Each year, more than 24 billion gallons of untreated sewage and stormwater are dumped into the Great Lakes along with massive amounts of polluted runoff. Last summer alone, 84 beaches were unfit for swimming for at least 14 days because of dirty water!
Everyone and everything needs clean, fresh water to live and thrive. The Great Lakes are the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world, supplying drinking water to more than 40 million people -- many of whom depend on the lakes for work and recreation. Americans are fortunate to share the continent with the Great Lakes, yet pollution threatens the health of the lakes.
Keep the Great Lakes healthy by urging your senators to support the Clean Coastal Environment and Public Health Act of 2009 (S. 878) -- a bill that would attack beach contamination by knocking out pollution at the source.
Dear [Decision Maker],
As a constituent and someone who cares deeply about the safety of our nation's water, I urge you to support the Clean Coastal Environment and Public Health Act of 2009.
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The five Great Lakes provide us with some of the finest drinking water in the world. They are the largest surface freshwater system on earth, shared by more than 40 million people.
Yet each year, Great Lakes water is mixed with over 24 billion gallons of combined sewage and for more than 14 days last summer, 84 of our beaches were unfit for swimming!
Everyone and everything needs clean water to live and thrive. The Clean Coastal Environment and Public Health Act of 2009 will help to keep the Great Lakes clean and families safe by cutting pollution and identifying new threats.
Thank you for taking the time to consider my comments. I eagerly await your response.
Sincerely,
[Your name here]
