Clean Water Act Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/clean-water-act/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://prairierivers.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-new-PRN-favicon-32x32.png Clean Water Act Archives - Prairie Rivers Network https://prairierivers.org/tag/clean-water-act/ 32 32 114651131 Now Is the Time: Defend Illinois Wetlands and Clean Water https://prairierivers.org/action-items/2025/12/now-is-the-time-defend-illinois-wetlands-and-clean-water/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:02:50 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=48038 December 19, 2025 | Action Alert
What's left of Illinois' wetlands faces grave danger from the Trump Administration's new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rollback. Tell EPA to withdraw the Polluted Waters Rule.

The post Now Is the Time: Defend Illinois Wetlands and Clean Water appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.

]]> 48038 New Federal Rule Guts Clean Water Act Protections; Majority of Illinois Wetlands at Risk https://prairierivers.org/front-page/2025/11/new-federal-rule-guts-clean-water-act-protections-majority-of-illinois-wetlands-at-risk/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 17:08:38 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=47913 November 18, 2025 | Press Release
The Trump Administration’s EPA and Army Corps of Engineers released a new Waters of the United States rule—one that radically narrows which waters are protected...

The post New Federal Rule Guts Clean Water Act Protections; Majority of Illinois Wetlands at Risk appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.

]]> 47913 Water Quality Standards: The Triennial Review https://prairierivers.org/front-page/2023/07/water-quality-standards-the-triennial-review/ Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:05:51 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=44950 July 20, 2023 | Blog Post
The Illinois EPA will review and update water quality standards for Illinois in a process called the Triennial Review. We've got the details!

The post Water Quality Standards: The Triennial Review appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.

]]> 44950 US Supreme Court Narrows Clean Water Act, Prairie Rivers Urges State Action to Protect Water https://prairierivers.org/uncategorized/2023/05/us-supreme-court-narrows-clean-water-act-prairie-rivers-urges-state-action-to-protect-water/ Thu, 25 May 2023 16:45:00 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=44792 May 25, 2023 | Blog Post
In a 5-4 decision released today, the US Supreme Court has drastically limited the reach of the nation’s bedrock clean water law, the Clean Water Act.

The post US Supreme Court Narrows Clean Water Act, Prairie Rivers Urges State Action to Protect Water appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.

]]> 44792 A Promise Half-Fulfilled https://prairierivers.org/uncategorized/2022/12/a-promise-half-fulfilled/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 20:10:32 +0000 https://prairierivers.org/?p=43920 December 15, 2022 | Blog Post
The passage of the Clean Water Act, 50 years ago, ended an era of burning rivers choked with industrial chemicals. Unfortunately, a half century later, the Clean Water Act remains a promise half-fulfilled.

The post A Promise Half-Fulfilled appeared first on Prairie Rivers Network.

]]> 43920