Issues

Our Key Issue Areas

An integrated, comprehensive and collaborative approach to water resources management, development and protection is critical to the environmentally sound and efficient use of our nation’s water resources.  A balanced approach, recognizing the importance of sustainable economic development and the protection and restoration of significant aquatic ecosystems, will promote both economic security and the quality of life for all Americans.

Person kneeling in a bed of water around plants, holding an ecosystem restoration tool.

Ecosystem Restoration

A waterway and water infrastructure separate two beds of land.

Flooding

A hydropowered infrastructure with water flowing forth.

Hydropower

A cargo ship lined up against a port on a waterway.

Navigation

View from a sailboat of a body of water and another boat.

Recreation

Manmade water infrastructure dividing land and storing water.

Water Supply