We Must Protect the Clean Water Act

The Water Purification Law has brought about progress in our society and helped the prosperity of our environment. This law was enacted in 1972 to restore and maintain the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the country's water. This goal is accompanied by other statutory goals of eliminating the release of pollutants into the water bodies used by the ship by 1985 and reaching "flowable waters" by 1983. So far, the bill has completed its purpose.

For over a decade, under the landmark "Water Purification Law" there was confusion about which watersheds were protected - and there was extensive legal argument. In most cases this confusion affects small rivers, ponds, wetlands, especially occasionally depleted wetlands. In 2015, the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Army passed a water purification regulation to clarify the legal protection of tens of millions of acres of wetlands and thousands of streams in the United States. These waters plays an important role. It is worth noting that more than 117 million Americans receive drinking water from public systems supplied by streams dependent on water, seasons or rain. The wetland area of ​​the mainland of the United States is approximately 110 million acres, supplying with contaminated runoff and supplying groundwater.

We rely on clean drinking water, crop irrigation, swimming and fishing, and wildlife habitat. Wetlands and other water reduce floods and filter pollution. Since 1972, the Water Purification Law is one of our earliest and most important environmental laws and is helping to restore and protect the water of our country. This regulation is designed to ensure that water bodies performing these basic functions are protected against contamination and damage, as defined by the Water Purification Law. The Trump regime adopted the water purification law as a wastewater target, but today's action did not kill it. The obsolete rule requires a complete public process. It must be proved by law and available evidence. For the new government this will depend on a wide range of scientific records, which will easily match the Congressional requirements in the Water Cleaning Act, so this will be rude sleigh.

When the Water Cleanup Act was first passed in 1972, Congress wanted it to eliminate point source pollution. Obviously this has not happened yet. Due to efforts to abolish the water purification regulations of the Trump regime and other important protective measures, there is a possibility of being retreated. In order to protect and restore our waterways, the state and the federal government must give priority to the protection of the clean water of our foundation. By strengthening and fully implementing the water purification law, we can continue to work to ensure that our waterways are clean and safe for humans and wildlife.