High Court Hears Arguments On Legality Of County’s Wastewater Discharges

Mealey's (November 7, 2019, 10:36 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 6 heard arguments from a Hawaii county, the federal government and five environmental groups as to whether discharges from the county’s underground injection control (UIC) wells that were reaching the Pacific Ocean via groundwater violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) (Maui v. Hawai’i Wildlife Fund, et al., No. 18-260, U.S. Sup.)....