Some 13.8 million U.S. households (almost 12%) face unaffordable water bills while water utilities struggle to fund maintenance or replacement of aging pipes. We expand the network’s understanding of the causes and circumstances of today’s crisis, develop and disseminate new tools, and help identify a common rural and urban agenda that unifies and focuses our collective actions.

Here you’ll find a collection of go-to resources on drinking water curated by River Network staff and broken down into subcategories.

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The Basics

• Drinking Water Guide: A Resource for Advocates from River Network
• Drinking Water 101 Webinar Series from River Network
• Drinking Water Guide Fact Sheets from River Network
• The Ultimate Guide on Water Conservation: How To Save Every Drop from California Degrees

Join River Network’s Drinking Water Access Exchange.

Water Infrastructure

Equity

• Equitable Water Infrastructure Toolkit from River Network
• Water Infrastructure: Paying for Clean, Safe, Affordable Water webinar series from River Network
• Closing the Water Access Gap in the United States: A National Action Plan from Dig Deep and US Water Alliance
• World Indigenous Peoples Decade of Water Summit
• Water Finance Clearinghouse from US EPA
• EPA’s Role in Addressing the Urgent Water Infrastructure Needs of Environmental Justice Communities
• Threats on Tap from NRDC

Federal Infrastructure Funding

• Tapping into Federal Funding: A River Network Initiative
• Infrastructure Fact Sheet from Clean Water for All
• “Any Federal Infrastructure Package Should Boost Investment in Low Income Communities from Center on Budget and Policy” from Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

State Revolving Funds

• State Revolving Fund Advocacy Toolkit from River Network
• State Revolving Funds Resource Page from River Network

Drinking Water & COVID-19

• Tracking Cities’ and States’ Water Shut-Off Moratoriums, from Food and Water Watch
• Policy Responses to COVID-19 (housing, water, and other utilities), from Energy Efficiency for All
• Take These Precautions When Your Water Is Restored, from We the People of Detroit
• Joint statement to Congress from American Rivers and River Network
• Coronavirus Index from Water Environment Federation
• Water and COVID-19 FAQs from Centers for Disease Control
• Coronavirus Compendium: Key Considerations for Water and Wastewater Utilities Responding to Coronavirus from Moonshot Missions