Resources
Universal Access to Clean Drinking Water: Challenges and Recommendations (2021)
Roadmap for Implementation: Recommendations for Operational, Administrative, Policy, and Regulatory Reform (2021)
New Report: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act Funding Handbook (2024)
UACW focuses on closing the water gap in Indian Country and holding the federal government accountable under its treaty and trust responsibilities to Tribes. To lay this groundwork, UACW investigates the legal, economic, and historic impediments to water access for Tribal communities and documents solution pathways to address the lack of access to clean drinking water for Tribal communities.
Comment Letters to Agencies on Inflation Reduction Act Spending
Additional Resources
IHS Dashboard for Sanitation Facilities Construction Projects.
Draining: The Economic Impact of America’s Hidden Water Crisis (DigDeep Report)
Broken Promises: Continuing Federal Funding Shortfall for Native Americans
Water Delayed is Water Denied: How Congress has blocked access to water for Native families
American Indian Reservations and COVID-19: Correlates of Early Infection Rates in the Pandemic
Closing the Water Access Gap in the United States (DigDeep Report)
Center for Disease Control: Risk for COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization, and Death by Race/Ethnicity
U.S. Government Accountability Office Tribal Consultation Report