Because of the Clean Water Act, the water quality of many of our nation’s rivers, lakes and wetlands has improved significantly. Wastewater systems now provide advantaged treatment for more than 16 ...

The Clean Water Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s surface waters, including lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal areas. Passed in ...

Before the Clean Water Act was passed, 240 million gallons of waste flowed into the Potomac River daily. The river was considered a severe health hazard, enough so that anyone who fell into it was ...

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based advocacy nonprofit Waste Action Project has filed a citizen lawsuit against Trident ...

The Clean Water Act also directs the EPA to revisit pollution standards every five years and lower them as pollution control technology improves, with the bold goal of ultimately eliminating ...

The Clean Water Act has reached its 50th anniversary. Still befuddling federal regulators is nonpoint-source pollution — a technocratic term describing pesticides, oil, fertilizers, toxins ...

The Clean Water Act protects the quality of U.S. surface waters and has gone through several changes since it was first signed into law in 1972.

Implemented in response to growing public awareness and concern for controlling water pollution in the U.S., the Clean Water Act followed the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...

Before the Clean Water Act, regulations of America’s waterways were few and far between. The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 made it legal for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to regulate the ...

So, 50 years after the Clean Water Act, the country needed a new water agenda. That’s why President Biden has directed our administration to make sure we see these communities — and deliver ...

Several Ontario First Nations are asking the province's environment minister to resign after he asked the federal government ...