2012 is the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, the nation’s law for protecting our most irreplaceable resource. This year, EPA and others will highlight the tremendous progress in reducing pollution since 1972, the many milestones along the way, the ways that the job is far from over, and the tough challenges we face today and in the future.  EPA has launched a website as the central location for information, activities, news and networking.

EPA is holding a series of five workshops to solicit stakeholder input on the use of integrated municipal stormwater and wastewater plans to meet the water-quality objectives of the Clean Water Act.  The workshops are intended to assist EPA in developing an integrated planning approach framework that could be used to help municipalities prioritize their infrastructure investments in order to maximize water-quality benefits and consider various innovative approaches, such as green infrastructure, that may be more sustainable.