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Picture of boy drinking out of hoseThe Clean Water Act, one of the nation’s most comprehensive and successful environmental laws, is celebrating its 35th birthday on October 18. This landmark occasion comes at a time when the safeguards for the nation’s waters are under unprecedented threat.

Congress needs to act now to preserve the gains in water quality made by the Act, and to prevent a return to the days when more than 75 percent of the nation’s waters were too polluted to be safe for fishing, swimming, and other uses.   

Polluting industries are trying to undo long-established safeguards for our local waterways and wetlands, but we now have a chance to stop them. If they have their way, up to 60 percent of our nation’s rivers and streams could be stripped of federal Clean Water Act protections.

The Clean Water Restoration Act would reaffirm and restore the original scope of the Clean Water Act, the law that has protected our communities from pollution and cleaned up our nation’s waters -- waters that our kids can play in, that support healthy fish and wildlife populations, and that are free from dangerous toxins.

Take action now to urge Congress to protect our local waters by passing the Clean Water Restoration Act.

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