The Clean Water Act, passed 51 years ago today, is one of our country’s bedrock environmental laws. By cracking down on pollution discharges into rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands, it has ...

Today, as the Clean Water Act turns 50, we’re looking back at how we got here and ahead toward how we'll protect our water.

Read about five success stories since 1972 when Congress passed the Clean Water Act, with the intention to restore and maintain waterways.

Justice Samuel Alito misses the point entirely when he defends his decision to weaken the Clean Water Act by stating, “Today, many formerly fetid bodies of water are safe for the use and ...

The Clean Water Act has reached its 50th anniversary. Still befuddling federal regulators is nonpoint-source pollution — a technocratic term describing pesticides, oil, fertilizers, toxins ...

Half a century after Congress adopted the Clean Water Act, the nation's waterways remain at risk and are facing new challenges.

Access to clean and safe water is a fundamental right — yet the Clean Water Act faces renewed challenges.

In a major win for industry and developers, the Supreme Court is significantly limiting the number and type of U.S. waterways that get federal protection.

The 1972 Clean Water Act expanded federal protections for the nation’s waterways, allowing the government to regulate what corporations discharge into them, including pollutants.

This alert was originally published on June 3, 2025, and has been revised based on recent developments. Update: On June 30, 2025, ...

The Clean Water Act prompted many states to prohibit laundry detergents containing phosphorus. Some had labeled Lake Erie “dead” as the soaps fueled algae blooms that sapped oxygen and killed ...

Robert Redford: Last thing we need is to put Clean Water Act on trial at the Supreme Court. Protect wetlands and streams that feed our drinking water.