Clean Water Act rollback will not harm Longmont water supply
The U.S. Supreme Court significantly curtailed the power of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate wetlands and waterways, but Longmont of...
The U.S. Supreme Court significantly curtailed the power of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate wetlands and waterways, but Longmont officials said the action will not impact the quality of the city's water supply. The court's conservative majority used a recent case to roll back long standing rules adopted to carry out the Clean Water Act. The court majority said that the Clean Water Act extends only to streams, oceans, rivers and lakes and wetlands with a 'continuous surface connection to those bodies' — which does not include many previously regulated wetlands.