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 [...]

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 . . [...]

“One Water” Resolution

I’m not keen on New Year’s Resolutions (especially the ephemeral ones that come and go faster than desert rain, which I happen to love) but 2013 deserves at least one good and lasting Resolution. Here’s mine:  I resolve to partner with individuals and organizations like never before to help advance “One Water” – the concept [...]

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 [...]

Sparrows and Canaries

Water managers and innovators are only as good as the data they have and the tools they can use, and when it comes to today’s toughest challenges–such as nutrients–they need all the help they can get to monitor, model, assess and predict. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) helps in many ways but one of the [...]