Improving lives
Access to Safe Drinking Water
Many of our Southwest Virginia neighbors have personal experience in hauling or buying water for long periods of time during droughts or after learning that their wells are contaminated. For residents dealing with a lack of safe drinking water, daily living must be organized around meeting household water needs – whether buying water by the gallon at a grocery store, hauling it in large quantities on a truck, or traveling long distances to wash clothes at a laundromat.
The Foundation for Appalachian Virginia will help to carry on the very important work of the Coalfield Water Development Fund by helping to administer its endowment in the future.
