Since the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972 the focus of federal law has been on:

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The Clean Water Act of 1972 focused on regulating point source pollution, which refers to the pollution that comes from a single source, such as a factory or sewage treatment plant. The Act established National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits, which set limits on the amount of pollutants that each point source could discharge into navigable waters. This has been the focus of federal law regarding clean water since 1972.

Since the Passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972