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Community members are on the front lines of their water challenges. They understand both the urgent need for change, and the real-time harm to public health and a clean water economy.

Building on successful votes in Eau Claire, La Crosse, Marquette, Portage and Wood Counties, local leaders around the state are asking their County Board Supervisors to protect their waters and health by putting the Clean Water Now referendum question on November 2022 ballots.

These local efforts are supported by River Alliance of Wisconsin, a statewide nonprofit that empowers people to protect and restore water.

County by county, Wisconsinites will demand Clean Water Now.

Organizing around the right to clean water at the county level – via nonbinding referendums – shows unity around the pressing need to address critical water issues.

Many Wisconsinites have asked elected leaders to take action to clean up and protect our waters for years. Our Governor and legislature spent 2019 focusing on water. It was both the Year of Clean Drinking Water and the Speaker’s Water Quality Task Force. The increased attention on water was due to the years of grassroots attention and demands to clean up our waters. However, the proposals from the Task Force fell short and the Senate took little action on the 13 bills that were proposed.

Our state can do better. 

Wisconsin’s policy leaders need to see that having clean water is a bipartisan issue that voters across the state want them to address.

Success depends on local leaders like you! Please contact us to discuss the water issues in your community and how the campaign can fit your goals. 

Clean Water Now is an effort of River Alliance of Wisconsin. Our mission is to empower people to protect and restore water. Our members have been protecting the waters of Wisconsin since 1993.