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 WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 7, 2018 -- The Water Systems Council (WSC), the only national nonprofit organization solely focused on household wells and water well systems, expressed its enthusiastic support today for the introduction of bipartisan legislation that will modernize investment in water infrastructure by empowering states to invest in multiple water infrastructure projects. The ...read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 7, 2017 -- The Water Well Trust, the only national nonprofit helping Americans get access to a clean, safe water supply, has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Household Water Well Systems program for a project to increase potable water availability to rural households in nine New Mexico counties.  The USDA grant and matching funds from the ...read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- July 21, 2017 -- Rural northwest Arkansas resident Mike Frazee provided emotional testimony yesterday before a Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and Wildlife hearing on what it’s like to live in America with no access to safe drinking water.   Frazee, whose family lacked access to safe drinking water for decades before they were ...read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- November, 21, 2016 -- The Water Well Trust, the only national nonprofit helping Americans get access to a clean, safe water supply, has completed two water well projects in south Texas in memory of the late CEO of Pumps of Houston, Inc., E.D. “Skip” Cook.   Cook dedicated 45 years to Pumps of Houston, Inc., and was an active member of several groundwater industry ...read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- October 31, 2016 --The Water Well Trust, the only national nonprofit helping Americans get access to a clean, safe water supply, has completed 24 water well projects in 10 Arkansas counties funded by a grant from the USDA’s Household Water Well Systems Grant program. In 2014, the USDA awarded a $140,000 matching grant to the Water Well Trust to increase potable water ...read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- September 15, 2016 -- Today, the U.S. Senate passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 -- legislation containing WSC's top federal priority, The Water Supply Cost Savings Act -- on a vote of 95 to 3.  The Savings Act aims to reduce federal, state and local costs of providing high quality drinking water to millions of Americans in rural communities by facilitating the ...read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- July 6, 2016 -- The Water Well Trust (WWT), theonlynationalnonprofit helpinglowincomeAmericans get access to a clean, safe water supply,hasannouncedthatitisexpanding from ten to twelve the numberof Georgiacountieseligible to receiveassistance for drilling a newwaterwellorrehabilitateanexistingwell.   In 2015, the U.S. Department ofAgriculture(USDA)awarded a ...read more

WASHINGTON, DC -- April 27, 2016 -- The Water Well Trust (WWT), the only national nonprofit helping low income Americans get access to a clean, safe water supply, has announced that it is expanding from six to 10 the number of Georgia counties eligible to receive assistance for drilling a new water well or rehabilitate an existing well.In 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a ...read more