White Clay Watershed Association is a non-profit community organization dedicated to the protection and improvement of the environmental quality of the White Clay Creek and valley. The Association encourages municipalities, through planning, zoning and innovative waste and storm water management, to minimize practices and uses of land that harm the watershed's natural resources, or reduce its environmental quality. The Association strives to increase public awareness of environmental isssues in the watershed. It works with local government and community leaders to secure changes needed to maintain high standards of natural resource management in the watershed. It seeks to make the area a better place to live and work.
Technical assistance is obtained from local experts in science, education, law and government.
The breadth of the Association's work accommodates a heterogeneous membership. Generally, the common thread of interest among members is in preserving and improving the area as a desirable place to live and work. Volunteer work is organized through committees and projects. There are enough to satisfy a broad range of interests. Their condition is a valuable indicator of stream quality and its ability to support fish and provide good drinking water.