The Source Water Collaborative: Celebrating Our Drinking Water Sources

By Lynn Thorp, National Campaigns Director It turned out that the Source Water Collaborative annual meeting and anniversary celebration was the perfect place to spend Earth Day.  We welcomed new members - Smart Growth America and the National Association of Conservation Districts - and had some great discussion about innovative ways to protect our drinking water sources. Clean Water Action works to make sure that we "Put Drinking Water First" in our planning and regulation of activities that impact water - producing energy, growing food, building our communities. Otherwise, we're putting the burden on everybody who pays a water bill and the Public Water Systems who serve them.  That just doesn't make sense. The Source Water Collaborative brings together diverse players in new ways to accomplish some of this task. We're always saying we should "Act as if Drinking Water Matters," and the Source Water Collaborative embodies just that intention.