Terms

Website Terms of Use

Drop in the Bucket maintains this website for your personal information, education, and communication. Please feel free to browse our site.

Except for User Submissions (see note below), all materials on our site, including but not limited to artwork, photographs, graphics, audio clips, video clips, text, and trademarks (collectively, “Materials”), are the property of Drop in the Bucket or its licensors. The exclusive rights to these Materials are protected by applicable U.S. and international copyright, trademark, and unfair competition laws.

Permission to Reproduce Materials

It is in keeping with Drop in the Bucket’s mission to encourage public discourse and activism regarding the global water crisis.

Accordingly, unless particular Materials are specifically restricted as noted on the relevant web page, it is Drop in the Bucket’s policy to allow limited reproduction and distribution of Materials posted on our website, subject to the following conditions:

  1. The particular article or section must be reproduced in its entirety and in its original form. You may not edit or otherwise change the substance of the content or change or delete any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices.
  2. All copies must include a statement that the Material was reproduced from the Drop in the Bucket website with permission from Drop in the Bucket.
  3. All copies must include the following notice: “© 2026 Drop in the Bucket. All Rights Reserved.”
  4. Copies may be distributed only for non-commercial educational or public policy purposes that promote Drop in the Bucket’s mission or work.
  5. Copies must be distributed at no charge or, at most, at actual cost.

Provided you comply with all of these conditions, Drop in the Bucket grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Materials on our website.

Other nonprofit organizations must request permission from Drop in the Bucket before reproducing or distributing Materials from this website.

Restrictions on Use

Except as specifically permitted above, you may not copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, display, prepare derivative works based on, republish, transmit, repost, or otherwise use the Materials on our website without prior written authorization from Drop in the Bucket.

To request permission, please email [email protected].

Trademarks

Drop in the Bucket, its name, logo, and the names of its programs referenced on this website are trademarks or service marks of Drop in the Bucket, as applicable.

Drop in the Bucket trademarks may not be reproduced separately from the textual content associated with them on the website without prior written permission.

Unauthorized use of any Drop in the Bucket trademark, service mark, or logo may violate applicable federal or state law.

Software and Downloads

If you download software from this website to use the Materials as authorized above, the software, including any files, images, audio or video clips incorporated in or generated by the software, and any accompanying data (collectively, “Software”), is licensed to you by Drop in the Bucket.

Drop in the Bucket does not transfer ownership of the Software to you. You own the medium on which the Software is recorded, but Drop in the Bucket retains title to the Software and all intellectual property rights therein.

You may not redistribute, sell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-perceivable form.