Supreme Court questions role of groundwater connectivity in point source pollution
By Maha Joana Cziesielski On November 6th the Supreme Court of the United States held a hearing for the case County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund. The arguments pertained to the question on whether the Clean Water Act requires a permit for the discharge of pollutants when the pollutant has traveled from a point source and through groundwater into navigable waters (see Cziesielski, 2019 for a summary of the …
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