Clean Water Act

Tualatin River Cleanup: Clean Water Act Phase II

Introduction

The main purpose of this paper is to analyze case study of the Tualatin River Cleanup: Clean Water Act Phase II. The paper discusses the history, present status and the future of the Clean Water Act Phase II. In order to identify the clean water act phase II, the case study of Tualatin River Cleanup has been presented. Since almost two to three decades, the managers of the Tualatin River were making their struggles for the different crafting and refining functions. The managers were struggling hard for the purpose of identifying and managing the total maximum daily load allocations (TMDLs) for the first time in nation. The main goal of the managers of Tualatin River was to offer a river to nation which should be clean, swimmable, drinkable and fishable. However, they were facing different problems in these functions. This was the main reason behind the implementation of the Clean Water Act which is mainly focused on providing the clean water across the nations. Thus, the main purpose of this paper is to identify the importance of the clean water act Phase II and its history and future.

Discussion

Before discussing the importance of Clean Water Act Phase II, it is very necessary to understand the background of the Tualatin River Cleanup. The managers of the Tualatin River Cleanup were busy in providing the main focus on the clean water. The main reason was the lawsuit which had been imposed on 1986 and forced the state to enforce the TMDL for the Tualatin River for the purpose of providing clean water facility to the members of the state and eradicating the nuisance algal blooms which emerged in the months of summer. The debate on this issue has continued for almost two years. The main issue of the debate was about the determination of proper criteria for phosphorus which have been resulted in 1988 for the first time. Thus, the sewerage agencies have understood the importance of different technological upgrades and other measures which could have been used for the purpose of implementing the TMDL as per the deadline which have been imposed by state (Peter 2012). Though, the technicians have worked their hard to follow the compliance but still they could not reach to the actual phosphorous levels in the rivers which were disappointing. Thus, the technicians and the teams have started conducting research on identifying the ways of reaching to the exact amount of phosphorous. The research has been conducted by using the government agencies and academic sources for the purpose of identifying and quantifying different sources of phosphorous within the basin. At the same time, the sewerage agency has also worked to make the efforts for bringing improvements in the practices along with creating a balance on the different economic concerns. The main reason behind efforts was the development of the process which can be helpful in the storm water management along with the sewerage and ultimately identifying the combined MS4 ...