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 [...]

Upcoming Events

Importance of Water to the United States Economy Symposium The U.S. EPA is conducting a study on the importance of water in the U.S. economy to better understand how water contributes to the economic welfare of the nation and plays a critical role in many sectors of the U.S. economy. On December 4, EPA and [...]

Grumbles Testifies on Innovative Approaches for Financing Infrastructure

(Washington, D.C.) U.S. Water Alliance President Ben Grumbles testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today on how to better enable local communities to finance wastewater and drinking water facilities mandated by state and federal environmental laws and regulations.  “We urgently need water innovation and collaboration, not only to sharpen and polish existing tools, [...]

ITT’s Value of Water Survey Reveals America is Ready to Fix Infrastructure

ITT Corporation recently published the results of its Value of Water Survey, a nationwide poll that included registered voters and industrial and agricultural businesses, which measured how the public values water and their level of awareness of the nation’s aging water infrastructure. The results show that a majority of the American public desires reform and [...]

National Dialogue Report: What’s Water Worth? Released

The U.S. Water Alliance is pleased to announce the release of its second National Dialogue summary report entitled What’s Water Worth? The report summarizes the National Dialogue held in Washington, D.C. on March 25-26, 2010. With featured speakers Robert Glennon and Nancy Stoner, the National Dialogue focused on how water is valued in the United [...]

Circle of Blue Compares Water Rates

In a survey conducted in 2009, Circle of Blue studied the relationship between water prices and consumptive rates in 30 metropolitan regions across the United States. The data used comes from the 20 largest cities according to 2000 U.S. Census data and 10 regionally representative cities. The study found that though water use declined in [...]

Alliance’s National Dialogue: A Huge Success!

The U.S. Water Alliance (Alliance) convened its second National Dialogue entitled What’s Water Worth (W3)?TM last week, bringing together over 100 experts and observers from energy, conservation, agriculture, water practitioners, academia, and federal, state, and local officials to explore the value of water. (Participant List). Sponsored by Black & Veatch, CDM, Insituform Technologies, and Greeley [...]

Author Robert Glennon Headlines Alliance’s National Dialogue

The U.S. Water Alliance (Alliance) is excited to announce that Robert Glennon, author of recently published Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What to Do About It, will be the keynote speaker on the value of water at our National Dialogue What’s Water Worth (W3)?. Black & Veatch, CDM, and Insituform Technologies are sponsoring the event, [...]

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.