Massachusetts Community Water Watch

MISSION The mission of the Massachusetts Community Water Watch is to organize students and community members to clean up Massachusetts rivers. DESCRIPTION Massachusetts Community Water Watch strives to restore water quality by fostering a long-term commitment among college students and community members to the health of local waterways. Water Watch organizers and volunteers organize waterway cleanups, run monitoring programs, and head education and outreach efforts that offer local citizens a hands-on opportunity to engage themselves in water quality issues - while having an immediate impact on the health of their local waterways. IMPACT Each year, Water Watch AmeriCorps members: recruit thousands of community volunteers and college students to help organize and attend cleanups across the state; work with volunteers, community organizations, and local and state governments to provide much-needed research about the health of the state's waterways; and organize campus and community-wide educational forums and conduct hands-on educational programs for K-12 students.