Supreme Court says Clean Water Act applies to some groundwater pollution

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The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Clean Water Act requires the federal government to regulate some groundwater pollutants that find their way into navigable waters such as oceans, rivers and streams.

The 6-3 opinion penned by Justice Stephen Breyer is a middle ground position that rejects the Trump administration's push for lesser regulation, but wipes away a lower court ruling which would have required more permits under the law."It makes clear that the Clean Water Act requires a permit for at least some, and potentially a lot of, groundwater pollution," said Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law.

The sewage is treated and either sold for irrigation purposes or injected into the wells for disposal. Some of the treated wastewater in the wells eventually reaches the ocean. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Brett Kavanaugh joined Breyer in the majority. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissented.

 

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Teeny-tiny victory. Roberts must be choosing his battles.

Good... What are they do about all the people that are living on the streets in San Francisco and peeing into the drains every day God knows how many times..

Not an issue will invent super SC soon

under tRump that will never happen

trump's administration doesn t care about the environment. no other am. has cut so much funds for the environment and helped mayor oil companies like this one

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