CWA Retro Style
The year that the Federal Water Pollution Control Act was written.
What is 1948?
WOTUS
What is Waters of the United States?
85%!
What is the percentage of the cost of construction of wastewater treatment plants that has been paid for by the federal government?
NPDES
What is the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System?
A waterway that exceeds its TMDL for a pollutant is placed on this naughty list.
What is the 303(d) list.
Major amendments transformed the Federal Water Pollution Control Act into the ______ in 1972.
What is the Clean Water Act?
USA v. Riverside Bayview Homes (1985) confirmed the Army Corps of Engineers regulatory authority over these areas.
What are wetlands?
500,000!
What is the number of point sources covered by the NPDES permit system?
The NPDES program is designed to reduce pollution from this important kind of discharge.
What are point sources?
Several sections of this local WOTUS are on NYS's 303(d) list for PCBs.
What is Lake Champlain?
This river notoriously caught on fire throughout the mid 1900s, and is credited as one of the motivating factors for passing the Clean Water Act.
What is the Cuyahoga River.
Even though it's not possible to float a vessel on all WOTUS, they are sometimes referred to in this confusing way.
What are "navigable waters?"
47!
What is the number of states authorized to provide NPDES permits on behalf of the federal government?
This important principle ensures that once water quality standards are set for a WOTUS, the standards will never be reduced.
What is the doctrine of antidegradation?
This policy protects drinking water.
What is the Safe Drinking Water Act?
These critical pieces of municipal infrastructure were among the first priorities of the Clean Water Act.
What are wastewater and sewage treatment plants?
The Clean Water Act's newest controversy, which considers any water with a "Significant Nexus" to a WOTUS within the scope of the law, was written by this individual.
Who is Justice Kennedy?
3!
What is the number of years in the comprehensive review process for all WOTUS?
TMDL
What is Total Maximum Daily Load?
CSO
The Clean Water Act established this regional environmental organization.
What is the Lake Champlain Basin Program?
The Clean Water Act, unfortunately, does not go deep enough to protect this critical component of water.
What is groundwater?
90,000!
What is the number of TMDLs authorized in the US?
Non-point sources are much harder to regulate than point sources, so we rely on these methods.
What are voluntary measures, incentives, grants and tax credits.
This relationship describes the way that the national government delegates authority to state governments, and allows states to implement national policies.
What is federalism?