Who We Are

The Rockland Water Coalition is a partnership of many of the environmental and civic groups in Rockland County and the Hudson Valley. It was formed to take a critical look at the impacts of Suez / United Water’s proposal to build a desalination plant on the Hudson River and to advocate for sustainable water management policies, such as conservation, in Rockland County and the Hudson Valley.

The Rockland Water Coalition includes:

• *Citizens Campaign for
      the Environment
• Clarkstown Taxpayers
• *Clearwater
• Fishermen Against Fracking
• *Food & Water Watch
• Hudson River Fisherman’s Association
• Hudson Valley Fellowship of Reconciliation
• NY/NJ Baykeeper
• NYPIRG (New York Public Interest Research Group)
• Orangetown Democratic Committee
• Preserve Ramapo
• *Riverkeeper
• Ramapo River Committee
• Ramapo River Watershed
• Intermunicipal Council
• Rockland AARP
• Rockland County Beekeepers Association
• Rockland Farm Alliance
• Rockland for Obama OFA
• Rockland Residents Against
• Flooding Tomorrow (R.A.F.T)
• ROSA4Rockland
• Save Our Groundwater
• Scenic Hudson
• Sierra Club, Lower Hudson Group
• *Stony Point Action Committee
      for the Environment (S.P.A.C.E.)
• Strawtown Studio
• Sparkill Watershed Alliance
• Torne Valley Preservation Assoc.
• West Branch Conservation Assoc.

*Partner websites that have desalination issues pages

To join us, visit our contact page.

Take Action

CALL THE GOVERNOR TODAY, BEFORE THIS DECISION IS MADE!

The governor is hearing from powerful lobbyists in Albany.

NOW LET’S MAKE SURE GOVERNOR CUOMO HEARS FROM THE CITIZENS, WHO OVERWHELMINGLY REJECT THIS PROPOSAL.

CALL GOVERNOR CUOMO.
(518) 474-8390 or email gov.cuomo@chamber.state.ny.us

Tell him to REJECT United Water’s desalination plant!

Tell him Rockland County rejects:
• a water tax on top of 18% increases in county taxes.
• water drawn 3.5 miles downstream from Indian Point.
• more flooding, increased carbon footprint, impacts on irreplaceable habitat, and greater vulnerability to future storms.

Click here for emails for more elected officials & for information on what to tell them!

Come out Thursday April 18 for Candidate Debate on Rockland’s Future