Great Falls - just outside of DCFlowing through the nation's capital, the Potomac River is no longer safe for swimming in too many of its reaches and is polluted by nutrients, bacteria, heavy metals, and hormone-disrupting chemicals. Fish kills in the Shenandoah have killed up to 80% of the adult smallmouth bass and redbreast sunfish population in one year and intersex fish are now found regularly.

The Potomac Riverkeeper is dedicated to protecting and restoring water quality in the Potomac River and its tributaries through community action and enforcement. One main way we work is to focus on enforcing the Clean Water Act and making sure that all of the 235 dischargers into the Potomac and its tributaries are in compliance with the law.