EPA Adds Climate Adaptation Mandates In Novel Municipal CWA Permits

EPA’s Region 1 recently issued a trio of Clean Water Act (CWA) discharge permits for Massachusetts municipal sewer systems requiring adaptation plans to mitigate risks to wastewater treatment plants and sewers from large storm events and severe flooding -- a move one industry law firm says is likely to become common in federally crafted permits. The three permits, which cover the municipalities of Westfield , Northampton , and Palmer , were issued on Sept. 28 and give the local governments...