Earth Day Celebrates U.S. Water Prize Winners

(Washington, D.C.) In an Earth Day ceremony at National Geographic Headquarters, in Washington D.C., the U.S. Water Alliance presented its U.S. Water Prize to three winners: MillerCoors, The Freshwater Trust, and Onondaga County (NY). The Honorable William K. Reilly (U.S. EPA Administrator 1989-93) addressed the audience of 300 environmental leaders gathered to honor the awardees, [...]

Honoring U.S. Water Prize Winners on Earth Day

The U.S. Water Alliance will be honoring the 2013 class of U.S. Water Prize winners on Earth Day April 22, 2013 in Washington, D.C.: MillerCoors, Onondaga County, NY, and The Freshwater Trust. William Reilly, writer, advisor, and former Administrator of the U.S. EPA and President of the World Wildlife Fund, will salute the winners in [...]

Last in 4-part Series – Drill into What’s Left Behind

Join the U.S. Water Alliance for the last in a 4-part series on hydraulic fracturing, Fracturing Site Closure & Restoration Considerations, on Tuesday, April 16, from 2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT. Alliance President Ben Grumbles will moderate two experts, John Bailey, P.E., Water Division, Permits Branch Manager, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and Jennifer Harty, [...]

One Water Management Network to Convene in June

The U.S. Water Alliance will convene a national meeting of the One Water Management (OWM) network and invited guests on June 20 in Washington, D.C. The meeting follows the initiation of the network attended by a diverse array of water leaders and stakeholders in February, 2012. That meeting resulted in the formation of a national [...]

Leadership Summit Early Bird List

West Coast sunshine, green infrastructure, and resource recovery will be featured at this year’s One Water Leadership Summit (formerly the Urban Water Sustainability Leadership Conference) on September 23-26, at the OMNI Hotel in Los Angeles. As in year’s past, Spotlight Communities will present models of collaboration, integration, and innovation with an opportunity to discuss climate [...]

Alliance Convenes Ag & Water on Mississippi River Nutrients

The U.S. Water Alliance convened a meeting of agriculture, water, and environmental sector leaders at The McKnight Foundation headquarters in Minneapolis on March 28 in the first of a four part series of dialogues to increase collaboration that will find ways to reduce excess nutrients in the Mississippi River. Forty leaders gathered to examine each [...]

Water Technology Innovation Blueprint

On March 27, 2013 EPA’s Office of Water released its “Blueprint for Integrating Technology Innovation into the National Water Program”. The document identifies EPA Water’s top ten priority areas for technology innovation, such as energy efficiency and resource recovery, nutrient pollution, greening infrastructure, infrastructure finance, reducing environmental impacts of domestic energy production (such as shale [...]

Scaling Up Water Sustainability

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development is convening a one-day summit on “The Business of Water: Scaling Up Water Sustainability Solutions in the U.S.” in San Francisco, CA, on May 8. The high-profile gathering will bring together business leaders and utility executives to advance sustainable and integrated approaches to water, food, and energy. Members [...]

Fracking Collaboration

Nationally and locally, shale gas drilling and fracturing have tended to divide rather than unite organizations and individuals. Recently, however, there’s news of a diverse group of environmental and energy interests, the Center for Sustainable Shale Development, based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that’s actually agreed on a set of voluntary standards. Not everyone is celebrating [...]

Alliance Convenes Ag and Water Sector Leaders in Minneapolis to Discuss Nutrients in Mississippi Watersheds

(Minneapolis, Minn.) The U.S. Water Alliance convened a meeting of agriculture, water, and environmental sector leaders at The McKnight Foundation headquarters in Minneapolis on Thursday March 28, 2013 to increase collaboration to reduce excess nutrients in the Mississippi River. “Food and water leaders can find common ground and grow innovative and sustainable solutions when given [...]