Clean Water Defense League

12/06/2019

Charleston – Angie Rosser, executive director of the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, noted Wednesday that several pollutants the West Virginia Manufacturers Association is recommending be permitted in West Virginia waterways

10/02/2019

The Monongahela National Forest, the Gauley River National Recreation Area, the New River Gorge National River, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, our national wildlife refuges, and our state parks — these special places are the foundation of West Virginia’s outdoor culture and economy. The...

02/22/2017

Here's how the vote went on weakening water quality in House Judiciary Committee

02/22/2017

Last night, it was announced that HB 2506 is on the House Judiciary agenda THIS MORNING (Feb 22) at 9:30 AM. If you'd like to help protect our drinking water, call the committee members first thing! List with contact info in comments.

West Virginia Rivers Coalition put out this fact sheet and has additional info here:
http://www.wvrivers.org/news/wvriverspolicyupdatestakeactiontokeepmoretoxinsoutofourwater

02/12/2015

WHAT?: PUBLIC HEARING on Water Quality Standards (HB2289) --

WHEN?: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015 @ 8:30 AM

WHERE?: HOUSE CHAMBER

DETAILS: "Category A" designation is required for any water body to be considered a drinking water source. It protects water supplies for current and future drinking water use. Currently, a 70-mile stretch of the Kanawha River is exempt from this classification making it unavailable as a secondary source of drinking water for the 300,000 people who experienced the Freedom Industries chemical leak last year. If this exemption were removed, they would be one step closer to a having a backup water system.

For more more information, visit wvrivers.org.

01/16/2015

This concerns us....critically....

NITRO, W.Va. – A few towns over from the chemical plant where Freedom Industries leaked a coal-cleaning mixture into the drinking water of 300,000 people last year, a new company run by former Freedom employees is being cited for similar environmental violations.

11/14/2014

http://www.wchstv.com/news/features/eyewitness-news/stories/Yellow-Substance-Observed-In-Elk-River-Near-Charleston-57608.shtml

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has staff members en route to investigate a substance that was observed floating in the Elk River. Metro 911 said Charleston traffic engineering reported about 11:30 a.m. Frida

08/23/2014

Great work by Advocates for a Safe Water System and the business interveners in this investigation. Keep up the good work!

The state Public Service Commission on Friday ordered West Virginia American Water to turn over many of the documents that consumer advocates, businesses and citizen groups want to review as part of the PSC’s investigation of the water company’s response to the contamination of the Elk River drinkin…

08/02/2014

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The mayor of Ohio's fourth-largest city says water will be flowing into the Toledo area from all corners of the state to help the 400,000 people who are being warned not to drink the city's water. Toledo's mayor says water ...

05/23/2014

We have positively effected change in how our water utility conducts business in the future. Keep up the good work.

Faced with a “significant number” of complaints from area residents, the West Virginia Public Service Commission on Wednesday announced that it will investigate West Virginia American Water Co.’s handling of the contamination of the water supply for 300,000 residents in the Kanawha Valley and surrou…

04/21/2014

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