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Water pollution in the United States

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Water pollution in the United States

Water pollution in the United States

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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)

  • Ohio River, ranked as the most polluted river in the United States in 2010
  • 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)

    • References

    Water pollution in the United States Wikipedia
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