Senators: It's Time For a National Moratorium on Water Shutoffs

We demand that the Senate act quickly to ensure the human right to water by passing a national moratorium on water shutoffs, with service restoration for all, as part of the next coronavirus relief package, and to support the WATER Act (S.611) to ensure safe water for all. We cannot leave any community behind and without water.

The most widely endorsed strategy to prevent coronavirus is to wash our hands frequently. But for millions of people in our country, this task is more difficult than you can imagine — because their water has been shut off.

We all deserve access to clean water in order to take the necessary measures to keep ourselves and our communities safe.

Urge your senators include a nationwide moratorium on water shutoffs in the next COVID relief bill, and to support the WATER Act.

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Senators: It's Time for a National Moratorium on Water Shutoffs

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As our country faces the rampant spread of coronavirus, I urge you to enact an immediate national moratorium on water shutoffs, with service restoration for every household previously disconnected.

I also urge you to support the WATER Act (S.611). This legislation would devote nearly $35 billion a year in federal funding to repair our drinking water and sewage systems, clean up water pollution, promote affordable water, and create almost a million jobs. Helping low-income households, communities of color, and rural and indigenous communities across the country.

Water is a human right! And water access is critical for public health — you can't wash your hands without it.

Since the pandemic started, 15 states and nearly 700 localities have suspended water shutoffs, protecting nearly 240 million people from the growing spread of the virus. But unfortunately, these actions are just temporary. At least 3 statewide and 41 local water moratoriums have already expired. Many more moratoriums are slated to lapse in the next month. In the midst of the surging coronavirus pandemic, we need to guarantee access to water for everyone.

I urge you to support the WATER Act and include a national moratorium on water shutoffs, with immediate service restoration for those previously disconnected, in the next COVID relief bill.

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