Clean Water Enforcement Strengthened

After our research showed thousands of clean water law violations going unpunished, we convinced lawmakers to strengthen the state’s clean water enforcement law in 2003.

Key Water Pollutant Targeted

Industries must report their use and discharges of perchlorate, a key ingredient in rocket fuel and a highly toxic chemical that has polluted 350 California drinking water sources, including the Colorado River. The new action is the result of an Environment California-backed law, adopted in 2003.