To fully endorse the Florida Clean Water Pledge, we ask our candidates to record a video testimonial to be shared with the public via the Vote Water Facebook Group, here.

Here’s an outline for your video testimonial to share with Florida voters:

1. State your full name, where you are from and the elected office you are seeking.
2. Share your thoughts on our water crisis, why it matters to you and the steps you intend to take to be part of the solution.
3. Explain why you are endorsing the Florida Clean Water Pledge.
4. If elected, please hang this pledge on your office wall as a reminder of your promise to the citizens of Florida and our environment.
5. To publicize your pledge and related efforts, please use the hashtag #VoteWater

The Florida Clean Water Pledge

If elected to represent the citizens of Florida, I pledge to make top priority of the following policies to protect Florida’s environment and economy:

1. Preserve Lands - Honor and appropriate The Florida Water and Land Conservation Initiative, also known as Amendment 1.
2. Restore the Flow - Release the majority of Lake Okeechobee discharge south to restore a more natural, historical flow of water into the Everglades.
3. Fund Governance - Provide adequate funding of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection as well as the five Water Management Districts. Reinstate the Florida Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) Task Force.
4. Enforce Protection - Strengthen and enforce water and air quality monitoring for all known pollutants, contaminants and excess nutrients.
5. Control Pollutants - Update and enforce state & local stormwater runoff rules and regulations. Preserve critical watershed areas by expanding efforts to identify them and enforce policies to actively protect and restore them. Implement ordinances for riparian buffer zones to filter runoff using native vegetation.
6. Inform the Public - Publish and post adequate announcements and signage during harmful algae blooms with the purpose of informing the public of health risks. Provide a helpline for citizens to report health issues as well as polluters.

Within the power and jurisdiction of my elected office, I promise to pursue and advocate for measures to implement the above goals swiftly, with full transparency and accountability to the voters of Florida.