The Clean Water Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1972 to reduce levels of toxic substances in the nation's water supply and to prevent high levels of new contamination.

To the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on the notice of proposed rulemaking for proposed changes to the ...

The Clean Water Act gives the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers jurisdiction over “navigable waters,” which are defined as “waters of the United States” (WOTUS). Nearly any activity that occurs within a ...

Democrats during a hearing raised questions on the impacts of President Donald Trump’s spending freeze on water ...

Pawlenty recognized in 2003, a significant rollback in federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction “could lead to greater loss and degradation of our state’s and the nation’s waters and increased ...

issued a concurrence in the judgment that disagreed with the majority’s construction and endorsed a broader view of Clean Water Act jurisdiction. He argued, with citations to past agency rules ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that sewage plants and other industries cannot avoid environmental requirements under landmark clean-water protections when they send dirty water on an indirect route.

New report outlines human impact of unregulated factory farm water pollution on public health, recreation, and water bills ...