Clean Water Network

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Clean Water Network

• Warming Waters Workgroup (W3)
• Mission statement

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Clean Water Network

• A National Coalition of 1000 public interest
  organizations (national, state and local) working
  to protect our nations waters.
• The Network works to strengthen federal and state
  clean water and wetlands policy.

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In March, the Clean Water Network launched a new
workgroup on global warming and water- the
Warming Waters Workgroup (W3).

• The workgroup is intended to foster communication
  on global warming and water issues covering a
  wide range of adaptation (control and treatment)
  and mitigation (prevention) issues.

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W3 will focus on

• Working to prevent climate change by promoting
  strong clean water protection legislation that
  will help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Investigating how many tools and approaches the
  clean water community already utilizes that play
  a role in the fight against global warming
  (inventory/case studies)

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W3 continued

• Preparing training and educational materials that
  will focus on helping us adapt to the inevitable
  effects of climate change on our nations
  waterways and

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W3 Mission Continued

• Developing a road map for the future for clean
  water activists across the country, that will
  provide an action agenda on both adaptation and
  mitigation.