We Bring
Water Home™
for women & girls.

We Bring Water Home™
for women & girls.

An investment in a woman
is an investment in the world around her.

An investment in a woman is an investment in the world around her.

By investing in women,
we improve gender equity,
we alleviate poverty,
and we protect health and enhance nutrition, especially for young children.

Our projects liberate women and girls from water-carrying— a fundamental barrier to health and agency.

Our projects liberate women and girls from water-carrying—a fundamental barrier to health and agency.

We are committed to a 24/7 supply of safe water at household faucets.

Water scarcity disproportionately impacts females. The responsibility of fetching water represents a crisis of opportunity as women and girls sacrifice paid employment, education, leisure, and sleep to ensure the survival of their families.

Household water supply ends the walk for water and makes it possible for people to perform the most important public health activities like washing hands and maintaining a water-seal toilet.

It's a smart investment.

Piped water to the home* has been proven to increase household income and educational achievement for girls.

Our projects have a 711% return based on time-savings alone.

*not from a handpump, kiosk or a water filter

Our projects last.

99% of our 5,000 projects remain operational, even decades after they are completed. This far surpasses the industry-wide failure rate of 50% within five years.

An investment in a woman
is an investment in the world around her.

An investment in a woman is an investment in the world around her.

By investing in women,
we improve gender equity,
we alleviate poverty,
and we protect health and enhance nutrition, especially for young children.

We are committed to a 24/7 supply of safe water at household faucets.

Water scarcity disproportionately impacts females. The responsibility of fetching water represents a crisis of opportunity as women and girls sacrifice paid employment, education, leisure, and sleep to ensure the survival of their families.

Household water supply ends the walk for water and makes it possible for people to perform the most important public health activities like washing hands and maintaining a water-seal toilet.

It's a smart investment.

Piped water to the home* has been proven to increase household income and educational achievement for girls.

Our projects have a 711% return based on time-savings alone.

*not from a handpump, kiosk or a water filter

Our projects last.

99% of our 5,000 projects remain operational, even decades after they are completed. This far surpasses the industry-wide failure rate of 50% within five years.

JOIN US

Water1st is on a mission to bring together concerned people to take effective actions.

Seattle Area Events

December 6-7, 2024

Giving Marketplace

Buy wine and support Water1st, plus shop with our fellow vendor organizations for everyone on your list.
SPRING 2025 TBA

cARRY5 WALK FOR WATER

Walk in solidarity with people around the world who carry water every day.

SUMMER 2025 TBA

WATER1ST-BEER2ND

Cheers!
Join us for beer, bites and pub trivia.

NOVEMBER 6, 2025

give water, give life gala

Save the date for our biggest annual fundraiser!
NOVEMBER 6, 2025

give water, give life gala

Save the date for our biggest annual fundraiser!
MARCH 22, 2026

cARRY5 WALK FOR WATER

Walk in solidarity with people around the world who carry water every day.

JULY 23, 2025

WATER1ST-BEER2ND

Cheers!
Join us for beer, bites and pub trivia.

December 6-7, 2024

Giving Marketplace

Buy wine and support Water1st, plus shop with our fellow vendor organizations for everyone on your list.
MAY 31, 2025

cARRY5 WALK FOR WATER

Walk in solidarity with people around the world who carry water every day.

July 23, 2025

WATER1ST-BEER2ND

Cheers!
Join us for beer, bites and pub trivia.

NOVEMBER 6, 2025

give water, give life gala

Save the date for our biggest annual fundraiser!

TRAVEL WITH US

Visit our projects and experience the impact of clean water at your doorstep.

OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS

We’re inspired by the passion and compassion of today’s youth. We’ve developed programs as pathways for them to take action, build local and global community, and ensure that the basic needs and dignity of every human being are met and valued.

BUY WINE | GIVE WATER

For every $30 wine purchase, a $35 donation of this award-winning wine is made to Water1st

OUR IMPACT

286,936

people with safe water

5,004

projects completed

99+%

of our projects are still in operation 2006-2023

142,198,997

cumulative hours of collecting water saved as a result of Water1st projects

$105,383,719

value of this time

711%

return on investment for time savings alone

Our 2024 International Programs report

We are one of the few organizations, if not the only, committed to construction of piped water networks to provide a 24/7 supply of safe water at household faucets.

1 out of 3

people do not have access to clean water and a toilet