With The Prospect Of Lighter Restrictions, Wastewater Upgrades Could Be In Vain

With the Trump administration likely to loosen wastewater treatment regulations, utilities face a conundrum.

All over the country, wastewater utilities are searching for ways to make desperately needed upgrades. Treatment facilities are required to clean effluent to an increasingly-stringent degree and many have made expensive changes in order to meet regulations and receive necessary permits. But with President Trump poised to roll regulations back, some utilities fear their efforts to this point have all been for naught.