Los Angeles to Host 4th Annual Leadership Conference

Green infrastructure and sunshine will inspire you at the next Urban Water Sustainability Leadership Conference, September 23-26. Los Angeles, a former U.S. Water Prize winner, will showcase their innovation, integration, and collaboration model along with other Spotlight Cities. Resource recovery developments will also be featured at this national focal point for one water sustainability. Organized [...]

Events on the Horizon

Hydraulic Fracturing Webinar 2: Transparency The U.S. Water Alliance is conducting a four-part webinar series Hydraulic Fracturing: Beyond Name Calling to Real Environmental Protection. Register now for the second webinar, Transparency that Benefits All–Disclosing Fracturing Fluids and Operations, which will take place on February 19, 2013 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm EST. UPDATE: Webinar 1: Knowing [...]

Clean Water Groups Collaborate To Shape the “Utility of the Future”

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF), and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) have jointly released a pioneering document that defines the evolving environmental, economic, and social roles that clean water utilities are playing in their communities. As outlined in Water Resources Utility of the Future . . [...]

Global Risks in a Changing World

The World Economic Forum released a report on their annual survey entitled “Global Risks 2013,” and found water quantity issues to be one of the highest risks facing the world. Over 1,000 experts from industry, government, academia and civil society were questioned on 50 possible global risks for the next ten years, and the severity [...]

Xylem – Value of Water

Xylem, a global water technology company, has released their 2012 Value of Water Index and Report, and included a great presentation to display findings, based on a nation-wide poll of American voters about what they believe should be done in response to the country’s water crisis and who should pay for it. The study found [...]

The Rise and Fall of Salmon

The Elwha River, in Washington state, has been making a slow recovery since the removal of a dam in 2011, but stormwater runoff is endangering salmon. The river’s dam, built for power production, had stalled fish spawning and reduced sediment flow. Since its removal, sandbars have begun to form at the mouth of the river, [...]

Water for Energy Doubling by 2035

The International Energy Agency (IEA) projects that fresh water consumption for world energy production will double by the year 2035. The IEA’s forecast sees biofuel production and coal powered electric production to be the biggest water quantity issues in the coming years. Today, 66 billion cubic meters of water is consumed in energy production annually, [...]

Texas vs. New Mexico: the Water War

This month, Texas asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its complaint that New Mexico has been diverting water from the Rio Grande it is obligated to send downstream under a 75-year-old agreement called the Rio Grande Compact. The compact among Colorado, New Mexico and Texas settled years of litigation by establishing a formula for [...]

2013 U.S. Water Prize – Nomination Deadline Extended!

Are holiday festivities and end-of-the-year chaos stressing you out? If they are, then the U.S. Water Alliance (Alliance) is excited to offer you some relief. The Alliance is happy to announce that we are extending the 2013 U.S. Water Prize nomination deadline to December 31, 2012, 11:59 pm! The U.S. Water Prize recognizes individuals and [...]

Alliance Convened Agriculture and Water Leaders to Discuss Nutrients in MS River

U.S. Water Alliance successfully convened a meeting of agriculture, water, and environmental sector leaders at Wingspread in Racine, Wisconsin, last week to plan a series of dialogues for increased collaboration to reduce excess nutrients in the Mississippi River.  “Nothing is more important right now than finding common ground to protect our water and grow our [...]