California Officials Vow To Protect Waters In Wake Of Court’s WOTUS Ruling

California regulators and enforcement officials are vowing to use the state’s water quality-protection rules and laws to the maximum extent to avoid potential negative impacts from the Supreme Court’s decision last week to narrow the federal definition of wetlands and other “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA). “Though the State Water Resources Control Board [WRCB] is extremely disappointed in the decision and the adverse impacts it will have nationally, it only narrows the scope...