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Environmental and conservation organizations in the United States have been formed to help protect the environment, habitats, flora, and fauna on federally owned land, on private land, within coastal limits, in-state conservation areas, in-state parks and in locally governed municipalities.
This category contains state and non-profit organizations dealing with monitoring, protecting, educating or performing research about water quality and watersheds in the United States. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
American Water Works Association (AWWA) is an international non-profit, scientific and educational association founded to improve water quality and supply.Established in 1881, it is a lobbying organization representing a membership (as of 2024) of around 50,000 members worldwide.
The Water Quality Association (WQA) is an Illinois-based trade association representing the residential, commercial, industrial, and small community water treatment industry in the United States. [1] [2] It has more than 2,500 members consisting of both manufacturers as well as dealers/distributors of equipment. [3]
The Act also set forth guidelines for abatement of water that may flow into international territory and prohibited the dumping of oil into navigable waters of the United States. [16] The Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970 required the development of certain water quality standards and expanded federal authority in upholding the standards. [17]
The National Rural Water Association was founded in 1976 in response to the Safe Drinking Water Act, passed in 1974.The SDWA authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency to set national health-based standards for drinking water to protect against both naturally occurring and man-made contaminants that may be found in drinking water.
The Safe Drinking Water Act requires the US EPA to set standards for drinking water quality in public water systems (entities that provide water for human consumption to at least 25 people for at least 60 days a year). [3] Enforcement of the standards is mostly carried out by state health agencies. [4]