The Anacostia River Business Coalition (ARBC) is a group of businesses in and around the District of Columbia who are concerned about the Anacostia River. ARBC focuses on education efforts to help businesses and citizens prevent pollution from toxic chemicals. It also undertakes a wide variety of projects to restore and protect the river's shoreline and tributaries, and serves as a clearinghouse to link businesses to environmental resources.

Watts Branch, one of the many small streams that flow into the Anacostia River.

Look at photos of our recently installed rain garden, which was created through a grant from the D.C. Department of Health and click here to learn how you too can install a rain garden on your property!

Check out our new brochure on how to properly recycle oil. It lists many of the oil recycyling centers in the D.C. metropolitan area and is available in English and Spanish!

Look at our step-by-step guide (5.5 mb pdf file) for evaluating your business pollution impact on the Anacostia Watershed.

Click here to download the signup form (135 kb pdf file). Fill it out and mail it in today! For more information about the ARBC and how you can participate, contact Joan LeLacheur at Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) at 301-618-7522 or jlelacheur@wmata.com, or Steve Saari at ICPRB at 301-984-1908x103 or ssaari@icprb.org.

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