Protect your water

Many aspects of our world today threaten the safety and health of the James River. Help us protect this incredible feature for future generations to continue using the James for drinking water and recreation.

Drinking water is the most vital purpose that the James River serves to the communities along its course. Today, 37 counties and 18 cities rely on the James River as a major source of their water supply. The James River, and thousands of Virginians’ drinking water is at risk from 1,100 toxic storage sites.

Last week, another unfortunate example of how our river can be at risk occurred in West Virginia. A diesel spill shut down drinking water for 12,000 people.

Now is our chance to make sure the same thing doesn't happen here.

Tomorrow, January 29th, Virginia's Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee is considering several bills which could vastly improve the management of toxic chemicals and help prevent these accidents in Virginia. We need your help to support them!

These bills have the potential to protect the river from future toxic spills, enhance toxic spill notification to the public, increase fines for violators and inventory toxic waste sites in the Commonwealth. Each of these bills will help us to protect the James River moving forward.

In order to protect the James River and all of its citizens, changes must be made.

Please click here to help us in our efforts to make these bills successful. Tell the committee that you want to see the James River protected.