The quintessential, transformational tool on how YOU can use the CWA to protect your waters.
The Clean Water Act became law 50 years ago. To commemorate the milestone of this landmark legislation and mark our continued resolve to protect waterways across our country, River Network has updated our transformational Clean Water Act Owner’s Manual. Over the two decades since its original publication, this tool has galvanized local groups, grassroots advocates and diverse stakeholders to protect their local waters by identifying the many ways that every person can track, influence, and change the way the law is implemented at the federal, state, and local levels.
Much has changed since the Manual’s original publication and we are at a fundamentally different time than we were in 1972 when sewage, rendering wastes, and countless industrial chemicals were often dumped directly into rivers.
While those issues have been directly addressed through the Act, there is a need to defend our waters against the longstanding threats of environmental injustices, climate change, and more. The updated Manual provides fundamental tools for interpreting and applying the Act, and highlights challenges of our time and strategies for action.
