Waters Advocacy Coalition

The Waters Advocacy Coalition (WAC) is "a broad-based coalition of both public and private organizations who depend on our nation's water resources to provide vital services, such as building the homes we live in, protecting our homes from destructive floods, growing and manufacturing the food, fiber, and paper products we consume, and providing the energy we use in our homes and businesses," according to April 2008 Congressional testimony on behalf of WAC by Hunton & Williams lawyer Virginia S. Albrecht.

The domain name for the coalitions website was registered on October 1, 2007 by Mike Zabko from the National Mining Association (NMA). Zabko is the IT Manager at the NMA.

Lobbying
WAC reported paying Hunton & Williams $100,000 for lobbying services in 2008, and $80,000 in 2007. The lobbyists on the WAC account are Hunton & Williams' Virginia S. Albrecht and Deidre G. Duncan.

Members
As of April 2008, WAC members included the following:
 * American Council of Engineering Companies
 * American Farm Bureau Federation
 * American Forest & Paper Association
 * American Public Power Association
 * American Road and Transportation Builders Association
 * Associated General Contractors of America
 * CropLife America
 * Edison Electric Institute
 * Fertilizer Institute
 * Foundation for Environmental and Economic Progress
 * Industrial Minerals Association North America
 * International Council of Shopping Centers
 * National Association of Counties
 * National Association of Flood & Stormwater Management Agencies
 * National Association of Home Builders
 * National Association of Industrial Office Properties
 * National Association of Manufacturers
 * National Association of REALTORS®
 * National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
 * National Cattlemen's Beef Association
 * National Corn Growers Association
 * National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
 * National Mining Association
 * National Multi Housing Council
 * National Pork Producers Council
 * National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association
 * Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment
 * Western Business Roundtable

Contact information
Waters Advocacy Coalition 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20004

Website ("under construction" when visited in February 2009): http://www.protectmywater.org

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Hunton & Williams
 * National Mining Association