2026 Look Ahead
Posted: January 14th, 2026
2026 Look Ahead Intro // Colin McCall Happy New Year to all of our readers. We are looking forward to another year of work and camaraderie with our colleagues, clients, and partners. In keeping with tradition, we use our January […]
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2026 Water Look Ahead
Posted: January 14th, 2026
We’ve seen some movement from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) on several fronts as 2025 came to a close, though at the time of this publication we are still waiting on the Fall 2025 Unified Agenda of […]
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Expedites Clean Water Act Section 404 Dredge-and-Fill Permit For Line 5 Oil Pipeline
Posted: December 18th, 2025
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Paul District in Minnesota recently issued a controversial Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 Dredge-and-Fill individual permit on October 29, 2025, to Enbridge Inc. for the construction-related impacts to Waters of the […]
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Proposed Update to Definition of Waters of the United States
Posted: December 18th, 2025
On November 20, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) published a proposed rule to update the definition of Waters of the United States (WOTUS). WOTUS is a key definition because […]
Read article2025 WQSM Seminar Insights
Posted: December 4th, 2025
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) recently hosted the 2025 Water Quality and Stormwater (WQSM) Seminar, which brought together consultants, agency staff, and other stakeholders to discuss current challenges and program updates within the Water Quality Division (WQD). The […]
Read articleVermont Department of Environmental Conservation Issues 2025 NPDES Multi-Sector General Permit
Posted: November 20th, 2025
The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP) for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity (MSGP 3-9003) on July 14, 2025. The final permit is available for review on […]
Read articleU.S. EPA Prepares New Revisions to CWA Section 401: What Industrial Project Teams Should Know Going Into 2026
Posted: November 13th, 2025
On November 5, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) quietly advanced a significant Clean Water Act (CWA) action to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The proposal would revise the Biden administration’s 2023 Section […]
Read articleLead Copper Rule Improvements Update
Posted: October 30th, 2025
The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements were finalized in October 2024 with Federal requirements as a national baseline including, but not limited to: Lead Service Line Replacement (LSLR) by 2037, Submitting an updated sampling plan to […]
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Water Regulatory Update: U.S. EPA’s Latest Agenda
Posted: October 30th, 2025
The Spring Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions was (finally) published in early September at reginfo.gov and it brought some anticipated but abbreviated insights into the water regulatory priorities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). Some key […]
Read articleCTDEEP Industrial Stormwater General Permit Reissuance
Posted: October 23rd, 2025
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) reissued the industrial stormwater general permit (IGP) on October 1, 2025 with an effective date of November 1, 2025. The previous DEEP National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for […]
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