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US Global Water Strategy: In Summary

Read the US’s global water strategy for 2022-2027. The mission of the program is to insure a water-secure world through improvements to infrastructure in at-risk regions. The program funds improvements to “health, prosperity, stability, and resilience through sustainable and equitable water resources management and access to safe drinking water and sanitation services and hygiene practices.” For a summary of the program’s goals, click here. For detailed information on the program, visit their main website here.

Global Waters is a USAID-funded global water security, sanitation, and hygiene knowledge portal.

2023 UN Water Conference in the News

Looking for more information on the 2023 UN Water Conference and the over 700 Water Action Agenda commitments? Check out The Hill’s recent opinion piece by Robert G. Varady, Gemma E. Smith and Andrea K. Gerlak here! It explores the US’s commitments, contains a critical analysis of past steps, and recommends a path forward with better integration of science with policy. Curious how far we’ve come? Read Andrea K. Gerlak’s opinion piece at The Hill published in 2016 on American water infrastructure here.