Water Pollution

Natural Resources Defense Council

Clean and plentiful water provides the foundation for prosperous communities

We rely on clean water to survive,yet right now we are heading for a water crisis

NRDC

• Promotes water efficiency
• Protecting our water from pollution
• Helping prepare cities,counties,and states for water related challenges
• Ensuring that waterways have enough water to support vibrant aquatic ecosystems

Protecting Clean Water

• Dirty water is the worlds biggest health risk
• Continue to threaten both quality of life and public health in the U.S.

When water from rain or melting snow runs off roofs or roads into our rivers, it picks up toxic chemicals,dirt,trash and disease carrying organisms along the way.

How NRDC is protecting Clean Water

• Drawing on existing protections-Clean Water Act
• Improving protections to reduce pollutants like bacteria and viruses
• Establishing new pollution limits for top problem areas

Preserving water ecosystems

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• Fish,birds and wildlife depend on clean water,just as people do.