ENVIRONMENT NEW MEXICO WARNS THAT NEW MEXICO'S WATERWAYS ARE AT RISK OF INCREASED POLLUTION: Representative Teague Urged to PROTECT ALL WATERWAYS IN New Mexico 2/10/2010

Las Cruces, NM— Streams and wetlands in New Mexco are at risk of unlimited pollution, according to a report released today by Environment New Mexico, Courting Disaster: How the Supreme Court Has Broken the Clean Water Act and Why Congress Must Fix It. One case study highlighted in this report is that Cannon Air Force Base in Curry County discharges 750,000 gallons a day from its wastewater treatment plant. For more then a decade, the facility operated under a Clean Water Act permit to treat its waste, which is used to irrigate a nearby golf course and is discharged into a local playa lake. This is just one example of New Mexico waters at risk. The report also provides 30 additional nationwide case studies demonstrating how the federal Clean Water Act is broken and calling on Representative Teague to fix it.