Clean water protections are being dismantled. Vulnerable communities will pay the price

Get the Full StoryThe reality is that communities already facing pollution and failing infrastructure can become even more vulnerable when federal protections are stripped away.

Before Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, U.S. factories and cities could pipe their pollution directly into waterways. Rivers, including the Potomac in Washington, smelled of raw sewage and contained toxic chemicals. Ohio s Cuyahoga River was so contaminated, its oil slicks erupted in flames.

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