Keep the River Running is built on the belief that meaningful water action requires collaboration. No single organization can address the growing pressure on the Colorado River on their own.
Behind Mina Guli is a team of partners working to drive the conversations and action needed to secure the future of the Colorado River.
From technology and innovation to advocacy, leadership and basin-level experience, each partner plays a distinct role in strengthening water resilience.
Founded by Mina Guli, Thirst Foundation helps turn ambition into action by mobilising governments, companies and communities around water.
A global leader in advanced pump and water technologies, Grundfos helps turn water challenges into practical, measurable action.
The Water Resilience Coalition (WRC) mobilizes corporate action and drives collective, basin‑level impact in water-stressed regions.
Founded by Mina Guli in 2012, Thirst Foundation works to change how people think about water and inspire action at every level of society. Following a 15-year career in law, finance and climate change, Mina created Thirst to help address one of the world’s most urgent challenges: the global water crisis.
For over a decade, Thirst has evolved into a global platform for water advocacy and action. Through campaigns, partnerships and community movements such as Run Blue, the organisation works to mobilise governments, businesses and individuals to prioritise water and accelerate solutions.
Concerned at the pace of change, Mina began using endurance challenges to demonstrate the power of setting big, audacious goals and doing the hard things needed to achieve them.
In 2018, Mina set out to run 100 marathons in 100 days. When she broke her leg at marathon 62, people around the world stepped forward to continue the journey. The Run Blue movement was born.
From 2022 to 2023, Mina ran 200 marathons across 32 countries, helping build Run Blue into the largest grassroots movement for water in history. Participants from more than 200 countries and territories joined the campaign, helping generate momentum ahead of the historic UN 2023 Water Conference and contributing to global commitments through the UN Water Action Agenda.
Keep the River Running builds on more than a decade of work by Mina Guli and Thirst Foundation.
The campaign brings together communities, businesses, policymakers and water leaders around one of the most important rivers in the American West. Through a 2,000-mile journey along the Colorado River, Mina is helping create new opportunities for collaboration, elevate local voices and accelerate the action needed to strengthen water resilience across the basin.
Grundfos develops water solutions that improve efficiency and resilience across water systems. As a global leader in advanced pump and water technologies, Grundfos helps turn water challenges into practical, measurable action, including in the Colorado River Basin.
Water is central to Grundfos’ purpose. The company develops energy‑efficient and digital water solutions that reduce waste, improve system performance, and support more resilient water infrastructure.
These capabilities shape Grundfos’ contribution to Keep the River Running and reflect a long‑standing commitment to responsible water management.
Through Keep the River Running, Grundfos brings its technical knowledge and experience to support more efficient and resilient water systems in the Colorado River Basin. This includes applying solutions that help improve system performance, reduce water waste and strengthen overall water resilience across sectors.
Grundfos’ involvement in Keep the River Running builds on more than 50 years of serving communities across the United States. Since establishing its US presence in 1973, Grundfos has grown to more than 1,200 employees across 11 sites, supporting customers from residential systems to large‑scale industrial and utility applications.
As the company’s largest global market, the U.S. is where many of its most advanced water technologies are developed, tested and put to work.
Grundfos continues to advance solutions that help protect vital water resources and support the people and industries that depend on them.
The Water Resilience Coalition (WRC) brings together global companies committed to protecting freshwater systems through collective, basin‑level action. As a Keep the River Running partner, the Coalition helps turn the growing awareness of water stress into coordinated efforts that strengthen water resilience where it is most needed.
Mina Guli’s run along the Colorado River highlights the urgency of protecting freshwater resources. The Water Resilience Coalition helps turn that urgency into collective impact by:
These efforts contribute towards building more secure water systems for the communities, economies and ecosystems that depend on the river.
The Water Resilience Coalition is an industry-driven, CEO-led initiative of the CEO Water Mandate, a partnership between the UN Global Compact and the Pacific Institute. The initiative brings together 40+ leading companies representing $5 trillion in combined market value to advance water security in 100+ priority basins globally and drives collective action that delivers measurable business value while strengthening community water resilience.The Water Resilience Coalition is an industry-driven, CEO-led initiative of the CEO Water Mandate, a partnership between the UN Global Compact and the Pacific Institute. The initiative brings together 40+ leading companies representing $5 trillion in combined market value to advance water security in 100+ priority basins globally and drives collective action that delivers measurable business value while strengthening community water resilience.
Join the world’s largest grassroots movement for water this year as Mina Guli runs the length of the Colorado River.
