About the Campaign

The Water We Drink: Small Community Outreach Campaign
This project offers free articles and educational resources about maintaining safe, sustainable, and secure water supplies in small and rural communities. This outreach campaign is a joint effort by the Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) and the National Environmental Services Center (NESC) to provide information and increase awareness about crucial water issues, especially for rural and small community decision-makers and water and wastewater board members. It is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community Services (DHHS/OCS).

Project Partners and Sponsors

RCAP (www.rcap.org) - The Rural Community Assistance Partnership is a non-profit that provides water and wastewater training and assistance to rural communities and tribes. RCAP has more than 150 field staff, including treatment plant operators, engineers, and management specialists assisting more than 2,000 small rural communities in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

NESC (www.nesc.wvu.edu) - The National Environmental Services Center is a federally funded program that provides free and low-cost information; technical assistance via toll-free telephone; magazines and newsletters; training; and educational products specifically designed to address drinking water and wastewater issues of concern to small and rural communities.

DHHS/OCS (www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Community Services works in partnership with states, communities, and other agencies to provide a range of human and economic development services and activities which ameliorate the causes and characteristics of poverty and otherwise assist persons in need. The aim of these services and activities is to increase the capacity of individuals and families to become self-sufficient, to revitalize communities, and to build the stability and capacity of children, youth, and families so that they become able to create their own opportunities.