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Stripping federal protection for clean water harms just about everyone, especially already vulnerable communities

By Jeremy Orr, Adjunct Professor of Law, Michigan State University

Before Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, U.S. factories and cities could pipe their pollution directly into waterways. Rivers, including the Potomac in Washington, smelled of raw sewage and contained toxic chemicals. Ohio’s Cuyahoga River was so contaminated, its oil slicks erupted in flames.

That unchecked pollution didn’t…

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