EPA

Flint, WOTUS kept water office in crisis mode

Published: Wednesday, January 18, 2017

U.S. EPA's Office of Water was rocked in President Obama's second term by a public health disaster as lead poisoned drinking water in Flint, Mich., and a political storm over a high-profile rule that was supposed to clarify what wetlands and waterways qualify for automatic Clean Water Act protection.

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