Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Millions of Americans still live without running water or basic sanitation — a reality advocates on Capitol Hill say the country can no longer ignore.
About 100 water access advocates recently fanned out across more than 70 House and Senate offices carrying the National Roadmap to Close the Water Access Gap, a detailed plan aimed at ensuring universal water access in the United States within 15 years.
The roadmap outlines financing strategies, affordability reforms, data collection improvements, and stronger government coordination designed to move water infrastructure investment into underserved communities.
“The fact that there are two to 10 million Americans living in America without running water, without sanitation — that’s absurd,” says Kabir Thatte, Executive Director of the Vessel Collective.
He says the effort is about building sustained national attention and political commitment around what many advocates see as one of the country’s most overlooked infrastructure and public health crises.
The message from advocates to Congress: enough is enough.
Learn more about the roadmap: vesselcollective.us/nationalroadmap
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Millions of Americans still live without running water or basic sanitation — a reality advocates on Capitol Hill say the country can no longer ignore.
About 100 water access advocates recently fanned out across more than 70 House and Senate offices carrying the National Roadmap to Close the Water Access Gap, a detailed plan aimed at ensuring universal water access in the United States within 15 years.
The roadmap outlines financing strategies, affordability reforms, data collection improvements, and stronger government coordination designed to move water infrastructure investment into underserved communities.
“The fact that there are two to 10 million Americans living in America without running water, without sanitation — that’s absurd,” says Kabir Thatte, Executive Director of the Vessel Collective.
He says the effort is about building sustained national attention and political commitment around what many advocates see as one of the country’s most overlooked infrastructure and public health crises.
The message from advocates to Congress: enough is enough.
Learn more about the roadmap: vesselcollective.us/nationalroadmap
Content in collaboration with Vessel.
waterloop is a nonprofit news outlet exploring solutions for water sustainability. Visit waterloop.org
Subscribe to catch every video: youtube.com/@waterloop
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#WaterAccess #CleanWater #WaterCrisis #Infrastructure #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalJustice #WaterEquity #Congress #CapitolHill #Vessel #WaterInfrastructure #Sanitation #CommunityResilience #Policy #waterloop
