Clean Water Act

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The Clean Water Act is a landmark U.S. environmental law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s waters and sets water quality standards to protect human health and aquatic ecosystems.

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Generate an image of the Clean Water Act (The Clean Water Act is a landmark U.S. environmental law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s waters and sets water quality standards to protect human health and aquatic ecosystems.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
abbreviation NPDES ⓘ
addresses nonpoint source pollution through grants and planning ⓘ
administeredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
state environmental agencies ⓘ
aimsToProtect aquatic ecosystems ⓘ
human health ⓘ
allows citizen suits ⓘ
amendedIn 1977 ⓘ
1981 ⓘ
1987 ⓘ
amends Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 ⓘ
authorizes EPA to set effluent limitations ⓘ
EPA to set water quality standards ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 33 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
defines point source ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enactmentDate 1972-10-18 ⓘ
establishes National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ⓘ
basic structure for regulating pollutant discharges into U.S. waters ⓘ
primaryGoal restore and maintain the biological integrity of the Nation’s waters ⓘ
restore and maintain the chemical integrity of the Nation’s waters ⓘ
restore and maintain the physical integrity of the Nation’s waters ⓘ
protects surface waters ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
provides civil enforcement mechanisms ⓘ
criminal enforcement mechanisms ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 92-500 ⓘ
purpose eliminate the discharge of pollutants into navigable waters ⓘ
regulates discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States ⓘ
point source discharges ⓘ
relatedTo National Environmental Policy Act ⓘ
Safe Drinking Water Act ⓘ
requires permits for industrial discharges ⓘ
permits for municipal wastewater discharges ⓘ
technology-based effluent limits ⓘ
water quality–based effluent limits when necessary ⓘ
section Section 303 ⓘ
Section 319 ⓘ
Section 401 ⓘ
Section 402 ⓘ
Section 404 ⓘ
section303Subject water quality standards and total maximum daily loads ⓘ
section319Subject nonpoint source pollution management ⓘ
section401Subject state water quality certification ⓘ
section402Subject NPDES permitting program ⓘ
section404Subject dredge and fill permits for waters of the United States ⓘ
shortName CWA ⓘ
signedBy Richard Nixon ⓘ
yearEnacted 1972 ⓘ

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Referenced by (104)

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Oil Pollution Act of 1990 → amends → Clean Water Act ⓘ
subject linked to: Oil Pollution Act
Washington State Department of Ecology → implements → Clean Water Act (state implementation) in Washington ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act
Safe Drinking Water Act → relatedTo → Clean Water Act ⓘ
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System → legalBasis → Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System → relatedTo → United States Clean Water Act Section 402 ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act
95th United States Congress → passedLegislation → Clean Water Act amendments of 1977 ⓘ
subject linked to: 95th Congress
linked to: Clean Water Act
Water Quality Act of 1965 → relatedTo → Clean Water Act ⓘ
Public Law 92-500 → officialName → Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act
Public Law 92-500 → shortName → Clean Water Act ⓘ
Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 → amendedBy → Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act
Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 → majorRevision → Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act
Oil Pollution Act of 1990 → amends → Clean Water Act ⓘ
subject linked to: OPA
ENRD → enforces → Clean Water Act ⓘ
Public Law 101-380 → amends → Federal Water Pollution Control Act ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act
Public Law 101-380 → amends → Clean Water Act ⓘ
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation → implements → Clean Water Act (in Alaska) ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act
New York State territorial waters → subjectTo → United States Clean Water Act ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act
92nd United States Congress → passed → Clean Water Act ⓘ
Alamo River → listedUnder → Clean Water Act Section 303(d) ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act
California State Water Resources Control Board → appliesRegulation → federal Clean Water Act ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act
Total Maximum Daily Loads program → legalBasis → Clean Water Act ⓘ
TMDL → definedIn → U.S. Clean Water Act ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act
TMDL → associatedWith → Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act
Publicly Owned Treatment Works → regulatedBy → Clean Water Act ⓘ
subject linked to: POTW
National Contingency Plan → legalBasis → Clean Water Act ⓘ
94-580 → relatedTo → Clean Water Act ⓘ
Clean Water Restoration Act of 1966 → influenced → Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act
OCSLA → relatedTo → Clean Water Act ⓘ
Outer Continental Shelf → governedBy → Clean Water Act ⓘ
Clean Water Services → regulatoryFramework → Clean Water Act ⓘ
Office of Compliance → legalAuthority → Clean Water Act ⓘ
Office of Site Remediation Enforcement → legalAuthority → Clean Water Act (selected provisions related to spills and discharges) ⓘ
linked to: Clean Water Act