Council says a more science-based approach is needed to improve a federally mandated program that requires states to clean up U.S. lakes, rivers and other bodies of water.
According to a new report from the National Academies' National Research Council (NANRC), a more science-based approach is needed to improve a federally mandated program that requires states to clean up U.S. lakes, rivers and other bodies of water.
Although there has been three decades of progress in controlling discharges from wastewater treatment plants and industry, pollution from other sources is endangering water quality and further progress.