Clean Water Act Summary - Kentucky（清洁水法案摘要-肯塔基州）.pdf

Fact Sheet Clean Water Act Summary January 2017 History of the Clean Water Act NPDES Phase I required communities with a population greater than 100,000 to oversee the discharge and In 1972 Congress enacted the Clean Water Act (CWA). monitoring of wastewater from industries, and to come Since then, local and state governments have worked into compliance with other specific stormwater mandates. with industries and wastewater treatment plants to reduce point source pollution to improve the quality of NPDES Phase II required smaller jurisdictions, such as receiving waterways. those comprising the Regional Storm Water Collaborative, to come into compliance by 2008, and to implement EPA’s The CWA establishes the basic structure for regulating six minimum control measures listed below: discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. • Public information and education The basis of the act was enacted in 1948 and was called Each jurisdiction is required to educate the public the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, but the act was about stormwater quality issues significantly reorganized and expanded in 1972. • Public involvement and participation Point Source