Clean water is essential to life and also to address many of the world's biggest development challenges from poverty to malnutrition. OPIC has long supported access to clean water through a variety of projects from major infrastructure construction to small-scale microfinance lending. OPIC's commitment to renewable resources recognizes that a rapidly growing world population is putting greater strains on all the world's resources, making efficient, sustainable use essential. This inforgraphic shows some of the other ways OPIC supports access to clean water across the developing world.