Small Community Makes Big Difference Providing Access to Clean Water

Providing clean water to the more than 750 million people worldwide who do not have access to it is a mission that is close to the pump industry.

Pump technologies from major companies like SEEPEX, Grundfos, Xylem, Atlas Copco, GE and others help to make clean water possible in remote communities across the globe. But major corporations are not the only ones making a difference.

Bear Creek Water, for example, created an inventive way to get involved. Founded in 2008, a small church community in Lodi, California was inspired by the fundraising efforts of it’s youth group, which was recycling bottles and aluminum cans to raise money.

Bear Creek Community Church’s pastor, Bill Cummins, thought about ways to expand this idea and do something bigger. “As Americans, in general, we take our abundant access to clean water for granted,” says Cummins. “We splurge on water and are not even careful with water. We really don’t even think twice about it. We turn on our tap, and it’s there for us.”

While at a leadership conference in Sacramento several years ago, Cummins and a group of his church leaders decided they wanted to make a commitment to make a difference in their community and worldwide. The world’s water crisis was a perfect opportunity.

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