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Restoring Clean Water Protections
On June 18, the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee approved the Clean Water Restoration Act (S.787) to ensure that all of our rivers, streams and wetlands are once again protected from polluters.
Now it is up to the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) committee to consider the bill. In October, John Rumpler testified in front of the T&I Committee in a hearing on Clean Water Enforcement failures. (Watch the video here.)
What's at stake
America’s rivers, lakes, and streams are irreplaceable treasures—creating lasting memories for our families, adding enjoyment to our lives, and providing us with drinking water.
Over the last 30 years, we have made significant progress in cleaning up our water, but we still have important work to do. Many of America’s great waterways from the Mississippi River to the Chesapeake Bay to the Great Lakes are struggling from too much pollution.
But instead of curbing this pollution, two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have put into question the extent of Clean Water Act protections for smaller water bodies that feed our drinking water supplies and the wetlands that clean our great waters.
Now Environment America is working with Congress and the Obama administration to reverse these rollbacks—so that all of our waterways are protected from all types of pollution under the Clean Water Act.
