... immediately: improper treatment and disposal of wastewaters, aging water treatment and distribution systems, mismanagement of animal wastes, and the current lack of an inte-grated regulatory ... revelation. A group of attendees at the 1909 Conference of State and Provincial Boards of Health concluded: “[t]he fact that many of our streams and lakes have been ruined for boating, bathing, ... causing fish kills, noxious odors, and habitat loss, and leading to decreased tourism and recreational water use. According to the EPA’s most recent national water quality assessment, low dissolved...