WE ARE WAVEMAKERS
Together, we can end the global water crisis
A better future starts with water
Imagine a world where the single biggest barrier to a child’s health, education, and future is not money or politics. It is water.
For more than 2 billion people, that is reality.
Safe drinking water is the starting line for opportunity. Without it, children struggle to stay in school, families lose income to preventable illness, and entire communities are held back from reaching their potential.
CAWST delivers the knowledge that makes it possible
From our headquarters in Calgary, we equip organizations and communities around the world with the training, tools, and expertise to keep water safe for life.
As a licensed professional engineering firm and Canadian charity, we combine technical expertise with open-access knowledge to help communities solve water challenges themselves.
Our model is highly cost-effective.
For less than $0.38, we can help improve a person’s water, sanitation, or hygiene, creating healthier families and stronger communities.
Because when knowledge is shared, it multiplies.
Our Impact Grows Every Year
Scaling what works
CAWST focuses on building local capacity so solutions continue long after a single project ends.
Instead of delivering infrastructure alone, we help organizations and communities build theknowledge and skills to manage water
safely, themselves.
When one organization learns how to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene, that knowledge could spread to thousands more.
This is the multiplier effect.
Since 2001, CAWST and its global partners have helped more than 72 million people.
Our impact grows because knowledge spreads. That is the power of our model. Impact at scale.
A family of 12 in India spent 45 rupees every day for 15 years buying water. When they gained access to CAWST training through a local partner, they learned to treat their own water safely using a biosand filter. Today, their children bring clean water to school, the family has avoided chronic illness, and the savings go directly into their six children’s education and wellbeing. This is what happens when knowledge reaches a family.
Join us in our goal to reach 230 million people by 2030
By expanding our global network of training partners, client organizations, and open-access resources, we believe this goal is possible.