What's New
On October 11, 2007, Environment Texas released Troubled Waters: An analysis of Clean Water Act compliance
,a new report showing that 53% of Texas facilities exceeded their Clean
Water Act permits during 2005. Environment Texas used the report to
call for passage of the Clean Water Authority Restoration Act (H.R.
2421). The bill, which has been introduced by Representatives John
Dingell (D-MI), Vernon Ehlers (R-MI), and James Oberstar (D-MN) would
reaffirm the broad scope of
Clean Water Act protections as originally intended by Congress. In
Texas, Representatives
Lloyd Doggett, Charles Gonzalez, Eddie Bernice Johnson and Sheila
Jackson Lee have co-sponsored the legislation.
How You Can Help
Contact your U.S. Representative and ask them to co-sponsor HR 1356, the Clean Water Authority Restoration Act.
Brief Summary
Texas waterways are an
important part of our natural heritage, providing us with drinking water and
places to swim and fish.
Over the last 30
years, we have made significant strides in cleaning up our water, but we still
have important work to do. Today, many of our great waterways from the
Brazos River to the Gulf of Mexico to the Colorado River are struggling from too much pollution.
Rather than improving
water quality, the Bush administration has established a No Protection policy
for America’s waters that removes basic
protections of the Clean Water Act for the small streams, wetlands and ponds
that nourish our great waters.
The Bush
administration should drop this policy immediately and Congress should restore
the original intent of the Clean Water Act to protect all waters in the
U.S.
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