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go directly to report, PDF RL32503 - Water Infrastructure Financing Legislation: Comparison of S. 2550 and H.R. 1560 [27-Jul-2004]
go directly to report, PDF 98-290 - MTBE in Gasoline: Clean Air and Drinking Water Issues [02-Jan-2004]

go directly to report RL33565 - Western Water Resource Issues [18-Oct-2006]
go directly to report, PDF RL32450 - Cruise Ship Pollution: Background, Laws and Regulations, and Current Issues [02-May-2008]
go directly to report, PDF RL33108 - Aging Infrastructure: Dam Safety [09-Aug-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RS21019 - Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background and Issues for Congress [03-Jul-2006]
go directly to report, PDF 96-647 - Water Infrastructure Financing: History of EPA Appropriations [21-Feb-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL32694 - Open Ocean Aquaculture [12-Feb-2008]
go directly to report, PDF RL30437 - Water Quality Initiatives and Agriculture [20-Dec-2000]
go directly to report, PDF RL32915 - Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Investments: Legislation in the 109th Congress [18-Dec-2006]
go directly to report, HTML 95-1110 - Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1995: Overview of S. 1316, as Passed [18-Dec-1995]
go directly to report, PDF RS22285 - Hurricane-Damaged Drinking Water and Wastewater Facilities: Impacts, Needs, and Response [15-Dec-2006]
go directly to report, PDF RL33466 - Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act [12-Dec-2006]
go directly to report, PDF RL32307 - Appropriations for FY2005: Energy and Water Development [10-Dec-2004]
go directly to report, HTML IB91041 - Safe Drinking Water Act: Implementing the 1986 Amendments [03-Dec-1996]
go directly to report, HTML 94-825 - Clean Water Issues in the 104th Congress [01-Dec-1994]
go directly to report, PDF RL31851 - Animal Waste and Water Quality: EPA Regulation of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) [28-Nov-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL33263 - The Wetlands Coverage of the Clean Water Act is Revisited by the Supreme Court: Rapanos vs. United States [28-Nov-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL31243 - Safe Drinking Water Act: A Summary of the Act and Its Major Requirements  [27-Nov-2007]
go directly to report, HTML 98-946 - Clean Water Act Issues in the 106th Congress [24-Nov-1998]
go directly to report, PDF RL33504 - Water Resources Development Act (WRDA): Corps of Engineers Project Authorization Issues [20-Nov-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL33480 - Dam Removal: Issues, Considerations, and Controversies [20-Nov-2006]
go directly to report, PDF IB10122 - Hydropower Licenses and Relicensing Conditions: Current Issues and Legislative Activity [04-Nov-2004]
go directly to report, HTML IB97001 - Clean Water Act Reauthorization In the 105th Congress [29-Oct-1998]
go directly to report, PDF IB10142 - Clean Water Act Issues in the 109th Congress [27-Oct-2005]
go directly to report, PDF RL33707 - The Title XVI Water Reuse Program: Implementation and Legislative Issues [27-Oct-1006]
go directly to report, PDF RS21421 - Mountaintop Mining:Background on Current Controversies [11-Oct-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL34201 - Safe Drinking Water Act: Selected Regulatory and Legislative Issues [02-Oct-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL32344 - Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species [01-Oct-2007]
go directly to report, HTML RL30207 - Appropriations for FY2000: Energy and Water Development [24-Sep-1999]
go directly to report, HTML 93-849 - Toxic Pollutants and the Clean Water Act: Current Issues [21-Sep-1993]
go directly to report, PDF RS22429 - The State Role in the Federal Licensing of Hydropower Dams: S.D. Warren Co. v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection [18-Sep-2006]
go directly to report, PDF RS22145 - Environmental Activities of the U.S. Coast Guard [31-Aug-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL33656 - Animal Waste and Water Quality: EPA’s Response to the Waterkeeper Alliance Court Decision on Regulation of CAFOs [31-Aug-2007]
go directly to report, HTML 94-688 - Legal Issues Related to Livestock Water in Federal Grazing Districts [30-Aug-1994]
go directly to report, PDF RL33048 - Marine Security of Hazardous Chemical Cargo [25-Aug-2005]
go directly to report, PDF RL32630 - Upper Mississippi River System: Proposals to Restore an Inland Waterway?s Ecosystem [24-Aug-2005]
go directly to report, PDF RS21331 - Everglades Restoration: Modified Water Deliveries Project [23-Aug-2005]
go directly to report, HTML 96-910 - Clean Water Issues in the 105th Congress [21-Aug-1997]
go directly to report, PDF RS22129 - ?Corps of Engineers Reform? in WRDA 2005 [18-Aug-2005]
go directly to report, PDF RL33039 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): Resources for Responding to Disasters and its Role in Homeland Security [18-Aug-2005]
go directly to report, PDF 98-869 - Marine Dead Zones: Understanding the Problem [13-Aug-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL33597 - Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO): Issues for Congress [04-Aug-2006]
go directly to report, HTML 94-601 - PUD No. 1 of Jefferson County v. Washington Department of Ecology: An Expansive Interpretation of State Authority under the Clean Water Act [28-Jul-1994]
go directly to report, HTML 94-606 - Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1994: Summary of S.2019, as Passed [28-Jul-1994]
go directly to report, PDF RL32503 - Water Infrastructure Financing Legislation: Comparison of S. 2550 and H.R. 1560 [27-Jul-2004]
go directly to report, PDF IB10108 - Clean Water Act Issues in the 108th Congress [21-Jul-2004]
go directly to report, HTML RL30611 - EPA's Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program: Highlights of the Final Revised Rule [18-Jul-2000]
go directly to report, HTML 95-818 - San Diego Wastewater Treatment: Current Issues [18-Jul-1995]
go directly to report, PDF RL33549 - Safe Drinking Water Act: Issues in the 109th Congress [17-Jul-2006]
go directly to report, PDF RS22109 -  [15-Jul-2005]
go directly to report, PDF RL34009 - Energy and Water Development: FY2008 Appropriations  [13-Jul-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL32852 - Energy and Water Development:FY2006 Appropriations [12-Jul-2005]
go directly to report, PDF RL33531 - Land and Water Conervation Fund: Overview, Funding History, and Current Issues [10-Jul-2006]
go directly to report, PDF IB10132 - Ocean Commissions: Ocean Policy Review and Outlook [30-Jun-2006]
go directly to report, PDF RL32972 - Federal Flood Insurance:The Repetitive Loss Problem [30-Jun-2005]
go directly to report, PDF RL33483 - Wetlands: An Overview of Issues [26-Jun-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL32956 - Great Lakes Water Withdrawals:Legal and Policy Issues [20-Jun-2005]
go directly to report, HTML 95-780 - Safe Drinking Water Act Reauthorization Issues [20-Jun-1996]
go directly to report, PDF RL32884 - Pesticide Use and Water Quality: Are the Laws Complementary or in Conflict? [14-Jun-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL31411 - Controversies over Redefining “Fill Material” Under the Clean Water Act  [12-Jun-2007]
go directly to report, HTML RS20232 - The Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Program: Status and Legislative Issues [11-Jun-1999]
go directly to report, PDF IB10133 - Water Resources Development Act (WRDA): Army Corps of Engineers Authorization Issues in the 109th Congress [09-Jun-2006]
go directly to report, PDF IB10120 - Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program: Issues for Congress [09-Jun-2005]
go directly to report, PDF RL33450 - Flood Insurance Reform: Side-By-Side Comparison of H.R. 4973 and Senate Committee Bill [06-Jun-2006]
go directly to report RL33754 - Coast Guard Deep Water Acquisition Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress [05-Jun-2008]
go directly to report, PDF RL33455 - Drilling in the Great Lakes: Background and Issues [01-Jun-2006]
go directly to report, HTML RL30573 - Changes Recently Announced by EPA to Its Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Proposal [31-May-2000]
go directly to report, HTML 95-427 - Clean Water: Summary of H.R.961 , as passed [30-May-1995]
go directly to report, PDF RL32064 - Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Activities: Authorization and Appropriations [29-May-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RS21961 - Perchlorate Contamination of Drinking Water: Regulatory Issues and Legislative Actions [22-May-2008]
go directly to report, PDF IB10069 - Clean Water Act Issues in the 107th Congress [21-May-2002]
go directly to report, PDF 97-677 - Safe Drinking Water Act: State Revolving Fund Program [10-May-2004]
go directly to report, PDF IB10118 - Safe Drinking Water Act: Implementation and Issues [03-May-2006]
go directly to report, PDF RL33115 - Cleanup after Hurricane Katrina: Environmental Considerations [03-May-2006]
go directly to report, HTML 98-150 - The Clean Water Action Plan: Background and Early Implementation [03-May-1999]
go directly to report, PDF RL33346 - Energy and Water Development: FY2007 Appropriations [02-May-2007]
go directly to report RL34326 - Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Drought: Federal Water Management Issues [01-May-2008]
go directly to report RS22698 - FEMA Flood Map Modernization Funding [01-May-2008]
go directly to report, PDF RS20672 - Arsenic in Drinking Water: Regulatory Developments and Issues [01-May-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL30478 - Federally Supported Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Programs [18-Apr-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL32787 - MTBE in Gasoline: Clean Air and Drinking Water Issues [14-Apr-2006]
go directly to report, PDF RL32201 - Water Infrastructure Project Earmarks in EPA Appropriations: Trends and Policy Implications [10-Apr-2007]
go directly to report, PDF 97-831 - Clean Water Act and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) of Pollutants [06-Apr-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RS22060 - The Aquatic Resources Trust Fund [06-Apr-2005]
go directly to report, PDF RS22060 - The Aquatic Resources Trust Fund [06-Apr-2005]
go directly to report, PDF RL32574 - Proposed Authorization of Upper Mississippi River- Illinois Waterway Investments [05-Apr-2005]
go directly to report, PDF RS21026 - Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector [01-Apr-2003]
go directly to report, HTML 96-283 - Reinventing the Environmental Protection Agency and EPA's Water Programs [22-Mar-1996]
go directly to report, PDF RS22085 - The United States ? Mexico Dispute over the Waters of the Lower Rio Grande River [21-Mar-2005]
go directly to report, PDF 98-323 - Wastewater Treatment: Overview and Background [20-Mar-2008]
go directly to report, PDF 97-488 - Clean Water Act Section 401: Background and Issues [20-Mar-2008]
go directly to report, PDF RL30030 - Clean Water Act: A Summary of the Law [17-Mar-2008]
go directly to report, HTML 97-792 - Land and Water Conservation Fund: Current Status and Issues [16-Mar-2001]
go directly to report, HTML RS20497 - The Pendulum Swings Back: Standing Doctrine After Friends of the Earth v, Laidlaw [14-Mar-2000]
go directly to report, PDF RL31294 - Safeguarding the Nation's Drinking Water: EPA and Congressional Actions [13-Mar-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL31073 - Allocation of Wastewater Treatment Assistance: Formula and Other Changes [09-Mar-2007]
go directly to report, PDF IB10019 - Western Water Resource Issues [08-Mar-2006]
go directly to report, PDF IB89102 - Water Quality: Implementing the Clean Water Act [28-Feb-2006]
go directly to report, PDF RS22414 - The Columbia River Basin’s Fish Passage Center [23-Feb-2007]
go directly to report, HTML IB10001 - Clean Water Act Issues in the 106th Congress [23-Feb-2001]
go directly to report RS22037 - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: Program Overview and Issues [22-Feb-2008]
go directly to report, PDF RL33535 - Mercury Emissions from Electric Power Plants: States Are Setting Stricter Limits [22-Feb-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RS22498 - Issues in Klamath River Dam Relicensing [22-Feb-2007]
go directly to report, HTML RS20069 - Desalination R&D: The New Federal Program [18-Feb-1999]
go directly to report, HTML RL30437 - Water Quality Initiatives and Agriculture [16-Feb-2000]
go directly to report, PDF IB96030 - Soil and Water Conservation Issues [15-Feb-2006]
go directly to report, PDF RL32384 - EPA?s Proposed Policy on Wastewater Blending: Background and Issues [14-Feb-2005]
go directly to report, HTML 98-745 - Clean Water Action Plan: Budgetary Initiatives [14-Feb-2000]
go directly to report, PDF RL33133 - Active Military Sonar and Marine Mammals: Events and References [11-Feb-2008]
go directly to report, HTML 96-722 - Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996: Overview of P.L. 104-182 [08-Feb-1999]
go directly to report, PDF RS21201 - Leaking Underground Storage Tanks: Prevention and Cleanup [07-Feb-2008]
go directly to report, PDF RL31007 - Appropriations for FY2002: Energy and Water Development [05-Feb-2002]
go directly to report, HTML RL30422 - EPA's Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program: Highlights of Proposed Changes and Impacts on Agriculture [03-Feb-2000]
go directly to report, PDF RL33603 - Ocean Commissions: Ocean Policy Review and Outlook [01-Feb-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL33411 - Ecosystem Restoration in the Great Lakes: The Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy [30-Jan-2008]
go directly to report, PDF 97-792 - Land and Water Conservation Fund: Current Status and Issues [28-Jan-2002]
go directly to report, PDF RS20569 - Water Resource Issues in the 109th Congress [27-Jan-2006]
go directly to report, PDF RL32189 - Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector [24-Jan-2006]
go directly to report, PDF RL32198 - Indian Reserved Water Rights: An Overview [24-Jan-2005]
go directly to report, PDF RL33800 - Water Quality Issues in the 110th Congress: Oversight and Implementation [23-Jan-2008]
go directly to report, PDF RL31116 - Water Infrastructure Needs and Investment: Review and Analysis of Key Issues [23-Jan-2008]
go directly to report, PDF RL34329 - Crosscut Budgets in Ecosystem Restoration Initiatives: Examples and Issues for Congress  [22-Jan-2008]
go directly to report, PDF RL31705 - The National Ocean Policy Study: A Model for the Future? [22-Jan-2003]
go directly to report, HTML 98-64 - Rural Water Supply and Sewer Systems: Background Information [20-Jan-1999]
go directly to report, PDF RS21831 - Lead in Drinking Water: Washington, DC Issues and Broader Regulatory Implications [19-Jan-2005]
go directly to report, HTML RL30809 - The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and Federal Water Rights [18-Jan-2001]
go directly to report, PDF RL30809 - The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and Federal Water Rights [14-Jan-2008]
go directly to report, PDF RL32131 - Phosphorus Mitigation in the Everglades [13-Jan-2004]
go directly to report, PDF RL32192 - Harbors and Inland Waterways: An Overview of Federal Financing [12-Jan-2004]
go directly to report, HTML 97-644 - National Estuary Program: A Collaborative Approach to Protecting Coastal Water Quality [12-Jan-2001]
go directly to report, HTML 95-216 - Implications of Linking Clean Water Spending to the Rate of Inflation [12-Jan-1995]
go directly to report, PDF IB10109 - Fishery, Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 108th Congress [07-Jan-2005]
go directly to report, HTML RS20770 - Clean Water Issues in the 107th Congress: An Overview [05-Jan-2001]
go directly to report, PDF RS20770 - Clean Water Issues in the 107th Congress: An Overview [05-Jan-2001]
go directly to report, PDF RL33465 - Clean Water Act: A Review of Issues in the 109th Congress [04-Jan-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL33432 - U.S. Disposal of Chemical Weapons in the Ocean: Background and Issues for Congress [03-Jan-2007]
go directly to report, PDF RL33556 - Soil and Water Conservation: An Overview [02-Jan-2008]
go directly to report, PDF 98-290 - MTBE in Gasoline: Clean Air and Drinking Water Issues [02-Jan-2004]
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go directly to report, PDF RL33280 - Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Review of Fluoridation and Regulation Issues []

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