Wastewater Regulations and Legislation

31. EPA Prepares To Reenact Pollution Monitoring And Reporting Requirements 7/7/2020

    The U.S. EPA announced that it will rescind a recently-introduced policy that allowed companies throughout the country to forgo pollution monitoring. Introduced in March 2020, the agency enacted the measure to reduce the burden these companies shoulder as the novel coronavirus spread around the world.

32. Supreme Court Sides With Environmentalists In Hawaii Clean Water Case 5/5/2020

    The highest court in the country has ruled in support of environmentalists and in opposition of the Trump administration in a case from Hawaii with significant implications for how the Clean Water Act could be interpreted elsewhere.

33. EPA Introduces Navigable Waters Protection Rule 1/28/2020

    Ever since it was installed by the Obama administration in 2015, the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule — a layer of the Clean Water Act meant to clarify how the country’s water resources should be managed — has drawn controversy.

34. Regulators Seek Stricter Wastewater Manganese Limits In PA 10/8/2019

    What once appeared to be a regulatory blow to source water advocates and drinking water treatment plants in Pennsylvania may soon turn into a win. The state’s regulators are expected to propose stricter limits on manganese levels released into waterways as an unexpected consequence of a two-year-old law meant to loosen those requirements for coal mining operations.

35. Maui Officials Vote To Withdraw Case Over Clean Water Act Dispute 10/1/2019

    Following months of debate, stewards of one of the world’s most pristine source water reputations have decided to withdraw a major Clean Water Act dispute from consideration by the Supreme Court.

36. WOTUS Found To 'Violate The Law' 8/27/2019

    More than four years since it was first put in place, a group of 10 states has won a legal victory against the U.S. EPA’s 2015 Waters of the United States rule.

37. Clean Water Act May Change To Limit State Oversight 8/20/2019

    Since 1972, the Clean Water Act has served as the cornerstone federal regulation governing water pollution in the United States. And now, the U.S. EPA has proposed that significant changes be made to it in order to ease processes for construction projects.

38. Nashville Threatened With Lawsuit Over 4.7 Million Gallons Of Wastewater Overflow 6/25/2019

    Music City has recently raised the ire of environmentalists who blame it for significant untreated wastewater leaks.

39. EPA Asserts Position On Clean Water Act, Groundwater Discharge Oversight 4/26/2019

    According to a recent interpretation of the Clean Water Act, the U.S. EPA won’t regulate pollution that occurs in surface water if it passes through groundwater first.

40. Florida Lawmakers Want To Increase Sewage Overflow Penalties 3/22/2019

    A politician in Florida thinks he has a new solution that will curb untreated sewage spills in the state: increasing the penalties for those responsible.