Water Productivity and Efficiency programs have an established track record as cost-effective long-term public resource investments. Less well understood are the short-term economic impacts of these rapidly scalable and adaptable programs, and the ability of these programs to quickly deliver economic benefit as well as sustainable solutions. This paper quantitatively examines the short-term economic growth impacts of water/energy Productivity and Efficiency investments, specifically in terms of job creation, income, GDP, national output, water savings, and other benefits.