Clean Water Fund California

Founded in 1974, Clean Water Fund (CWF) is a national §501(c)(3) research and education organization with field offices in 13 states and a headquarters in Washington, D.C. CWF promotes the public interest in protection of natural resources, with a special emphasis on water issues. CWF’s California program, founded in 1990, pursues initiatives that protect public health and the environment through improving water quality. This includes working for remediation of contaminated waters, preventing pollution at the source, changing practices and policies that contribute to pollution, and improving the accountability of government agencies tasked with protecting water quality. CWF has a track record of educating the public about trash in waterways, eliminating plastic pollution in inland and coastal waterways, and reducing nonreusable packaging and disposable products that impact water quality.