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As DigDeep Project Directors for the Navajo Water Project and Colonias Water
Project, we have seen how lack of water access has ripple effects across
communities.
On the Navajo Nation, over 30% of households still do not have running water or a
flush toilet. In Texas, colonias communities have waited decades for promised
infrastructure that never came. But this crisis is not limited to these areas. From rural
Appalachia to the San Joaquin Valley in California, millions of Americans are living
without safe water, often in communities of color and low-income areas where
systemic neglect has made them invisible.
The good news is that we can solve this crisis. At DigDeep, we have connected
thousands of families to clean, running water through community-driven projects.
And we do it differently: by listening to the people most affected, ensuring they are
part of the solution-making process. We don't make promises we can't keep. When
we say we're going to do something, we do it.
This World Water Day, we invite you to be part of the solution. Because in the
wealthiest country in the world, no one should have to live without running water.
Water is life. Water is dignity. Water is a promise we must keep.
Cindy Howe is the director of DigDeep's Navajo Project, and Kathryn Lucero, is
director of DigDeep's Colonias Water Project
