Clean Water Act

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Author: Joel M. Gross

ISBN-10: 1590312422

ISBN-13: 9781590312421

Category: Water Quality & Management

A quick reference to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, commonly known as the Clean Water Act, this book explains the statute and the 1972 Amendments that created a system of permits and regulations to govern the discharge of pollutants into the nation's waters and publicly owned treatment works. Covers NPDES permitting process, wetlands, discharge of hazardous substances, wet-weather discharges from point sources, and reducing nonpoint source pollution.

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A quick reference to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, commonly known as the Clean Water Act, this book explains the statute and the 1972 Amendments that created a system of permits and regulations to govern the discharge of pollutants into the nation's waters and publicly owned treatment works. Covers NPDES permitting process, wetlands, discharge of hazardous substances, wet-weather discharges from point sources, and reducing nonpoint source pollution.

1Executive summary12History of the Clean Water Act53General prohibition of discharges154NPDES overview255Technology-based standards376Water-quality-based effluent limitations477Regulations of publicly owned treatment works, and pretreatment requirement for dischargers to POTWs618Regulation of wetlands759Discharges and spills of oil and hazardous substances9110Wet-weather discharges from point sources10111Reducing nonpoint source pollution11312Enforcement119