Drinking Water

Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to EPA’s Latest Plan for Regulating PFAS Discharges; Points to New Great Lakes Study as Reason for More Urgency
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense
Waterkeeper Alliance is responding to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) release of its latest plan for controlling PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl...

Dive Into Democracy: 2022 Year In Review
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | News
Through our Dive Into Democracy blog and email series, we informed and engaged our U.S. audience on the most pressing clean water issues of the day. In...

Help Ensure All Americans Have Safe Drinking Water
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Reliably clean and safe drinking water is something most people expect as a given. That trust was earned through protections like those afforded under...

Milwaukee Riverkeeper is turning the tide on years of industrial pollution
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | News
The Milwaukee River Basin covers nearly 900 square miles across seven Wisconsin counties. Its three main rivers — the Milwaukee, the Menomonee, and the...

Lake Erie ignited America’s environmental movement, but still suffers from a new wave of pollution
- By: Thomas Hynes
- News
Lake Erie is the shallowest and fishiest of the Great Lakes. Nearly a third of the Great Lakes population resides in the Lake Erie watershed — the lake...

The Great Lakes Need You!
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | News
The North American Great Lakes are the most extensive freshwater system on the planet. Their surrounding watersheds and tributary rivers are essential...

Detroit Riverkeeper is Helping Reverse Decades of Unregulated Pollution
- By: Thomas Hynes
- Clean Water Defense | News
The Detroit River is a crucial strait in the Great Lakes system, connecting Lake Erie with Lake Huron by way of the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair....

Tell the Senate: Take action on dangerous “Forever Chemicals”
- By: Guest Contributor
- Clean Water Defense | News
By Anna Maria Stebbins, Advocacy Legal Intern The Senate has the chance to pass an important bill that would require the United States Environmental Protection...

Waterkeeper Groups Achieve Settlement with EPA on Drinking Water Safety
- By: Waterkeeper Alliance
- Clean Water Defense | Press Releases
Waterkeeper Alliance, Waterkeepers Chesapeake, and California Coastkeeper Alliance today filed a settlement agreement in federal court with the U.S. Environmental...