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The first National Water Policy was adopted in September, 1987. [1] It was reviewed and updated in 2002 and later in 2012. India accounts for 18% of the world population and about 4% of the world’s water resources. One of the solutions to solve the country’s water woes is to create Indian Rivers Inter-link.c [2]
In November 2019, the Government of India set up a committee to draft the National Water Policy. Dr. Mihir Shah was asked to chair this committee. This is the first time since the National Water Policy was first drafted in 1987 that a person from the outside government has been asked to chair this committee (click on image below). [citation needed]
After section 208's failure to control NPS water pollution, in 1987 Congress passed the Water Quality Act which included a new section 319 to address the problem of nonpoint sources. [30] This provision, also non-regulatory, authorizes EPA to fund demonstration programs and provide technical assistance to state and local governments.
Complementing the National Water Policy, the government adopted the National Policy for Safe Water Supply and Sanitation in 1998. [73] In 2004 it also adopted a National Policy for Arsenic Mitigation in 2004. [74] The policy emphasises public awareness, alternative safe water supply, proper diagnosis and management of patients, and capacity ...
Since water basins do not align with national borders, water resource policy is also determined by international agreements, also known as hydropolitics. [6] Water quality protection also falls under the umbrella of water resource policy; laws protecting the chemistry, biology, and ecology of aquatic systems by reducing and eliminating ...
Water Resources Development Act of 2016, WRDA 2016, included as part of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act), Pub. L. 114–322 (text) Water Resources Development Act of 2022, WRDA 2022, included as part of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA 2023).
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is a United States environmental law designed to promote the enhancement of the environment. It created new laws requiring U.S. federal government agencies to evaluate the environmental impacts of their actions and decisions, and it established the President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).
Since 1988, AWRA has periodically awarded a Henry P. Caulfield Jr. Medal for Exemplary Contributions to National Water Policy to an individual who has achieved eminence in shaping national water policy. On presentation of the first medal to Caulfield in 1988, AWRA President Raymond Herrmann said: "this medal was established to honor an ...