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Clean Water Act
(redirected from Clean Water Act of 1972)

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Clean Water Act

Legislation originally enacted in 1972, and amended several times since then, that establishes comprehensive national policies for water quality management. The laws are enforced by the Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov).
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The Clean Water Act of 1972 was one of the country's biggest environmental-protection steps.
CLEAN WATER ACT NEEDS REPAIR NOW by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
UNDER the Clean Water Act of 1972, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers are granted jurisdiction over the "navigable waters" of the United States.
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Thanks to tough antipollution laws like the Clean Water Act of 1972, many factories stopped treating rivers and lakes like garbage dumps.
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