Municipal Utilities
When it comes to dealing with environmental issues that affect municipal utilities, there’s no substitute for experience. Squire Sanders environmental lawyers have a long history working on behalf of municipal wastewater agencies, wholesale water supply districts, regulated water utilities and other regulated municipal entities. Our expertise ranges from the regulation of stormwater management issues under the Clean Water Act to the operation of treatment standards and permits for publicly owned treatment works and other regulated wastewater dischargers and the implementation of standards and recordkeeping requirements under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
In addition to providing comprehensive compliance counseling, we have represented private water utilities in major enforcement actions brought by the US Environmental Protection Agency and US Department of Justice. We have been actively involved in litigation and administrative proceedings on behalf of wastewater utilities across the
United States. We have both brought and defended litigation affecting complex municipal water supply and distribution arrangements, and we have had a significant role representing urban water supply interests in establishing water quality and flow requirements for the largest source of municipal and agricultural water on the West Coast.