Clean Water Act History
Growing public awareness and concern for controlling water pollution led to enactment of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972. As amended in 1977, this law became commonly known as the Clean Water Act. The Act established the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States. It gave EPA the authority to implement pollution control programs...

"Introduction to the Clean Water Act" - Watershed Academy’s Web-based training module
The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the cornerstone of surface water quality protection in the United States. The statute employs... ...to achieve the broader goal of restoring and maintaining the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation’s waters so that they can support "the protection and propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and recreation in and on the water"...

EPA’s Clean Water Act

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For more recent amendments to this law, search the Thomas website of the Library of Congress.

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You can also find the full body of law, organized in chapters arranged by topic, in the U.S. Code.