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dec 1, 1977 - The clean water act

Description:

-Enforced by the EPA
-The act makes it unlawful for any person to discharge any pollutant from a source point into the water
-Ten years after its enactment included provisions which focused on toxic pollutants and funded sewage treatment plants

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Date:

dec 1, 1977
Now
~ 48 years ago