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Navajo Nation Clean Water Act

Navajo Nation Clean Water Act. Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality/NNPDES P.O. Box 339 Window Rock, AZ 86515 928-871-7599. What Is the Clean Water Act?. CWA is a federal law that was passed as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments in 1972.

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Navajo Nation Clean Water Act

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  1. Navajo Nation Clean Water Act Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality/NNPDES P.O. Box 339 Window Rock, AZ 86515 928-871-7599

  2. What Is the Clean Water Act? • CWA is a federal law that was passed as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments in 1972. • Rivers and Harbors Act (1899) • Water Pollution Control Act (1948) • Federal Water Pollution Control Act (1956) • Water Quality Act (1965) • In 1977, amended to Clean Water Act.

  3. This gave the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to implement pollution control programs • Setting wastewater standards for industry • Set water quality standards for all contaminants in surface waters • Unlawful for any person to discharge any pollutant from a point source into navigable waters, unless a permit was obtained under its provisions.

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