Ken Reid of AWRA just sent me this, which he received from Tim Smith, Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable Coordinator.

The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF), in cooperation with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), has completed a research effort to help communities overcome their challenges. The project, Sustainable Water Resources Management Volume 3: Case Studies on ... read more >>

Peter Gleick, President of the Pacific Institute, a much famed water research organization in Oakland, California is not usually the person I turn to in order to catch up on celebrity news. But it seems, Gleick is branching out. This may have to do with his new book, Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water.

In his book, Gleick addresses the “serious environmental an ... read more >>

Worldwide, private ownership of water utilities has been growing for a number of years. According to a 2004 editorial by Gary H. Wolff in the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management the number of people served by private water companies worldwide grew from 51 million in 1990 to nearly 300 million in 2002.

The reason for the most recent uptick is trend financial: in the current econo ... read more >>

Rising sea levels and coastal development are threatening coastal freshwater wetlands with saltwater intrusion. While most ecosystem restoration projects have focused on surface water and groundwater, new research finds that conditions in the vadose zone, the unsaturated soil below the surface but above the water table, are of particular importance to seedling survival in coastal floodplain ecosy ... read more >>

Nestled against the western border of this city lies Lake Arlington, a quiet body of water where sailboats race on Sundays and bass fishers try their luck.

Built after a drought, Lake Arlington has for more than 50 years attracted homeowners seeking a peaceful place to live and fun-seekers looking for an urban escape.

Now, prompted by concerns about growth and the desire to ensure water q ... read more >>

The key to averting a global food crisis may simply be a matter of storing more water, according to a new report released yesterday at World Water Week in Stockholm.

As we’ve seen with severe droughts in Pakistan followed just months later by debilitating floods, the climate change impacts scientists have warned us about for years may finally be here, making the weather harder to predict and p ... read more >>

Recycling urban wastewater and using it to grow food crops can help mitigate water shortage and reduce water pollution, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said Monday.

Use of reclaimed wastewater in agriculture has been reported in around 50 countries on what amounts to 10 percent of the world's irrigated land, according to a report published at the start of the World Water Week by the R ... read more >>

Water is a precious gift of nature, essential for human survival. Water is required for basic human needs such as drinking, cooking and bathing, for irrigation to grow crops, for hydropower to produce energy, for industry and for the environment. Water is also an inherent component of an ecological chain on which all life-supporting systems depend. Especially for the Nepali society water from the ... read more >>