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Press Release: Shenandoah Riverkeeper Launches Swim Guide Website and Smartphone App for 2013 Swimming Season

Boyce, VA – Summer is here and Shenandoah Riverkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance have made finding and enjoying that perfect stretch of river a snap. The launch of the Swim Guide, a free smartphone app (available from App Store, Google Play, or www.theswimguide.org) gives you the tool to find that perfect swimming hole of fishing spot right at your fingertips.

Press Release: Notice of Intent to Sue Berkeley County Public Service Sewer District

Martinsburg, WV. On May 6th, 2013, Potomac Riverkeeper sent a 60 day Notice of Intent to file a Clean Water Act lawsuit to the Berkeley County Public Service Sewer District for discharge violations from three of its facilities. The three waste water treatment plants (WWTPs) have had discharge violations of fecal coliform, ammonia, total suspended solids and biological oxygen demand (BOD) for several years.

Press Release: Environmental Coalition Presses For Thorough Review of Dominion Cove Point LNG Export Terminal

First-of-its-kind Facility on East Coast Would Hurt Chesapeake and Hasten Nearby Fracking

WASHINGTON, DC- A coalition of local, regional, and national groups are objecting to the environmental impacts posed by the proposed Dominion Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the Chesapeake Bay, saying the project would hurt the Bay’s economy and ecology, increase air pollution, and hasten fracking and drilling in neighboring states.

Press Release: Life After the Shenandoah River Fish Kills: What We Are Learning

Boyce, VA: Shenandoah Riverkeeper Jeff Kelble gives the “All Clear!” this spring as he continues to monitor the health of the fish in the Shenandoah River system with the help of hundreds of volunteer fishermen. But Kelble reminds us that we’re not out of the woods yet.

Press Release: Potomac Riverkeeper Files Suit Against Deer Lodge Mobile Home Park for Polluting Local Creek

On March 15, 2013, Potomac Riverkeeper filed a Clean Water Act complaint in federal court in Maryland to stop ongoing sewage discharges from Deer Lodge Mobile Home Park (Park) located in Washington County, MD. This complaint was filed after six months of inaction by both the State of Maryland Department of the Environment and the mobile home park to remedy the pollution entering a local creek.

Press Release: Bill to Exempt Agriculture from Clean Water Regulations Would Threaten Bay Restoration, Give Unfair Treatment to Single Industry

Anacostia Riverkeeper, Assateague Coastal Trust/Assateague Coastkeeper,

Audubon Naturalist Society, Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper, Clean Water Action,

Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Environmental Integrity Project, Environment Maryland,

Gunpowder Riverkeeper, Food & Water Watch, League of Women Voters of Maryland,

Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, Maryland League of Conservation Voters,

Press Release: Potomac Riverkeeper Seeks to Improve Water Quality Protections in West Virginia

Shepherdstown, WV -- Potomac Riverkeeper has found that facilities in West Virginia that discharge pollution into the Potomac River often follow standards that are weaker than Maryland’s. This is significant because Maryland has jurisdiction over the Potomac River. In an attempt to require West Virginia discharge permits to be more protective of water quality, Potomac Riverkeeper is filing an administrative appeal of one such permit.

Press Release: Groups File Notice Letter to Sue NRG Energy for Massive Pollution

For Immediate Release: Monday, January 28, 2013

Groups File Notice Letter to Sue NRG Energy for Massive Pollution

Documents Show NRG has at Least 2353 Permit Violations for Nutrient Pollution

Press Release: Clean Water Victory Opens Courtroom Doors in Maryland after Four-Year Battle Citizens demand full enforcement of Clean Water Act

ANNAPOLIS, MD - The Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled earlier this week that a coalition of local and national river advocacy groups have standing to challenge a major stormwater pollution permit in court.

At issue is a state-issued pollution discharge permit for Montgomery County’s 499-square mile stormwater system. Clean water groups contend the permit allows ongoing harm to water quality and human health due to excessive discharges of pollutants and trash into the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers watersheds.

Press Release: Groups Stand Up for Clean Water Act in West Virginia Factory Farm Suit

Wheeling, WV – December 7, 2012 – A coalition of local and national public interest organizations have asked a federal court for permission to participate in a legal action that will decide when Clean Water Act restrictions apply to the release of pollutants in animal manure into local waterways used for recreation, drinking and to support nearby communities.