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17 <br />County Officials Speak Out for Clean Water <br />"I hope Congress will make it clear that America wants clean water. We need the full <br />clean water protections America has enjoyed since the 1970s." <br />Ramsey County, MN, Commissioner, Victoria Reinhardt <br />Vctoria Reinhardt "Clean water is absolutely vital to our economy and quality of life. Protecting our natural <br />resources, our health, and our agricultural and tourism markets is fundamental to the <br />people of Boulder County." <br />Boulder County, Cq Commissioner Ben Pearlman <br />"85% of the people in my region list the protection of water quality in the Puget Sound as Ben Pearlman <br />their highest environmental priority, over other issues including clean air, toxics clean-up, <br />and other environmental issues. This indicates how critical clean water is to our high <br />quality of life, our economy, and our future here in the Puget Sound region. A very <br />important part of my job as a County Council member is to assure future generations <br />enjoy the benefits of clean water and a healthy environment. We can't do it without the <br />full protections of the Clean Water Act." <br />Snohomish County, WA, Councilmember Dave Somers <br />"Here in Calhoun County, as in all of Alabama, we need stronger protection of our <br />- watersheds, including intermittentstreams and wetlands. This is particularly true in light <br />of the Supreme Court decisions which have left the majority of our waters without <br />protection." <br />Calhoun County, AL, Commissioner Robert Downing <br />Robert Downing <br />"I support full implementation of the Clean Water Act. We need to ensure that all the <br />waters of the United States are protected from pollution, just as the Act intended back in <br />the 1970s." <br />Mendocino County, CA, Supervisor Kendall Smith <br />"Clean water is critical for the recreational and destination tourism which are powertul <br />economic engines in Summit County, Utah. The fish love it, the river rafters love it and <br />the boaters and water skiers love it after the skiers have loved it first. In the end the <br />irrigators love it last before it goes to waterfowl refuges and then to the Great Salt Lake to <br />be evaporated and become "The Greatest Snow On Earth" in the afterlife." <br />Summit Coun UT Commissioner Sall Elliott Saiy e°'°t <br />~' i y rnaonyteuraitemsndo <br />"While the oil crisis certainly did shape the 20th century, I believe it is our water crisis <br />that will shape the 21st. One of our most precious and valued resources, water is being <br />used in unsustainable ways and is an environmental and political problem that not <br />enough people are paying attention to." <br />Oakland County, Mt, Commissioner Marcia Gershenson <br />...i< <br />,. <br />_,~ <br />14 Clean Water For All: County Leaders Speak Out for Clean Water <br />