2012 U.S. Water Prize Winners Announced

The U.S. Water Alliance announced winners today of the 2012 U.S. Water Prize for watershed-based approaches toward water sustainability.  “These six water champions are showing America how to innovate, integrate, and educate for water sustainability and economic success,” explained Alliance President Ben Grumbles. U.S. Water Prize winners by alphabetical order are Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, [...]

One Water Management Meeting – Summary

On February 10, more than 60 leaders met to discuss One Water Management and the formation of a network.  The U.S. Water Alliance in cooperation with the Water Environment Research Foundation hosted the meeting with four goals in mind: Understand what integrated water management means to participants, including differences and commonalities. Identify obstacles, gaps, and [...]

New NRDC Report – Financing Stormwater Retrofits in Philadelphia and Beyond

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) recently released a new report on how local and state governments can stimulate private investment, to offset the costs of retrofitting our nation’s stormwater infrastructure, which today typically consists of traditional gray infrastructure: pipes, concrete and pavement. The report lauds the Philadelphia Water Department’s Green City, Clean Waters plan [...]

AridLID Conference: March 27-29

U.S. Water Alliance President Ben Grumbles has been invited to present the opening keynote address at the Watershed Management Group hosted 2012 Arid Low Impact Development and Green Infrastructure Conference (AridLID) in Tucson, AZ, on March 27-29th. This workshop will discuss and demonstrate the latest in green infrastructure and urban sustainability being practiced in the [...]

U.S. Counties at Risk because of Climate Change and Water Shortages

A new study funded by the Natural Resources Defense Council and published in the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Environmental Science & Technology reports that 7 in 10 U.S. counties risk fresh water shortages in the middle of the 21st century. Even more startling, is that more than 1 in 3 counties could be classified [...]

Water Tower Power

New York City is beginning a new form of energy generation: water towers. Frank Zammataro, president of Rentricity, has developed a turbine system to harness the pressure differentials in a water tower in water utilities to create power from previously wasted energy.  When water is drawn from a water tower, the gravity of the water [...]

Ground Water Awareness Week

The U.S. Water Alliance asks you to join us in celebrating National Ground Water Awareness week from March 11 to March 17. The National Ground Water Association has brought attention to ground water issues through this campaign over the last thirteen years. With 90% of all drinking water in the U.S. coming from ground water [...]