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Reports
Keeping Our Nation's Public Drinking Water Sources Safe
Why Americans' Drinking Water Sources are at Risk
The drinking water sources of more than 111 million Americans could be at risk because of the Environmental Protection Agency's policy to withhold Clean Water Act protections from headwater and seasonal streams. This report, based on EPA data, provides state-by-state information on drinking water supplies which rely, at least in part, on these small streams.
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Where Rivers Are Born
The Scientific Imperative for Defending Small Streams and Wetlands
With the future federal protection of small streams and wetlands in question, the Sierra Club and American Rivers asked eleven scientists to summarize the services wetlands and small streams provide society and the consequences of degrading these waters.
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Troubled Waters
An Analysis of 2005 Clean Water Act Compliance
A report from Environment America about 2005 Clean Water Act Compliance.
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Reckless Abandon
How the Bush Administration is Exposing America's Wetlands to Harm
A new report from Earthjustice, National Wildlife Federation, National Resources Defense Council, and the Sierra Club examines the Bush administration's attack on America's wetlands. More than 30 years ago, Congress enacted the Clean Water Act to make the nation's waters safe by eliminating water pollution at its source. Yet a new Bush administration policy is now placing streams, wetlands, and other waters in serious danger of pollution and destruction, threatening not only these waters but also the larger rivers, lakes, and coastal waters into which they flow. This treat comes at a time when water pollution continues to be on of the nation's most serious environmental problems - and a central environmental concern for most of the public.
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America's Wetlands in Danger
Legal Loophole Leaves "Isolated" Wetlands in Peril, Says New Report
A new report from two of the nation's leading environmental groups warns of serious threats to people and wildlife stemming from a 2001 Supreme Court decision narrowing the scope of federal environmental protection for the nation's wetlands. The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) say the ruling invites the destruction of millions of acres of so-called isolated wetlands, eliminating their important role in providing flood control, natural water purification and essential wildlife habitat.
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Jurisdiction Under The Clean Water Act:
Implications of the SWANCC Decision
A legal analysis of the current status of wetlands protection: A report commissioned by the Isaak Walton League of America.
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