Take Action Today: Urge Congress to Protect Water Utilities from CERCLA and Ensure Polluters Pay!
As you know, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) could impose significant liability on clean water utilities for the cleanup of PFAS in the environment, despite the fact that utilities had no involvement in the manufacture or use of these substances. We have been working hard to build awareness of this injustice and calling for targeted protection for water systems from PFAS liability under CERCLA, in close coordination with our partners in water through the Water Coalition Against PFAS.
The U.S. Senate is actively considering PFAS legislation, hoping to advance a bill out of Committee in the immediate future. As we continue to work with Congressional offices sympathetic to water systems’ concerns, we continue to hear that Members of Congress need to hear from individual utilities in their home states and districts about the issue. Therefore, we are calling on you to take action today! We urge each of you to join us in sending a letter to your Members of Congress, requesting their unwavering support for CERCLA PFAS protection for water systems.
This protection is crucial to ensure that utilities are not unfairly burdened with legal liabilities and cleanup costs stemming back to decades of PFAS releases into the environment – releases that utilities did not intentionally produce or profit from. By championing this protection for water systems, Congress can uphold the principle of "polluter pays," preventing the shifting of financial responsibility from manufacturers and polluters onto the ratepayers and communities we serve.
We appreciate that many of you have reached out on this issue before! Don’t let that stop you from reaching out again! Let's make a collective impact and secure a sustainable future for clean water initiatives.
Thank you for being a Water Advocate!
Take Action Today: Urge Congress to Protect Water Utilities from CERCLA and Ensure Polluters Pay!
As you know, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) could impose significant liability on clean water utilities for the cleanup of PFAS in the environment, despite the fact that utilities had no involvement in the manufacture or use of these substances. We have been working hard to build awareness of this injustice and calling for targeted protection for water systems from PFAS liability under CERCLA, in close coordination with our partners in water through the Water Coalition Against PFAS.
The U.S. Senate is actively considering PFAS legislation, hoping to advance a bill out of Committee in the immediate future. As we continue to work with Congressional offices sympathetic to water systems’ concerns, we continue to hear that Members of Congress need to hear from individual utilities in their home states and districts about the issue. Therefore, we are calling on you to take action today! We urge each of you to join us in sending a letter to your Members of Congress, requesting their unwavering support for CERCLA PFAS protection for water systems.
This protection is crucial to ensure that utilities are not unfairly burdened with legal liabilities and cleanup costs stemming back to decades of PFAS releases into the environment – releases that utilities did not intentionally produce or profit from. By championing this protection for water systems, Congress can uphold the principle of "polluter pays," preventing the shifting of financial responsibility from manufacturers and polluters onto the ratepayers and communities we serve.
We appreciate that many of you have reached out on this issue before! Don’t let that stop you from reaching out again! Let's make a collective impact and secure a sustainable future for clean water initiatives.
Thank you for being a Water Advocate!