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 This pollution, along with outdated infrastructure – like lead pipes in our schools – puts our health at risk.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: Baltimore advocacy groups call for improved water infrastructure in wake of boil-water advisory in West Baltimore
Campaign for Columbia Sportswear Commitment to Eliminate PFAS Launched Today
Updates
24,040 members call on EPA to designate first two “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances under Superfund law
Advocacy groups to EPA: Take action to reduce near-term “forever chemical” releases
Maryland PIRG on MPT’s State Circle
Featured Resources
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Get the Lead Out
Get the Lead Out Toolkit
Wasting Our Waterways
The Latest
2023 Hurricane Season resource guide: data, resources & interview opportunities
The Atlantic hurricane season lasts from June 1 through November 30. This resource guide can help members of the media cover it more thoroughly and accurately.
Report: Polluters dumped ~200 million lbs. of toxics into waterways
Call to cut down water pollution as Supreme Court case, 50th anniversary of Clean Water Act, near
Report: 94,000 pounds of toxic chemicals dumped into Maryland’s waterways
Industrial facilities dumped at least 94,000 pounds of toxic chemicals, including PFAS, into Maryland’s waterways in 2020 according to Wasting Our Waterways, a new report by Maryland PIRG Foundation.
Maryland PIRG joins national effort calling on REI to phase out PFAS
Maryland PIRG joined a nationwide week of action calling on REI to phase out toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" from their products.
Advocacy groups, 48,000 petitioners demand Columbia Sportswear stop using toxic PFAS chemicals in clothing
U.S. PIRG Education Fund and NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) hosted a media conference outside Columbia Sportswear’s flagship store in downtown Portland on Thursday to deliver a petition, with more than 48,000 signatures, urging the clothing manufacturer and retailer to phase out the use of PFAS chemicals in their products.