Mother Nature Network on Tumblr MNN on Facebook MNN on Twitter
Mother Nature Network • Photo of the day: Clean Water Act celebrates 40...

18

Oct

Photo of the day: Clean Water Act celebrates 40 years of water conservationOn Oct. 18, 1972, the United States passed the landmark Clean Water Act. Crafted with the goal of ensuring that all U.S. waters — including these coastal wetlands seen at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Newburyport, Mass. — are “fishable and swimmable,” the ambitious act has seen its fair share of successes and shortcomings in the past 40 years. Before the CWA passed, only a third of all water in the country was safe for swimming and fishing.

Photo of the day: Clean Water Act celebrates 40 years of water conservation
On Oct. 18, 1972, the United States passed the landmark Clean Water Act. Crafted with the goal of ensuring that all U.S. waters — including these coastal wetlands seen at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Newburyport, Mass. — are “fishable and swimmable,” the ambitious act has seen its fair share of successes and shortcomings in the past 40 years. Before the CWA passed, only a third of all water in the country was safe for swimming and fishing.

  1. onseeingandnoticing reblogged this from somuchscience
  2. thinkaboutelephants reblogged this from somuchscience
  3. kalli-krein reblogged this from polymethodic
  4. polymethodic reblogged this from ajora
  5. ajora reblogged this from positive-press-daily
  6. somuchscience reblogged this from dendroica
  7. plantallthethings reblogged this from mothernaturenetwork
  8. melodysmuse reblogged this from colleenkmichaels
  9. colleenkmichaels reblogged this from positive-press-daily and added:
    Vital legislation that has improved the quality of life for millions of Americans. Here’s hoping it gets repealed...
  10. forta-ver--watchmaker reblogged this from lawlspy
  11. cosmictuesdays reblogged this from positive-press-daily
  12. lawlspy reblogged this from alas-mylove
  13. alas-mylove reblogged this from positive-press-daily
  14. positive-press-daily reblogged this from mothernaturenetwork
  15. brighdhefionn reblogged this from feedthecrows
  16. feedthecrows reblogged this from dendroica
  17. jesuslovesnezt reblogged this from mothernaturenetwork
  18. rocksandants reblogged this from mothernaturenetwork
  19. leigh-ann reblogged this from dendroica
  20. watersidetalk reblogged this from dendroica
  21. nanomono reblogged this from mothernaturenetwork
  22. knowledgeequalsblackpower reblogged this from silas216
  23. viscacha reblogged this from infiniteoneness
  24. guidancegreen reblogged this from mothernaturenetwork
  25. randomactsofchaos reblogged this from alice44
  26. the-wong-blog reblogged this from mothernaturenetwork
  27. infiniteoneness reblogged this from alice44
  28. other-stuff reblogged this from alice44

7 months ago Short URL 137 notes

clean water act/water/conservation/photography/