The Freshwater Trust

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The Freshwater Trust is a group of bold problem solvers designing and implementing data-driven solutions that protect and restore America’s freshwater. What we do: Using science, technology, policy, and finance, we build and manage solutions that improve water quality and quantity. With data and 21st-century tools and technologies, we enable smarter watershed management to happen faster and at a greater scale. We also employ our solutions on the ground, such as riparian restoration, for the benefit of both watersheds and the plants, animals, and people that rely on them. Why we do what we do: Rivers are the backbone of our country. Yet decades of treating a finite resource as infinite has had severe consequences. More than 2.3 billion people worldwide live in river basins that are under stress, and half the rivers and streams in America are unhealthy and not functioning as they should. There are deadly algae blooms and lead-contaminated drinking water, taps running dry, and critical issues.