Watershed Academy Web - Introduction to the Clean Water …

Watershed Academy WEB 1 Introduction TO THE Clean Water ACT Introduction to the Clean Water Act NOTICE: This PDF file was adapted from an on-line training module of the EPA s Watershed Academy Web, found at To the extent possible, it contains the same material as the on-line version. Some interactive parts of the module had to be reformatted for this noninteractive text presentation. A self-test is included at the end of the file. This document does not constitute EPA policy. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. Links to non-EPA web sites do not imply any official EPA endorsement of or responsibility for the opinions, ideas, data, or products presented at those locations or guarantee the validity of the information provided. Links to non-EPA servers are provided solely as a pointer to information that might be useful to EPA staff and the public.

pollutant sources resulted in a cumbersome, slow, ineffective system that was unable to reverse growing pollution levels in the nation’s waters. The strength of the 1972 amendments to federal law was the creation of the NPDES permitting system, which required authorization to discharge pollutants from a point source into the waters of the U.S.

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