Clean Water
Communities in the Valley count on clean, abundant water for drinking water supply, farming, recreation and tourism. Our world-class streams and rivers form the headwaters of the Shenandoah and James Rivers and then flow to the Chesapeake Bay.
The Alliance works with local government, watershed groups, and agencies to advance the local programs and planning for erosion and sediment control, agricultural best management practices, storm water management and regional water planning.
Current Clean Water Projects
Recent News
Roadless Rule at Risk: Speak Up Now to Protect GW National Forest
The federal government has issued a proposal to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, posing a threat to the clean water and tourism economy that the George Washington National Forest provides to the Shenandoah Valley.
Naked Creek Proposal: Campground Scale at Odds with Page Comp Plan
We support campgrounds, but we believe commercial-scale resorts like this proposal would be more appropriate on primary highway corridors equipped to handle them, not tucked into pristine agricultural and woodland zones.