
Making clean water access a right not a privilege
The problem: Roughly 1.7 billion people live in places where unsustainable water use threatens the health of ecosystems and limits access to the water communities need to survive and thrive. Climate change is making things even worse, accelerating a water crisis that is hitting historically marginalized communities the hardest.
What we’re doing about it: We believe that long-term access to clean water is a right, not a privilege. So we’re bringing together communities in the most water-stressed regions around the world — providing them with the policies, tools and data to manage their water supplies sustainably and support healthy ecosystems.
Our work making water supplies more accessible and sustainable
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Making water data accessible and actionable
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Video helps Texans visualize and protect the groundwater they cannot see
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Creating a more resilient Colorado River
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How rural water heroes are addressing California’s water challenges
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Water Leadership Institute reunion: bridging connections over water
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3 lessons on managing Texas groundwater during drought
Updates
Read the latest articles, blogs and press releases on water supplies.
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‘We are driving a car without a fuel gauge’ — data and localization needs dominate the emerging global consensus on groundwater
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Study Reveals Water Disparities in the Texas Hill Country
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New National Monument Will Protect Communities and Ecosystems in Northern Arizona
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Border towns tackle worsening water woes
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Water hope for Texas’s drought-stricken borderlands
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Environmental Groups Call on U.S. EPA to Investigate Potential Harms of Lead Telecom Cables
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Clean water supply resources
Dig deeper into our work with these resources for researchers, policymakers, journalists and communities.
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California’s first open-source water accounting platform
- Report
Case studies in sustainable groundwater management
- Website
A survey of groundwater in the Colorado River Basin
- Report
Groundwater management challenges in Texas
- Initiative
California Sustainable Groundwater Act resources
- Blog post
Building recharge basins for farmers and birds alike
Our clean water supply experts
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Maurice Hall
Senior Advisor, Climate Resilient Water Systems
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Garshaw Amidi-Abraham
Senior Specialist, Climate Resilient Water Systems
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Ann Hayden
Interim Vice President, Climate Resilient Water Systems
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Kevin Moran
Associate Vice President, Regional Affairs
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Vanessa Puig-Williams
Director, Texas Climate Resilient Water Systems
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Anna Schiller
Program Manager, Climate Resilient Water Systems
Media contact
Jonathan Seefeldt
(512) 291-3414 (office)