The West faces a water crisis. EPA could make it worse.
The Trump administration is struggling to head off a crisis along the West’s most critical river, but the pollution regulation it proposed last week could make the problems worse, according to water experts. The EPA proposal would dramatically restrict the number of streams and wetlands that receive protection under the federal Clean Water Act even though the agency itself acknowledges it would exclude many of the mountain streams and wetlands that are the source of more than 70 percent of the flow of the Colorado River. … If the EPA proposal moves forward, those diminishing supplies could face increased pollution.
Other Clean Water Act news:
- E&E News by Politico: EPA says Sackett will save its WOTUS rule. It may not be enough.
- The Land Desk: Blog: On Trump’s arroyo-phobic Clean Water Act rule
- Best Best & Krieger: Legal alert: Agencies release revised WOTUS proposed rule, open 45-day public comment period
