Clean Water Action/Fund

Mission Statement

Clean Water Action (CWA) is a national non-profit citizen's organization with more than 750,000 members nationwide. CWA works for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work. CWA organizes strong grassroots groups, coalitions and campaigns to protect our environment, health, economic well-being and community quality of life.

Clean Water Fund (CWF) in a national non-profit research and education organization promoting the public interest since 1978, which promotes the public interest in protection of natural resources, with a special emphasis on water issues. CWF's programs build on and complement those of CWA. The organizations have helped to develop, pass, strengthen and defend the nation's major water and toxics laws such as the Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Superfund, and others. CWF's organizing has empowered citizen leaders, organizations and coalitions to improve environmental conditions in hundreds of communities and strengthen policies at all levels from the local to the national.