Conservation Groups Defend Water Rule

Groups Say Majority of Americans Want Protections for Clean Water

Jerry Hagstrom
By  Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent
Agriculture groups have attacked the proposed Clean Water Act rule, claiming it will extend EPA's authority over water in ditches and other bodies of water on farm land and that the rule will be open to inconsistent enforcement. (DTN file photo by Richard Oswald)
Conservation groups are mounting a campaign in defense of the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed Waters of the U.S. rule. Agriculture groups have criticized the rule because they believe it will result in EPA expanding its jurisdiction to bodies of water...

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Jerry Hagstrom