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

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 ...

Collusion by the two provinces to advance their economic projects at the expense of the First Nations Clean Water Act, a bill ...

The Clean Water Act is one of America’s greatest environmental success stories. It has reined in industrial pollution and restored lakes, rivers, and streams from coast to coast. But 50 years after ...

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) ...

The Clean Water Act’s limits on sewage and other pollutants, coupled with regional cooperative efforts and improvements at the Blue Plains wastewater facility in Southwest DC, ...

The Supreme Court dealt another blow to federal environmental protections on Tuesday in a major water pollution case. In a 5–4 ruling in City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, the justices ...

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

Before the Clean Water Act was enacted in 1972, it was legal to dump all kinds of pollution in our lakes, ponds, rivers and streams. In Vermont, this translated into raw sewage being regularly ...