Water Powers Our Lives
Clean drinking water powers our lives, but it takes a long journey and hundreds of local people to get it to your tap safely.
Celebrate Drinking Water Week with askHRGreen, learn about our region’s water delivery system, see what you can do to keep it clean and and enter to win an Owala water bottle!
“Only 1% of the Earth’s water is available for human use.”
Protecting Our Water. Securing Our Future.
During Drinking Water Week, people all over the country take time to celebrate the importance of clean drinking water – and all the local people who bring it to us.
Your Tap Is A Treasure
Unlike bottled water, tap water is affordable and always right there when you need it. All with just a twist of the wrist!
- Essential for health and hygiene
- Powers agriculture and industry
- Supports fire protection and public safety
- Critical to environmental sustainability
Source to Sip
During Drinking Water Week, people all over the country take time to celebrate the importance of clean drinking water – and all the local people who bring it to us.
Where It Starts
Your water starts its journey from reservoirs, rivers and underground aquifers across Hampton Roads and Virginia.
How It’s Treated
Next, your water is moved from its natural source to the treatment plant, where it goes through a series of processes to remove the impurities and make it safe to drink.
Where Next?
To you! Your water travels through a network of underground pipes and pumping stations before reaching your faucet. It’s a system you never see, but it’s always working for you.
You Can Help!
Protecting our water protects our future. There’s a lot you can do to help conserve it and keep it clean.
- Fix Household leaks promptly
- Turn off the tap when brushing
- Use Water-efficient appliances
- Keep the bad stuff out of the drain
Enter to win an Owala water bottle!
Meet our new water drop mascot – friendly, fresh, and in need of a name! Help us out and you could win one of six awesome Owala water bottles. It’s our way of saying thanks for celebrating Drinking Water Week with us.