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 [...]

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 [...]

The Water Fiscal Cliff

While the fiscal cliff may have been averted for a while, there is still a water infrastructure cliff looming on the horizon. Michael Reuter serves as director for The Nature Conservancy’s North America Freshwater Program and for the Great Rivers Partnership, and he has written an opinion/editorial on the need to reshape the way we [...]

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 [...]

Agriculture’s Gel Inserts

Are you gellin’? Your food may soon be. Testing has been completed for a new soil conditioner called hydrogel. Soil conditioners are as old as time. Fertilizer is the most common soil conditioner that you may be familiar with. Hydrogel has the potential to help farmers produce more crops while using less energy and water. [...]

A Call to Farms

As we celebrate the bounty of the season, pitchforks and storm clouds are gathering throughout the country and the nation’s capital over agriculture and water policy and the potential collisions between the two. On the water quantity side, some of the fresh wrangling is over subsidies that distort the real cost of water, ground water [...]