You brought clean, hot and cold running water to Essie’s family and completely transformed their lives. 

When we imagine life without clean, running water, we often think of communities that barely resemble our own. But right here in the United States, more than 2 million people still don’t have running water.

Because of you, Essie isn’t one of them.

Essie and her husband, Kee, have lived in a trailer for 5 years without running water. They have relied on hauling water from nearby wells and paying to fill up water from dispensers at the grocery store in town.

This newly installed home water system has enabled Essie and Kee to turn on the tap and have clean, running water in their home. They are excited about being able to wash their hands, do dishes, and prepare food. Now, Essie and Kee look forward to having more time to spend together doing the things that make them happy, like tending to their sheep, cows, and horses, and listening to gospel music.

Essie and Kee are very grateful to have running water in their home and extend their deepest gratitude to you for contributing to their home water system.

Every DIGDEEP project is designed for the family and community it serves. Our clients contribute their own time and resources during installation and are trained to use and maintain the equipment we install. We use simple technology with locally-available parts, and we’re constantly available to make repairs. We take a Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) that measures the way water access achieves other key goals like health, gender equity, and access to education.

Our neighbors without running water wake up and collect water from a source outside their home, buying it in bottles or fetching it in buckets. When desperate, some haul water from unsafe sources contaminated with bacteria, arsenic or even uranium.

Many Navajo worry that they will never get running water, but when they hear about DigDeep, they know there is hope.

Our Navajo Water Project is a community-managed utility alternative that brings hot and cold running water to homes without access to water or sewer lines. It's the first system of its kind in the United States.

wells

we develop new sources where water is pumped, treated and stored locally

trucks

we deliver water in food grade trucks to hundreds of families living close to each source

water systems

our home water systems store 1200 gallons of water underground and use solar power to pump it inside

community

the entire project is guided by a council of clients and local leaders

or give a different amount

You can sponsor that amount every month, make a new gift to a family in need, or even give in someone's name. There are hundreds of families like this one waiting for a water system of their own.

100% of your gift will fund a water project.

We’re so glad you trusted us with your hard earned resources; they’re going to make an incredible difference in Essie’s life. On behalf of the entire DigDeep family and the communities we serve, thank you.