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The Clean Water Act, one of our nation's primer environmental laws, was enacted on October 18, 1972.
To learn more about the current priority clean water campaign areas choose from the Issues on the left.
Click here to follow a link to the text of the Clean Water Act. Benefits of the Clean Water Act
Use the links below to access reports highlighting the importance of the Clean Water Act. - From the EPA, there is a report called Liquid Assets regarding the economic value of clean water. http://www.epa.gov/water/liquidassets/assets.pdf
- Clean Water at Risk--A 30th Anniversary Assessment of the Bush Administration's Rollback of Clean Water Protections This NRDC/CWN brief provides a retrospective of the Act, its effectiveness is detailed on page 3.
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October 18th, 2007 was the Clean Water Act's 35th Birthday! To celebrate this momentous day a party was held on Capitol Hill. Among the treats for guests were the two cakes, one representing "clean water" [below] and one representing "dirtywater." Thanks to everyone who contributed to the event's success. 
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