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Urban Runoff and Ocean Water Quality in Southern California: What Tools Does the Clean Water Act Provide?

Robin Kundis Craig

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The water quality effects of urban runoff-that is, "[s]torm water that flows through urbanized areas to receiving waters" 1are well known.Urban and suburban development, with the creation of buildings and roads, and the innumerable related activities, turns the rain and snow into unwitting agents of damage to our nation's waterways.This urban and suburban runoff, legally known as stormwater, is-with agricultural runoff-one of the most significant water pollution problems in the United States.

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Key concepts: Clean Water Act, Total maximum daily load, Water quality, Nonpoint source pollution, Environmental science, Stormwater, United States regulation of point source water pollution, Pollution