Sasha, you brought clean, hot and cold running water to Grace’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, Grace isn’t one of them.

Grace and her family live in a house near Mariano Lake without running water. For their water supply, Grace relied on hauling water from the Mariano Lake School, before it was closed to the community, and after from 35 miles away near Gallup.

Now, with her newly installed water system, Grace is excited to just be able to come home and turn the tap on, which she says is increasingly more important as she gets older and hauling buckets of water becomes more difficult. She is excited, not only about the money she will save which will allow her to expand her farm, but also about being able to wash dishes, take showers, do laundry, and cook more easily. Grace says that having running water will save her time and allow her to focus on her daily life and enjoy the things that bring her joy like tending to her family’s farm animals and listening to Country music.

Grace and her family are so happy to have running water in their home and cannot express enough their gratitude to all of the donors who made this happen.

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

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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 Grace’s life. On behalf of the entire DigDeep family and the communities we serve, thank you.