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Countries: | United States of America |
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Regions: | California |
Project SDGs:
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Water Use Efficiency (SDG 6.4) |
Progress to Date: | 2,400 Number of leak sensors installed |
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Communications & outreach
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Desired Partner: | Other |
Language: | English |
Start & End Dates: | Jan. 2021 » Ongoing |
Contextual Condition(s): | PHYSICAL: Water scarcity or drought |
Beneficiaries: | Water utilities, Local communities / domestic users |
Planning & Implementation Time: | More than 3 years |
Financial Resources: | More than $500,000 USD |
Primary Funding Source: | pool |
Project Challenges: | RESOURCES: Insufficient data / Data access |
Project Source: | User |
Profile Completion: | 80% |
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Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: | PHYSICAL: Water scarcity or drought |
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Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: | Water utilities, Local communities / domestic users |
Months & Implementing: | More than 3 years |
Financial Resources: | More than $500,000 USD |
Primary Funding Source: | Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners) |
Challenges: | RESOURCES: Insufficient data / Data access |
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Pacific Institute (Organization)
The Pacific Institute envisions a world in which society, the economy, and the environment have the water they need to thrive now and in the future. In pursuit of this vision, the Institute creates and advances solutions to the world’s … Learn More
CEO Water Mandate (Organization)
The CEO Water Mandate mobilizes business leaders to advance water stewardship, sanitation, and the Sustainable Development Goals – in partnership with the United Nations, governments, peers, civil society, and others. Endorsers of the CEO Water Mandate recognize that they can … Learn More
California Water Action Collaborative (CWAC) (Organization)
Water scarcity in California is rapidly increasing due to unsustainable water use and decreasing supply reliability. Worsening droughts, intensifying wildfires, and degradation of freshwater ecosystems, all amplified by climate change, are further threatening water supplies for people and nature. To … Learn More
Procter & Gamble Company (Organization)
The Procter & Gamble Company is an American multi-national consumer goods corporation headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. Learn More
Bonneville Environmental Foundation (Organization)
BEF scopes, develops, supports, and designs environmental water programs and projects across the U.S. The organization has been instrumental in building an NGO-led environmental water stewardship movement around Western Water issues and volumetric flow solutions. BEF collaborated in the creation … Learn More
Water Resilience Coalition (Organization)
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The Water Resilience Coalition, founded in 2020, is an industry-driven, CEO-led coalition of the UN Global Compact's CEO Water Mandate that aims to elevate global water stress to the top of the corporate agenda and preserve the world's freshwater resources … Learn More
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Clearly define roles and responsibilities for all partners (Pacific Institute)
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Consider a balance of different funding sources when preparing for and maintaining projects (Pacific Institute)
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