"Hope for Polluted Waters" tells the personal stories of volunteers working throughout the coal-mining regions of Pennsylvania to clean up pollution from abandoned coal mines. Historic coal mining practices have polluted over 4,600 miles of once pristine waterways, left over 200,000 acres of land scarred and barren, and have left communities with the burden.

While the problem seems overwhelming, and might make most people accept defeat - that's not what's happening in Pennsylvania. People are turning this problem around, and in many cases, returning life to streams that have been dead for over 50 years.

The film takes the viewer from the eastern anthracite region to the western and north-central bituminous regions to explore the challenges people face when treating AMD.

The story focuses on the people themselves; their passions, frustrations, challenges and ultimately their triumphs over pollution. Dedication drives these individuals - whose goal is a better future. These are the stories this documentary shares. ---- Kelly Donaldson, Producer