In celebration of World Water Day this past Tuesday, March 22, power generation company Cummins announced a $3 million three-year grant to The Nature Conservancy to restore water resources in the Mississippi River Basin.
In July 2021, Cummins launched a new global community program called Cummins Water Works to address the global water crisis by partnering with leading water experts and investing and engaging in sustainable, large scale, high impact water projects around the world. Shortly after, Cummins partnered with The Nature Conservancy and Water.org in Brazil, India and Mexico to gain immediate momentum in addressing critical global water sustainability issues.
“With a rapidly changing world leading to more unpredictability in water supply, a direct intervention to help replenish our groundwater is crucial to the goal of strengthening communities through sustainable water,” said Travis Meek, director of corporate responsibility at Cummins. “We are excited to launch a U.S.-focused program with The Nature Conservancy to improve water quality and increase groundwater levels in the Mississippi River Basin.”
“The Mississippi River Basin and Gulf of Mexico are two critically important natural systems in North America,” added Trey Cooke, The Nature Conservancy’s director for the Mississippi River Basin Program. “The Nature Conservancy’s goal is to reduce nutrient loading in the Mississippi River Basin by 20 percent by 2025. Cummins’ engagement will be critical for helping us reach this goal.”
