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The Clean Water Act Of 1972

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Each year diseases caused by polluted drinking waters like cholera and typhoid kill 250 million people worldwide. 15 million of these people being children under the age of five. It is estimated that about 1000 children die every day in India due to polluted water. About 700 million people worldwide drink contaminated water. Just over 25 years ago only one-third of the United States’ waters were safe for fishing and swimming. Agricultural runoff resulted in the erosion of 2.25 billion tons of soil and the deposit of large amounts of phosphorus and nitrogen into many waters. In addition to this water treatment plants only served 8 million people. The Clean Water Act of 1972 was created to better control water pollution in the United
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