You brought clean, hot and cold running water to Sylvia and completely transformed her life. 

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, Sylvia isn’t one of them.

Sylvia has lived in her hogan without running water for years. To get water, Sylvia would have to travel far to the Black Mesa water hauling station. She has never been on a water delivery truck route.

Syliva cannot wait to use the time that she used to spend hauling water on tending to her livestock and taking care of her sister. The first thing she plans to do to celebrate her new Home Water System is wash some dishes! She is thrilled to be able to spend more time with her sisters, children, grandchildren, and many pets.

Sylvia is extremely grateful for your generosity and support, as access to running water has changed her life.

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