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Clean Water

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From coast to coast, America’s rivers, lakes and streams are essential to what makes our nation special. These waters are where we fish, swim and boat. They're also where many of us get our drinking water. But our waters are threatened. We are working to protect our rivers and lakes from polluted runoff, industrial pollution, sewage dumping, and factory farms.

Campaigns:

Protect America's Water: The Bush administration’s No Protection policy for America’s waters removes basic Clean Water Act safeguards from small streams, wetlands and ponds that feed and clean our great waters.

In The States:

News Releases:

Victory for America’s Waters 5/19/06

Polluters Contaminating America’s Waters: 62 Percent Exceed Pollution Limits in Recent 18-Month Period 3/23/06

Polluters Continue to Violate Clean Water Act: 60 Percent Exceeded Pollution Permits in Recent 18-Month Period 3/30/04

Reports:

Troubled Waters: An Analysis Of Clean Water Act Compliance, July 2003- December 2004 3/23/06

Sewage Warning!: What the Public Doesn’t Know About Sewage Dumping in the Great Lakes 5/26/05

Troubled Waters: An analysis of Clean Water Act compliance, January 2002-June 2003 3/30/04

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