Freshwater Future Weekly: November 21, 2025
Webinar: Keeping Your Nonprofit Compliant and Safe Into the Future
All U.S. community-based organizations are invited to our free Tuesday, December 9th, webinar to review essential tasks that will keep your non-profit compliant with state and federal laws. Regardless of your experience level, this is a great opportunity to ask questions, learn or review requirements for recordkeeping, IRS filings, lobbying limits, and more! Register today and join us on December 9th at 12pm ET.
Mindfulness: Continue the Practice Through Year’s End
Ready to find some calm in the middle of the holiday season? Join us for our final Mindfulness and Meditation Session of 2025 on Wednesday, December 17 at 11:30 am ET. Mindfulness expert Jonathan Relucio will guide us through a 45-minute session, teaching simple techniques that can easily be used in your daily life to help you recharge, refocus, and reduce stress. Please share the registration for this FREE event—everyone is welcome.
Buffalo Warned of Unaffordable Water Rates to Replace Lead Pipes
Residents of Buffalo, which is New York’s second largest city, are facing a challenging issue shared by far too many communities across the country: they can’t afford rate-increases to replace the thousands of lead pipes that deliver drinking water. To add insult to injury, the city’s water utility has paused the low-income household lead pipe replacement program while it creates a new comprehensive 10-year replacement plan. The water board’s consultant says that if it cannot come up with the one billion-dollar price tag, customers could face 500% water rate increases over time. Freshwater Future is working towards solutions that ensure residents can access both safe and affordable water.
Drinking Water Control, Safety, and Affordability at Risk under Ontario’s Bill 60
The provincial proposal, combined with enacted Bills 56 and 68, would allow the privatization of Ontario’s municipal water systems in a one-sided transaction that erodes local control, transparency, affordability, and safety of drinking water. A coalition of Canadian organizations called Keep Water Public is sounding the alarm that together, these three bills represent the most drastic weakening of water protections since the 2000 Walkerton E. coli contamination tragedy. Since the provincial government leadership has largely ignored public engagement and comment, time is running out to stop Bill 60. Freshwater Future will soon be sharing tips on how Ontarians can support affordable and safe drinking water.
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