2012 U.S. Water Prize Winners to be Celebrated

The winners of the U.S. Water Alliance’s 2012 U.S. Water Prize will be honored in a special ceremony on Monday, April 23, 2012, at the Washington Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C.  National water and environmental leaders will attend the celebration. Each recipient will receive a handcrafted, water-inspired, ceramic art work commissioned from internationally acclaimed potter [...]

Google Partners with Douglas County on Reuse

Google recently partnered with Douglas County, GA to reduce its local data center’s environmental impact. Data centers must maintain cool temperatures to keep their equipment from overheating. When Google’s data center opened in 2007, it was using drinking water from the Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority (DDCWSA) for cooling, later Google realized how much [...]

Deeper than Water Video

The Columbia Water Center, a branch of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, is dedicated to research and analysis of water issues across the world, with a particular focus on water scarcity. The Center has released an animated video entitled “Deeper Than Water.” Visually striking and full of useful facts and figures, the video is [...]

Airdrop – Wins James Dyson Award

The 2011 James Dyson Award has been awarded to Edward Linacre of Melbourne, Australia for his Airdrop irrigation system — a device capable of transforming drought-ridden areas into fertile farmland. The James Dyson Award is an international student design award running in 18 countries. It’s run by the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson’s charitable trust, [...]

U.S. Water Prize

Monday, May 9, in a ceremony before more than 250 people, the U.S. Water Alliance presented the 2011 U.S. Water Prize to five organizations reflecting the diversity of America. Each winner sets a shining example for innovating, integrating, and collaborating to sustain America’s liquid assets: The City of Los Angeles, Milwaukee Water Council, National Great [...]

MSNBC – Alliance President Ben Grumbles on Hydraulic Fracturing

An interview with U.S. Water Alliance President Ben Grumbles on hydraulic fracturing with MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan

World Water Act Heads for the House

The U.S. House of Representatives may vote soon on the Paul Simon World Water Act (H.R. 2030/S. 624). The Act, which was passed by the U.S. Senate on September 20, 2010, seeks safe access to water for over a 100,000,000 people worldwide. The Chronicle’s Group has just released a short film, co-sponsored by the U.S. [...]

Veolia Unveils Water Impact Index

Veolia Water North America (Veolia) recently unveiled the Water Impact Index, the first indicator enabling a comprehensive assessment of the impact of human activity on water resources. The company also announced what is believed to be the first-ever simultaneous analysis of water and carbon on a major metropolitan area’s water cycle. Most water indexes are [...]

The Story of Bottled Water

The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day) tells the story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over five minutes, the film explores the bottled water industry’s attacks on tap water [...]

CBS: Where America Stands on Water

Great overview on how America values water with an interview of Pat Mulroy, General Manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority and Board Member of the U.S. Water Alliance.