<P> Technically , the name of the law is the Federal Water Pollution Control Act . The first FWPCA was enacted in 1948 , but took on its modern form when completely rewritten in 1972 in an act entitled the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 . Major changes have subsequently been introduced via amendatory legislation including the Clean Water Act of 1977 and the Water Quality Act of 1987 . </P>
<P> Technically , the name of the law is the Federal Water Pollution Control Act . The first FWPCA was enacted in 1948 , but took on its modern form when completely rewritten in 1972 in an act entitled the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 . Major changes have subsequently been introduced via amendatory legislation including the Clean Water Act of 1977 and the Water Quality Act of 1987 . </P>
when was the original clean water act passed into law
when was the original clean water act passed into law
1948
1948