Clean Water is working to ensure that small streams and wetlands are protected under the Clean Water Act’s pollution control programs. The Clean Water Rule restores safeguards to most streams and wetlands and protects the drinking water sources for more than 117 million people.
Congress Wants to Let Trump Ignore the Law to Gut Clean Water Protections
"Republicans in Congress and Scott Pruitt know how unpopular – not to mention legally and scientifically indefensible, it is to gut protections for clean water. So they are trying to change the rules to cut the public out of the process so the Trump administration can weaken protections for drinking water, rivers, streams and wetlands."
On the 45th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act We Won't Back Down, We Will Protect Clean Water
"We've done this before - we were there during the campaign to pass the Clean Water Act and we have fought to protect clean water ever since. We are already pounding the pavement and knocking on doors in neighborhoods throughout the nation and in the halls of Congress to make sure we put our health and the environment before the needs of polluters and special interests."
Harmful Algal Outbreaks and Drinking Water
In summer 2014 the residents in and around Toledo, Ohio were told not to drink, cook, or bathe with the water from their faucets.
Clean Water Currents Spring 2016
In this issue: Putting Drinking Water First; EPA and Congress Take Action; Curbing Climate Pollution from the Oil and Gas Industry Now, Not Later; New Methane Standards in Pennsylvania; Aliso Canyon and Lost Hills: Symptons of a Broken System; and more.
