USA Today
November 3rd, 2000
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Water quality in the USA
Runoff from city streets and agricultural fields -- so-called non-point source pollution -- is the source of about 60% of the USA's water pollution. But that runoff is not strictly regulated under the Clean Water Act. Water-quality ratings under the EPA's inventory in 1998:
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