News Highlights

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has released a searchable database of over 70 federal funding programs that can be used to support nature-based projects.

On Thursday, February 2, from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (ET), the Nature Conservancy’s Resilient Watershed Strategy will host a webinar to help watershed conservation programs access federal funding to protect clean water.

In a recent AWWA Journal Article, Tracy Mehan argues that source water protection needs to be implemented at the most strategic levels by deploying other federal laws in service of safe drinking water.

River Network (one of our 30 Source Water Collaborative members) has updated its Clean Water Act Owner’s Manual that includes an overview of key programs and the stories of featured communities who are applying the law, while centering environmental justice and climate change and how the law can be flexed to address these longstanding issues.

50 years ago, the United States recognized that access to clean water is critical to healthy people and thriving communities by passing the Clean Water Act. This year, we celebrate the power of the Clean Water Act’s progress in reducing water pollution and ensuring our water is safe for swimming, fishing, and drinking.

Did you know that the national Source Water Collaborative (SWC) coordinates a network of 36 collaboratives working to protect sources of drinking water at the local, state and regional/watershed level? As we celebrate Source Water Protection Week, we are proud of these communities and regions who are working hard to ensure we all benefit from clean, safe drinking water.

The USDA Forest Service has published a new research report entitled, “Quantifying the Role of National Forest System and Other Forested Lands in Providing Surface Drinking Water Supply for the Conterminous United States.”

AWWA invites water utilities, sections, states, and other partners to join the Association in recognizing Source Water Protection Week from September 25 – October 1, 2022.

The US Forest Service Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) competitive grant program for FY 2023 opened on August 10, 2022 for the Northeast-Midwest, South, and Federally recognized Tribes. The announcement for […]

Please join the Source Water Collaborative for this webinar about the Forest Service Landscape Scale Restoration (LSR) Grants Program on Thursday, August 4, 2022, from 1:00 – 2:30 pm (eastern time).