Warm Springs Water Crisis: Starla Green, Warm Springs Community Action Team

On World Water Day, March 22, 2022, not all of us have access to ample, clean water.
Many of us take the idea of regular access to ample, fresh clean water for granted in the Pacific Northwest, but we shouldn't.
This past weekend, an electrical fire knocked the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs' water treatment plant offline. Chico Holliday, general manager of the tribes' Branch of Public Utilities, is optimistic that they will be able to get systems up and running this week, but the full damage from the fire is still being accessed. An estimated 200 homes have already lost access to drinking water.
Restoring regular, reliable access to safe, drinkable water at Warm Springs will not be a quick fix. But there's a way we can all help today. For World Water Day, our partners at the Warm Springs Community Action Team have released a new video detailing community-led efforts to build resilience to water insecurity on the reservation.
Please watch the video and consider sharing it and/or making a donation to the Chúush Fund-an inventive community financing tool managed by Seeding Justice that allows both the public and institutional funders alike to directly assist the people of Warm Springs in confronting this crisis.