Forwarded from Iowa Rivers Revival's News: Happy Anniversary: The Clean Water Act! (Oct. 18, 1972) It was forty years ago today. . . . . Since 1972, the Clean Water Act has had a huge impact on improving our rivers and waters. Nationally, it has kept billions of pounds of raw sewage, chemicals and trash out of our waterways. Forwarded from Iowa CCI: Forty years ago today, both Houses of Congress voted by a nearly 10-1 margin to override President Nixon's veto of the Clean Water Act <https://iowacci.ourpowerbase.net/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u =77&qid=11403> , enacting landmark legislation to clean our nation's waters into law. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp