As counsel to the Indiana Stream Pollution Control Board, Ruckelshaus obtained court orders prohibiting industries and municipalities from heavy pollution of the state's water supply; he also helped draft the 1961 Indiana Air Pollution Control Act, the state's first attempt to reduce that problem.
Ruckelshaus obtained court orders. This was as counsel to the Indiana Stream Pollution Control Board. Ruckelshaus was prohibiting industries and municipalities from heavy pollution of the state's water supply. This was as counsel to the Indiana Stream Pollution Control Board. He also helped draft the 1961 Indiana Air Pollution Control Act. Pollution Control Act was the state's first attempt. This was to reduce that problem.