Water & Wetlands

Trump Administration’s Budget Would Impair Safe Drinking Water

by | April 26, 2019
The proposed FY 2020 budget cuts $8.124 million (8%) from the drinking water program ...

PEERMail: Water Hypocrisy

by | April 17, 2019
With cronyism and influence peddling the norm in most government circles, we have been busier than ever. Below, you’ll read about the Trump Administration’s water hypocrisy, how industry giants now rule at Interior, why we are questioning the CDC on cancer, and a small but ...

Trump’s Clean Water Debacle

by | April 15, 2019
Proposed Rewrite of WOTUS Threatens U.S. Water Security ...

Tampa Sewage Meltdown Early Eco-Test for Desantis

by | January 30, 2019
Federal Intervention Needed If State Continues to Ignore Major Pollution Violations ...

Agriculture Poisoning the Prairie Pothole Region

by | January 22, 2019
Pesticides and Pollution Runoff Imperil North America’s “Duck Factory ...

Waters of the United States: History

by | January 1, 2019
WOTUS History The federal Clean Water Act  (CWA) was passed in 1972 in order to eliminate discharges of pollutants into navigable waters without a permit. The CWA tasks the EPA with prohibiting “the discharge of any pollutant” to navigable waters from any point source. The term “ ...
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