Community Water Solutions
Bringing Clean Water to Communities in Need
Our Mission
To implement community-level water treatment businesses in communities of the developing world that:
- are run by members of the community
- provide clean water for residents of that community
- generate economic growth and
- empower women in the community.
Background
According to the World Health Organization, waterborne diseases are a leading cause of illness and death in developing countries:
- Over 884 million people across the world lack access to an improved water supply.
- Approximately 2.5 million children die each year from waterborne diseases.
- In Africa, approximately 700,000 people die each year from these preventable waterborne diseases.
Water purification techniques used in high-income nations are neither economically nor technically feasible in developing countries. As a result, there is a critical need for inexpensive, appropriate water purification methods.
Community Water Solutions is a non-for-profit social enterprise that partners with rural communities in developing countries to establish sustainable water treatment businesses. These businesses are owned and operated by the communities that they serve, and use simple, affordable technologies to enable the treatment, distribution, and storage of clean, safe drinking water. The maintenance and operation of these water treatment businesses is funded by revenue from the sale of drinking water, while the capital necessary to establish them is generated from CWS fundraising activities.