Brett Walton, writing at the blog Circle of Blue www.circleofblue.org points up the huge potential consequences of a newly pending lawsuit by the Des Moines Water Works that may affect both the reach and enforcement of the 1972 Clean Water Act.
The impending court action seeks to require three counties in Iowa to apply the same federal permitting process to certain types of farm pollution that industrial facilities must follow. The post quotes Graham Gillette, chairman of the Water Works board: ‘I don’t think any voluntary system will work. If we had adopted a voluntary system for air in the 1960s and 1970s, New York City would still look like Beijing today. We need some basic and achievable standards.’
>Read More at Circle of Blue http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2015/world/des-moines-initiates-clean-water-act-lawsuit-to-stem-farm-pollution/
