Nonpoint source discharges
A Job Half Finished: The Clean Water Act After 25 Years
Congress passed the Clean Water Act on October 4, 1972, by overwhelming margins—unanimously in the Senate and with a bare 11 dissenters in the House of Representatives. Rising on the Senate floor that day a full quarter-century ago, Sen...
Federal Legislative Solutions to Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution
Environmental regulation of pollution in the United States is often maligned as costly and ineffective. Pollution continues to plague and degrade the natural resources in the United States, and U.S. waters in particular. Nonpoint source...
Trends in Regulation of Stormwater and Nonpoint Source Pollution
Editors' Summary: Regulation of point source discharges under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) has resulted in significant improvements in water quality. Further progress, however, will require attention to stormwater...