(Consider adding your own thoughts — personalized messages are especially effective)

Dear Lawmaker: I am appalled to learn that nearly 130 million people in the U.S. — disproportionately from communities of color and low-income communities — receive their water from drinking water systems that often puts them at increased risk of cancer, fertility problems, developmental effects, and more. Pollution of drinking water sources, decades of poor oversight, under-investment in drinking water infrastructure, and segregation and other forms of discrimination, have left communities of color at greater risk. Safe and affordable drinking water is a human right, and the bedrock Safe Drinking Water Act promises to ensure that right to ALL. But evidence has shown that when it comes to race — and income — the nation's federal drinking water law does not protect everyone equally. That's why I'm calling on you to: • Fix the Safe Drinking Water Act to increase access to safe drinking water for communities of color and low-income communities, starting by identifying and funding critical water infrastructure projects • Prevent water contamination by effectively controlling industrial and agribusiness pollution and by expanding the list of chemicals and substances regulated under the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act • Enforce the law to ensure safe drinking water for all Thank you.

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