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Sequester Cuts Hit Clean Air, Water, Energy, National Parks (via Environment News Service ) WASHINGTON, DC, March 1, 2013 (ENS) – Air and water quality, national parks and surrounding communities, and clean energy development will be hard hit by across-the-board spending cuts in the federal budget that took effect today. President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders came out of a White… ... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Funding, Government Programs
BOULDER (Dec. 12, 2012) — Western Resource Advocates today called on the seven Colorado Basin states and the Bureau of Reclamation to get to work immediately on implementing conservation, reuse and efficiency measures outlined in The Colorado River Basin Water Demand and Supply Study (CRBS). The CRBS, released to the public today, includes several water conservation and efficiency measures that were agreed upon by all parties involved in the process. The seven basin states and the Bureau of Reclamation a...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Funding
By Ed Ritchie The rapid growth of energy efficiency projects at water utilities is having a profound effect on America’s water industry. Utilities are saving energy and money thanks to better technology, expanded funding methods, and continuing pressure to operate in the most sustainable manner possible. Of course, with many utilities desperate to replace aging infrastructure, it only makes sense to use the opportunity for more energy-efficient equipment. When combined with an onsite energy resou...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Energy, Funding, Resource-Management, Solar
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2012 – The U.S. Forest Service announced today nearly $3 million in grants to improve tree canopy, forest cover and ultimately, water quality in six Great Lakes states, including Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, New York, Illinois and Indiana. The grants are part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a cooperative effort between federal, tribal, state and local partners. The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is the largest investment in the Great Lakes in two decades. “The Great Lak...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Funding
By Graham Symmonds and Trevor Hill “The world today faces the enormous, dual challenges of renewing its decaying water infrastructure and building new water infrastructure. Now is an opportune moment to update the analytic strategies used for planning such grand investments under an uncertain and changing climate” (Milly et al. 2008). “A change to freshwater availability in response to climate change poses a more important risk to human societies and ecosystems than warming alone. Changes to the global ...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Funding, Infrastructure, Resource-Management
About The Buzz We all know that man is not an island. Most of us don’t work inside a bubble, and so our professional responsibilities often bleed into places that are not officially “in our job description.” With that in mind, we’re introducing a new feature: The Buzz. As you may or may not know, Forester Media, Inc. (our parent company) publishes six national publications that focus on everything from stormwater management to municipal solid waste to energy efficiency. Because of the overlap that occur...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Education, Energy, Funding
By Elizabeth Cutright For water utilities balancing ever-increasing demand with diminishing supply, the large-scale water user can be the ultimate big fish. In fact, what many water purveyors are discovering is that working with industrial and large-scale commercial consumers to aid in the establishment of smart corporate water resource management can benefit the entire community. In the corporate world, “water risk” is the new catchphrase. Because the global economy relies upon water resources fo...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Funding, Infrastructure, Resource-Management
LAKEWOOD, Calif., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- California Senate members from both sides of the isle voted today by a margin of 31-4 to approve Senate Bill 1386, a measure that would clarify existing language in the California Water Code, making it explicitly clear that the Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) would maintain the sole responsibility for storing and managing groundwater in southeast Los Angeles County, thereby avoiding costly duplication of water services a...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Funding
By Dan Rafter
When officials with the city of Mount Vernon, IN, offered Chuck Gray the position of water superintendent, Gray’s first instinct was to walk away. That might have seemed like an odd position to take. After all, the move to superintendent was a step up for Gray. But as head of another Mount Vernon city department, Gray knew all about how the water department was operating. And, he didn’t like what he saw. “That place was a train wreck,” says Gray. “I didn’t want to deal with it. We were having systemwide...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Funding, Infrastructure, Resource-Management
By Brian Haddix, David F Zoldoske, Karl Longley, Sarge Green
Introduction Throughout California are thousands of small rural community drinking water systems (with less than 3,300 customers) and wastewater systems (with less than 10,000 customers) whose residents are predominately economically disadvantaged (defined as being less than 80% of the state median household income). What is significant about these systems, as noted by the EPA, is that “96% of all health-based violations occur at systems serving less than 10,000 people. The majority of public water syst...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Funding, Infrastructure, Resource-Management
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