Sustainable Finance Strategies for Watershed Protection

Nearly 100 years ago the leaders of a sleepy southern textile town took unprecedented steps to ensure that its citizens would have secure and readily available drinking water for decades to come.  There was only one problem – those decades did come and so did lots more people.  Today, Greenville, South Carolina, home to the “best tasting water in North America” according to a national survey, can no longer rest on the actions of those visionary leaders from a past century if it is to have plentiful and safe drinking water for the future.

These facts and a proposed strategy for a secure future are highlighted in a U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment) report entitled, “Sustainable Finance Strategies for Watershed Protection:  Greenville, South Carolina.”