MassHighway's water pollution predicament.

• Position: Massachusetts - Brief article

For many rivers, lakes and streams in Massachusetts, polluted stormwater is now the largest source of pollution, threatening drinking water supplies and violating water quality standards for fishing and swimming.

A case brought by CLF charging the Massachusetts Highway Department with federal Clean Water Act violations went to trial in February. CLF Staff Attorney Cynthia Liebman argued that the Department has failed to implement a provision of the federal Clean Water Act requiring a plan for controlling and cleaning up polluted water that flows off its 4,000 miles of roads and bridges. The Charles River...