Water pollution in the United States
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Topsoil runoff from farm, central Iowa, USA (2011)
Water pollution in the United States
Pollution incidents
- Buffalo Creek flood
- Camp Lejeune water contamination
- Cruise ship pollution in the United States
- Hinkley groundwater contamination
- Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill
- Lead contamination in Washington, D.C. drinking water
- Martin County coal slurry spill
- Water contamination in Crestwood, Illinois
- 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill
- Woburn, Massachusetts#Groundwater contamination incident
Polluted water bodies (partial list)
Industrial waste discharged to Cuyahoga River, Ohio (1973)
- Ohio River, ranked as the most polluted river in the United States in 2010[1]
- Onondaga Lake
- Aliso Creek (Orange County)
- Bubbly Creek
- Duwamish River
- Houston Ship Channel
- Housatonic River
- Hudson River
- Kamilo Beach
- Love Canal
- Newark Bay
- Newtown Creek
- New River (Mexico – United States)
- Passaic River
- Lake Erie
- Lake Gribben
Public policy and research
- American Heritage Rivers
- Clean Water Act
- Clean Water State Revolving Fund
- Effluent guidelines (wastewater regulations)
- Nationwide Urban Runoff Program
- New Source Performance Standard (wastewater regulations)
- Total maximum daily load (wastewater regulations)
- WaterSense (EPA conservation program)
See also
- Effects of hydraulic fracturing on water quality in the United States
- Environmental issues in the United States
- Pollution of the Chesapeake Bay
- Water supply and sanitation in the United States
- Great Lakes#Pollution
- Anderson v. Cryovac
References
- ↑ "Report: Ohio River most polluted in U.S.". Pittsburgh Business Times. March 23, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
External links
- Water Topics at the Environmental Protection Agency
- Find out what's in what you're drinking: Search the US Tapwater Database | Environmental Working Group
- Report: Virginia second in nation in water pollution (WTVR.com, March 23, 2012)
- "Wasting Our Waterways: Toxic Industrial Pollution and Restoring the Promise of the Clean Water Act" (2014) - Environment America Research & Policy Center
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