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About ARA

Alabama Rivers Alliance is a statewide network of groups working to protect and restore all of Alabama’s water resources through building partnerships, empowering citizens, and advocating for sound water policy and its enforcement.

Click here to read a summary of our 2023 – 2027 Strategic Plan.

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Great News! Seven Groups Successful in Updating Toxic Pollutant Values to Protect Health of Alabamians!
Cindy featured on “In Our Backyard” podcast
Welcome the 2025 Southern Exposure Film Fellows!
Alabama’s 2025 Legislative Session Has Wrapped

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Improving water infrastructure is a vital part of

Improving water infrastructure is a vital part of making sure Alabama's communities are healthy and our rivers are clean. ARA is excited to share this new resource - Alabama Decentralized Wastewater Ownership Options - with communities across Alabama. This guide gives an overview of Alabama's wastewater management options and how communities can work together to manage these systems collectively. We're thrilled to share this resource while speaking today at the Black Belt Utility Conference in Demopolis, hosted by our partners at BlackBelt Women Rising, along with Warren Tidwell, Blackbelt Unincorporated Wastewater Project and more. Read more about this collaborative work at the link in bio.
@blackbeltwr @bbuwwpp

#Wastewater #wastewaterinfrastructure #WaterIsLife

We are heading to Demopolis tomorrow for the Black

We are heading to Demopolis tomorrow for the BlackBelt Utility Conference hosted by BlackBelt Women Rising. Cindy will be on a panel and on hand for questions. See the caption for more info about this second annual event in the Black Belt! Repost from @blackbeltwr
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The Blackbelt Utility Conference is happening THIS FRIDAY in Demopolis, and we’re ready to bring the energy! If you’re on a small-town water, sewer, or utility board team this one’s built for you.

🗓️ Friday, June 20
📍 Wallace Community College – Demopolis Campus
186 Field of Dreams Drive Gallion, Alabama
🎓 4 CEHs approved by ADEM

We’ve got:
✅ Hands-on workshops
✅ Grit bar breakfast + soul food lunch
✅ A powerhouse funding panel
✅ Breakouts on workforce, cybersecurity, sustainability & more
✅ Lunchtime speaker: Warren Tidwell

Don’t miss Bryan Pate’s virtual session (streamed LIVE with in-person Q&A led by Grady Parsons!) 👏
Flyer BELOW!
#bbwater2025

Let's see you this Tuesday, Birmingham! Join ARA s

Let's see you this Tuesday, Birmingham! Join ARA staff, our Board, and Young Professional River Defenders at Rojo on Tuesday, June 24! Thank you so much to community faves, @rojobham, they will donate 10% of all sales from 5 – 10 pm to support our work across Alabama! Stop by, grab dinner and drinks with us and learn more about our work - or just order some carryout on your way home!

#AlabamaRivers #DefendRivers #WaterIsLife #BirminghamAL #Bham #RojoBham #RojoMeansRed #BobDylan

Great News! Seven Groups Successful in Updating To

Great News! Seven Groups Successful in Updating Toxic Pollutant Values to Protect Health of Alabamians

We are thrilled that a Petition for Rulemaking was granted on Friday by the Alabama Environmental Management Commission (AEMC) after seven conservation organizations urged the state to update and publish amended toxicity values for twelve priority toxic pollutants, such as arsenic, cyanide, and more!

“We welcome the Environmental Management Commission’s decision to direct ADEM to finally update its outdated regulations,” Charles R. Miller, ARA's Policy Director, said. “It’s long past time for Alabama to align its water quality standards with current science and protect communities from these harmful toxic pollutants. We urge the Department to act swiftly and transparently in completing the rulemaking process.”

Read more at the link in bio!

#AlabamaRivers #DefendRivers #WaterIsLife #ToxicCriteria

Check out the latest from @insideclimatenews about

Check out the latest from @insideclimatenews about the proposed massive data center in Bessemer, on the #BlackWarriorRiver.

"Cindy Lowry, executive director of Alabama Rivers Alliance, said the water usage estimated for the development is staggering." - Inside Climate News

“Nobody’s looking cumulatively at what this will do to the entire watershed, the entire system, and we need that kind of level of decision-making and scrutiny before we should be considering a huge increase like that,” Lowry said. “It’s very shortsighted to consider this kind of increase. Economic development can’t just be about the perceived upside. We have to look at the negative impacts, too, and weigh those out.”

“This is something that is wholly unique on the planet—a species and an ecosystem that we can’t find anywhere else on Earth.” — Thomas Near, Yale University biologist

Read the full article at the link in bio.

We had a great time representing Alabama's river m

We had a great time representing Alabama's river movement at @scennetwork's Convening this weekend. Cindy spoke on a panel about collective resistance to challenges our communities are facing with our partners at @southernenvironment and @earthjustice. We left inspired by the powerful discussions around climate justice from folks around the region. It was awesome to see a strong showing of dedicated Alabamians in Miami to collaborate at this regional convening!

#SCEN #SCENConvening #Climate #climatechange #AlabamaRivers #DefendRivers #WaterIsLife #SaveRivers

We are so excited to announce the selection of the

We are so excited to announce the selection of the new class of filmmakers for the 2025 Southern Exposure Film Fellowship, kicking off this month! During this innovative six-week summer program, these insanely talented and passionate documentary filmmakers create short films telling powerful stories about Alabama’s special people and places.

MEET THE 2025 SOUTHERN EXPOSURE FILMMAKERS: Maya Estrera, Lily Huffman, Nicholas Hess and Patrick Kirby! Read all about them and their journeys that led them to #SouthernExposure at the link in bio.

Stay tuned for updates on their films as they are with us in Alabama!

Montgomery, tell us all your thoughts about the Al

Montgomery, tell us all your thoughts about the Alabama River! What does it mean to you? What could the City do to improve your access to the river? Do you know where your drinking water comes from? Tell us everything! Your answers can be anonymous or share your name and email with us to win a River Region prize pack featuring Montgomery restaurants and hot spots! Take the survey from our link in bio or just type it in: alabamarivers.org/mgm-survey

We'll present the results to the Montgomery City Council later this year!

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