Clean Virginia Waterways (CVW):
  • Founded in 1995 -- Celebrating 17 years of serving Virginia's waterways!
  • Statewide, nonprofit, incorporated
  • Award-winning track record of success
  • Affiliated with Longwood University
  • 501(c)(3) tax status; donations are tax-deductible
  • Guided by a board of directors
  • Dedicated to increasing public awareness and knowledge of Virginia’s watersheds by increasing citizen stewardship of Virginia’s water resources
  • Virginia Water Monitoring Council member since 1999
  • Virginia Resource Use Education Council member
CVW is recognized by Ocean Conservancy as the formally sanctioned State Coordinating Body for the International Coastal Cleanup, held annually in September and October. The ICC is the world's largest volunteer effort to collect data about trash and debris in the aquatic environment.
 

CVW's Mission Statement

Enhance the health of Virginia’s water resources through pollution prevention, education and stewardship activities involving Virginians from the classroom to the boardroom.

Strategic Goals
• Educate the public, school children and teachers about freshwater and marine pollution as well as measures needed to reduce pollution and enhance conservation of Virginia's waterways.
• Clean Virginia's waterways and shorelines of debris and litter through volunteer effort; recycle items when possible.
• Collect, analyze and share valuable data about the debris found on our waterways in order to find solutions.
• Increase understanding of the health of Virginia’s waters through training volunteers to collect water quality data.
• Help Virginians conserve and protect our water quality.

Results -- what we've done

Why do we do it?

Funding and Membership

 

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Clean Virginia Waterways, Longwood University, 201 High Street, Farmville, VA 23909
434-395-2602 Fax: 434-395-2978 Email: cleanva@longwood.edu