Although the Clean Water Act has greatly improved water quality over the last 30 years, enforcement of the Act is often weak and sporadic.

Every American has a right to clean, safe water for drinking, swimming, and fishing. When the Clean Water Act is not enforced, then citizens rights are denied. Weak and inconsistent enforcement creates an uneven playing field by unfairly placing law-abiding companies at a competitive disadvantage with those companies that illegally pollute.

CWN’s enforcement activists work to pass legislation that leads to stronger enforcement of the Clean Water Act and to implement the existing law.