Water Efficiency Blogs

Crisis Lessons

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:09:00

Can we practice water resource management in a vacuum? Should we? These are the questions I pondered after viewing Water...

Bridging the Gap

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:32:00

In last week's blog, I discussed the skills gap currently looming over several trade industries,...

Mind the Gap

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:25:00

Last week I had the chance to sit in on a teleconference with Mike Rowe, the creator and star of the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs and founder of mikeroweWORKS.com. Hosted by Caterpillar,...

Back to School

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:51:00

Starting this week, students all across the country will load up those backpacks and head back to school.... Which got me thinking about education and its place in water efficiency and...

The Future of Southwest Water

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:57:00

A new report released last month by Western Resources Advocates, entitled "Protecting the West: How Climate and Clean Energy Policies Can Safeguard Water" takes a look at the future of...

What medium for your message?

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:43:00

Are you a water conservation leader? That's a good question, but how exactly do you measure leadership when it comes to water resource management? Should the metric be gallons saved per...

We (Might) Need a Bigger Boat

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:49:00

As a native Californian, I'm familiar with water shortages-Malibu mudslides aside, my state never seems to have enough water. In fact, in many parts of the country-from...

Worst Case Scenarios

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:54:00

Is our great national catastrophe in the Gulf finally over? Or has the misery only just begun? Last week BP successfully capped the oil leak, but the jury's still out on whether this really...

Healthy Conservation

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:47:00

Last year, I was lucky enough to sit in on the EPA's WaterSense Commercial and Institutional Sector Stakeholder Meeting Summary. The purpose of the meeting was to "obtain feedback on...

Sustaining Supply

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:22:00

Tell me, did you take a moment today to marvel at the ease in which you have access to clean, inexpensive water? Do you have an idea of how much water you use in a day-bathing, preparing...