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Reports
For decades, the Clean Water Act protected the Nation's surface water bodies from unregulated pollution and rescued them from the crisis status they were in during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now these vital protections are being lost. This report details the threat to our Nation's waters by examining dozens of case studies, and highlights the urgent need for Congress to restore full Clean Water Act protections
to our waters.
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Our nation's rivers, streams, and small bodies of water have long been protected by the Clean Water Act, but a series of misguided court decisions now put them in danger. Recent interpretations of the law suggest that many waters historically protected from pollution can now be polluted or destroyed without a permitting process to limit the environmental impact of the discharging activity.
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Industrial facilities continue to dump millions of pounds of toxic chemicalsinto America's rivers, streams, lakes and ocean waters each year—threatening both the environment and human health. According to the EPA, pollution from industrial facilities is responsible for threatening
or fouling water quality in more than 10,000 miles of rivers and more than 200,000 acres of lakes, ponds and estuaries
nationwide.
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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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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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A report from Environment America about 2005 Clean Water Act Compliance.
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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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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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A legal analysis of the current status of wetlands protection: A report commissioned by the Isaak Walton League of America.
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