Campaign partners: Adams County Chapter, Trout Unlimited, Adams County Federation of Sportsmens Clubs, Allegheny Riverkeeper, Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring (ALLARM), Alliance for Sustainable Communities, Lehigh Valley, American Rivers, Appalachian Mountain Club, Army for a Clean Environment, Inc., Audubon Pennsylvania, Berks County Conservancy, Brodhead Watershed Association, Center for the Celebration of Creation, Chartiers Nature Conservancy, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Chestnut Ridge Trout Unlimited, Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Association, Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future, Clean Air Council, Clean Water Action, Clean Water Fund, Clear Creek Farm, Codorus Creek Improvement Partnership, Codorus Creek Watershed Association, Community Labor Refinery Tracking Committee, Community Land Trust Corporation, Concerned Citizens of Barrett Township, Conemaugh Valley Conservancy, Connoquenessing Watershed Alliance Inc., Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Association, Darby Creek Valley Association, Delaware Riverkeeper Network,Donegal Trout Unlimited, Elk Creeks Watershed Association, Erie Streams Association of Volunteer Monitors, Fishing Creek Watershed Association, Forbes Trail Trout Unlimited, Forest Coalition, Friends of McConnell's Mill State Park Inc., Friends of Mingo Creek, Friends of Poquessing Watershed, Friends of Tacony Creek Park, Friends of the Wissahickon, Gettysburg Environmental Concerns Organization, Greater Pottstown Watershed Alliance, Green Valleys Association, Greene County Watershed Alliance, Hay Creek Watershed Association, Highlands Coalition, Independence Marsh Foundation Inc., Kiski Basin Initiative, Kiski-Conemaugh River Basin Alliance, Kiski-Conemaugh Stream Team, Lackawanna River Corridor Association, League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, League of Women Voters of Lawrence County, League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, Little Conemaugh Watershed Association, Little Lehigh Chapter, Trout Unlimited, Little Lehigh Watershed Coalition, Local Environmental Awareness Development, Local River Advocates, Lower Merion Conservancy, Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, Loyalhanna Watershed Association, Mahanoy Creek Watershed Association, Maiden Creek Watershed Association, McSherrystown Fish & Game Protective Association, Mid Atlantic Environmental Law Center, Middle Allegheny Streams Alliance Inc., Mountain Watershed Association, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Lands Trust, Neville Island Good Neighbor Committee, PA CleanWays of Beaver County, PA CleanWays of Jefferson County, Penn Environment, Pennsylvania Conservation Voters Education League, Pennsylvania Council of Churches, Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation, Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs Inc., Pennsylvania Interfaith Climate Change Network, Pennsylvania League of Conservation Voters, Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds & Rivers, Pennsylvania Trout, Pennsylvania Wildlife Federation, Pennsylvanians for Environmental Protection, Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust, Pidcock Creek Watershed Association, Pine Creek Valley Watershed Association Inc., Raccoon Creek Watershed Association, Raymond Proffitt Foundation, Ridge & Valley Streamkeepers, Right to Know Committee, Scott Conservancy, Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter, Allegheny Group, Sierra Club, Governor Pinchot Group, Sierra Club, Lake Erie Group, Sierra Club, Lehigh Valley Group, Moshannon Group, Southeastern Pennsylvania Group, Slate Belt Environmental Committee, Slippery Rock Streamkeepers, Smart Growth for Northern York County, Southcentral Outdoors for Youth, Spruce Creek Outfitters, Stony Creek Anglers Watershed Committee, Streets Run Watershed Association, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Susquehanna Smallmouth Alliance, Ten Mile Creek Protection Network, Ten Mile Creek Watershed Conservancy, Three Rivers Paddling Club, Tioga County Concerned Citizens Committee, TobyhannaCreek/Tunkhannock Creek Watershed Association, Tri State Citizens Mining Network, Tullytown Residents for Responsible Government, Upper Susquehanna Riverkeeper, Valley Forge Audubon Society, Washington County Watershed Alliance, West Chester Fish, Game and Wildlife Association, Inc., Western Pennsylvania Watershed Protection Program, Widener School of Law Environmental & Natural Resources Clinic, Wildlands Conservancy, Wildlife Information Center, Wissahickon Restoration Volunteers, Youghiogheny Riverkeeper

Welcome to the website of the Pennsylvania Campaign for Clean Water

Formed in 2002, the Pennsylvania Campaign for Clean Water is a coalition of over 130 environmental, conservation, sporting, and religious groups fighting to protect Pennsylvania's water resources.
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Breaking News!

Don't Weaken Oil and Gas Protections

The Campaign for Clean Water opposes DEP recent action stripping Conservation Districts of their authority to review erosion, sediment, and stormwater control plans for natural gas well drilling sites in the Marcellus Shale formation. DEP also instituted an expedited stormwater permitting process that does not allow for public participation or meaningful agency review of permit applications.

36 member organizations of the Campaign signed a letter to DEP Acting Secretary John Hanger condemning DEP’s actions as a give-away to the oil and gas industry that will endanger Pennsylvania’s rivers and streams. Read more in the Campaign’s press release and letter to DEP.

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Sustaining Our Buffers
Instead of our statewide Buffers 100 plan, PA DEP is now proposing a bad voluntary program for stream buffers. Developers who agree to include buffers on their site would be exempted from all review by DEP and the public of their erosion and sediment control and stormwater management plans. THIS COULD VIOLATE THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND ENDANGER OUR STREAMS. Help us convince Governor Rendell to stop this bad plan and support Buffers 100! More...

Protecting Our Streams
The Campaign is currently pushing DEP to take action on upgrade petitions that have been submitted, some as many as eight years ago. At a recent meeting with the Campaign for Clean Water, DEP Acting Secretary John Hanger instructed his staff to process these long-pending petitions for stream redesignations. In light of this instruction, the Campaign recommends that groups who have pending upgrade petitions or whose local stream may be up for redesignation, send letters to DEP to make a final "pitch" for their petitions and watersheds. In addition, you should submit any additional supporting data and information that may have been collected for the stream. More...

Preserving Pennsylvania's Wetlands
We are working to protect the state's remaining wetlands, especially those in small watersheds. Wetlands help reduce flooding and minimize erosion and pollution of our streams. Current regulations allow wetlands in small watersheds to be destroyed without any state permit or review. Learn more about how we want to change this and how you can get involved. More...

Protecting Our State's Best Streams
Exceptional Value streams are our state's best streams, and state programs are supposed to protect them. But not all streams that deserve this protection have Exceptional Value (EV) status…and some EV streams are being harmed by pollution. We're working to strengthen protection for EV streams, keeping our best streams as clean as possible. Find out what you can do to protect EV streams in your area and around the state. More...

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Pennsylvania Campaign for Clean Water
1315 Walnut Street
Suite 1650
Philadelphia, PA 191907
Phone: 215-545-0250
Fax: 215-545-2315
Questions? Comments? bwendelgass@cleanwater.org