Most citizens are not personally responsible for an effluent discharge into a body of water, so do not really need to know the ins and outs of the Clean Water Act. However, every one of us has been impacted by the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and Safe Drinking Water Act; to name just a few. n 2 pages I would like you to reflect on your personal experiences and how you may have been impacted by the environmental laws we have discussed before you had ever heard of them.