Goals and Actions
Two characteristics that have long distinguished Waterkeeper organizations are their grassroots focus, homing in on local water quality issues that impact the health and well-being of their local water body and local constituency, and also their commitment to enforcing the law, such as the U.S. Clean Water Act. When environmental regulators fail to enforce environmental laws, Waterkeeper Alliance and its members bring their own legal actions to stop illegal pollution. Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Orange County Coastkeeper, NY/NJ Baykeeper, San Francisco Baykeeper, Santa Monica Baykeeper, Mobile Baykeeper, Hudson Riverkeeper, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, San Diego Coastkeeper and many other organizations.
Waterkeeper Alliance has several member organization working on the front line of cleanup and recovery efforts following the April 2010 BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Waterkeepers on scene along the Gulf Coast include Apalachicola Riverkeeper and Emerald Coastkeeper in Florida; Mobile Baykeeper in Alabama; Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, Louisiana Bayoukeeper and Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper in Louisiana; and Galveston Baykeeper in Texas. These Gulf Waterkeepers have engaged volunteers, marine biologists, environmental advocates, and members of affected local communities in their cleanup and recovery efforts. Waterkeeper Alliance created the Save Our Gulf campaign and SaveOurGulf.org to coordinate Waterkeeper efforts along the Gulf Coast.
As part of its Clean and Safe Energy campaign, Waterkeeper Alliance works to address sources of water pollution related to the mining, transportation, combustion, and disposal of coal. Waterkeeper Alliance's Pure Farms, Pure Waters campaign seeks to address water pollution related to industrial farming operations around the United States.
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