Book contents
- Clean Water Policy and State Choice
- Clean Water Policy and State Choice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Setting the Stage
- 2 Reagan Federalism, States’ Rights, and the Revolving Loan Fund Model
- 3 The Foundations of Water Quality Policy in the United States
- 4 Expansion and Contraction in the Federal Role in Water Quality Policy
- 5 Features of the Water Quality Act of 1987
- 6 A Model of State Implementation of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program
- 7 Initial State Implementation of the Revolving Loan Fund Model
- 8 Implementation “On the Ground”
- 9 The Distributional Impacts of the CWSRF
- 10 Promise and Performance
- Book part
- About the Author
- Notes
- References
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2022
Book contents
- Clean Water Policy and State Choice
- Clean Water Policy and State Choice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Setting the Stage
- 2 Reagan Federalism, States’ Rights, and the Revolving Loan Fund Model
- 3 The Foundations of Water Quality Policy in the United States
- 4 Expansion and Contraction in the Federal Role in Water Quality Policy
- 5 Features of the Water Quality Act of 1987
- 6 A Model of State Implementation of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund Program
- 7 Initial State Implementation of the Revolving Loan Fund Model
- 8 Implementation “On the Ground”
- 9 The Distributional Impacts of the CWSRF
- 10 Promise and Performance
- Book part
- About the Author
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
This introduction discusses the impetus for the creation of this research. The year 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the Water Quality Act, the longest-lived example of federal water pollution policy. The introduction presents a discussion of the major themes of the book, including federalism, states' rights, state choice in water quality policy, and the importance of implementation in policy outcomes. an outline of the content of the chapters is also presented.
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- Clean Water Policy and State ChoicePromise and Performance in the Water Quality Act, pp. 1 - 6Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022