Cummins Water Works
Addressing the global water crisis
Today, about 2.2 billion people lack safely managed drinking water, and 3.5 billion people lack access to safely managed sanitation.
Cummins Water Works aims to advance water security and empower communities by engaging in sustainable, high-impact water projects around the world.
Strengthening communities through sustainable water, the program focuses on large-scale impact and has reached 6.3 million people since 2021.
3.5 BILLION
People lack access to safely managed sanitation
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Schools lack access to basic water and sanitation
200M HOURS/DAY
Time women and girls spend collecting water
Cummins is tackling water scarcity through strategic community investments that support local water needs in the communities where our employees live and work. An integral part of Cummins’ Destination Zero strategy, Cummins Water Works is working towards a bold goal: becoming net water positive in every region where Cummins operates by 2030.
To date, Cummins has achieved this in four of its seven regions, delivering more than 8.7 billion gallons of water benefits to communities around the world since 2021.
Cummins Water Works has 20 active projects across 21 countries, including China, Philippines, Australia, India, United Arab Emirates, Poland, Belgium, United Kingdom, Spain, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Canada, and the United States.
Cummins Water Works in action
Empowering communities, one drop at a time
By emphasizing the importance of clean water access as a fundamental right, Cummins partners with organizations like Water.org to deliver sustainable, high-impact water solutions around the world. Through Francisca’s story, you’ll see how access to safe water transforms lives by improving health, education, and economic stability.
Watershed warriors
Through our partnership with The Nature Conservancy, Cummins Chile employees are volunteering to help restore the High Andean wetlands, which play a crucial role in filtering water that comes from the glaciers and mitigating flooding and erosion.
Watch the latest video from Cummins Water Works featuring our colleagues working in the wetlands of the Maipo River Basin in Chile.
Cummins Water Works partners
Partnerships are essential to drive meaningful, scalable impact. Cummins partners with the following organizations to address specific issues facing our communities.
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