he Clean Water Act states that the discharge of pollutant into navigable waters. The Supreme Court ruled that since the policy states “navigable waters”, this means the policy does not apply to waters you cannot sail a boat or ship down; such as ponds and seasonal creeks (The Economist, 2010). This limitation has an impact on the policy because it leaves a loophole for people to dump their pollutants into water that is non-navigable. Another flaw that is seen with this act is, dumping pollutants on land and then the pollutants runoff into waters, such as drinking water, and therefore contaminating the waters. With the wording of the policy, the biggest consequence has been the loophole the Supreme Court has found. Being able to dump water into small bodies of water, has decreased the success of the policy. This consequence is seen as negative because although the policy is effective by limiting the amount of pollutants dumped into the water, the non-navigable waters are being affected, which in turn, affects the environment around them. This unintended consequence can affect the population that surround the non-navigable waters, the pollutants may have chemicals and other harsh elements that may have negative impacts on the population. Runoffs from land dumping is another unforeseen consequence that is negative because people that are dumping in lands may not know the pollutants will end up in the waters and be bad water quality for the population. The title did not truly reflect the true content of the policy because it was not detailed enough to concern all points of water pollution. The official title of the policy is, The Federal Water Control Pollution Act, but the most known title of this policy is, The Clean Water Act. The policy discusses not dumping pollutants into navigable waters but the non-navigable waters, land dumping, and burying toxic or harmful chemicals can lead to unsafe water qualities that have an overall effect on the population, environment, and wildlife, that is not discussed in the act.This policy harms the people, the environment, and wildlife that are affected by the pollution of the non-navigable waters, runoffs of land dumping, and the burial of harsh toxins/chemicals. The main concern with the Clean Water Act is that the goals would not be met by the expected deadline. One of the goals of the act was to decrease the loss of wetlands, that has yet to be accomplished. There has yet to be a reform to this policy that provides updates to previous goals and deadlines. The original act was put in place in 1948, and went through several amendments to get to where it is today. Through the amendments, fines were enforced to make sure dumpers were being responsible for putting pollutants into the waters. Each amendment gave the government more authority in The Federal W>