{"id":1739,"date":"2023-05-09T17:29:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T17:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmstand.chee.studio\/case\/snake-river-waterkeeper-v-simplot\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T07:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T07:38:55","slug":"snake-river-waterkeeper-v-simplot","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/case\/snake-river-waterkeeper-v-simplot\/","title":{"rendered":"Snake River Waterkeeper v. Simplot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Snake River Waterkeeper is using the Clean Water Act to hold agribusiness company Simplot accountable to the people of Idaho for dirtying the Snake River with factory farm pollution. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simplot\u2019s Grand View Feedlot is one of the largest industrial ag operations in the country. <strong>With around 65,000 cows, Simplot\u2019s operations contribute to massive amounts of untreated waste entering the Snake River \u2013 including manure, hormones, antibiotics, and more.<\/strong> Simplot\u2019s factory farm contributes to the degradation of the Snake River, which is a major source of drinking water for Idaho. The waterway was once teeming with steelhead fish and chinook salmon, thriving in clear waters and sustaining the local population. But today, few fish are found in the river, and those that do remain are not safe to eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Without a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), Simplot is in violation of the Clean Water Act. <\/strong>Notably, Simplot failed to get a NPDES permit after being warned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2012 that without the permit, its discharges would be unlawful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Snake River Waterkeeper is represented by Public Justice, the Law Offices of Charles M. Tebbutt, and Boise-based Advocates for the West. The case was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2783 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/General-graphic-rectangle-1024x576.png\" alt=\"A blue graphic with distressed overlay. The graphic reads: &quot;When factory farms pollute our water, we hold them accountable.&quot; The background is an outline of the Snake River, flowing from the top right hand corner to the bottom left. On the righthand side it is blue, and on the lefthand side it become brown as a pipeline filled with manure flows into it. A caution sign sits on the lefthand side.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-farmstand-case-resources farmstand-case-resources\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns post-inline-highlight open is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-a3abbf02 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-dark-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\">Alegatos de bienhecho<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Complaint-SRW-v-Simplot.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"2653\">Complaint (SRW v Simplot)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snake River Waterkeeper is using the Clean Water Act to hold agribusiness company Simplot accountable to the people of Idaho [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1740,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"issue":[20],"class_list":["post-1739","case","type-case","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","issue-climate-environmental-protection"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Snake River Waterkeeper v. 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