As we look forward to celebrating the Clean Water Act's 35th birthday this week we've discovered that a lot of work remians to be done to meet the goals of this landmark piece of legislation.

In a report we just released, Troubled Waters: An Analysis of 2005 Clean Water Act Compliance (available for download below), our research found that more than 57% of Clean Water Act permitees are out of compliance with their issued permits.

In my home state of Ohio more than 74% percent of Ohio’s major facilities exceeded the allowable pollution limits established in their Clean Water Act permits in 2005.

With so many facilities dumping so much pollution, no one should be surprised that nearly half of America’s waterways are unsafe for swimming and fishing. But we should be outraged.