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  • Statement by Douglas M. Costle on Enactment of the Clean Water Act of 1977
    [EPA press release - December 28, 1977]

  • The Meaning of the 1977 Clean Water Act
    [EPA Journal - July/August 1978]

  • EPA Announces Guidance on State Revolving Funds for Sewage Treatment
    [EPA press release - February 2, 1988]

  • 25th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act
    [Remarks by Carol M. Browner, October 17, 1997]

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Last updated on October 7, 2019