If you drink water, this should be important to you.

Clean water is vital to our health. One in three Americans get drinking water from streams that lacked clear protection from pollution without the Clean Water Rule. Finalizing the rule helps protect 117 million Americans’ health.

Our economy depends on clean water. Major economic sectors—from manufacturing and energy production to agriculture, food service, tourism, and recreation—depend on clean water to function and flourish. Without clean water, business grinds to a halt—a reality too many local small business owners faced in Toledo last year when drinking water became contaminated for several days.

http://www2.epa.gov/cleanwaterrule/why-clean-water-rules

http://ecowatch.com/2015/05/28/epa-clean-water-rule/

 http://marylandreporter.com/2015/05/27/environmentalists-praise-new-clean-water-rules-farmers-upset/

 http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/05/27/epa-expands-clean-water-regulations

In 1972 Congress passed the Clean Water Act.  The Clean Water Rule will be an important addition.  Please call your representatives in Congress and ask them to support clean water!

http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/   http://www.senate.gov/reference/common/faq/How_to_contact_senators.htm

And finally an opinion that the Clean Water Rule doesn’t go far enough:  http://ecowatch.com/2015/05/30/clean-water-rule-fails/