Water Resources

Selected links about the Clean Water Act.

EPA Clean Water Act Introductory Module

https://cfpub.epa.gov/watertrain/moduleFrame.cfm?module_id=69&parent_object_id=2569&object_id=2569

Summary of the Clean Water Act

33 U.S.C. §1251 et seq. (1972)

https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-clean-water-act

“The basis of the CWA was enacted in 1948 and was called the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, but the Act was significantly reorganized and expanded in 1972. "Clean Water Act" became the Act's common name with amendments in 1977.”

Federal Water Pollution Control Act, summary from US Fish & Wildlife Service

http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/fwatrpo.html

Digest of Federal Resource Laws (from US Fish & Wildlife Service)

https://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest.html

includes CWA, NEPA and others

NEPA and EPA  (EPA’s NEPA homepage)

https://www.epa.gov/nepa

EPA and FAQs on NEPA

https://www.epa.gov/nepa/what-national-environmental-policy-act

42 U.S.C. §4321 et seq. (1969)

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Database

https://cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-II/public/action/eis/search

Digest of Federal Resource Laws (from US Fish & Wildlife Service)

https://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest.html