Elizabeth Smithwick, U.S. Agency for International Development lead field officer at Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team and acting Panjshir PRT director, speaks to locals who gathered at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for an Afghanistan Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation water reservoir. The SWSS project seeks to increase access to potable water and sanitation services in poor communities, decrease the incidence of water-related diseases through household hygiene interventions, and improve the sustainable management of potable water quality and quantity in project-assisted communities.