When we think about people living without access to water, we think about those in the developing world. However, the US Water Alliance and Dig Deep have identified there are two million individuals who experience lack of access to adequate drinking water and sanitation here in the US. Black, Hispanic, Latino, Indigenous, and low-income communities are more likely to experience this lack of water and sanitation than are white or affluent communities.*
October 20th is “Imagine a Day Without Water,” a national day of action bringing together communities and policymakers to advance greater and more equitable water investment. When a community experiences water contamination or shortages, they have no water to drink, prepare meals, bathe their children, wash their hands, flush the toilet, or do laundry. Firefighters can’t put out fires, and farmers cannot water their crops. Hospitals would close without water.*
*Information gathered from www.imagineadaywithoutwater.org.