Water challenges are facing communities and regions across the United States, impacting millions of lives and costing billions of dollars in damages. Recent events, including record-breaking drought in the West, severe flooding in the Southeast, and the water-quality crisis in Flint, MI, have elevated a national dialogue on the state of our Nation's water resources and infrastructure. This dialogue is increasingly important as a growing population and changing climate continue to exacerbate water challenges. On March 22, 2016-World Water Day-the Obama Administration hosted the first-ever White House Water Summit to shine a spotlight on the importance of cross-cutting, creative solutions to solving the water problems of today, as well as to highlight the innovative strategies that will catalyze change across the ways in which we use, conserve, protect, and think about water in the years to come. As part of the Summit, the Administration called on institutions and organizations from all sectors to make new commitments to build a sustainable water future in the United States. In response, institutions and organizations made the following commitments, as reported and described by respondents.
| Author: The Executive The Executive Office of the President, Penny Hill Press |
| Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: May 18, 2016 |
| Number of Pages: 38 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1533318808 |
| ISBN-13: 9781533318800 |
