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Putting Drinking Water First: Restoring Clean Water Act Protections to Streams and Wetlands

Protecting sources of drinking water from contamination is essential to ensuring safe drinking water. Source Water Protection includes maintaining the health of streams, wetlands, and other water bodies, but there has been confusion over which water resources are covered under Clean Water Act pollution control programs following Supreme Court decisions in 2001 and 2006 and subsequent Bush Administration policies.

Putting Drinking Water First: The Case for Sustained and Equitable Federal Water Infrastructure Investment

This paper makes the case for sustained and equitable federal investment in water infrastructure, highlighting the critical role of State Revolving Funds (SRFs) in delivering safe, affordable drinking water and protecting source water. It outlines the risks of upcoming funding cuts, showcases community impacts, and calls for an all-of-the-above strategy that includes SRFs, WIFIA, technical assistance, and direct grants.

Michigan Currents | Summer 2025

In this Issue: A Critical Moment in the Fight to Shut Down Line 5, Building a Michigan for the Many, Meet Our New Volunteer Coordinators, Legislative Update, National Updates

Minnesota 2023 PFAS Prevention Package: Amara's Law

In 2023, Minnesota passed the strongest PFAS prevention legislation in the country. The legislation was named Amara's Law after Amara Strande, a young woman who grew up in an area contaminated by PFAS and diagnosed with an exceedingly rare form of cancer. Amara advocated and testified in support of the bills banning all non-essential use of PFAS chemicals, requiring manufacturers who are selling products in Minnesota to disclose if PFAS chemicals are present, and to close a loophole in the 2019 bill that ended the use of PFAS in firefighting foam.
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