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March 7, 2025

Supreme Court Lifts Restraints on Wastewater Discharges, Further Eroding Clean Water Act
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The U.S. Supreme Court has further eroded the power of the Environmental
Protection Agency and state governments to safeguard water quality under
the Clean Water Act. In Tuesday's 5-4 ruling, the majority overturned
measures limiting the discharge of wastewater into harbors and coastal
areas, including limits on the release of raw sewage. This comes less
than two years after the Supreme Court gutted Clean Water Act
protections for about half of all wetlands in the contiguous United
States.


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