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The New York Times just released a groundbreaking report this Sunday describing the poor condition of America’s water. The report goes into detail about the need for stronger enforcement of the our clean water laws at the state and federal level. Check out the story here and look at your regions water quality.

Brief Overview

Over the last 30 years, we have made significant progress in cleaning up our water, but we still have important work to do. Many of California’s waterways are struggling from too much pollution.

But instead of curbing this pollution, the Bush administration spent much of the last eight years creating loopholes that enabled it.  First, Bush officials exempted various types of pollution – from pesticide spraying to mountaintop mining – from standard clean water protections.  Then these officials used court decisions to issue a “no protection” policy, which put thousands of wetlands, headwaters, and streams beyond the reach of the Clean Water Act.

Now Environment California is working with Congress and the Obama administration to reverse these rollbacks – so that all of our waterways are protected from all types of pollution under the Clean Water Act.