
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.
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 This pollution, along with outdated infrastructure – like lead pipes in our schools – puts our health at risk.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.
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.
Five highlights of how our advocacy and action in 2024 put our country and our world on a greener, healthier, more sustainable path.
One class of toxic chemicals, known as PFAS, have become so widespread that we even find them in ocean spray.
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.
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
Dangerous PFAS chemicals are common in drinking water and household items – but these recent victories are making a safer future possible.