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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.

REPORT POLLUTION

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Virginia Senate Finance Committee
January 18, 2019
Here is the contact information for the Virginia Senate Finance Committee: Co-Chair Thomas K. Norment, Jr. District 3 Capitol number (804) 698-7503 District number (757) 259-7810 District03@senate.virginia.gov Map: https://www.vpap.org/offices/state-senate-3/redistricting/ Co-Chair Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. District 24 Capitol number (804) 698-7524 District number (540) 885-6898 District24@senate.virginia.gov Map: https://www.vpap.org/offices/state-senate-24/redistricting/ Janet D. Howell
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Thoughts for the New Year!
January 17, 2019
Happy New Year! I now have more than six months at Potomac Riverkeeper Network behind me – I wrote earlier about how much fun I’ve had learning about the organization and the beautiful resources we have the privilege to protect. Over the past year, my appreciation for the important work
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Help Us Solve Virginia’s Coal Ash Problem!
January 16, 2019
We urgently need your help to solve Virginia’s coal ash pollution problem! And we need it by Thursday noon, January 17! Virginia’s Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee is considering our long sought-after legislation to finally clean up Dominion’s coal ash mess! And they meet Thursday afternoon! Call or email the
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