Charles Duhigg Quotes

Maintaining clean, safe water remains one of our greatest national and global challenges and responsibilities.

There's no excuse in 2019, with the wealth we have as a nation, with the technology we have as a country, that we cannot clean this water, ensure that all communities have clean drinking water.

I'll do everything I can to ensure the Clean Water Act is enforced here in Michigan, and I'll work to ensure everyone in Michigan has access to safe, affordable water, regardless of where they live.

Certainly, its important to protect the water system and that covers, certainly, everything from vandals to terrorists.

Ohioans need peace of mind that the water coming out of their tap is safe. It's as simple as that.

As utility companies work to achieve full compliance with clean water standards, Congress must ensure our nation's most vulnerable are not priced out of life's most essential resource.

Safety and health of water is clearly a compelling government interest.

The fact of the matter is our homes are on the frontlines when it comes to protecting and conserving our critical water resources - more than that, they are also key to protecting our health.

The president's budget proposals have neglected water infrastructure.

I'm a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water.

My secret is one the world needs to know - nearly a billion people a year die from unsafe drinking water.

The Safe Drinking Water Act was passed in 1974 after tests discovered carcinogens, lead and dangerous bacteria flowing from faucets in New Orleans, Pittsburgh and Boston and elsewhere.

Governor Nelson Rockefeller spent more money in New York to assure clean water than did the entire Federal Government.

Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.

I have generally and will always fight for clean air and safe drinking water laws.

In 2009, I traveled to South Sudan with my organization PSI. While there, I visited a local school and met with a group of children who had formed a water club. The group learned about how to treat their drinking water and use proper hygiene practices, such as washing their hands before eating or after going to the bathroom.

The water system in this country is overwhelmed, and we aren't putting enough resources towards this essential resource. We simply can't continue to survive with toxic drinking water.

Americans deserve the right to clean, drinkable water and as we upgrade our aging water infrastructure, and the federal dollars used to supply these systems should not be used to buy unfairly traded Chinese steel.

The EarthEcho World Water Monitoring Challenge is an opportunity for anyone, anywhere to make the first step in taking action for clean water and healthy waterways worldwide.

I consider it top priority to improve water quality and increase water quantity in my community.

I couldn't imagine not having clean water.

Population growth and development place additional stress on the Nation's water infrastructure and its ability to sustain hard-won water quality gains.

There is no central government database that allows officials to monitor water tests by local systems.

One goal of the Clean Water Act of 1972 was to upgrade the nation's sewer systems, many of them built more than a century ago, to handle growing populations and increasing runoff of rainwater and waste.

State and federal studies indicate that thousands of water and sewer systems may be too old to function properly.