Clean Water Act

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Because doing nothing will not help solve our issue, the best way to fix the problem is to do something, and that is by applying mandatory watersheds around rural streams and rivers. Better enforcement of the Clean Water Act will also be needed to fix our water issue. CAFOs will need to have better enforcement of current regulations. This will mean the hiring of more federal officials to regulate each individual feeding operation. This will not be an easy task, as CAFOs have increased in numbers since the 1970, when the Clean Water Act was passed and animal operations were much smaller. This is also a part of a current trend in agriculture to larger farming operations. Iowa is the largest pork producer in the nation, generating over 50 million