Water Pollution

Drinking water and abundant provides the basis for successful companies. We rely on clean water to survive, but now we are moving towards a crisis of water. Climate change threatening the lakes and rivers, and the main sources that we can use for drinking water is being contaminated by pollution or indebted.

  

Promote water efficiency strategies to help reduce the amount of water wasted;

• ·         The protection of waters against pollution by the defence of the "clean water Act" and advocate solutions such as green infrastructure;
• ·         Help in preparation of the cities and counties and States the challenges related to water which will face as a result of climate change; and
• ·         To ensure that water courses have enough water to sustain aquatic ecosystems and vibrant.
• ·         Protect clean water
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Liquid waste flowing into water pipes

The dirty water is the greatest threat to health worldwide and continues to threaten the quality of life and public health in the United States. When water from rain and melting snow away roofs and roads in our rivers, they pick up chemical toxic, dirt, rubbish and bodies disease-bearing along the way. Also a lot of our water shortage protection base, making them vulnerable to pollution from factory farms and industrial enterprises, and activities like a pirate. This can lead to contamination of drinking water and degradation of habitat and close to the beach. And the work of protection of the waters against pollution of natural resources defense:

Relying on existing protections in the law on clean water "and is working to ensure that pollution control law applies to all courses of major rivers, including streams and wetlands, which provide drinking water we 117 million;"

Better protection of contaminants such as bacteria, viruses, U.S. health and welfare, and

New limits of pollution for the higher areas, such as the sources of runoff and wastewater overflow problem.

Improve the efficiency of water use

Water-use efficiency

Despite the many pressures on our water resources, there are cost-effective solutions that will enable us to transform our relationship with water. To meet the growing scarcity of water in many places in the country, the defence of natural resources strives to encourage investments and policies that increase the efficiency of water use and reduce the waste of water, such as:

The adoption of reasonable standards for devices efficient appliances and buildings, irrigation;

Cost-effective support portfolio of facilities to help customers to save water and

Improving tariff structures save water and money.

Water and climate change

The dry landscape

Serious and repeated droughts in floods unprecedented, many of the most profound and direct impacts of climate change will be related to water. More than a third of all counties in the lower 48 States will be facing increased risk of water shortages before the mid-20th century as a result of global warming. Other impacts will include raising the level of the salt sea, damage to fisheries and thunderstorms are more frequent and more intense. Helping communities to prepare, NRDC is to create tools that help the public and Government officials to better understand and predict the effects of climate change at the State, County and city related to water. We are also promoting ways to reduce energy waste by collecting water is ineffective, processing and distribution.

Keep water ecosystems

River

Fish, birds and wildlife depend on clean water, all as people do. NRDC strives to protect and restore corridors aquatic important make sure there's enough water to keep the ecosystem healthy and effective. In the Bay of San Francisco-Delta, the largest estuary on the West Coast - we stop the unsustainable withdrawal of water threaten endangered species and their habitats through a variety of tools for dispute resolution. While we continue to restore the flow of water to the second largest river in California, the San Joaquin River. Through implementation of the restoration of the River colony of San Joaquin historical "agreement happened after 18 years of litigation brought by a coalition of conservation groups, led by the defence of natural resources fishing, regulation will restore the flow of water and enter