UCANE Joins Sixth Annual “Imagine a Day Without Water” Campaign to Raise Awareness About the Value of Water

On October 21, UCANE once again joined elected officials, water utilities, community leaders, educators, and businesses from across the country as part of the sixth Annual Imagine a Day Without Water, a nationwide day of education and advocacy about the value of water. Led by the Value of Water Campaign, a thousand organizations from across the country raised awareness about not taking water for granted and the crucial need for investment in our nation’s water systems.

Turning on the tap for clean, safe drinking water, vice to safeguard public health and the economy. But and flushing the toilet with no second thought the infrastructure and service it takes to bring water about what happens to wastewater, are ac- to our homes and businesses and take it away is not tions most Americans take for granted every day. free and can’t be taken for granted. We all need to But this year as our community dealt with the public educate ourselves about where our water comes health crisis from coronavirus, we saw that reliable from and the investment these critical systems need.” water service is something we depend on to protect Imagine a Day Without Water is an opportunity our health and our economy. Our nation’s water infra- for diverse organizations, from environmental adstructure is aging and in need of investment. A day vocates to coffee shops, aquariums to car washes, without water service would be a public health and an city halls to water utilities, to talk about why water is economic disaster: a single nationwide day without important to them. Over the past five years, it has water service would put our entire economy at risk. provided a platform for educating the public and ad-

Investment in our drinking water and wastewater vocating for leaders to prioritize investing in water tosystems is a pathway to economic recovery. Renew- day, so in the future no American will have to imagine ing our aging infrastructure will create jobs, protect a day without water. Learn more at imagineadaywithpublic health, and avoid massive costs that will come outwater.org and follow the conversation on social if we allow these systems to continue to deteriorate. media at #ValueWater. n UCANE joined Imagine a Day Without Water to draw attention to the continued $18 billion to $20 billion water infrastructure gap in Massachusetts.

“We're thrilled that UCANE is once again a part of Imagine a Day Without Water. This national day of action educates our neighbors and public officials about the essential role water plays in all of our lives,” said Radhika Fox, CEO of the U.S. Water Alliance and Director of the Value of Water Campaign. “This year showed us the critical importance of water ser-