Ninth Circuit Adopts Broad Definition of "Point Source" Discharge
February 7, 2018
Last week the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that discharges from wastewater injections that seep into groundwater and ultimately reach “waters of the United States” are subject to the Clean Water Act’s (CWA) permitting requirements.
The suit alleged that Maui County, Hawaii had injected wastewater into wells that eventually made its way into the Pacific Ocean through…