The Clean Water Act, passed in 1972, did just that. It laid out a regulatory framework that requires all discharging “point sources” — like factories and wastewater treatment plants — to follow ...

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 ...

On this day 50 years ago, Congress passed the Clean Water Act. This cornerstone environmental law of the 20th century aimed to eliminate all polluting discharges into our nation’s waterways. For many ...

As the Clean Water Act turns 50, ... And when Congress voted on it, the House initially passed it by a vote of 366-11 and the Senate by a vote of 74-0. Try to imagine that happening today.

The Chicago Trump International Hotel and Tower has agreed to pay a $4.8 million settlement for environmental violations to ...

The PERMIT Act, or House Resolution 3898, will now go to the House floor for a vote after passing the committee 34-30.

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 ...

Researchers say holes in the clay that overlays the Memphis aquifer could have let pollutants from as early as the 1940s into the groundwater.

The Clean Water Act, enacted in 1972, allows the EPA to set clear discharge limits as well as “any more stringent limitation” the agency views as “necessary to meet water quality standards.” ...