How do I make sure my tap water is safe?
With concerns about microplastics in bottled water bubbling up alongside worries over lead and PFAS in tap water, how do you make sure the water you drink is safe?
Clean water
Together we can protect the waterways that sustain our communities and our health.
Our waterways should be safe for swimming, fishing and drinking. But weak regulations and lax enforcement allow many of our rivers, lakes and streams to become so polluted they are no longer safe. This pollution, along with outdated infrastructure – like lead pipes in our schools – puts our health at risk. We need to work together to make sure our water is treated like the life-giving resource that it is.
The Latest on Clean water
STATEMENT: EPA to limit discharges of PFAS
Getting the lead out, 10 years after Flint
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Lobby day secures bipartisan support for the Plastic Pellet Free Water Act
We’re making your voice heard on mercury pollution
City Council to Vote on Lead in School Drinking Water
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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.
Statement: New rule will aid PFAS clean-ups
EPA lists two toxic PFAS chemicals under Superfund law
We’re campaigning for Microplastic Free Waters
Tiny plastic pellets, called “nurdles,” are being dumped into our waterways. A new bill could make this microplastic pollution illegal.
Statement: New bill will tackle large threat posed by tiny plastics
An estimated ten trillion pellets enter oceans each year
A look back at what our unique network accomplished in 2023
Here are 10 examples of how our advocates won positive results for the public and the planet in 2023.