The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), signed in 1974, has transformed U.S. water safety, reducing harmful contaminants and ensuring 93% of systems meet health standards.

Proposed California water law would revive Clean Water Act rules Supporters of SB 601 say the bill is a response to a 2023 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court and to a second Trump administration ...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the Environmental Protection Agency acted unlawfully in declining to update water pollution control standards for seven major industries. The ...

Before Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, U.S. factories and cities could pipe their pollution directly into waterways. Rivers, including the Potomac in Washington, smelled of raw sewage ...

Making the Chicago River a healthy, biodiverse and climate resilient lifeline through the city will now be supercharged by a freshly updated Clean Water Act permit and the efforts of nonprofits ...

With the Los Angeles skyline behind it, runoff flows down the Los Angeles River through Vernon on Feb. 6, 2024. A new bill, SB-601, aims to enshrine the Clean Water Act of 1972 into California law ...

Until the spring of 2024, the city had been operating off a Clean Water Act-related permit with regulations that were about 20 years old. But recently the city was able to update its permit, which ...

But the Sackett ruling, which centered on an Idaho couple’s quest to build a home near a wetland that was wet only part of the year, shrunk the world of waters covered by the Clean Water Act ...