The Clean Water Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the discharge of pollutants into the nation’s surface waters, including lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and coastal areas. Passed in ...

The construction grants program was phased out in 1990. Today, the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program provides low-interest loans to build and improve wastewater systems. The Path Forward, From ...

In Sackett v.EPA, the extreme right-wing majority of the Supreme Court ruled to pull many of the nation’s wetlands from protection under the Clean Water Act. More recently, the decision forced the ...

The Clean Water Act as written can’t create the universally fishable, swimmable and drinkable (where appropriate) waters that Congress envisioned when it passed the act 40 years ago.

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 ...

Under a recent court ruling, part of an environmental lawsuit over Barnstable’s Hyannis sewage plant will proceed, raising ...

Craft brewers are worried that an EPA rule change and a case before the Supreme Court could dismantle the Clean Water Act, undermining water systems across the United States — as well as their beer.

Now, 50 years later, we can be proud of these results, but we cannot rest on our laurels. Access to clean and safe water is a fundamental right, yet today, the Clean Water Act faces renewed legal ...

Implemented in response to growing public awareness and concern for controlling water pollution in the U.S., the Clean Water Act followed the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...

The Clean Water Act came to life the same year I did, kicking and screaming and full of promise. Now we're both turning 50 — me and the law formally known as the Federal Water Pollution Control ...