Wetlands Protect Drinking Water and Prevent Flooding. Here’s How You Can Protect Them.
You have the opportunity to stand up for wetlands today by telling EPA just how beneficial and important wetlands are for our communities. The Clean Water Act (CWA) protects the “waters of the [...]
Op-Ed: We must continue investing in water infrastructure
The following op-ed was originally published on March 15, 2025 in BridgeDetroit. The author, Erin Kanzig (she/her) is a resident of Detroit, MI. She is the Drinking Water Program Director at [...]
Quite a Year for the Clean Water Act
Every year, around the time of the Clean Water Act’s anniversary, we like to reflect on our nation’s most fundamental clean water law and showcase a few of the many ways water advocates have used [...]
Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Clean Water
What the Supreme Court Clean Water Act Ruling Means for Your Community and Waters On May 25, 2023, the US Supreme Court issued their ruling in the Sackett vs. EPA case. With this ruling, the [...]
Funding Water Infrastructure in Your Community with American Rescue Plan Dollars
River Network Clean Water Fellow, Erin Kanzig contributed to this blog. As part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) back in March to [...]
Unpacking Federal Water Policy Progress, Gaps & What Lies Ahead
Like many of you, when the Biden Administration and the new Congress began their work at the start of this year, I began hopefully anticipating what they would do help ensure more people have [...]
EPA Needs to Hear from Us: Fix Clean Water Act Rollbacks!
After the Dirty Water Rule went into effect in 2020 more than half of the nation’s wetlands and streams lost Clean Water Act protections. Every day the Dirty Water Rule stays in effect streams [...]
