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Federally unprotected streams contribute most of the water to U.S. rivers

sciencenews.org
submitted
10 mos ago
byiareuniquetoscience

Summary

Ephemeral streams on average contribute 55 percent of the water in regional river systems. U.S. Supreme Court ruled that some waterways are not protected from pollution under the Clean Water Act. Researchers used high-resolution maps of more than 20 million U.s. rivers to track these streams.

The study was led by Yale University ecologist Peter Raymond. It was published in the journal Environmental Change. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health. It is the first of its kind in the world. For more information, visit www.environmentalchange.org.

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4 Comments

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eldiscipulo
10 mos ago
Pretty sure this has been known and exactly why the EPA was trying to protect these
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iareuniqueOP
10 mos ago
Just makes me sad that now the Supreme Court ruling will make this pointless to try to protect
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theonesource
10 mos ago
Yup and corporations didn't like that so they had the supreme court kill it... Fun times ahead.
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eldiscipulo
10 mos ago
Wish we had the Republicans that cared about the environment again