Law & History

Central Arizona Project – Part 2

In our last post on the Central Arizona Project, we covered the general construction of this 336-mile-long project, spanning over 20 years and 3.6 billion dollars. Today, we’ll take a look at two dams associated with the CAP; the New Waddell Dam, and the Theodore Roosevelt Dam.   Construction on the New Waddell Dam began in […]

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Safe Drinking Water Act

We covered the Clean Water Act in a previous post. The Safe Drinking Water Act is the Clean Water Act’s counterpart, regulating the treatment of drinking water in the US. The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the main federal law that ensures the quality of Americans’ drinking water, originally passed by Congress in 1974 to protect […]

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Cleaning Up Los Angeles’s Shores

Last week, we talked briefly about the Clean Water Act of 1972 and the regulating effect on discharges into America’s waterways. Storm water has become a primary source of pollution around the country, especially in urban areas, as the Clean Water Act has forced the cleanup of wastewater and runoff from industrial facilities. In November of […]

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Central Arizona Project – Part 1

Today, we will begin a three-part series highlighting the largest aqueduct system in the United States, the Central Arizona Project. This project was created by the Colorado River Basin Project Act of 1968, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 30, 1968.   The Central Arizona Project (CAP) is a 336-mile diversion canal designed to deliver 1.5 million acre-feet (488,473,200,000 gallons) annually. […]

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History of the Clean Water Act

The Clean Water Act (CWA) as we know it has a longer history than you might think. The first version of the CWA was passed in 1948 under President Truman. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act was passed to address the concerns surrounding water pollution and contaminants. However, in 1972, public awareness and concern for […]

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