The Waters of the United States or the Clean Water Rule designates many smaller creeks and wetlands as protected under the Clean Water Act of 1972, which would require landowners to protect such bodies of water from pollution. Critics worry that Trump is considering what’s good for the bottom line at his golf courses, rather than what’s good for the country. Things could get hairy for the commander-in-chief and the golf course owner-in-chief when water use becomes a critical issue. Golf courses, especially those in hot climates like Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort, require extraordinary amounts of water to keep the greens green. Golf courses in the U.S. were drinking up some 2.08 billion gallons of water per day for irrigation in 2015, Inside Science reported.

Source: Huffington Post March 06, 2017 05:15 UTC