Indiana Water Environment Association
200 South Meridian Street, Suite 410
Indianapolis, IN 46225
(T) 317-686-2664
(F) 317-686-2672

Water For People


Water For People helps people in developing countries improve quality of life by supporting the development of locally sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilities, and hygiene education programs. Around the world, 884 million people do not have access to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion are without adequate sanitation facilities. Every day, nearly 6,000 people who share our planet die from water-related illnesses, and the vast majority are children.
But the real failures are all the broken pumps, filled latrines, and solutions that aren’t. We want to change all that. The solution? Programs that last and examine entire districts and regions rather than purely households and villages. Create solutions that last, and not only do people benefit for a long period, but organizations don’t have to expend time and energy going back again and again to the same location. Our vision is a world where all people have access to safe drinking water and sanitation, a world where no one suffers or dies from a water- or sanitation-related disease. That vision is within reach and we hope you’ll join us.

To get involved with the IWEA Water For People committee, please contact Ben Reed at ben.reed@arcadis-us.com.

2012 Run for World Water 5K Run & Walk

 

The IWEA and AWWA WFP committees will host the 6th annual event on August 25, 2012 along the Indianapolis canal. The race will start at a new location, National Institute for Fitness and Sport. Click here for sponsorship opportunities, and here for the event registration form. You can also register online here.

Running for World Water 5K Fun Run & Walk presented by Preferred Pump and Franklin Electric

The IWEA and AWWA Water For People committees hosted the 5th Annual Running for World Water 5K Fun Run and Walk on August 27th along the Indianapolis canal. Click here to view the event results from those who took part in the race. All together, including children, over 440 people participated in last year's event along with 19 sponsors! Click here and here to view photos from the event.

Click here to visit the Running For World Water Facebook page.

 

THANK YOU TO OUR 2011 EVENT SPONSORS

Laibe Coporation

American Structurepoint
GRW Engineers
Layne Christensen
Veolia Water Indianapolis
Mcor Marketing

Greeley & Hansen
HNTB Corporation
Aqua Indiana

Utility Pipe Sales
Wessler Engineering, Inc.
Santis Environmental
Malcolm Pirnie/ARCADIS
Peerless Midwest
Indiana-American Water
Peerless Pump
Commonwealth Biomonitoring

 

For more information on this event, please contact Todd Oliver at todd@standingopromotions.com or 317-407-8489.