Title: Explain the Clean Water Act.
Course: Ecology and Environmental Management (03063-II) > Section: Protecting the Environment—Water

Explanation should include

- the federal legislation passed in 1972 designed to monitor point-source pollution in source water as well as allowing for mitigation of wetlands
- the changes in the law over the past 40-plus years.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why is point-source pollution the easiest to monitor?
- What does mitigation mean?
- What section of the Clean Water Act allows for mitigation?
- What are factors that affect water quality?
- What are some anthropogenic activities that improve and maintain water quality?
- What are examples of industrial activities that degrade water quality, and what are examples of industrial activities that improve water quality?
- What are some soil-conservation practices designed to maintain and/or improve water quality?
- What is the relationship between water quality and watersheds?