Brett Walton
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
Federal Water Tap, August 1: EPA Shows Interest in Fireworks Contamination of Drinking Water Sources
A Colorado River Glossary: Jargon Explained
Federal Water Tap, July 25: EPA Hints at Future PFAS Standards
Big Water Pipelines, an Old Pursuit, Still Alluring in Drying West
Federal Water Tap, July 18: White House Considers Impacts of Breaching Snake River Dams
Five Things to Know About Drought in the American West
Federal Water Tap, July 11: Rio Grande Water Dispute Moves Closer to Resolution
Federal Water Tap, June 27: Forest Service Errors Led to New Mexico Wildfire
EPA Warns of Health Problems When PFAS Levels in Drinking Water Are Inconceivably Tiny
Federal Water Tap, June 20: EPA Issues PFAS Warning and Troubled Colorado River Is Focus of Senate Hearing