Clean Water Act

As the City of Lawton works to fix problems at its wastewater treatment plant, conditions downstream have taken a turn for the worse. The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has issued a Notice of Violation that says the water quality in East Cache Creek is killing fish.

Oklahoma has managed to restore nearly 100 unhealthy streams — more than any other state. Oklahoma officials say credit is due to individual farmers and the conservation programs that support them.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that the Environmental Protection Agency cannot enforce the Clean Water Act on wetlands that aren’t physically connected to lakes and rivers, even if they feed into those water bodies. The decision in Sackett v. EPA invalidates the EPA’s recently expanded definition of the Clean Water Act’s scope.

A federal court in North Dakota has blocked the implementation of a rule that would broaden the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory authority.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt was among 25 Republican governors across the country who signed a letter to President Joe Biden opposing a new rule defining the scope of the Clean Water Act.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with ACLU Oklahoma Executive Director Ryan Kiesel and sitting in for Neva Hill is Oklahoma…

The change ends an "egregious power grab," Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler says.

The Obama-era "Waters of the United States" rule defines which small bodies of water are subject to U.S. authority. Opponents such as farmers, homebuilders and golf course owners say it goes too far.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency attempt to update the Clean Water Rule — also known as the waters of the U.S. rule — hit a snag today, with the…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the United States Rule — also known as the Clean Water Rule — attempts to clarify which bodies of…