Protect and Strengthen our Public Water - Support a Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund!

Our water and wastewater infrastructure is in desperate need of repair. The American Society of Civil Engineers has given both systems a D- grade. In order to protect our essential water resources, create tens of thousands of green jobs, and safeguard public health, we need a permanent and dedicated federal funding source. 

On July 15, 2009, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3) introduced H.R.3202, which would create such a trust fund. While the bill is excellent in many respects, it should be strengthened to ensure public dollars go to public water systems, not to subsidize corporate profits of private water companies. By signing below, you can show your support for a Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund that protects and strengthens our publicly owned water and wastewater systems.

Urge Your Congressperson to Support The Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund by Signing Below!

Dear Member of Congress, I urge you to support the creation of a Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund to support and protect our public water systems and an amendment to the Trust Fund bill (H.R.3202) that would allow funds to be used only for projects of public utilities. Our water and wastewater infrastructure is in desperate need of repair. The American Society of Civil Engineers has given both systems a D-. We support the creation of a Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund, that would provides a dedicated, firewalled, federal funding source to protect our essential water resources. It is also essential that a trust fund only be used to support our public water systems, not to subsidize the profits of private water companies. I urge your support for an amendment to guarantee that trust fund dollars only be used to support publicly owned systems. For systems that are currently private, trust fund money should be available to local governments to support the remunicipalization of private systems.

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0-25 of 7888 signatures

Number	Date	Name	Location
7888	February 08, 2010	Rachel Usher	Glens Falls, NY
7887	February 06, 2010	Lauren Read	Sebastopol, CA
7886	February 06, 2010	Ellen Fitzgerald Murtha	Santa Cruz, CA	I believe in the public common good, such as water, and trust our representatives to support infrastructure to keep our water clean, safe and affordable for all.
7885	February 06, 2010	annie chensoff	durango, CO
7884	February 05, 2010	Elizabeth R. Hutchby	Cary, NC	Like saying, "No wetlands, no seafood," we'll also say, "No publically managed municipal drinking water systems, no life for the poor.
7883	February 05, 2010	S. Steinberg	Jamaica, NY	Clean safe water is essential to good health and even survival. Absolutely the effort that this bill represents, which is to help assure assure nationwide access to clean water for all, must be supported. If anything could be said to be directly in line with what the Declaration of Independence says about assuring the General Welfare, this certainly is it.
7882	February 04, 2010	Dutin Sinkkanen	Harrisburg, PA
7881	February 04, 2010	Brian Sinderson	Brooklyn, NY
7880	February 03, 2010	David Larson	Minnetonka, MN
7879	February 03, 2010	Harrison P Bertram	SCHAUMBURG, IL
7878	February 03, 2010	Tony Pu	Gaithersburg, MD
7877	February 03, 2010	Jessica Carpenter	Fort Worth, TX	Protect our water! If not consumers should demand we get labels with all the chemical contaminates so we can do our own research!
7876	February 03, 2010	Gregory Poehlman	Balto, MD
7875	February 03, 2010	Britt Patterson	Lynchburg, VA
7874	February 01, 2010	angela harrigfeld	olympia, WA
7873	February 01, 2010	Len Pipkin	Jonesboro, AR	"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting..." Support for a Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund that protects and strengthens our publicly owned water and wastewater systems is utterly and wholly imperative at this juncture; most have sight, few have true vision. Members of the House and Senate, impress the hell out of your constituants - care a bit more about substantive issues over the next re-election cycle, and the latter will be taken care of by the former. Respectfully, Len Pipkin...
7872	February 01, 2010	Crystal Ciervo	Saratoga Springs, NY
7871	February 01, 2010	Dan May	Arcata, CA
7870	January 31, 2010	Kathy Taft Boyden	South Duxbury, VT
7869	January 31, 2010	Jacqueline Fortinash	New York, NY	New regulations are also needed to monitor and reduce the number and amount of chemicals polluting our tap water.
7868	January 28, 2010	Rita Seeler	HOLLEY , NY	Please push for more ways to protect our earth.
7867	January 27, 2010	Carolyn Gherbaz	Pine Island , MN
7866	January 25, 2010	Rachel Berry	Brooklyn, NY
7865	January 25, 2010	Jason McAllister	Laurel, MD
7864	January 25, 2010	Evan Blatt	Palm Beach Gardens, FL

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