Water security in developing countries benefits both the American economy and its national security. As Land o’Lakes, Inc. President and CEO Chris Policinski put it, “Providing clean water for communities improves health outcomes and allows for increased productivity because people are sick less often from water-borne diseases.” Indeed, providing drinking water to developing communities is one of the things the U.S. does best, according to Ritu Sharma, Co-Founder and President of Women Thrive Worldwide. “There’s more momentum than there has been in a generation to elevate development and overhaul U.S. assistance so it can do more of what it does well: send girls to school, help eradicate infectious diseases and provide clean drinking water to far-flung communities,” she wrote in December.