The United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”) addressed in a December 24th, 2024 Opinion a challenge to a ...

New panel chair eyes easing Clean Water Act permitting. By Amelia Davidson | 02/12/2025 06:36 AM EST . Democrats during a hearing raised questions on the impacts of President Donald Trump’s ...

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 ...

The Clean Water Act directs the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate this discharge to ensure that it does not pose a threat to human health or ecosystems.

HAMMOND — Government lawyers allege an oil re-refinery plant with a location in East Chicago violated the Clean Water Act after they discharged wastewater with excessive pollutants into the city ...

A new Food & Water Watch report, also released today, outlines the human impact of unregulated factory farm water pollution on public health, recreation and water bills. The Clean Water for Iowa Act ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has initiated an administrative order on consent with Radius Recycling Inc. in response to alleged Clean Water Act violations at the company's metal ...

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires a permit before dredged or fill material may be discharged into U.S. waters with the exception of particular farming and forestry activities.

A new law would get the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources more actively involved in regulating Vermont farms to meet federal water quality requirements, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough.