THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, June 21, 1995 TAG: 9506210022
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A12 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 39 lines
The Southeastern Association for Virginia's Environment is proud to have been part of Clean the Bay Day activities. The enthusiastic participation of everyday citizens in this simple act of cleaning up waterways and beaches shows how proud Americans are of their country and the progress that has been made in improving our environment.
In 1972, as a nation, we embraced the Clean Water Act to restore our waterways because they needed help. We have made tremendous advances since then - most Americans now have safe water to drink; unsafe industrial discharges have been eliminated; municipal sewage discharges are treated, and in some places are completely recycled.
But the job isn't quite done. America has the will and the ability to make everyone's drinking water safe and to restore all our nation's lakes and streams so our children can fish and swim in them safely. That is the heritage we want to protect for our children.
Congress is diligently fighting the deficit to protect future generations from an immense financial burden. Eliminating the Clean Water Act through H.R. 961 will create only more pollution and increase future costs. Industry and citizens need to be encouraged to continue to improve the quality of our environment through incentives and rewards. We should reauthorize the Clean Water Act to streamline and amend the process, keeping America's clean waters part of our proud heritage.
SUE W. CARLYLE, president
Southeastern Association for
Virginia's Environment
Virginia Beach, June 11, 1995 by CNB