Through its action plans, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative aims to have cleanup efforts completed in Ohio's areas of concerns by 2030. Learn more about the effort.
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Thanks to the Clean Water Act, the Rouge is no longer a dumping ground for industrial waste. But its gains are fragile and incomplete with contaminants still soiling the river bottom and the fish that returned to its waters.