Our Mission

U.S. Water Partnership (USWP) works to unite and mobilize the best of U.S. expertise, resources and ingenuity to address global water challenges, with a special focus on developing countries where needs are greatest. Due to the breadth of its membership and large-scale participation from the U.S. government, the USWP constitutes an unmatched catalytic platform that facilitates public-private sector collaboration. USWP has developed a model that harnesses the technical skills and capabilities of our partners to advance understanding of critical water issues and scale evidence-based solutions to solve these challenges around the world.

Our Goals

Improving the quantity, quality and accessibility of water, sanitation and hygiene - to promote better health
Advancing integrated water resources management - to conserve and restore watersheds, to curb pollution, to adapt to climate change and to reduce risk from floods and droughts
Increasing efficiency and productivity of water use - to boost agricultural, energy and industrial output and conserve water
Improving governance for economic, environmental and social sustainability through stronger public and private institutions, policies and processes - to strengthen institutional structures and systems and create resilient communities, nations and regions

What We Do

USWP has developed a model that harnesses the technical skills and capabilities of our partners to advance understanding of critical water issues and scale evidence-based solutions to solve these challenges around the world.

The USWP platform offers:

Co-creation opportunities to facilitate a better understanding of challenges at the field level and aiding in the design/implementation of integrated, evidence based solutions
Intermediary support to identify co-investment opportunities between private and public programs
Coordinator/developer support to improve the enabling environment for project development by facilitating access to resources and execution tools
Communications channels for issue promotion, education and outreach
Information exchanges to drive thought leadership and capacity building

The U.S. Water Partnership All Partners Meeting