Community Water Initiatives

Our community water programs are designed to support healthy watersheds and sustainable programs to balance the water used throughout our production process. We do this by working on a wide range of locally relevant initiatives, such as watershed protection; expanding community drinking water and sanitation access; agricultural water use efficiency; and education and awareness programs.

Together with our bottling partners, we collaborate with the United Nations Development Programme, Global Water Challenge, PlayPumps International, CARE , Ocean Conservancy and others to protect watersheds and support initiatives that bring clean water and sanitation to underserved areas. Since 2005, we have developed significant Community Watershed Partnerships, with more than 120 water projects in more than 50 countries.

One of our largest collaborations is with the United States Agency for International Development and our bottling partners. Together in 2005, we formed the Water and Development Alliance to protect and improve the sustainability of watersheds, increase access to water supply and sanitation, and enhance productive use of water in 17 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Since inception, there has been a combined investment of $13.8 million. Our project in Angola helped construct 19 community water tap stands, providing 23,000 people with access to an improved water supply.

Our watershed protection activities include protection programs in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador and India. In Australia, we are working with local partners on two programs to help clean, protect and regenerate local water resources. This includes helping to raise awareness about water issues, strengthening participatory governance and decision making around water resources, and helping to improve farming and industrial practices to increase water use and efficiency.

In 2008, we also donated $1 million to the United Nations Foundation Better World Fund to continue support for the Global Water Challenge.

Videos

Where the River Flows: Partnership in Action
Find out how our partnerships are preserving the freshwater river basin that feeds into the Mesoamerican Caribbean Reef.
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Community Watershed Partnership
See how we are working with partners to provide safe water to primary schools in Western Kenya.
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