Do laws about discharging water into lakes, rivers and seas exist?

Question

Please answer this its really important!!!! If you know the answers..then which laws? and Are these laws regional, national or international? and How to enforce these laws? and How and how much to fine for infractions?
You do not have to answer all of these questions..just write whatever you can it will help a lot!!! Thanx

Answer 1

most country's have laws like that BUT as you didn't say where you are i cant help you


when you ask a question on here THINK THINK this is the web WORLD WIDE

Answer 2

Most 1st world countries have stringent laws against discharging pollutants into rivers streams and lakes within their sole jurisdiction, though not against discharge of water, per se. Persons or organisations which disobey these laws face very heavy penalties, if caught and if the pollution can be proved to be caused by them. There is a 1982 UN Convention on The Law of the Sea which established the principal that nations have to prevent pollution. The EU also actively campaigns against pollution at sea. See:-http://www.europa-eu-un.org/articles/en/article_1276_en.htm

Answer 3

In 1977 the United States Government with the jurisdiction belonging to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency passed the earliest form of the Clean Water Act Bill. The Act established the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States. It gave EPA the authority to implement pollution control programs such as setting wastewater standards for industry. The Clean Water Act also continued requirements to set water quality standards for all contaminants in surface waters. The Act made it unlawful for any person to discharge any pollutant from a point source into navigable waters, unless a permit was obtained under its provisions. It also funded the construction of sewage treatment plants under the construction grants program and recognized the need for planning to address the critical problems posed by nonpoint source pollution.

Concerning International:
The Great Lakes Critical Programs Act of 1990, for example, put into place parts of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978, signed by the U.S. and Canada, where the two nations agreed to reduce certain toxic pollutants in the Great Lakes. That law required EPA to establish water quality criteria for the Great Lakes addressing 29 toxic pollutants with maximum levels that are safe for humans, wildlife, and aquatic life. It also required EPA to help the States implement the criteria on a specific schedule.

Answer 4

Oh yes and for lakes and streams you can contact the corp of engineers that are the directors for the specific body of water.

Answer 5

yes laws exist and all above.

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Answer 6

yes they do exist.

http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm