Guardians of Our Troubled Waters

For thousands of years, our rivers and streams were considered sacred. But in the industrial era, everything changed. Major industry turned rivers into sewer systems that were brown and smelly and could barely support life. But the destruction also awoke early heroes who spoke out for the river and challenged industry and the public to fight for their waterways, their drinking water, and their lifeblood of the community.

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