The Water Environment Federation has joined a diverse coalition of businesses, farmers, environmental groups and government agencies in a call to action aimed at heading off a national crisis in water quality and supply that could affect the nation’s economy, the livability of communities, and the health of ecosystems.“Charting New Waters: A Call to Action to Address U.S. Freshwater Challenges” (www.wef.org/CTAFinal) culminates a two-year collaboration. It was presented to the Obama Administration at a meeting of federal agencies convened by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), and released to the public during a noon forum at the Ronald
