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Using Clean Water Act Discharge Permits to Protect Drinking Water Sources - May 2024
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Using Clean Water Act Discharge Permits to Protect Drinking Water Sources

September 19, 2024 | By Clean Water Action, Environmental Integrity Project, Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, Association of Clean Water Administrators, West Virginia American Water, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, and American Water Works Association
The Clean Water Act has many tools that can be used to address sources of pollution that impact drinking water sources. This current guide focuses on how Public Water Systems can use Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System pollution permits, which control surface water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge into surface waters, to improve and protect the quality of drinking water sources.
Graphic: Cover of New England Currents newsletter, Clean Water Action's newsletter, Summer 2024
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New England Currents | Summer 2024

July 25, 2024 | By Clean Water Action Rhode Island, Clean Water Action Massachusetts, and Clean Water Action Connecticut
In this Issue: National Updates, VICTORY! We Are Taking on Toxic PFAS Chemicals and Winning!, ReThink Disposable: We’re Building the Solutions to Plastic Pollution, Plate to Planet Campaign, When Young People Speak, the World Listens: Cathen Fontanilla Speaks!, Salem Workers are Building the Renewable Energy Future, Waterbury Home Energy Action Kicks Off Round 2!, Unfinished Business: The Bottle Bill and Plastic Pollution
NJ_Warehouse_Sprawl_Emily Scott
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New Jersey Warehouse Boom

Posted on June 18, 2024
About one in three New Jersey residents now lives within a half-mile of a mega-warehouse, facing elevated exposure to freight truck pollution, according to a new report released June 18 by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Coalition for Healthy Ports, and Clean Water Action.
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