Weatherizing Water

Hurricane (turned Superstorm, turned painful lesson) Sandy underscores some of the basic challenges in the ever-swirling world of water, weather, and climate change. Through it all, water managers must find practical ways to cope with evolving conditions and increasing energy costs, while politicians and policy makers mud wrestle over climate causation, carbon taxes, and cap [...]

The 2012 Drought

The July State of the Climate drought report has been released by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The report has revealed the 2012 drought as the worst drought the United States has seen in over 50 years, it will only get worse throughout August. With 62.9 percent of the contiguous 48 states showing drought [...]

Forests & Faucets, Wetlands & Waterworks

Earth Day and U.S. Water Prize celebrations remind me that some of the most important things we can do for water are above the intake and beyond the outfall–sometimes many miles above and beyond the man-made infrastructure systems. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recognizes this and its “Forests to Faucets” project, is doing something about [...]