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EPA takes (another) swing at Western waters

Plus: “Traveling Wilburys” look at Colorado River water use

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Jonathan P. Thompson
Sep 11, 2026
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🌨️🚣🏽 WATER WATCH 🌊🦦

The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to further constrain the reach and potency of the Clean Water Act by re-defining what qualifies as “waters of the United States,” or WOTUS, which are streams, wetlands, and other water bodies under federal jurisdiction. The proposed definition would dispropor…

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