Helping you navigate the complex water quality environment
For decades, we have been at the forefront of water quality litigation and regulatory matters, regularly providing strategic permitting advice and successfully litigating water quality matters in federal and state courts and administrative hearing boards.
We regularly work with public and private clients to proactively help them obtain and comply with water quality permits and defend clients in agency and private-party citizen enforcement actions. Our attorneys also advise on legislative initiatives and engage in litigation to challenge or defend agency rules.
With water quality laws and regulations constantly being adopted, reviewed and modified, we understand that our clients face an ever-changing regulatory landscape. Our team’s experience ensures your interests are protected and prioritized during the development of water quality regulations and related policies at the state and federal levels.
Clients across diverse municipalities and industries, including agriculture, construction, food processing, manufacturing, real estate development and transportation turn to us for guidance on a wide range of water quality matters that include:
- Administrative agency enforcement actions
- Clean Water Act citizen suits
- Clean Water Act permitting, compliance and permit challenges
- Groundwater contamination
- Impaired water bodies
- NPDES Permits
- State Waste Discharge Permits
- Reclaimed water
- Safe Drinking Water Act
- Section 404 Permits
- Section 401 Water Quality Certifications
- State Waste Discharge Permits
- Total Maximum Daily Loads
- Treatment technology, including monitoring, assessment and selection
- Use Attainability Analysis
- Water quality variances
- Wetlands
