Making America’s waters safe for swimming
We're working to make sure the water at our beaches is clean. That means ending the sewage and runoff pollution that can make swimmers sick.
Clean water
If we want a greener, healthier world we need to protect our rivers, lakes and streams.
Clean water is vital to ecosystems, to our health, and our quality of life. But too many of our rivers, lakes and streams are vulnerable to pollution. This pollution, along with outdated infrastructure – like lead pipes in our schools – puts our health at risk. We need to work together to protect our waters.
The Latest on Clean water
How cities are getting the lead out of school drinking water
The Public Interest Network’s 2024 highlights
Updates
Lobby day secures bipartisan support for the Plastic Pellet Free Water Act
Why we’re supporting a ban on TCE
New PFAS data shows widespread water contamination
Featured Resources
Accidents Waiting to Happen
Timeline of clean water milestones
Milestones: America’s streams regain protection
Milestones: A race to protect Mass. rivers is won
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Environment America’s 2024 highlights
Five highlights of how our advocacy and action in 2024 put our country and our world on a greener, healthier, more sustainable path.
Toxic chemicals now found in ocean spray
One class of toxic chemicals, known as PFAS, have become so widespread that we even find them in ocean spray.
Getting the lead out, 10 years after Flint
The Biden administration has taken the most significant step toward protecting our drinking water from lead since the start of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis a decade ago.
How community action overcame a would-be polluter of Cape Cod Bay
Save Our Bay MA, a coalition of business leaders, indigenous people & others, with help from Community Action Works, stopped a plan to dump nuclear waste
Progress toward a future safe from PFAS “forever chemicals”
Dangerous PFAS chemicals are common in drinking water and household items – but these recent victories are making a safer future possible.