Clean Water Network Board
Happy Post-Earth Day 2012! Power of Water T-Shirts Available HERE!
Rogue Riverkeeper Fact Sheet on Logging Road Pollution
Attached as a pdf on this page.
The 2012 Power of Water Campaign
Clean Water Network's major 2012 campaign on the Power of Water campaign has officially launched! The POWC is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, one of our nation’s landmark environmental laws, as well as the 20th anniversary of the Clean Water Network. Both anniversaries could not be more timely and provide the clean water community a unique opportunity to elevate clean water to the top of our nation's priority list. As we are all aware, today's headlines are not focused on the environment, but rather on the dismal U.S. and global economic situation. The Power of Water campaign is an opportune time to remind decision makers on the local, state and national levels that clean water is essential not just for public health and the environment, but for a strong economy. Polluted waterways do not build civic pride, attract the best employees or encourage investment. Americans know that jobs and environmental protection go hand in hand. You cannot have a robust and sustainable economy without clean water to drink and clean air to breathe.
Coal Sealants Reduction Act of 2011
Clean Water Network strongly supports The Coal Tar Sealants Reduction Act of 2011, a proposed bill to ban the use of coal tar sealant. This bill would protect public health and the environment by banning the use of this unnecessary poison. We applaud Congressman Lloyd Doggett for championing this important legislation. Coal tar sealant is a highly toxic product frequently applied on parking lots, driveways, airport runways and even playgrounds to “beautify” asphalt. Within a few months after application, friction from car tires abrades the coal tar sealant into small particles, which are then washed into our rivers, bays, and estuaries during storm events.
Coal tar sealant contains high amounts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), many of which are suspected human carcinogens and toxic to aquatic life. Studies conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have found that storm water runoff from parking lots coated in coal tar sealant, contained 65 times higher concentrations of PAHs than runoff from parking lots that did not use coal tar sealant.
List of Environmental Legislative Assistants for Member of Congress
Fact sheet on Anti-Environmental Riders in House Appropriation Bills - Summer of 2011
Excellent comprehensive fact sheet on anti-environmental riders in approps bills-put together by Defenders and several other groups.
WOTUS Guidance Press Releases, Articles and Factsheets
CWN Documents
EPA Documents
Nationwide 404 Permit Comments
Draft comments on Army Corps Nationwide 404 Permits
Board Notes February 2011
Here are a couple of updates on some of the things we discussed on the short Board call today.
First: Piper and I made the following arrangements. I contacted OMB and we now have a meeting scheduled between CWN members and OMB to discuss the WOTUS guidance on March 2 at 2:30 pm. I have to say that was the fastest meeting I have ever scheduled with the federal government! Piper thanks for your contact information! She was great.
CWN Bylaws Vote August 2007 (Consensus Issue)
Board Notes 2006- 2007
2006
June
Board Minutes from December 2010
Clean Water Network
Board of Directors Call
December 1, 2010
By Keith Dimoff, Secretary, CWN
Present on the call:
Board Minutes from November 2010 Call
Clean Water Network
Board of Directors Call
November 3, 2010
By Ketih Dimoff, Secretary, CWN
Present on the call:
CWN Positions Strawman
Short Thoughts on Water on the Occassion of the 38th Birthday of the Clean Water Act
Dear Global Systems and Water Thinkers,
I just wrote a short piece for my boss to use on the occasion of the 38th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act, October 18, 1972 (passed over Richard Nixon's veto with GOP support in the House and Senate). I thought it may be a useful if shorter piece than Maud Barlow's trenchant work that David sent around earlier. Hope it helps.
Board Minutes from October 2010 Call
Clean Water Network
Board of Directors call
October 6, 2010
By Keith Dimoff, Secretary, CWN
Present on the Call:
CWN Board Approves Statement on Regulation of Coal Ash Disposal
On September 8th, 2010 the Clean Water Network board approved an official Network statement on regulating the disposal of coal combustion waste (CWW), also known as coal ash. The statement details a number of public health and environmental threats that the unregulated disposal of coal ash currently poses. It also makes a number of recommendations on what needs to be done to properly and safely regulate the disposal of this waste. Among the most important recommendations made in the paper is that coal ash should be regulated under all the requirements of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Read the full statement>>> Coal Ash Statement.
Board Minutes from September 2010 Call
Clean Water Network
Board of Directors call
September 8, 2010
By Keith Dimoff, Secretary, CWN
Present on the call:
2009 CWN 990 Form
Board Minutes from July 2010 Call
Clean Water Network
Board of Directors call
July 7, 2010
By Keith Dimoff, Secretary, CWN