Clean Water for the Three Rivers
Building green infrastructure and protecting forests can reduce the amount of stormwater that overwhelms Allegheny County's sewage system and pollutes the region’s waterways.
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Wasting our Waterways
What is the cost of our clothes?
More and better testing would protect us from chemical threats
What does replacing a water service line look like?
Sustainable development groups create options for abandoned mine lands
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Safe for Swimming?
Beaches often aren’t safe for swimming. Thanks to monitoring, we can do something about it.
Slaughterhouses Are Polluting Our Waterways
Threats to Clean Water in the Delaware River Basin
Did You Know?
The leading cause of reduced water quality in rivers and streams is pollution from farms - fertilizer, pesticides and animal manure.
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Florida’s bursting pipes and expanding highways tell a tale of infrastructure priorities gone wrong
What happens when policymakers prioritize highway ribbon cutting ceremonies over repairs to critical infrastructure?
With resources, communities can make beaches safe
America’s secret fossil fuel bailout: Cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells
The current oil crash could soon mean hundreds, or even thousands more abandoned drilling sites. Who will pay to clean up the mess?
New Factsheets: Accidents Waiting to Happen
Across the country, thousands of miles of waterways are threatened by at least one of five major potential sources of contamination: coal ash pits, oil pipelines and trains, fracking wastewater pits, animal waste lagoons, and toxic chemical storage facilities. These five factsheets provide summaries of each threat, with recommendations for protecting America's waterways now and in the future.
Cutting Corners at a Cost: When Saving Money on Infrastructure Puts Health at Risk
After 20 years in Columbia, Maryland, my partner's mom recently accepted a job offer in Jackson, Mississippi, and made the move. When she got there, however, there was one thing she didn’t expect: the water in Jackson violates safe drinking standards.
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Elizabeth
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Associate Director and Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group
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Policy Analyst, Frontier Group