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Nonpoint source pollution measures in the Clean Water Act have no detectable impact on decadal trends in nutrient concentrations in U.S. inland waters. [PDF]
Ambio, 2023 The Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972 regulates water quality in U.S. inland waters under a system of cooperative federalism in which states are delegated implementation and enforcement authority of CWA provisions by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Biological Assessment of Coral Reefs in Southern Puerto Rico: A Technical Approach for Coral Reef Protection Under the U.S. Clean Water Act. [PDF]
Coast Manage, 2019 States and other jurisdictions may protect coral reefs using biological water quality standards outlined by the United States Clean Water Act (CWA). Such protection will require long-term, regional monitoring of the resource using biological indicators ...
Fisher WS +12 more
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Water Quality - Science, Assessments and Policy, 2020 The goal of the Clean Water Act (CWA) is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the waters in the United States. Much of the monitoring and assessment is reasonably delegated to the States to monitor and report the ...
Steven G. Paulsen +3 more
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The Clean Water Act actually cleans water [PDF]
Science, 2018 Environmental Policy![Figure][1] Wastewater treatment conducted under the mandates of the 1972 Clean Water Act has lead to demonstrably cleaner rivers in the United States. PHOTO: DANITA DELIMONT/GETTY IMAGES Though the U.S. Clean Water Act has been in effect since 1972, evidence of its effectiveness has been unclear.
Brad Wible
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A Watershed Moment: The Clean Water Act and Infant Health
Social Science Research Network, 2021 The Clean Water Act (CWA) significantly improved surface water quality, but at a cost exceeding the estimated benefits. We quantify the effect of the CWA on a direct measure of health and incorporate health benefits into a cost-benefit analysis.
Patrick M. Flynn, Michelle Marcus
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Clean Water Act in the Balance?
Eos, 2020 An important Supreme Court case could have major ramifications on the interpretation of the Clean Water Act and environmental protection.
Randy Showstack
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Ontario’s Clean Water Act and Capacity Building: Implications for Serviced Rural Municipalities [PDF]
, 2017 This research explores Ontario’s Clean Water Act (S.O. 2006, c. 22) and its contribution to capacity building for rural municipalities impacted by source protection plans created under the Act. Source water protection (SWP) under the Clean Water Act (S.O.
Sarah Minnes
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Greater Public Participation in the Enforcement of the Clean Water Act [PDF]
, 1992 The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in Sierra Club v. Electronic Control Design, Inc. that monies paid by violators of the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) to settle a citizen suit may be used to fund environmental projects unrelated to the settled ...
John A. Bliss
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An overview of the evolving jurisdictional scope of the U.S. Clean Water Act for hydrologists
WIREs Water, 2022 The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal mechanism by which the physical, chemical, and biological integrity of streams, lakes, and wetlands are protected in the United States.
Riley Walsh, A. Ward
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Journal of Environmental Quality, 2022 The 1972 U.S. Clean Water Act (CWA) set forth the generation of biosolids. In Colorado, biosolids land application research began in 1976 and continues today.
J. Ippolito, K. Barbarick
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