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 [...]

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 [...]

The Public Rust Doctrine

In celebration of a new year, here’s a new phrase for a long-standing (and I hope eventually crumbling) water policy syndrome: “the Public Rust Doctrine”. What It Is and Isn’t I define the PRD as “principles and teachings that water and wastewater infrastructure systems should only be owned, operated and maintained by public entities supplied [...]