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- Clean Water at Risk: An Assessment of Bush Administration Water Protection Rollbacks
Report - An October 2002 NRDC report -- issued on the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Clean Water Act -- that assesses the impact this landmark environmental law has had on the safety and environmental health of the nation’s waterways and documents the Bush administration's sustained attack on clean water protections.
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- Stormwater Strategies: Community Responses to Runoff Pollution
Report - A report documenting some of the most effective strategies being employed by communities around the country to control urban runoff pollution, which is among the top sources of water contamination today. The collection of 100 case studies is intended to serve as a guide for local decisionmakers, municipal officials, and environmental activists; it is also a resource for citizens concerned about the quality of their local environment. Also available: a CD ROM version that includes color photographs and new case studies on "low-impact development" solutions.
- Pollution-Related Beach Closings and Advisories Remain High in 2007
News - Pollution-related beach closings and advisories across the country rose last year, according to NRDC's 17th annual beach report.
- Testing the Waters 2008
A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches
Report - NRDC's annual survey of water quality and public notification at U.S. beaches finds that pollution caused the number of beach closings and advisories to hit their second-highest level in the 18-year history of the report. The number of 2007 closing and advisory days at ocean, bay, and Great Lakes beaches topped 20,000 for the third consecutive year, confirming that our nation's beaches continue to suffer from serious water pollution that puts swimmers at risk. This edition of Testing the Waters takes an especially close took at the nation's highest risk beaches -- those that are either very popular, very close to pollution sources or both. The 2008 survey is based on information reported for 2007.
- Beach Pollution FAQ
FAQ - Answers to questions including: How widespread is beach pollution? What are the major causes of beach pollution? Can swimming in polluted water make you sick?
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