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US supreme court weakens rules on discharge of raw sewage into water supplies

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The US supreme court has weakened rules on the discharge of raw sewage into water supplies in a 5 -4 ruling that undermines the 1972 Clean Water Act .

The ruling is a win for San Francisco , which challenged nonspecific wastewater permits that the EPA issues.

The EPA issued San Francisco a permit allowing it to discharge pollutants from its combined sewer system into the Pacific Ocean .

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