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April, 2004

CRWA's April Postcard Drive to Save the Clean Water Act

Once again the Bush administration is pursuing policies that threaten the health and quality of our nation's waters.  Given the financial constraints facing us today, all programs are being affected by budget cuts; environmental programs, however, are forced to endure disproportionate cuts.  In addition to reducing funding for environmental programs, Bush is continuing to push policies that undermine the Clean Water Act.  It has issued a policy directive allowing, in fact telling, federal agencies to stop protecting many types of waterways - wetlands, streams and other waters.  Under this new policy, the discharge of toxics, sewage, oil and other pollutants is allowed to go unchecked and unmonitored, working their way into our drinking water, recreational areas and wildlife habitats.  Along with this directive, Bush is also supporting policies such as sewage blending, mountaintop removal mining and the sanitary sewage overflow rule, all of which will prove harmful to the quality of our water.  The most notable reduction in Bush's budget occurs in the Clean Water Act State Revolving Fund (CWASRF), which provides money for sewage treatment plants.  Along with water quality, land conservation and critical research and development, in energy efficiency and solar energy also face substantial cuts in the proposed budget. 

Join with CRWA, hundreds of other clean water and environmental groups, and 247 members of Congress, who have already spoken out against the policies pursued by the Bush administration.  CRWA will be teaming up with Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council to deliver thousands of signed postcards to the White House in an effort to demand that the Bush administration reverse its policies of destroying our nation's water supply.  CRWA has set a goal of signing 2,500 postcards to show the administration how committed the Northeast is to keeping our water resources clean and our Clean Water Act safe.  Postcards will be available at all of our events in April, as well as at our office in Waltham.  Be on the lookout for our advocacy booth at all of the *Charles River Month!* events this spring.