The effort to close America’s water and sanitation access gap made its way directly to Capitol Hill this week.
Members of the Vessel Collective spent the day meeting with lawmakers and congressional staff to discuss a new national roadmap aimed at ensuring every person in the United States has access to safe running water and sanitation. The visits focused not only on the scale of the challenge, but on the policies, funding, coordination, and long-term government commitment needed to solve it.
One of the roadmap’s three central pillars is government commitment — recognizing that lasting progress will require sustained federal, state, tribal, and local collaboration, stronger implementation of funding programs, and public policies designed to reach underserved communities.
Advocates and community leaders participating in the meetings also shared firsthand experiences from the places they serve, helping connect national policy discussions to real people and real infrastructure gaps back home.
The message from Capitol Hill was clear: closing the water gap will require not just awareness, but sustained action across government.
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