Clean Water Act: U.S. federal law regulating pollutant discharges into surface waters and setting water quality standards.
How to apply it: Use the Clean Water Act to explain how point source pollution is regulated through discharge permits (NPDES).
Course: AP Environmental Science · Unit: Aquatic and Terrestrial Pollution
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