Kai Risdahl
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The key here is to get the water across the field as quickly as possible.
The key here is to get the water across the field as quickly as possible.
The Gila River Indian community has spent the past few years accepting big checks from the federal government to make its water systems more efficient, leaving the water it's not using in Lake Mead, the nation's largest reservoir.
The Gila River Indian community has spent the past few years accepting big checks from the federal government to make its water systems more efficient, leaving the water it's not using in Lake Mead, the nation's largest reservoir.
But now it's not just the feds helping foot the bill.
But now it's not just the feds helping foot the bill.
Shannon Quinn leads water conservation at Procter & Gamble.
Shannon Quinn leads water conservation at Procter & Gamble.
P&G, along with Google, paid for more than half of this new irrigation system, which cost a little more than $1.5 million.
P&G, along with Google, paid for more than half of this new irrigation system, which cost a little more than $1.5 million.
Companies are stepping up their investments in water conservation for two big reasons.
Companies are stepping up their investments in water conservation for two big reasons.
Todd Reeve knows them well.
He's the CEO of Bonneville Environmental Foundation, which connects companies with money, like P&G, to people who can put it to work in conservation, like the Gila River Indian community.
He's the CEO of Bonneville Environmental Foundation, which connects companies with money, like P&G, to people who can put it to work in conservation, like the Gila River Indian community.
For a while, he says, corporations were too focused on the short term, and he couldn't convince them that water shortages would hurt their business.
For a while, he says, corporations were too focused on the short term, and he couldn't convince them that water shortages would hurt their business.