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| Fifty seven percent of all major U.S. industrial and municipal facilities discharged more pollution into U.S. waterways than allowed by law at least once during 2005. The average facility exceeded its pollution permit limit by 263 percent, discharging close to four times the legal limit. 23 facilities in Arizona reported 200 violations of their Clean Water Act permits in 2005. On average, Arizona facilities exceeding their Clean Water Act permits did so by 821.6% or by 9 times the legal limit. | |
| U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Clean Water Cases; Congress Must Reaffirm Original Intent of Clean Water Act | |
| Statement of Diane E. Brown, Executive Director | |
| More than 44 percent of industrial and municipal facilities across Arizona discharged more pollution into our waterways than their Clean Water Act permits allow between July 2003 and December 2004, according to "Troubled Waters: An Analysis of Clean Water Act Compliance", a new report released today by the Arizona PIRG Education Fund. | |