Thousands of watersheds in this country are in need. And only by improving the system of conservation can we fix them all.
Recent governmental funding has put billions into fixing water problems across the country—floods, drought, pollutants, and aging infrastructure. Current administration efforts want to make certain that money is spent efficiently. We couldn’t agree more. Throwing money at a problem won’t solve anything without accelerated and quantifiable results.
There are many different pieces to conservation. Because much of it is uncoordinated, the impact is well below what it could be. Too often, good-faith actors want to solve a problem but focus on a small piece without seeing the big picture. Industry regulators care about general compliance targets for clean water but can’t really consider region-wide approaches that could deliver broader results. Funders like natural resource agencies, foundations, and utilities verify if restoration actions are done but don’t measure the actual difference made. Many landowners want to practice more sustainable farming methods but don’t know their options or how to pay for them.
Modern water conservation needs a new framework that works easily for all participants, delivers measurable results, and can be replicated nationwide.
We need to deploy funds with speed and precision to projects with the greatest benefits for the least cost…across ENTIRE watersheds.
WHY we do this: We challenge the status quo because its fragmented nature no longer addresses the scale of our water problems.
HOW we do this: We offer a working alternative that leverages technology to integrate uncoordinated policies, programs & funding.
WHAT we do: We catalyze local supply chains to put irrigation and restoration projects on the ground with precision, efficiency, and quantified results.
Because everybody likes stuff that works, our innovations continue to gain uptake. By improving each step in the sequence that moves a project from idea to completion, a better process is built, then proved, and then scaled up. Our work in the Snake Basin is a case in point:
In 2024 we began working with USDA to rapidly determine which irrigation projects can most quickly make the biggest difference in a given watershed. This way, they can deploy their funding more strategically and for the first time, track the water quality benefits.
In 2025, we will put together an unlikely public/private finance stack that will uncork an unprecedented amount of targeted irrigation upgrades over the next decade. This will help to drought-proof farmers, dramatically cut runoff from farm fields, and decrease the threat of accumulation of toxins in fish tissues.
By integrating several components, our system approach delivers direct and downstream benefits that secure food supply, help farming communities, and fix rivers.
There’s no longer any good reason to not be doing this everywhere.
