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  • EPA Permit for DC Sewage Treatment Plant Fails to Protect the Potomac and Public Health

    on December 6, 2017

    On November 1, 2017, Potomac Riverkeeper Network sent comments to EPA calling for major changes to the Clean Water Act discharge permit…


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  • Firefighting Chemicals Threaten Martinsburg Water Supply and Opequon Creek

    on December 4, 2017

    Nearly six million people rely on public water supplies within the Potomac River Watershed to provide them with clean drinking water. Forty years after…


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  • Fighting to Stop Toxic Wastewater Pollution from Coal Power Plants

    on December 2, 2017

    In the latest example of federal environmental rollbacks affecting the Potomac River, the Maryland Department…


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  • Our Report Shows Coal Ash Can Be Recycled to Beneficial Uses

    on November 30, 2017

    Potomac Riverkeeper Network and Southern Environmental Law Center released a new report that finds recycling coal ash left at Possum Point and…


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  • 2017 Law & Water Gala

    on November 17, 2017

    On November 3rd, 2017, over 250 friends, guests and supporters gathered at the historic Old Ebbitt Grill to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the…


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  • World Rivers Day: Riverkeepers announce the Twinning of the Potomac and the Ottawa Rivers

    on September 23, 2017

    (Ottawa, ON. September 22, 2017) – Ottawa Riverkeeper (ORK) and Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRK) are pleased to announce the symbolic twinning…


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  • Enforcement Action Leads to Penalties for Sewage Plant in Lower Potomac

    on September 8, 2017

    Potomac Riverkeeper’s 2016 review of Clean Water Act discharge permits on the Potomac led us to the Winters Apartments Sewage Treatment Plant in St….


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  • Shenandoah Riverkeeper Asserts that Virginia Must Deny Certification of Atlantic Coast Pipeline

    on September 7, 2017

    On August 22, 2017, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) submitted comments on behalf of Shenandoah Riverkeeper, Potomac Riverkeeper Network and several other conservation…


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  • EPA Suspends New Limits on Toxic Emissions from Coal Fired Power Plants

    on August 8, 2017

    In yet another assault on clean water, the EPA recently announced its indefinite delay of…


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  • Coast Guard Announces Interim Security Zone along the Potomac

    on July 19, 2017

    The Coast Guard recently announced an interim rule establishing a security zone that encompasses approximately two miles along the Potomac…


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NWF Water@NWFwater·
19 Oct

Happy anniversary to the #CleanWaterAct! For 47 years, this law has helped make our waters better for #fishing, #drinking, and swimming. It also helps protect our wetlands & streams from pollution and destruction and helped conserve critical fish & #wildlife habitat.

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Blue Water Baltimore@BlueWaterBmore·
19 Oct

Today, we’re celebrating the @epa's 47th anniversary of the #CleanWaterAct. Why should you care? Because THIS is worth protecting. https://t.co/d26ev4eNHm #Baltimore #CleanWater #ProtectCleanWater @EPAwater

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