US Clean Water Act and water pollution

http://www.invw.org/article/clean-water-act%E2%80%99s-anti-po-1287

Clean Water Act’s Anti-Pollution Goals Prove Elusive

BY ROBERT MCCLURE AND JASON ALCORN, INVESTIGATEWEST
JULY 18, 2012

WITH BONNIE STEWART, EARTHFIX

“In 1972 we were going to stop using our rivers as dumping grounds and we’re nowhere near there,” VandenHeuvel said. “State and federal regulators don’t even try to meet that goal any more and that’s a problem. “That’s a colossal failure.”