How to Protect the Dan River

The Dan River sits at #8 on the America's Most Endangered Rivers list but the report highlights how to best protect a crucial local source for drinking water.

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Photo by Nicolas Ruiz / Unsplash / A recent report warns that government officials will need to hold industry accountable in order to protect the drinking water sourced from the Dan River.

The 2026 America’s Most Endangered Rivers® report places Dan River at #8 on its list of most endangered rivers in the nation but the report also highlights a number of ways policy-makers, and residents, can protect the river, which supplies drinking water for more than one million people in North Carolina and Virginia.