# CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA) — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA), agency is EPA; statutory authority is 33 U.S.C. 1319(d); maximum penalty is 68,445, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** EPA _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 33 U.S.C. 1319(d) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 68,445 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/33/1319> 33 U.S.C. 1319(d) | CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA) | 68,445 | 66,712 | 25,000

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-19/section-19.4

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
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