{"id":2492,"date":"2026-03-20T07:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T11:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:05:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:05:59","slug":"celebrating-everyday-progress-on-water-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/celebrating-everyday-progress-on-water-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating\u00a0Everyday\u00a0Progress on\u00a0Water for Everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that since&nbsp;2015,&nbsp;more than&nbsp;960&nbsp;million people&nbsp;have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/data.unicef.org\/topic\/water-and-sanitation\/drinking-water\/#:~:text=Between%202015%20and%202024%2C%20961,reached%20universal%20access%20by%202030.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gained access<\/a>&nbsp;to safe&nbsp;drinking water?&nbsp;This&nbsp;World Water Day,&nbsp;we\u2019re&nbsp;celebrating the lives improved by that progress and shining a light on how we can keep moving forward.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For individuals and families,&nbsp;access to water improves&nbsp;health,&nbsp;supports&nbsp;education and work, and&nbsp;frees&nbsp;up time and energy once spent securing water.&nbsp;Water access&nbsp;particularly benefits&nbsp;women and girls,&nbsp;who are often the ones responsible for bringing water home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although&nbsp;we\u2019ve&nbsp;made progress, more needs to be done, including in the U.S., where&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digdeep.org\/close-the-water-gap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over&nbsp;2 million people<\/a>&nbsp;still lack access to running water or a working toilet. We also need to make progress more quickly, so that everyone enjoys the benefits of clean water.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are charities doing incredible work in this space. For example, at ACI\u2019s 2026 Convention, over $100,000 was raised for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thewashfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WASH Foundation<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.digdeep.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DigDeep<\/a>.&nbsp;By all working together, we can ensure everyone has access to&nbsp;clean, running water&nbsp;in their home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Investments in water infrastructure, protecting fresh water, and innovations have helped advance progress. For example, advances in cleaning products and appliances have helped make water efficiency easier and more accessible.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Easy practices such as washing on&nbsp;cold water&nbsp;and using the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleaninginstitute.org\/sustainable-cleaning\/saving-water\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">right dose<\/a>&nbsp;can help households save money and water. The cleaning products industry is also doing its part by reducing the water being used in their operations, offering products that use less water, and restoring local watersheds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that since&nbsp;2015,&nbsp;more than&nbsp;960&nbsp;million people&nbsp;have&nbsp;gained access&nbsp;to safe&nbsp;drinking water?&nbsp;This&nbsp;World Water Day,&nbsp;we\u2019re&nbsp;celebrating the lives improved by that progress and shining a light on how we can keep moving forward.&nbsp; For individuals and families,&nbsp;access to water improves&nbsp;health,&nbsp;supports&nbsp;education and work, and&nbsp;frees&nbsp;up time and energy once spent securing water.&nbsp;Water access&nbsp;particularly benefits&nbsp;women and girls,&nbsp;who are often the ones responsible for bringing water home.&nbsp; Although&nbsp;we\u2019ve&nbsp;made progress, more needs to be done, including in the U.S., where&nbsp;over&nbsp;2 million people&nbsp;still lack access to running water or a working toilet. We also need to make progress more quickly, so that everyone enjoys the benefits of clean water.&nbsp; There are charities doing incredible work in this space. For example, at ACI\u2019s 2026 Convention, over $100,000 was raised for the&nbsp;WASH Foundation&nbsp;and&nbsp;DigDeep.&nbsp;By all working together, we can ensure everyone has access to&nbsp;clean, running water&nbsp;in their home.&nbsp; Investments in water infrastructure, protecting fresh water, and innovations have helped advance progress. For example, advances in cleaning products and appliances have helped make water efficiency easier and more accessible.&nbsp;&nbsp; Easy practices such as washing on&nbsp;cold water&nbsp;and using the&nbsp;right dose&nbsp;can help households save money and water. The cleaning products industry is also doing its part by reducing the water being used in their operations, offering products that use less water, and restoring local watersheds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-future"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2494,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions\/2494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleaningiscaring.org\/wpd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}