Logo

Action Center

Ask your legislator to support effective drought management
With climate change, droughts are becoming more frequent, long-lasting, and severe.

This puts the Charles River and all who call it home in danger – droughts destroy important wildlife habitats, degrade water quality, and put drinking water sources at risk for communities who rely on well water. Yet, when drought hits, it's up to individual communities in Massachusetts to implement water conservation requirements, resulting in an ineffective, patchwork response to a major issue.

An Act relative to maintaining adequate water supplies through effective drought management (H. 1003 | S. 586) – refiled by Rep. Joan Meschino and Rep. Dave Rogers in the House, and by Sen. James Eldridge in the Senate – empowers the state to address drought at a regional scale, authorizing the Drought Management Task Force to declare drought severity and determine appropriate water conservation measures.

This bill is currently before the Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources and needs their support to move through the legislative process, so ask the committee members to report H. 1003 and S. 586 favorably out of committee.

    Subject
    Message Body
    Post
    Suggested Message
    Post
    Remaining: 0
  • Hide
    • Please call this number:

      Compose Your Message
        • Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Members

            Please customize your message to include why a more effective drought response from the state is important to you.

            Subject
            Message Body
            Please do not close this window. You will need to come back to this window to enter your code.
            We just sent an email to ... containing a verification code.

            If you do not see the email within the next five minutes, please ensure you entered the correct email address and check your spam/junk mail folder.
            Enter Your Info
            Your Information
            By providing your mobile number, you agree to receive periodic call to action text messages from Charles River Watershed Association. Message and data rates may apply. Reply HELP for help. Reply STOP to unsubscribe. Message frequency varies. Privacy Policy  
            Home Information  
            Enter Zip for City and State