On May 22, the EPA published a draft of Ambient Water Quality Criteria Recommendations for Lakes and Reservoirs in the Conterminous United States: Information Supporting the Development of Numeric Nutrient Criteria (85 FR 31184). This update to the national criteria...
On April 21, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published the final Navigable Waters Protection Rule in the Federal Register (85 FR 22250) (formerly known as the Waters of the United States or WOTUS or Clean Water Rule)....
On March 25, a coalition of 57 stakeholders – led by the Interstate Council on Water Policy (ICWP) and joined by the WSWC – submitted letters to the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, in support of...
On April 1, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced an update to its National Water Quality Program (NWQP) with the completion of four new surveys of principle aquifers across the nation. About 140 million people, half the nation’s population, rely on groundwater...