The Sierra Club: Protect Clean Water!
July 3rd, 2007 9:03 pm by KellyVia The Sierra Club:
Small streams and wetlands help maintain and protect drinking water supplies, as well as provide critical flood water storage. In addition, they are important for wildlife breeding grounds and habitat. A June 2006 Supreme Court ruling has placed many of these waters in jeopardy of losing Clean Water Act safeguards.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the US Army Corps of Engineers recently issued “guidance” that further muddies the waters and confuses the issue even more as to which waters are covered under the Clean Water Act.
By the by, you can read this week’s edition of Club Currents here.
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