Making fresh water sustainable around the world
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 sustainable
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Harnessing satellite data to fight drought and keep us fed
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Creating a more resilient Colorado River
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Video helps Texans visualize and protect the groundwater they cannot see
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Water Leadership Institute reunion: bridging connections over water
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Water hope for Texas’s drought-stricken borderlands
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Learning from shared scarcity: the Colorado River, Yellow River and the world
Updates
Read the latest articles, blogs and press releases on water supplies.
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EDF Unveils Lead Pipe Replacement Programs Map at White House Water Summit
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Experts: New threats to New Mexico’s rivers also endanger its groundwater resources
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How public-private partnerships can improve water sustainability
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Report: After two years, California’s Multibenefit Land Repurposing Program involves nearly 100 organizations and includes regions covering 3.3 million acres
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Here’s how land repurposing is beginning to transform strained communities and ecosystems in California
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Colorado River Basin Groups Advocate for Environmental and Resilience Priorities in Proposal to Bureau of Reclamation
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Water supply resources
Dig deeper into our work with these resources for researchers, policymakers, journalists and communities.
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How U.S. agriculture can adapt to escalating water risks
- Interactive tool
The Colorado River Basin: What’s at stake in the Grand Canyon
- Interactive tool
Interactive story map of Texas’s vulnerable and precious San Solomon Springs
- Blog post
Investing in Arizona’s water future
- Initiative
California Sustainable Groundwater Act resources
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We have to think about water in a new way. Climate change demands it.
Our sustainable water supply experts
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Ann Hayden
Vice President, Climate Resilient Water Systems
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Maurice Hall
Senior Advisor, Climate Resilient Water Systems
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Brian Jackson
Director, Western Water
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Gopal Penny
Scientist, Climate Resilient Water Systems
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Vanessa Puig-Williams
Director, Texas Climate Resilient Water Systems
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Mariana Rivera-Torres
Manager, Climate Resilient Water Systems
Media contact
Jonathan Seefeldt
(512) 291-3414 (office)