Water scarcity is increasing in most urban areas worldwide. It will be affecting your business soon. It might already have done so. Are you ready, or will you be caught out? What can you do to reduce or mitigate the effects? Is there a global water crisis? Has the world reached a ‘tipping point' on water? Are there opportunities for your business? ... read more >>

Rivers could be harnessed to generate electricity for almost a million homes with the building of up to 26,000 controversial hydropower turbines around the country, a report will say tomorrow. ... read more >>

When Gov. Charlie Crist announced Florida’s $1.75 billion plan to save the Everglades by buying out a major landowner, United States Sugar, he declared that the deal would be remembered as a public acquisition “as monumental as the creation of the nation’s first national park, Yellowstone.”

Standing amid the marshes at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in June 2008, Mr. Crist said, “I c ... read more >>

The Source Water Collaborative (SWC) has launched a new interactive tool
to help organizations reach out to local officials and land use decision makers. The Your Water Your Decision tool at helps users create a professional-looking guide that highlights their
community or state's specific source water protection needs by customizing subject matter, content, cover photos, contacts and resources ... read more >>

The former uranium boomtown of Green River sits along I-70 in eastern Utah, 100 miles from the closest city. Now it may become the Western outpost of America's nascent nuclear renaissance. Blue Castle Holdings, a 3-year-old, politically connected startup, wants to build a nuclear power plant here -- Utah's first, and the first in the West since 1987. Nuclear power has recently gained cachet -- an ... read more >>

When it rains on the West Coast, the last thing most people think is that it's bad for the environment. But a new study by the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Victoria makes it clear just how harmful stormwater can be when it washes across an urban landscape. “When it rains in the capital region, water sweeps over roofs, streets and parking lots, picking up a multitude of pollutants ... read more >>

10-11 May 2010 in Geneva. The workshop will bring together countries and main international actors engaged in activities on water and adaptation to climate change, in particular in transboundary basins. It aims to exchange practical experience and share lessons-learned on the technical and strategic aspects of adapting to climate change, and analyse the specific challenges of adapting water manag ... read more >>

San Joaquin Valley farmers hope for $3.3-billion dam and reservoir at Temperance Flat, but they need help paying for it.

Harvey Bailey was 11 when Friant Dam started spitting the San Joaquin River into an irrigation canal the size of a freeway.

His father and other growers laid bets on when the river's cool waters would reach their little farm town on the east side of the San Joaquin Valley ... read more >>