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, May 20: EPA Estimates Wastewater Funding Needs over Next Two Decades
Wildfire Rampage Injures Lungs in the Great Lakes
Federal Water Tap, May 13: Army Corps Eyes New Lake-Dredging Technique for Kansas Reservoir Filling with Sediment
Federal Water Tap, May 6: White House Issues Cybersecurity Memo for Critical Infrastructure
Federal Water Tap, April 29: Coal Power Plant Pollution Limits and Wetlands Restoration Pledge
Federal Water Tap, April 22: EPA Designates Two PFAS as Hazardous Substances
Federal Water Tap, April 15: EPA Limits Six PFAS in Drinking Water
Federal Water Tap, April 8: Western U.S. Snowpack Is High and Low
Federal Water Tap, April 1: EPA Plans National Study of PFAS Entering, Exiting Municipal Sewage Treatment Facilities
Federal Water Tap, March 25: Plants for Energy: DOE Assesses Biomass Potential