One of the keys to accelerating progress on water access and sanitation in the U.S. may be simple: share solutions openly and tackle common challenges together.
That’s exactly what’s happening this week at the Vessel Collective convening in Washington, D.C., where representatives from more than 130 organizations are exchanging ideas, lessons learned, and real-world strategies for closing the water access gap.
Recurring areas of discussion I’m hearing include:
• Using better data to identify and understand the true scope of the crisis
• Finding sustainable funding and financing pathways
• Building and maintaining water and sanitation infrastructure
• Supporting struggling and under-resourced water systems
• Growing the workforce needed to deliver long-term solutions
• Keeping humanity, dignity, and trust at the center of the work
• Working more effectively with local, state, tribal, and federal government
• Sharing proven solutions so communities don’t have to reinvent the wheel
The challenges are significant and often interconnected. But so is the collaboration emerging around them.
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