Location: Washington, DC
Posting Date: June 09, 2010
Closing Date: Until filled

Clean Water Action/Clean Water Fund seeks an organizer for watershed restoration activities in the Anacostia watershed in Washington, DC and Maryland.

Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work.

Clean Water Fund organizes strong grassroots groups, coalitions and campaigns to protect our environment, health, economic well-being and community quality of life.

Primary duties include

• Provide organizing support to communities in Anacostia watershed, helping them develop and implement plans to address water quality problems;
• Recruit and train volunteers to assist with Anacostia watershed restoration activities;
• Participate in other issue campaigns in Maryland and the Chesapeake region as assigned by supervisor;
• Represent the organization in meetings and other events with allies and others;
• Research, write, design, produce and distribute flyers, fact sheets, reports and other written products;
• Assist with fundraising, administration, financial management;
• Manage lists, files and databases needed for work assignments;
• Perform other duties as directed by supervisors.

Clean Water Action fought hard in Annapolis along with members and environmental allies to continue to improve Maryland's water and air quality as well as programs for land preservation. Leading up to and during the 90 day session, our members sent hundreds of letters and emails to elected officials supporting our agenda.

Clean Water Action had two major legislative priorities this year: stormwater and incinerators. We also worked to make sure the budget included adequate funding for state programs.

One of the greatest threats to the quality of our drinking water and health of the Chesapeake Bay is stormwater runoff. Stormwater runoff carries untreated debris, chemicals, sediment and other pollutants into our waterways.

In the final days of the Maryland legislative session, the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review approved language which makes it easier for localities to grant waivers for development projects from the environmentally protective standards of the Stormwater Management Act of 2007.

The language approval likely killed House Bill 1125, which if enacted threatened to legislatively enact the rollback.