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Clean water policy and state choice : promise and performance in the Water Quality Act /

"The Water Quality Act of 1987 ushered in a new era of clean water policy to the US. The Act stands today as the longest-lived example of national water quality policy. It included a then-revolutionary funding model for wastewater infrastructure (the Clean Water State Revolving Fund) which gave...

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Main Authors: Morris, John C. (John Charles), 1959-
Group Author: Meiburg, A. Stanley
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2022.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
United States. > Water Quality Act of 1987.
Water Quality Act of 1987 (United States)
Water > Pollution > Law and legislation > United States > States.
Water quality management > Law and legislation > United States > States.
Water > U.S. states. > U.S. states. > U.S. states.
Summary: "The Water Quality Act of 1987 ushered in a new era of clean water policy to the US. The Act stands today as the longest-lived example of national water quality policy. It included a then-revolutionary funding model for wastewater infrastructure (the Clean Water State Revolving Fund) which gave states much greater authority to allocate clean water infrastructure resources. Significant differences between states exist in terms of their ability to provide adequate resources for the program, as well as their ability (or willingness) to meet the wishes of Congress to serve environmental needs and communities. This book examines the patterns of state program resource distribution using case studies and analysis of state and national program data"--
Carrier Form: xxi, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781108839129
Index Number: K3585
CLC: D971.226
Call Number: D971.226/M876
Contents: Setting the stage: clean water, federal policy goals, and state choice --
Reagan federalism, states' rights, and the revolving loan fund model --
foundations of water quality policy in the United States --
Expansion and contraction in the federal role in water policy --
Features of the Water Quality Act of 1987 --
model of state implementation of the Water Quality Act of 1987 --
Initial state implementation of the revolving loan fund model --
Implementation "on the ground:" four case studies --
distributional impacts of the CWSRF: a national analysis --
Promise and performance: state choice and national water quality goals.

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