Hi, I’m George:


Here’s the Latest:

CBS News

Water Access in America, Special Report

Fast Company

We’re Going Backwards in Water Access

Cause Artist

Inspiring Nonprofit Leaders Who Will Impact the World in 2023

Upworthy

I Bring Running Water to Families Who Have Never Had It

NBC Nightly News

West Virginia Community Struggles without Reliable Water Access

CBS Sunday Morning

Americans Without Water

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The United States Needs Its Own WASH Sector

New York Times Op-Ed

How Do You Fight the Coronavirus Without Running Water?

Forbes

Meet the Entrepreneur Who is Closing America’s Water Gap


Awards & Fellowships

Ashoka Fellow

Civil Society Fellow, Aspen Institute

Social Entrepreneur in Residence (SEERs Fellow), Stanford

 

Some Videos I’ve Made:

One Relentless Pursuit

Water Is for All of Us

It Took 4 Years to Make this Video

Water is Medicine

Bandit

Clean Water for St. Michael’s

Running Water from a Suitcase?

Meet the Appalachia Water Project

Running Water After 30 Years!


Some Interviews:

CBS News Now

Upworthy Voices

NBC Nightly News

CBS Sunday Morning

Newsy

CBSN

Indeed.com, Jobs Change Us

Soledad Obrien

PBS NewsHour

CBS Sunday Morning

Kleenex

TEDx Nashville

VICE News

Loyola Commencement

WeDay Los Angeles

Ford Motor Company

 

Some Things I've Written:

 

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Six Global Trends in Health Equity - April 2024

USA Today: How Expanding Water Access Could Boost the U.S. Economy by $200 Billion - September 2022

Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR)The United States Needs its own WASH Sector - Summer Print Edition 2020

The New York Times: How do you survive the coronavirus without running water (Op-Ed) - April 2020

Montgomery Advertiser: Two Million Americans are in a Water Crisis; Some of them are Your Neighbors (op-ed) - November 2019

The Hill: Americans Left Behind in the Global Fight for Clean Water (op-ed) - March 2019

Detroit Free Press: How many Americans go without clean water? Study aims to find out (op-ed) - January 2019

LA Times: For Millions of Americans, Lack of Access to Water Isn't Just a Drought Problem (op-ed) - March 2018

The Nation: Dying of Thirst in America - October 2016


Podcasts

(Don’t) Waste Water: We Want You! Will You Help Close the Water Gap and Save Lives? - October 2022

The Unmistakable Creative: The Surprising Truth About Access to Clean Water - September 2022

Changemaker Rehab: George McGraw // Founder & CEO of DigDeep - September 2022

Other Press:

CBS News: Water Access in America, Special Report - March 2023

Fast Company: ‘We’re going backwards in water access’: How 46 million Americans still don’t have safe drinking water - March 2023

Associated Press: Report: Lack of Water Access Costs U.S. $8.6B Each Year - June 2022

Business Insider: 2.2 Million People in America Live Without Access to Running Water and Basic Plumbing: Report - June 2022

Rotary Magazine: Tó éí ííná át'é: Water is Life - June 2022

New York Times: Dispossessed, Again: Climate Change Hits Native Americans Especially Hard - June 2021

Washington Post: After generations of hauling water, a corner of Appalachia still waits for a better future - June 2021

NBC Nightly News: 'All the water's bad': In McDowell County, you have to get creative to find safe drinking water - June 2021

CBS News: Demand for water is rapidly increasing as supply dwindles - April 2021

RedBull: How one NPO is bringing running water to the Navajo - December 2020

CBS News: Navajo Nation residents face coronavirus without running water - April 2020

Water in Real Life Podcast: Time to “Dig Deep” into the US Water Crisis: Closing the Access Gap with George McGraw - April 2020

Forbes: Meet the Entrepreneur Who is Closing America’s Water Gap - November 2019

Washington Post: It’s Almost 2020, and 2 Million Americans Don’t Have Running Water, According to a New Report - December 2019

GQ; The Hidden Racial Inequities of Access to Water in America - November 2019

NBC News: When it Comes to Access to Clean Water, ‘Race is Still Strongest Determinant’ Report Says - November 2019

Newsweek: More than 2 Million Americans Living Without Clean Water, New Report Shows - November 2019

WNYC The Takeaway: New Study Shows more than 2 Million Americans Lack Access to Running Water - November 2019

NPR Morning Edition - Many Native Americans Can’t Get Clean Water, Report Finds - November 2019

MTV News - Native Peoples are 19 Times More Likely To Lack Access to Safe Water - November 2019

The Takeaway: No Tap or Toilet: Over One Million Americans Lack Access to Running Water - March 2019

Loyola University Chicago Magazine: Opening the Floodgates - April 2018.

Colgate + Vice Impact: Michael Phelps Presents Tales of Two Minutes - Water for St. Michaels - August 2017.

Trend Privé Magazine, Issue 28: DIGDEEP: George McGraw - August 2017.

Vice: The Navajo Nation Can't Go It Alone in Their Struggle for Clean Water - June 2017.

Vocativ: Navajo Special Needs School to Get Clean Water for the First time - March 2017

Cheddar TV: Interview on Clean Water for Navajo Special Needs School - March 2017

Parade Magazine: World Water Day, Taking Care of Our Most Precious Resource - March 2017.

InterPress Service (UN): Beyond Standing Rock, Extraction Harms Indigenous Water Sources - December 2016

Southwest Airlines Magazine: Thirst Aid - February 2016

PRI/BBC The Word: An NGO Focused on Water Poverty Turns its Attention from Africa back to US - May 2016

NPR: For the Navajo Nation, Uranium Mining's Deadly Legacy Lingers - April 2016

Navajo-Hopi Observer: Looking for Water on the Rez - December 2013

ATTNWater Contamination in the Navajo Nation Has Plagued Residents for Decades - March 2016

GOOD Magazine: One Man's Plan to End Water Scarcity for Everyone - October 2015

New York Times: On Parched Navajo Nation, Water Lady Brings Liquid Gold - July 2015

NPR Morning Edition: For Many Navajo, a Visit from the Water Lady is a Refreshing Sight - January 2015

UpWorthy: Getting Clean Water is No Problem in the United States, Right? - November 2014