Re: “Colorado’s water supply; Reject unchecked federal jurisdiction over water,” Sept. 4 Point of View column.

This commentary misleads and misinforms readers in claiming that a bill now before Congress represents a sweeping expansion of the Clean Water Act and would regulate every mud puddle.

Nonsense. To the contrary, as its name implies, the Clean Water Restoration Act merely restores the original intent of the CWA and reinstates the level of protection our streams and rivers enjoyed for nearly 30 years, before a series of misguided Supreme Court rulings left the law muddled and weakened. This is a necessary step in restoring some clarity and consistency to how the law is applied and interpreted by federal agencies — and that will help reduce litigation, not increase it.

Bottom line: Without CWRA, some 75,000 miles of Colorado’s rivers and streams could be left open to reckless development and dumping. If the Colorado Farm Bureau and other groups truly support protecting our state’s precious water resources, then they should support the CWRA — and so should Colorado’s two senators.

Jo Evans, Parker