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Clean Water Enforcement Report Card: How Nine States' Regulations Measure Up
Publication Date: July 2003
Author(s): Jennifer Giegerich; William Coyne
Funder(s): Beldon Fund; Educational Foundation of America
Funder(s): Beldon Fund; Educational Foundation of America
Topic: Environment (Water, waterways, and water management)
Keywords: Clean Water Act; toxics
Type: Report
Coverage: Wisconsin
Abstract:
Thirty years after the passage of the Clean Water Act, America's waterways remain polluted. The problem is not the lack of clean water laws, but the lack of enforcement of those laws. Polluters face little threat of penalty if they violate the law--largely due to varying enforcement policies and practices among state environmental agencies. A Clean Water Enforcement Report Card presents the results of a 2003 survey of nine states, finding that many do not possess the proper laws and regulations needed to ensure full enforcement of the Clean Water Act.