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Clean water is the foundation for healthy & prosperous communities. While our nation has made significant progress since the 1970’s in cleaning up many of our rivers, bays and other vital water resources, significant water quality and quantity challenges and inequalities remain. We work to protect clean water from the watershed to the water tap.

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Urge Your Member of Congress to Fix the Clean Water Act

The Clean Water Act is one of our nation’s most vital environmental protections, safeguarding our waterways and holding polluters accountable. Sadly, this critical law faces relentless attacks from powerful special interests aiming to weaken its protections. We cannot let them succeed.
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Clean Water Currents | Fall 2024

In This Issue: Clean Water Action Endorses Harris-Walz Ticket: A United Front Against PFAS | Our Waters Remain at Risk After the Sackett v. EPA Supreme Court Decision | Federal Budget: Environmental and Health Protections Threatened Once Again | New Guide for Engaging with Water Pollution Permits | State and Regional News: California, Chesapeake Region (Maryland, DC, Virginia), Michigan, Minnesota, New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island), New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

Using Clean Water Act Discharge Permits to Protect Drinking Water Sources

The Clean Water Act has many tools that can be used to address sources of pollution that impact drinking water sources. This current guide focuses on how Public Water Systems can use Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System pollution permits, which control surface water pollution by regulating point sources that discharge into surface waters, to improve and protect the quality of drinking water sources.

Factsheet - MN Legislation Needed to Remove Toxic Flame Retardant Chemicals from Family Tents

An outdated 1975 Minnesota law continues to unnecessarily expose consumers, children, MN lakes, waterways and the environment to unnecessary toxic flame retardants in tents.

Clean Water Currents | Spring 2024

In This Issue: We Are Closer to an Important Victory in Getting Lead Out of Drinking Water | Update From Jeff Carter, President & CEO | State Infrastructure Programs - New Report Finds Opportunities to Improve Transparency and Accessibility | News Updates | Protecting Water After the Devastating Sackett v. EPA Supreme Court Decision | State and Regional News
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