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BRENT WALLS

BRENT WALLS

Everything flows downstream... Fighting for healthier headwaters of the Potomac from West Virginia to Harpers Ferry.

Shenandoah Riverkeeper

MARK FRONDORF

MARK FRONDORF

Protecting your right to use and enjoy a healthier Shenandoah River.

Potomac Riverkeeper

DEAN NAUJOKS

DEAN NAUJOKS

Restoring the Potomac to create an example for healthy water nationwide.

Despite some progress, the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers still suffer greatly from major pollution insults.

Our unique approach to this problem is to directly engage individuals, corporations, and government bodies who are responsible for pollution.

We identify specific polluters through several proven strategies.
We seek cooperation from polluters in cleaning up.
If polluters refuse to clean up voluntarily, we use our network of attorneys and the Clean Water Act to force them to do so.

Through our attorneys, we also forcefully assert the interests of clean water in critical county and state regulatory processes such as stormwater and agricultural runoff. We are the only non-profit group consistently willing to use hard-hitting legal remedies to stop pollution throughout the watershed. PRKN does the heavy lifting in the battles against pollution!

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You are mostly water.

Your brain is 70% water. Your blood is about 80% water and your lungs are 90% water. Most of the water we bathe in, cook in, and drink – including many well known bottled waters, soft drinks and beer – comes from the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers.

Water pollution puts you and your family’s health at risk.

Even small amounts of some chemicals can be harmful. Many of these chemicals are detectable in the drinking water that comes out of our taps.

Water pollution seriously harms the environment.

From the headwaters of our streams and rivers all the way to and including the Chesapeake Bay, water pollution harms life and has serious economic consequences. It also interferes with fishing, swimming, and other recreational enjoyments.

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September 20, 2018
In the wake of Hurricane Florence and reports of coal ash breaches in North Carolina, a group of Virginia environmental organizations released a statement calling for Virginia to require the responsible removal of coal ash from unlined waterfront pits, whether through executive action or legislation. Removal ensures communities will be
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Comments to Governor Northam’s Executive Order 6
September 6, 2018
We filed comments to Governor Northam’s Executive Order 6. Read the entire letter here.
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Court Vacates ACP Permits
August 7, 2018
Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously vacated the permit issued to Dominion Power by the National Park Service (NPS) for a right of way under the Blue Ridge Parkway, a critical component of the 600 mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). The Court noted that the NPS had acted
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Clean Water is Under Attack Shenandoah River