Strap in, y'all, the girls are making an attempt to explain what the Supreme Court could be doing to the Clean Water Act. Spanning a fifty-year period, the CWA has seen its fair share of change but the Supreme Court could issue a ruling that restricts its scope more than ever. This EP covers what that change could mean and how we got here. TLDR: it all hinges on what is considered "waters of the U.S.".

UPDATE: On 25 May 2023, the court ruled in favor of Sackett.

• https://www.epa.gov/wotus/revising-definition-waters-united-states
• https://www.gao.gov/blog/50-years-after-clean-water-act-gauging-progress
• https://www.stinson.com/newsroom-publications-epa-reverts-to-pre-2015-definition-in-proposed-wotus-revision
• https://news.stanford.edu/press-releases/2023/02/08/new-chance-protect-wetlands/
• https://www.oyez.org/cases/2022/21-454
• https://www.flgov.com/2023/02/10/governor-ron-desantis-awards-nearly-240-million-to-improve-water-quality-across-the-state/
• https://www.epa.gov/wotus/clean-water-act-programs-utilizing-definition-wotus
• https://www.sas.usace.army.mil/portals/61/docs/regulatory/workshop_significant_nexus_2008.pdf
• https://www.environmentallawandpolicy.com/2020/01/trump-administration-releases-final-wotus-rule/
• https://www.environmentallawandpolicy.com/2021/10/district-court-vacates-navigable-waters-protection-rule/#:~:text=A%20recent%20decision%20by%20the,of%20federal%20jurisdictional%20%E2%80%9CWaters%20of
• https://www.justice.gov/enrd/rapanos-v-us#:~:text=In%20a%20fractured%204%2D1,surface%20connection%20to%20such%20water
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/21-454.html
• https://www.epa.gov/wetlands/about-coastal-wetlands#:~:text=This%20analysis%20concluded%20that%20more,loss%20occurred%20in%20freshwater%20wetlands.
• ​https://www.fws.gov/wetlands/Documents/Status-and-Trends-of-Wetlands-in-the-Coastal-Watersheds-of-the-Eastern-United-States-1998-to-2004.pdf