The United States District Court Judge Laughrey of the Western District of Missouri upheld EPA’s approval of Missouri’s nutrient water quality criteria for lakes and reservoirs. EPA’s approval was challenged by the Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE). The decision is a landmark, nationwide precedent that bolsters the flexibility afforded to states in nutrient criteria […]

In a legally binding agreement with NACWA member Charleston Water System, and building on groundbreaking technical work by NACWA and others who developed an international municipal wastewater industry wipe flushability standard, Kimberley-Clark Corporation (KC) has made the following unprecedented and industry-leading commitments regarding its Cottonelle Flushable Wipes as well as its non-flushable wipe products: (read […]

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania affirmed the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board’s May 2020 decision authorizing PADEP to allow nutrient credit trading permit provisions. In 2017, Food & Water Watch (FWW), filed a complaint with the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (Board) attacking the nutrient trading provisions in a Pennsylvania poultry processing plant’s NPDES permit. FWW argued, […]