Lawsuits in Three States Target Groundwater Pollution under Clean Water Act
U.S. water law confronts hydrology. Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons user Waterkeeper Alliance Coal ash ponds near the Cape Fear River, in North Carolina. Click image to enlarge. By Brett Walton Circle of Blue The Clean Water Act, the landmark environmental statue that Congress passed in 1972, does not explicitly regulate the pollution of […]
Brett writes about agriculture, energy, infrastructure, and the politics and economics of water in the United States. He also writes the Federal Water Tap, Circle of Blue’s weekly digest of U.S. government water news. He is the winner of two Society of Environmental Journalists reporting awards, one of the top honors in American environmental journalism: first place for explanatory reporting for a series on septic system pollution in the United States(2016) and third place for beat reporting in a small market (2014). He received the Sierra Club’s Distinguished Service Award in 2018. Brett lives in Seattle, where he hikes the mountains and bakes pies. Contact Brett Walton