A Blue View is a weekly perspective on the life aquatic, hosted
by National Aquarium CEO John Racanelli. From the smallest
plants and animals invisible to the human eye to entire
ecosystems, every living thing depends on and is intricately
linked by water. Tune in to 88.1 WYPR every Tuesday at 5:45 p.m.
as John brings to the surface important issues and fascinating
discoveries making waves in the world today. October 16: Clean
Water Act This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, or Clean Water Act, the nation’s
law for protecting our most irreplaceable resource. In 1972, in
the midst of a national concern about untreated sewage,
industrial and toxic discharges, destruction of wetlands, and
contaminated runoff, this principal law was passed to protect
the country’s waters. The act set a national goal, “to restore
and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of
the Nation’s waters,” with interim goals that all waters be
fishable and swimmable where possible