Tell Lawmakers to Protect North Carolina's Water
We need your help to stop an attack that would put our drinking water and waterways at risk!
The NC Senate has added many terrible provisions to their version of the state budget (H1030). One of the provisions would call for the repeal of rules protecting water quality in six watersheds across North Carolina until December 2020. Those include protections for conservation buffers (known as riparian buffers) that prevent pollution from entering waterways.
These natural areas along our waterways are the cheapest, most effective way to protect our drinking water and the health of our rivers and estuaries. Allowing them to be destroyed would be a costly mistake for our water quality and our communities.
Put simply, the provisions in this bill would repeal pollution management strategies that have been shown to be effective for cleaner water. Tell your legislators to oppose attacks on science-based plans for the cleanup of our waterways.
At a time when other states are facing increasing drought and battles over water supplies, North Carolina's rivers, lakes, and estuaries are a key resource to support economic growth. But section 14.13 of the Senate version of the budget, H1030, would turn our backs on proven techniques for controlling water pollution and protecting our water resources. We can't grow our economy with polluted waterways.
[your comment here]
Please eliminate section 14.13 from the budget bill, and protect our state's water.
Sincerely,
[your name]
