Headline : The Importance of the Water for the World Act

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"Since this incredible Water for the World Act became law, USAID has helped 42 million people access clean water, and 38 million people access sanitation services,” said USAID Administrator Power.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act, named after a U.S. politician who foresaw the global water crisis and understood its implications. He led a push in the U.S. Congress to increase access to water and sanitation for the most vulnerable communities around the world.

Recalling a visit he made to the dying Sea of Aral, Senator Simon feared the coming of a “looming, waterless storm,” with rising levels of disease and displacement, of growing instability at home and abroad, said USAID Administrator Samantha Power.

Though Senator Simon did not live to see his efforts come to fruition, in 2005, the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act passed into law. Its purpose was to “make access to safe water and sanitation for developing countries a specific policy objective of the United States foreign assistance programs.”

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