Summary of the Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the cornerstone of surface water quality protection in the United States. The basis of the CWA was enacted in 1948, and was called the Federal Water…
Cleaning Up Los Angeles’s Shores
Last week, we talked briefly about the Clean Water Act of 1972 and the regulating effect on discharges into America's waterways. Storm water has become a primary source of pollution…
History of the Clean Water Act
The Clean Water Act (CWA) as we know it has a longer history than you might think. The first version of the CWA was passed in 1948 under President Truman.…