The Clean Water Act is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Commonly abbreviated as the CWA, the act established the goals of eliminating releases to water of high amounts of toxic substances, eliminating additional water pollution by 1985, and ensuring that surface waters would meet standards necessary for human sports and recreation by 1983.

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  • The Clean Water Act is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Commonly abbreviated as the CWA, the act established the goals of eliminating releases to water of high amounts of toxic substances, eliminating additional water pollution by 1985, and ensuring that surface waters would meet standards necessary for human sports and recreation by 1983. The principal body of law currently in effect is based on the Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972, which significantly expanded and strengthened earlier legislation. Major amendments were enacted in the Clean Water Act of 1977 enacted by the 95th United States Congress and the Water Quality Act of 1987 enacted by the 100th United States Congress.
  • Le Clean Water Act est une loi fédérale américaine portant sur la pollution des eaux. Elle a été adoptée en 1972 par le Congrès qui dut passer outre le veto du président Nixon. Le 1 avril 2009, la Cour suprême a jugé, par 6 voix contre 3, dans Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc. , que le Clean Water Act permet à l'Agence de protection de l'environnement (EPA) d'effectuer des analyses coût-bénéfices afin d'évaluer la nécessité, pour les centrales électriques, de mettre en œuvre des technologies plus protectrices de l'environnement . La juge à la Cour d'appel pour le 2 circuit, Sonia Sotomayor, nominée par Barack Obama pour devenir juge à la Cour suprême, s'était opposé à une décision similaire en 2007 .
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  • CWA / Clean Water Act
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  • Federal Water Pollution Control Act
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  • Clean Water Act of 1977; Water Quality Act of 1987
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  • P.L. 92-500
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  • October 4, 1972
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  • October 18, 1972
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  • Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972
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  • October 28, 1971
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  • Clean Water Act
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  • March 29, 1972
  • November 2, 1971
  • October 4, 1972
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  • October 18, 1972
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  • Richard Nixon (Congressional override of Presidential Veto)
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  • The Clean Water Act is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Commonly abbreviated as the CWA, the act established the goals of eliminating releases to water of high amounts of toxic substances, eliminating additional water pollution by 1985, and ensuring that surface waters would meet standards necessary for human sports and recreation by 1983.
  • Le Clean Water Act est une loi fédérale américaine portant sur la pollution des eaux. Elle a été adoptée en 1972 par le Congrès qui dut passer outre le veto du président Nixon. Le 1 avril 2009, la Cour suprême a jugé, par 6 voix contre 3, dans Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc.
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