Friend: Our sustainer match ends tomorrow at midnight, and our records show you haven’t seized this opportunity for clean water. Is this right?
Seeing the urgency of this moment—and the incalculable importance of monthly donors to our mission—a close friend of Waterkeeper Alliance has offered to contribute $50 for every person who starts a monthly gift now. And I’m writing to quickly follow up.
Opportunities like this, to advance our shared cause and mission, are rare, and we’re looking to every clean water warrior in our community to seize this chance. Because right now, there is so much at stake.
Front of our mind? The Clean Water Act, which turns 50 this year.
This legislation set an interim goal to see that all American waterways were fishable and swimmable by 1983… but half of all U.S. waterways are still impaired by pollution.
Your monthly gift will support litigation and advocacy—and help raise voices from every corner of the U.S. to restore the Clean Water Act. Here are just a few of our asks to ensure the Act can handle modern and future threats:
EPA must implement clearer definitions, stronger pollution standards, meaningful deadlines, and prioritized enforcement.
The law must address non-point source pollution, such as agricultural runoff from manure that is a major contributor to toxic algal blooms.
The law should adapt to the realities of climate change and environmental justice.
Monthly gifts of any size allow us to forge the long-term plan needed to do this work. And when you act through midnight tomorrow only, your gift makes an even greater impact.
