Department of Ecology responds to EarthFix post: “Clean Water Act’s Anti-Pollution Goals Prove Elusive”

By Sandy Howard and Larry Altose, Department of Ecology communications

Recent online reporting published in EarthFix takes a critical look at efforts by Washington to enforce the industrial point source requirements of the Clean Water Act. The article focuses in particular on the Washington Department of Ecology’s work to control pollution discharges from a particular firm.

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