https://www.wcmu.org/tags/clean-water-act Clean Water Act en-US Copyright Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:06:37 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-11-12/legal-win-for-grand-traverse-band-nonprofits-in-elk-rapids-clean-water-case A federal judge agreed with the groups that a local fruit processor is polluting groundwater, a wetland and a creek that connect to Elk Lake. Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:06:37 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2025-11-12/legal-win-for-grand-traverse-band-nonprofits-in-elk-rapids-clean-water-case Ellie Katz https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-10-18/today-marks-50-years-of-the-clean-water-act Fifty years ago today, the US revised and created one of its most important environmental laws. The Clean Water Act reduces the release of pollutants into water and regulates surface water quality. Tue, 18 Oct 2022 22:37:08 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2022-10-18/today-marks-50-years-of-the-clean-water-act Teresa Homsi https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2021-01-05/oil-chem-owner-to-face-felony-charges The owner of a Flint oil processing company is facing a felony charge of violating the Clean Water Act. That's after his company allegedly dumped nearly… Tue, 05 Jan 2021 23:31:15 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/local-regional-news/2021-01-05/oil-chem-owner-to-face-felony-charges Tracy Samilton https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2018-06-05/state-calls-on-flint-to-address-water-system-deficiencies State officials are once again calling on Flint to address significant deficiencies in its water system.The Department of Environmental Quality issued a… Tue, 05 Jun 2018 19:48:46 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/health-science-and-environment/2018-06-05/state-calls-on-flint-to-address-water-system-deficiencies https://www.wcmu.org/politics/2017-06-21/deq-scraps-line-5-safety-report The state of Michigan has scrapped a risk study on Enbridge’s Line 5 and fired the contractor just a week before a first draft of the report was to be… Wed, 21 Jun 2017 20:18:03 GMT https://www.wcmu.org/politics/2017-06-21/deq-scraps-line-5-safety-report