NOTE: If you need captions, please click the CC button on the player to turn them on. This video describes the importance of protecting water for all sectors of the American economy. A recent poll indicated that 80% of small businesses support the protection of streams and wetlands in federal clean water protections. The newly proposed “Waters of the US” rulemaking does just that. For more information about Waters of the U.S., go to http://www.epa.gov/uswaters For more about EPA: http://www.epa.gov/ We accept comments according to our comment policy: http://blog.epa.gov/blog/comment-policy/