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Earth Month 2024: NINE Ways You Can Celebrate (and Protect Clean Water) Year-round!

April 1, 2024 | By Jon Scott

The urgency and positive energy created around the original Earth Day (April 22, 1970) helped launch a movement and built momentum that led to the creation of Clean Water Action and passage of the 1972 Clean Water Act and 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act.

Gratitude - What Are You Thankful For?

November 22, 2023 | By Jeff Carter

As president and CEO of Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund, I am grateful for many things including our supporters like you!

Source Water Protection Week & Why It Matters - #ProtecttheSource

September 28, 2023 | By Lynn Thorp

In 2014, I spoke and wrote about drinking water source protection in the context of the 40th anniversary of the first passage of the Safe Drinking Water Act. During this Source Water Protection Week, the case I made then for ramping up protection efforts seems even more clear.

EPA Contends with Devastating Supreme Court Decision that Puts All Water At Risk

August 30, 2023 | By Jennifer Peters

This week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) updated its “Waters of the United States” rule in response to the May 2023 Sackett v. EPA Supreme Court decision, which significantly weakened the reach of the Clean Water Act, our nation’s 50 year old water pollution control law.

A Summer Summary: Water Everywhere but Not a Drop to Drink

August 17, 2023 | By Casey Walker

A Summer Summary - My Summer as a Yale Environmental Fellow with Clean Water Action

Casey Walker - Clean Water Action Fellow

Submit comment to EPA to limit PFAS chemicals in drinking water.

PFAS Chemicals: Why You Should Weigh in on Drinking Water Limits and Why This is Not Enough

May 23, 2023 | By Lynn Thorp

We are entering the final week for submitting comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on proposed limits on PFAS chemicals in drinking water.