Our mission is simple:
working taps and toilets for every person in the United States.
We do this
through our
Impact Model:
Advance Community-led Solutions
by deploying proven WASH* strategies to ensure that every person in America has clean, running water forever.
(aka taps & toilets for every person in the U.S.)
Develop an Evidence Base
by collecting, sharing and leveraging domestic WASH data to inform our progress toward universal access.
(aka research on the problem and the solution)
Mobilize America
by empowering people to solve this problem in their lifetimes.
(aka spread the word about the U.S. water crisis & how to solve it)
Build an Ecosystem of Change
by facilitating high-impact collaboration to lead a diverse, sustainable movement.
(aka enlist partners to make the work happen faster and more effectively)
A Letter from the CEO
George McGraw shares the power of turning on a tap — and the movement making it possible.
Clean, running water is a promise that you can be who you are, in the place that you love. Healthy, happy, free.
This year, we fulfilled that promise for more families than ever before. As you read this report, you’ll see more homes with working taps and toilets, more powerful research driving a national conversation, more partners joining a growing movement to close the Water Gap in America once and for all.
You’ll see that our work is bigger than any one community or project. It’s a model — a bold, evolving framework for how we achieve real, lasting change in this country that we love.
And I hope that as you read, something changes in you too.
May you experience the same awe and agency reading this report as our clients do turning on their taps for the first time — and feel, in that moment, the full power of a promise fulfilled.
George McGraw
CEO & Founder, DigDeepGeorge McGraw shares the power of turning on a tap — and the movement making it possible.
