Pennsylvania

Clean Water Fund protects water and health, from watershed to water tap. Clean Water Fund’s programs reach and involve tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians every year, building a clean water and clean energy future through outreach, education and organizing at the local, state and national levels.

Support Clean Water in Pennsylvania

Clean Water Fund is leading the way in Pennsylvania on:

Environmental health solutions that prevent waste and pollution at the source
Protecting communities from the threats posed by the oil and gas industry
Clean energy and climate solutions that create jobs and protect water

Clean Water's Annual Fundraiser and Celebration: September 24 from 6 to 9 pm

Watershed to Water Tap - Clean Water’s 26th Annual Fundraiser & Celebration in Philadelphia!

September 24, 2026 | Philadelphia, PA

Please join us at Xi West in Philadelphia as we celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of 2026 with good company, good food and drinks, and good music!

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Pennsylvania ReThink Disposable: Stop Trash Before It Starts

ReThink Disposable in Pennsylvania

Learn more about the work ReThink Disposable is doing in Pennsylvania.

Manchester neighborhood, Pittsburgh photo: flickr.com/jmd41280 (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Protecting Pennsylvania's Environmental Justice Communities

There are over 1,000 identified Environmental Justice areas throughout Pennsylvania. Clean Water Action is working to ensure that all Pennsylvanians, especially those that have typically been disenfranchised and/or disproportionally burden with adverse environmental impacts are meaningfully involved in decisions that shape a healthy environment in which to live, learn and work.

Reducing Waste in Pennsylvania Communities

Plastic pollution affects everyone by reducing our quality of life, blighting our neighborhoods, and contributing to water pollution and the degradation of our planet. Clean Water Action is working to reduce single use plastic bags as a first step toward addressing broader plastic litter and illegal dumping issues.

Voting booths. Photo credit: hermosawave / iStock

Civic Engagement and Democracy in Pennsylvania

Clean Water Action endorses and works to elect candidates at all levels of government that share our priorities to better protect our environment and safeguard our public health.

Pumpjacks with a methane flare in the background. Photo credit: Leonid Ikan / Shutterstock

Protecting Pennsylvania from Oil and Gas Development

Fracking operations have already contaminated drinking water; dumped wastewater on roads and in to waterways; and crisscrossed Pennsylvania with pipelines. Clean Water Action is working to protect sensitive areas like parks and forests, prevent roll back of safeguards and transition Pennsylvania to a renewable energy future.