Water Law in the United States - Great Lakes Commission, Clean Water ACT, Connecticut River, Colorado River Compact (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Great Lakes Commission, Clean Water Act, Connecticut River, Colorado River Compact, Drinking water quality legislation of the United States, Lead and copper rule, Prior-appropriation water rights, Montana Stream Access Law, United States groundwater law, Drain commissioner, International Joint Commission, New Jersey stormwater management rules, Susquehanna River Basin Commission, United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, Delaware River Basin Commission, Colorado Water Courts, Water in Colorado, Clean Water Protection Act, Rivers and Harbors Act, Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, Water Resources Development Act, Colorado Division of Water Resources. Excerpt: 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 of high amounts of toxic substances into water, 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 and was significantly expanded from the Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1948. Major amendments were enacted in the Clean Water Act of 1977 and the Water Quality Act of 1987. The Clean Water Act does not directly address groundwater contamination. Groundwater protection provisions are included in the Safe Drinking Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and the Superfund act. All waters with a "significant nexus" to "navigable waters" are covered under the CWA; however, the phrase "significant nexus" remains open to judicial interpretation and considerable controversy. (See Case law.) The 1972 statute frequently u...