Protect Our Water

Join us to ensure that future generations have pure surface and groundwater.

Welcome to Clean Water Legacy!

OUR MISSION:

To ensure that future generations in western South Dakota, in Lakota Treaty Territory under the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, receive a legacy of pure surface and groundwater. The organization strives toward this purpose through research and education.

Our Organizational Goals

EDUCATE AND INVOLVE

Educate and involve the public on water use, allocation, and quality.

PROVIDE A FORUM

Provide a forum for water planning to secure a future of plentiful, clean water in South Dakota.

ENCOURAGE SERVANT LEADERSHIP

Encourage servant leadership in meeting future water needs among people of all ages and backgrounds.

COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change is a global crisis with far-reaching consequences. Clean Water Legacy is committed to combating climate change through advocacy, education, and promoting sustainable practices.

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

Margaret Mead

Informational Links

Black Hills Clean Water Alliance (BHCWA)

BHCWA is a diverse collection of citizens concerned about the health, environmental, and economic impacts that mining projects and their contributions to the climate crisis are having on our communities, people, economy, and natural resources. Read More.

Dakota Rural Action (DRA)

DRA organizes people and builds leadership while developing strong allied relationships. We protect environmental resources, advocate for resilient agriculture systems, and empower people to create policy change that strengthens their communities and cultures. Read More

Earthworks

Earthworks is Fighting Mining Injustice -- New mining should be the last resort for supplying minerals, not the first. Mining should occur only with community consent and the strongest health, environmental, and human rights protections. Read More

Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance (GPTWA)

GPTWA works to protect the sovereignty of the Great Plains Tribes through preservation of water rights for the people and future generations. Read More

Western Mining Action Network (WMAN)

WMAN is a strong, diverse alliance of communities who work to protect water, air, land, wildlife, and human beings from the adverse effects of hard rock mining, and ensure a just energy transition. Read More

Saving Our Territory, One Step at a Time

Support Our Mission

Your support is critical to our work protecting our water. Donate to our organization to help us fund research, advocacy, and outreach efforts that make a real impact.

ENSURE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS RECEIVE CLEAN WATER AND DONATE TODAY.

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Prefer to mail us your donation?

Mail your check to:

Clean Water Legacy

P.O. Box 591
Rapid City, South Dakota 57709

Contact Us

Together, we can make a difference in western South Dakota

Email us at: cleanwaterlegacy@gmail.com

Why Donate?

Donating to the Clean Water Legacy will help us ensure that future generations, in western South Dakota, in Lakota Treaty Territory under the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, receive a legacy of pure surface and groundwater.

All donations are deeply appreciated. Clean Water Legacy is a 501(c)3 organization.

Your donation is tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.