Trump Admin to br Roll Back Obama-Era br Clean Water Protections Known as Waters of the United States, br the 2015 measure is due to br be repealed within weeks. The rule extended federal br authority over smaller bodies of br water that drain into larger bodies of water. The rule's aim was to protect br and limit the pollution of br nearly 60 percent of the bodies br of water in the United States. Those water sources br become drinking water for br close to a third of all Americans. Trump's Environmental Protection br Agency administrator Andrew br Wheeler said the roll back "puts an br end to an egregious power-grab.” Andrew Wheeler, E.P.A. via 'The New York Times' The move has been praised br by agricultural groups, who br considered the rule "intrusive." Environmentalists, however br were critical, saying, "now is br not the time to cut back on br clean water enforcement." Lawyers believe the roll-back br will lead to "a chaotic case-by-case br program [that replaces] clear, bright-line rules.