World Water Day, commemorated in March, is not a celebration. It’s a warning, chiming again and again: there is a problem with our water. Like an ambulance siren that’s tipping off an emergency ...

Before Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, U.S. factories and cities could pipe their pollution directly into waterways. Rivers, including the Potomac in Washington, smelled of raw sewage ...

A secure and effective water system is one that most people do not appreciate until it breaks down. Behind the freely flowing clean water and functioning waste removal is the behind-the-scenes effort ...

In 2023, the Supreme Court narrowed the definition of “ waters of the United States .” In its decision in Sackett vs. Environmental Protection Agency, the court determined that only wetlands that ...

Before Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, U.S. factories and cities could pipe their pollution directly into waterways. Rivers, including the Potomac in Washington, smelled of raw sewage ...

That unchecked pollution didn’t just harm the rivers and their ecosystems; it harmed the humans who relied on their water. The Clean Water Act established a federal framework “to restore and ...