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1- 1972 Clean Water Act (CWA):

- lays the foundation for controlling pollution releases into US waters and surface water quality standards.

- to fit for fishing and swimming

2- 1972 Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act:

- control sewage disposal and throwing toxins into U.S. water sources.

3-1975 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

- protection of groundwater and surface water from pollution.

- protect water quality of drinking.

- strengthening the society to take care of water sources

4- 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), or the Superfund Act, makes customers and owners who produce hazardous wastes responsible for cleaning it up. This reduced groundwater pollution since no hazardous material leaked into the groundwater.

5-1987 Water Quality Act. Established loans and funds to supports people who want clean polluted runoffs, and to pay for new wastewater plants.

6- 1990 Oil Pollution Act. Requires a double-hulling of US oil tanks to prevent oil pollution in the US waterways.

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Clean water Act -1972
It helps to keep the water of the rivers and lakes clean, besides it protects the chemical ,physical ,and biological integrity of the water.US Congress monitors it.
1990 oil spill Act
It protects the US water sources from oil pollution by making the water tanks in the US be double hulled.
1987 Water Quality Act
They made separate storm water system to provide a higher water quality to match the higher standards of the water quality acts.it  also established loans in order to help the treatment of wastewater
Philippine clean water act 2004
It provides the protection from land pollution and it also lays down water regulations and standards.
1975 Safe drinking water Act ,amended 966
This act tries to protect the groundwater and the surface water.and it also strengthened the public right to know laws

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The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972 AKA The London Convention:
Is one of the first global conventions to protect the marine environment from human activities and has been in force since 1975. Its objective is to promote the effective control of all sources of marine pollution and to take all practicable steps to prevent pollution of the sea by dumping of wastes and other matter.

The London Protocol:
A group of international treaties of global application to protect the marine environment from pollution caused by the dumping of wastes and other matter into the ocean.

The Water Convention and the Protocol on Water and Health:
The Water Convention aims to protect and ensure the quantity, quality and sustainable use of transboundary water resources by facilitating cooperation. It provides an intergovernmental platform for the day-to-day development and advancement of transboundary cooperation

The Safe Drinking Water Act:
was established to protect the quality of drinking water in the U.S. This law focuses on all waters actually or potentially designed for drinking use, whether from above ground or underground sources

The Clean Water Act
establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface water

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1972 Clean Water Act (CWA)
- set a national goal of making all natural surface water fit for fishing and swimming by 1983.

- banned pollutant discharge into surface water after 1985.

- required that metals be removed from wastewater.

1972 Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act
- empowered the control of the dumping of sewage wastes and toxic chemicals in U.S. waters.

1975 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
- introduced programs to protect groundwater and surface water from
pollution.

- emphasized sound science and risk-based standards for water quality.

- empowered communities in the protec-
tion of source water
- strengthened public right-to-know laws -- - provided water system infrastructure assistance.

1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and
Liability Act (CERCLA)

- This act is also known as the Superfund Act

- makes owners, operators, and customers of hazardous waste sites responsible for the cleanup of the sites.

- reduced the pollution of groundwater by toxic substances leached from hazardous
waste dumps.

1987 Water Quality Act
- written to support state and local efforts to clean polluted runoff.

- established loan funds to pay for new wastewater treatment plants

-created programs to protect major estuaries

1990 Oil Pollution Act
- attempts to protect U.S. waterways
from oil pollution by requiring that oil tankers in U.S. waters be
double-hulled by 2015.

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1897 - The Indian Fisheries Act creates two sets of criminal offences under which the government can sue anyone who uses dynamite or another explosive substance in any fashion (coastal or inland) with the intent to catch or kill any fish or poisonous fish.

1956 - The River Boards Act allows states to enlist the help of the federal government in forming an Advisory River Board to settle inter-state cooperation difficulties.

1970 - The Merchant Shipping Act tries to deal with garbage generated by ships within a certain radius of the coast.

The Soil and Water Conservation Act (RCA) is a 1977 law (P.L. 95-192) that requires the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to periodically prepare a national plan for soil and water conservation on private lands based on an inventory and appraisal of existing resource conditions and trends.

1991 - The Coastal Regulation Zone Notification establishes rules for a variety of activities, including development.

It provides backwaters and estuaries with some protection.

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Oil Pollution Act 1990
The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990 streamlined and strengthened EPA's ability to prevent and respond to catastrophic oil spills. A trust fund financed by a tax on oil is available to clean up spills when the responsible party is incapable or unwilling to do so. The OPA requires oil storage facilities and vessels to submit to the Federal government plans detailing how they will respond to large discharges

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Established in 1996, the World Water
Council is an international organization
that works to "promote awareness,
build political commitment and trigger
action on critical water issues... to
facilitate the efficient conservation,
protection, development, planning,
management and use of water"

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As the world's largest multilateral
source of financing for water in
developing countries, the World Bank
is working closely with partners to
achieve "A Water-Secure World for
ALL; by investing in water solutions that
enable universal access, promote
water security, and build resilient
societies.

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Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 1975
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was originally passed by Congress in 1974 to protect public health by regulating the nation’s public drinking water supply.

The law was amended in 1986 and 1996 and requires many actions to protect drinking water and its sources—rivers, lakes, reservoirs, springs, and ground water wells.

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Clean Water Act (CWA) 1972

The Clean Water Act (CWA) establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters.

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The Global Water Challenge, or GWC, is
a group that "connect organizations
across sectors to solve our world's
most pressing water challenges
through access to sustainable clean
water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)."
This organization works to educate
others about how to engage in
sustainability programs that last to
increase the success rate of WASH
projects.

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From its beginnings in 1974, the Clean
Water Fund has worked to promote
advocacy of clean, safe water and air,
as well as a reduction in pollution in
the home, community, and the
workplace.