Wall St. Journal
Editorial Supports HR 623
Hello Members of the California
Urban Water Conservation Council: 
Today's Wall Street Journal (January 18) carries as its lead editorial support for HR 623, Congressman Knollenberg's bill to repeal the federal plumbing efficiency standards. Click here to read the editorial. When you read it, you will realize that it is the worst editorial and misrepresentations on water use efficiency that we have seen in a long time. The fact that the Wall Street Journal would not only print this but feature it prominently is indicative of our collective problem in effectively reaching the media and Congressional representatives with our facts and rebuttals.
Congressman Knollenberg is kicking into high gear. This is the year that the Republicans believe his bill (HR 623) will pass. So, this is crunch time for us. The Wall Street Journal editorial is just the beginning.
We need your help.
First, send a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal responding to the editorial. Have the highest official in your water agency or utility sign it. Do it now. E-mail your letter to letter.editor@edit.wsj.com.
Second, contribute to the coalition. For the past three years the coalition fighting this bill, composed of water agencies, nonprofit environmental groups, AWWA, plumbing manufacturers, and others have been struggling to raise the money to educate the media and the Congress about this issue. We have raised many thousands of dollars. But we are out of money and out of time. This is a call to arms. We need any funding that anyone can contribute. No amount is too small.
If you can contribute to this worthy effort to retain a significant piece of federal legislation benefiting you and your community, please email me at madinla@aol.com.
Thank you.
Mary Ann Dickinson
January 4, 2000 HR 623
Update
Click here for background on HR
623
Analysis of HR 859
(now HR 623)
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