Activists Seek Utilities' Backing For EPA's Upcoming CWA Jurisdiction Guide

摘要

Environmentalists are urging a new alliance of water utility groups to back an upcoming EPA guide clarifying legal methods for determining when intermittent streams and other marginal waters are subject to Clean Water Act (CWA) rules, echoing EPA statements that clearer guidance is needed to protect drinking water and other water resources. Lynn Thorp, national campaigns coordinator and senior policy specialist for Clean Water Action, asked the American Water Works Association (AWWA) - which represents drinking water utilities - and Water Environment Federation (WEF) - which represents wastewater treatment professionals - during their annual fly-in April 5 to support EPA's CWA jurisdiction guidance.