Clean, safe water for all

The RBC Blue Water Project aims to protect watersheds and improve drinking water, and agriculture plays a key role.

Over a 10-year period, this project will contribute a total of $50 million in funding for programs that support watershed protection and access to clean drinking water. In August 2009, the RBC Blue Water Project announced that 30 organizations will receive nearly $4 million in grants. More than $20.6 million has been allocated since the project’s inception in 2007.

“The program is not about basic research or lobbying. Instead, we’re looking for action-oriented work by organizations that are finding new ways to reduce impacts on water resources and improving access to clean, safe water. It’s about building capacity and expertise and leaving something in place for the future.”

–Rob de Loë, University of Waterloo water policy expert

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