Wastewater Regulations and Legislation

  1. Sioux City Officials Face Lawsuit For Manipulating Wastewater Tests 1/18/2022

    A legal showdown between a U.S. state and one of its largest cities has been launched over alleged falsification of wastewater data and its resulting environmental harm.

  2. Wastewater Leak In Mexico Pollutes U.S. Beaches With Untreated Sewage 1/14/2022

    A cross-border wastewater issue has prompted international fact-finding, forced beach closures, and caused significant harm to the environment.

  3. Biden Has Reversed 42 Trump-Era Environmental Actions, With Dozens More On The Radar 10/5/2021

    It is not uncommon for new presidential administrations to reverse, revise, or undo much of their predecessors’ work. And ever since President Joe Biden took office, environmental policies established in the Donald Trump era have been targeted.

  4. EPA Will Propose First-Ever Limits On PFAS Discharges 9/21/2021

    After years of lobbying from environmentalists and concerned consumers, as well as mounting questions for industrial wastewater treatment operations around the country, the U.S. EPA has announced that it will propose the first-ever rules to limit the amounts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that can be discharged in effluent.

  5. Inspection Reveals Baltimore Wastewater Plants Dumped Excessive Sewage Into Rivers 9/8/2021

    State environmental inspections have found that the two wastewater treatment facilities serving Baltimore have illegally dumped an average of more than 100 million gallons of partially treated effluent per day into sources that feed the critical Chesapeake Bay.

  6. Biden Pick For EPA Head Details Priorities 2/16/2021

    Many in the drinking water and wastewater sector are watching closely to see how a change in administration at the U.S. EPA will influence the federal regulations that affect them. And now, the likely incoming head of the agency has offered some indication of the direction that these regulations will take.

  7. Pittsburgh Utility Pleads Guilty To Clean Water Act Violations 1/19/2021

    One of the country’s largest drinking water and wastewater utilities has admitted fault for violating a central federal regulation, leading to some harsh penalties.

  8. Michael Regan Selected To Lead Biden's EPA 12/22/2020

    Along with a new president of the United States, a new leader will take the mantle at the preeminent federal body responsible for drinking water and wastewater regulations.

  9. Texans Sue City Over Treated Wastewater Releases 12/1/2020

    In Central Texas, an ongoing battle between residents and wastewater treatment operations is becoming increasingly litigious.

  10. Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority Caught Dumping Sludge For Years 11/24/2020

    A major American drinking water and wastewater utility has been caught for years of violating central federal regulations.