Dating back to the beginning of civilizations the need for clean water was an essential need. The Clean Water Act dates to Franklin D Roosevelt’s administration. In 1972 Congress amended and passed what is now known as the Clean Water Act to protect our precious resource of water. The clean water Act prevented the dumping of pollutants into navigable waters without a permit. Many municipalities and

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    Clean Water Act 1948

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    CLEAN WATER ACT The Federal water pollution control act in 1948 is the first initiative by federal to ensure the cleanliness of water, although the water pollution is considered as one of major problem for many states, the federal has set up this act with a few goals and objectives. But after mid 1950’s and 1960’s there were four amendments were noticed, which primary dealt with providing financial assistance for municipal drainages and for other research activities based on water pollution. By late

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    beaches and aqua and teal blue water with soft waves clashing against the boulders set in place for many onlookers to enjoy year-round. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed into law in October 12, 2000, the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act (BEACH) which developed performance monitoring, testing and notifying the public of potential water problems for recreational use (EPA, 2017). The Beach Act required states to review creation water use and standardized the criteria

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    Clean Water Act Of 1977

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    Clean Water Act of 1977: Amendment to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 Research Paper The Clean Water Act (CWA) was created in response the rapid loss of clean water. The government wanted to restore and preserve the water, as much of it was no longer useable for consumption or recreational use. A lot of this was due to agricultural runoff which lead to a surplus of phosphorus and nitrogen in many waters. (Tim Martins) The CWA’s most prominent effect was stricter regulations on

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    The Rio Grande River is currently on the 303(d) list of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The lower Sub-Basin from International Falcon Reservoir downstream to the Gulf of Mexico is lacking infrastructure to adequately handle the environmental consequences of human and industrial waste generation and disposal on the U. S side in locations such as Harlingen, TX. The Rio Grande is mostly affected by the high volumes of dissolved solids, such as salinity and bacteria. The U.S is working to introduce a common

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    cyanotoxins worldwide, in the United States there is not any regulation for cyanobacteria or cyanotoxins levels in the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) or in the Clean Water Act (CWA) (USEPA, 2015a). Since the SDWA provides the authority for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to publish health advisories (HAs) for agents that do not have any national drinking water regulation. Therefore, USEPA is the agency that is responsible for the implementing and enforcing of the guidelines, standards

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    Clean Water Act 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 CWA made it unlawful to discharge any pollutant from a point source into navigable waters, unless a permit is obtained. (United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2015) Originally passed in 1948 as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, it became commonly known as the Clean Water

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    2018 The Clean Water Act first became prominent when the act was passed in 1972 and has became more prevalent than ever in the twenty-first century. It served as a major revision of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948, which had much looser regulations on water pollution and failed to protect water quality. Some of the most important changes that came about the revision and passing of the Clean Water Act include regulations of what substances can legally be disposed of in water, the implementation

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    The Clean Water Act, otherwise known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, was passed in 1972 and aims to maintain the integrity of the United States’ waters by regulating the discharge of pollutants and maintaining quality standards for surface waters. One important type of regulation under the Clean Water Act is of nonpoint pollution sources, sources of water pollution that do not diffuse from a single identifiable source including agricultural pesticides, animal wastes and other components

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    The Clean Water Act (CWA) founds the elementary structure for regulating releases of contaminants into the water bodies of the US and also for surface waters it regulates quality standards. The origin of the CWA was passed in 1948 and was named the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, then the Act was suggestively reorganized and prolonged in 1972. as "Clean Water Act" this became the Act 's communal name after amendments in 1972.Further down to CWA, EPA has applied other pollution control agendas

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