Protecting America’s Waterways: Good Policy, Good Politics

Friday, April 13, 2012
By | Shelley Vinyard
Clean Water Advocate

From the Chesapeake Bay and the Great Lakes to the Colorado River and all the smaller rivers, lakes and streams in between, America’s waterways are incredibly popular, irreplaceable treasures. Furthermore, protecting our water from pollution consistently polls as one of the most important environmental issues in America.

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Report names top water polluters

An AK Steel Holding Corp. facility released more than 24.3 million pounds of chemicals into the Ohio River in 2010, the most of any one facility in the U.S., according to a report from the Environment America Research & Policy Center.

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Report: Rock River 10th most polluted in U.S.

The Rock River is the 10th most polluted river in the United States according to a report by Environment America.

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Charleston Waterkeeper works to change the tide on pollution

The Cooper River will host more than 43,000 people during Saturday's bridge run. But did you know the Cooper River is one of the most polluted waterways in the country?

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Environmental report: Cooper River laden with carcinogens

The Cooper River is the sixth most polluted river in terms of carcinogenic toxins according to a report by Environment America, a federation of state-based, citizen-funded environmental advocacy organizations.

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Environmental group: Miss.River 2nd-most polluted in country

One of Dyer County's most grand sights is the mighty Mississippi River, but what looks like a beautifully powerful mass of rolling water is reportedly one of America's most polluted rivers.

News Release | Environment America Research and Policy Center

America’s Waterways received 226 Million Pounds of Toxic Chemicals

Five states—Indiana,  Virginia, Nebraska, Texas, and Georgia—account for forty percent of the total amountof toxic discharges to U.S. waterways in 2010, according to a new report released today by Environment America. Wasting Our Waterways: Industrial Toxic Pollution and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Clean Water Act also reports that 226 million pounds of toxic chemicals were discharged into 1,400 waterways across the country.

Report | Environment America Research and Policy Center

Wasting Our Waterways 2012

Industrial facilities continue to dump millions of pounds of toxic chemicals into America’s rivers, streams, lakes and ocean waters each year – threatening both the environment and human health. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), pollution from industrial facilities is responsible for threatening or fouling water quality in more than 14,000 miles of rivers and more than 220,000 acres of lakes, ponds and estuaries nationwide.

News Release | Environment America

Obama Administration Takes Important Step toward Protecting America’s Waterways

From the Chesapeake Bay to the Puget Sound to the many smaller waters in between, America’s waterways are today one step closer to protection under the Clean Water Act, as the Obama administration is now in the final stage of issuing guidelines to restore critical Clean Water Act protections to the nation’s waterways.

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