Table of Contents:

1 Playing the Drinking Water Card by Don Elder and Rita Haberman

3 From the President

6 A Tale of Two Rivers: the Cahaba and the Locust Fork by Don Elder

8 Potentially Powerful New Tools for River Conservation in the 1996 Safe Drinking Water Act by Erik D. Olson

11  Watershed Groups and Water Utilities Work Together by Jack Hoffbuhr

12  Organizing Techniques for Safe Drinking Water from the Mississippi River Basin Alliance by Suzi Wilkins

14 The Ground/Surface Water Connection by Paul Jehn

18 A Partnership Process For Source Water Protection: the Raccoon River Watershed Project by Lisa Henry

22 Protecting Public Health Can Also Help Rivers by Daniel A. Okun

25  References and Resources

26 River Network Partnership Benefits

28 River Network Supporters