As Americans, the Ohio Water Environment Association mourns and condemns the senseless and tragic killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery along with many others in our Black communities.
 

As an association of water professionals dedicated to protecting our most precious resource of water, we pledge the following:

• We will engage in uncomfortable conversations that bring issues of racism, implicit bias and bigotry to the forefront.
• We recognize that communities of color and lower socioeconomic status have been the most heavily affected by pollution, lack of funding and other issues that plague our water environment.
• We will work to transform systems of inequality both in the wastewater sector and in our communities.
• We will continue to treat all of our members and the communities they serve equally.
• We will work towards aiding in creating a more diverse sector of water professionals who represent and look more like the communities they serve.

We ask you to support and join us on this journey. Together we can ensure everyone has an equitable place as a Water Warrior.