Nature Conservancy profits from Crystal Light

The money will go to four other projects besides the Potomac: the Colorado River, Great Lakes Basin, Meramec River (part of the Mississippi river) and Southern River. It will pay for an outreach and awareness campaign and an assessment of how to preserve the waterways.

If you don't know about the Potomac, here are some tidbits from the Nature Conservancy at Crystal Light:

It's called the "The Nation's River," and it flows 383 miles from its source in West Virginia through the nation's capital and into the Chesapeake Bay. It provides drinking water to 4.3 million people in the DC metro area. It's threatened by rapid population growth and land use changes in its watershed.

For more information, go to www.Facebook.com/CrystalLight.

Baltimore Sun file photo of the Potomac in Harper's Ferry, W.Va./Monica Lopossay