As Engineers, we use the term “failure” in a number of ways but know that it implies something did not perform as expected. Was it the fault of the “failed” thing or action, or was it a failure in how it was expected to perform, under those conditions? Regardless, we all know that failure brings negative connotations in many ways, and none are desirable.

October 18, 2022, marked the 50^th anniversary of the passage of Public Law 92-500, commonly known as the Clean Water Act (CWA). It was a broad initiative which sought to put the country on a new path to correct the lack of attention to maintaining the waters of the United States.