Opinion: Rolling back clean water protections will hurt our communities

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Opinion: Rolling back clean water protections will hurt our communities

Posted: Monday, December 24, 2018
Source: Philly.com

Every one of us has the basic, human right to clean, drinkable water. Our health, our communities, and our economy depend on it.

That’s why we must speak out about the Trump administration’s recent proposal to roll back key clean water protections mandated by the Waters of the United States rule. The proposal seeks to remove federal pollution controls from wetlands and smaller streams that don’t immediately drain into larger waterways. The ostensible intent of the rollback is to allow landowners and businesses more control in how they manage their land. Unfortunately this action is shortsighted, and it threatens the clean water that entire communities and economies depend on.

 

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