Alliance for Water Efficiency

{{Short description|Nonprofit organization}}The Alliance for Water Efficiency is a stakeholder-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the efficient and sustainable use of water. The organization serves as a North American advocate for water-efficient products and programs, and provides information and assistance on water conservation efforts. The organization's activities include advocacy,{{cite web|title=U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Water and Power Subcommittee Hearing: Water Efficiency and Energy Impacts, July, 2012|url=http://www.energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/hearings-and-business-meetings?ID=8c3a493a-e8a8-4af6-9148-ce2aa875f46b}}{{cite web|title=U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, Subcommittee on Water & Wildlife, March, 2009|url=http://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Testimony&Hearing_ID=3aebcf6c-802a-23ad-4859-ebf9c54463d7&Witness_ID=4000579d-0ab1-4a6d-8a46-d378022cf66b}}{{cite web|title=McNerney Amendment To Improve Efficiency Passes House Committee On Energy And Commerce, Retrieved April 2014|url=http://mcnerney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/mcnerney-amendment-to-improve-water-efficiency-passes-house-committee-on}} research,{{cite web|title=Economic and Environmental Benefits of Industrial Water Use Efficiency, November, 2012|url=http://www.glpf.org/funded-projects/economic-and-environmental-benefits-industrial-water-use-efficiency|access-date=2014-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725015118/http://www.glpf.org/funded-projects/economic-and-environmental-benefits-industrial-water-use-efficiency|archive-date=2014-07-25|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Alliance for Water Efficiency Announces New Pilot Program to Make Canadian Plumbing More Sustainable, June, 2013|url=http://www.waterefficiency.net/WE/Articles/Alliance_for_Water_Efficiency_Announces_New_Pilot_21936.aspx}} and training. The organization received early support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.{{cite web|title=Testimony of Benjamin H. Grumbles Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. EPA Before the Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, September, 2007|url=http://www.epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Files.View&FileStore_id=1d5cfc38-ea09-4aa8-9275-3b67a1d9af22}}{{cite web|title=New Water Conservation Organization to be Headquartered in Chicago, Retrieved July, 2013|url=http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/835ee120715954a5852572a000657b5f/4a4fcea18e8fe375852570d50080540e!OpenDocument}}