About

Since 1992, the Clean Water Network has served public interest groups by serving as a portal for the latest news and information on federal clean water policy developments. The Network facilitates communications among member groups and coordinates joint policy and position statements as well as activities. This combination of federal policy work and field advocacy is needed to achieve a stronger national program that will help to bring polluted waterways back to health and preserve our nation’s rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands, estuaries and coastal waters.

The Clean Water Network is the country’s largest advocacy coalition focused on protecting and restoring our nation’s waters. CWN’s main collaboration techniques include creating priority projects and campaigns with our members, hosting events, providing strategic communication tools, building partnerships, tapping local, state, and national expertise, and linking technical and policy experts with citizen leaders to help members participate in policymaking.

The Clean Water Network is committed to renewing focus and attention towards the fight to protect our nation’s waters so that our families and communities have clean and safe water to drink and the opportunity to swim, fish and recreate safely. Clean Water Network has launched the 2012 Power of Water Campaign, to not only commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, but to work together more actively with all stakeholders to educate government officials and fellow citizens about the threats to our freshwater resources both in our own communities and nationally.