Water For People exists to promote the development of high-quality drinking water and sanitation services, accessible to all, and sustained by strong communities, businesses, and governments. […]
Reveal – Poisoned, evicted, ignored: The perils of living with lead
Old paint, old pipes and demolition dust often are sources of toxic lead. It’s a poison known to cause neurological damage in children. For adults, new […]
Dot Org: Maji Safi
Maji Safi Group promotes effective water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practices through creative education to fight deadly waterborne diseases. They empower local community health workers to […]
Connecting the Drops: Testing for Lead in Schools
When cost-cutting in Flint, Michigan raised lead contamination in public drinking water, the nation became aware that water can sometimes harbor dangerous amounts of lead. The […]
H2O Radio: Colorado Water Providers React to New EPA Health Advisory About PFOA and PFOS
“None of our wells can meet the new health advisory. We’ve got twenty-five wells that we own and seven that we lease and none of those […]
WASH Symposium at CU Boulder
“If you’re sick because you have chronic gastrointestinal issues from drinking bad water, you can’t go to work, you don’t want to go to school.” For […]
Imagine a Day Without Water
“Our water system is aging and failing and is really in need of investment.” The American Society of Civil Engineers has given America a D grade […]
Dot Org: El Porvenir
El Porvenir partners with the people of Nicaragua so that they can build a future for themselves. Clean drinking water and sanitation are the core of […]