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The Clean Water Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 1972 to reduce levels of toxic substances in the nation's water supply and to prevent high levels of new contamination. The CWA seeks to accomplish its stated goals by preventing point and nonpoint pollution sources, assisting wastewater treatment facilities and maintaining wetlands. less -

[Webinar] PFAS Primer for the Public Sector - July 16th, 11:00 am PT

Clark Hill PLC on 7/2/2025

Addressing PFAS continues to challenge local government, water providers, and wastewater providers, particularly in a rapidly changing regulatory environment. Regulatory initiatives will have costly and widespread impacts on...more

Senate Committee Convenes Hearing to Examine PFAS as Hazardous Substances

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/5/2024

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule on Sept. 6, 2022, to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), along with their structural isomers, as hazardous...more

PFAS: Looking Back on a Year of Activity and Preparing for 2022

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 1/26/2022

In 2021, there was sustained and fast-paced executive action from the Biden administration focused on emphasizing and addressing the environmental and human health effects of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, more...more

Another Maui Case in the Mountains

Mintz on 12/13/2021

Last week another NGO filed suit against another operator of a wastewater treatment facility, this one in the mountains of Montana, complaining of "excess" nitrogen in the treated effluent from the wastewater treatment...more

PFAS/Clean Water Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issues Interim Strategy for NPDES Permitting

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 12/4/2020

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a memorandum titled: Recommendations from the PFAS NPDES Regional Coordinators Committee - Interim Strategy for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in...more

EPA Seeks Comment on ‘‘Discharges of Pollutants’’ via a Direct Hydrologic Connection to Surface Water

Holland & Knight LLP on 2/26/2018

On Feb. 20, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a Request for Comment in the Federal Register seeking comments on a broad range of topics related to the question of whether the Clean Water Act (CWA)...more

Water and Wastewater Workforce: January 2018 U.S. Government Accountability Office Report Addressing Recruiting

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/13/2018

The United States Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) issued a January 2018 report titled: Water and Wastewater Workforce – Recruiting Approaches Help Industry Hire Operators, but Additional EPA Guidance Could Help...more

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2017 Potable Reuse Compendium: Current Practices/Approaches for Water Reuse

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/2/2018

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued on July 11th a document titled: 2017 Potable Reuse Compendium (“Compendium”) ...more

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