Virginia is fortunate to have some of the finest natural resources in the nation, many of which are used for fishing, boating, and recreation. With agriculture being Virginia's main industry, we need to look out for the Chesapeake Bay because most farming happens within its watershed.
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Brief Summary
Over the last 30 years, we have made significant progress in
cleaning up our water, but we still have important work to do. Many of our great waterways from the James River down to the Chesapeake
Bay are struggling from too much pollution.
Instead
of improving the quality of our water, the Bush administration had weakened water protections first by exempting various types of pollution, like pesticide spray and mountaintop mining. Then a "No Protection" removes basic Clean
Water Act safeguards against unlimited development and pollution in small streams, wetlands and ponds that feed our great waters.
Environment Virginia opposes any efforts by powerful developers and
other
polluters to weaken the Clean Water Act. We support local, state, and federal efforts to ensure clean and safe water supplies for the commonwealth.
