Clean Water Act
A federal law, enacted in 1972, and since amended several times, that empowers the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop criteria for water-quality standards and controlling and regulating pollutants discharged into water sources.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Clean Water Act." Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749057/0/Clean_Water_Act.
Clean Water Act. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749057/0/Clean_Water_Act. Accessed October 5, 2026.
Clean Water Act. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749057/0/Clean_Water_Act
Clean Water Act [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 October 05]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/749057/0/Clean_Water_Act.
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