Clean Water Act: PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION AT HORRY COUNTY MUSEUM ON FRIDAY MARCH 25TH AT 1 PM – 2 PM

Join us at the Horry County Museum or virtually for our keynote presentation, CWA: Past, Present, & Future, from Amy Armstrong. We will be hosting the presentation at the Horry County Museum’s auditorium as well as broadcasting live virtually. We will also record the presentation and post to our YouTube page following the event. More information about the full conference can be found at 2022 Waccamaw Conference – : (winyahrivers.org)

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION SYNOPSIS

It seems impossible to imagine today, but before the Clean Water Act, pollution discharges could get so bad that a river could catch on fire. In this session, SCELP Executive Director Amy Armstrong will talk about how this landmark law became a crucial legal tool to address water pollution and destruction across the county, including our very own Waccamaw River. However, 50 years after the inception of the Clean Water Act, our lakes, rivers and wetlands remain under threat due to legislative rollbacks, unrelenting development interests and climate change. Learn how you can take action to protect your waters and your community.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Amy Armstrong is the Executive Director of the South Carolina Environmental Law Project (SCELP), a nonprofit environmental law organization. She started working for SCELP in September 2002, after receiving a competitive two-year fellowship from Equal Justice Works, formerly the National Association of Public Interest Law.