Clean Water Action Plan: Restoring and Protecting America's WatersThis book provides a blueprint for restoring & protecting the nation's precious water resources. This Action Plan builds on the Clinton Administration's accomplishments over the past five years & proposes aggressive new actions to strengthen the program. The key element is a new cooperative approach to watershed protection in which state, tribal, federal & local governments, & the public first identify the watersheds and the most critical water quality problems & then work together to focus resources & implement effective strategies to solve those problems. The Action Plan also includes new initiatives to reduce public health threats, improve the stewardship of natural resources, strenghten polluted runoff controls, & make water quality information more accessible to public. |
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AFOS agricultural algal blooms aquatic systems assistance best management practices Clean Water Act Clean Water Action clean water goals clean water program coastal waters compliance contamination coordinated drinking water ecosystem efforts enforcement enhance ensure environmental federal agencies Federal land managers Fish and Wildlife funds governments habitat identify impaired implement improve water quality incentives KEY ACTION lakes meeting clean water mercury methylmercury nation's waters NOAA nonpoint source nutrient percent Pfiesteria point source pollution prevention priority protect and restore public health recreational reduce polluted runoff Restoration Action Strategies restoration and protection riparian zones rivers sediment sewage treatment smart growth Stewardship storm water streams tribal tribes U.S. Forest Service USDA Water Action Plan Water and Watershed water bodies water pollution water quality problems water quality standards watershed approach watershed assessment watershed basis watershed management watershed partnerships Watershed Restoration Action wetland losses Wetlands Reserve Program