Under the administration’s plan, the Clean Water Act’s protections would no longer apply to most ponds, wetlands and streams that form major parts of drinking-water systems and fisheries throughout the nation, particularly in the arid West. As many as one in three Americans drink water derived in part from seasonal streams that would no longer get protections, according to scientific studies the Obama-era EPA relied on in writing the original rule.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 10, 2018 19:30 UTC