This section explores the nuances of global water challenges, featuring insights by our researchers, collaborative pieces with our partners, and Q&A styled dialogues with industry experts. It complements our work by providing context, commentary, and a deeper understanding of our research findings.
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What Californians Can Expect from the Drought
January 16, 2014
California has a “Mediterranean” climate, which means that each year it has a concentrated rainy season, followed by a long temperate and dry period. California’s rainy season typically runs from early October to late March, with very little precipitation outside of these months.
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Water and Sanitation for All: How to engage with the private sector and create good partnership?
December 20, 2013
The CEO Water Mandate joined the Sanitation and Water for All Partnership because, increasingly, companies are looking more broadly at how they engage externally with water-related issues, both at the facility and global levels.
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Water Policy: What about All Those Swimming Pools in Los Angeles?
December 3, 2013
Water policy and water problems always seem to be someone else’s responsibility.
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Nigiri at the Landscape Scale: Salmon on Rice Rolls Up Multiple Benefits for Fish and Farms
November 24, 2013
Salmon on rice, also known as Nigiri, is a popular sushi dish among enthusiasts of the Japanese delicacy known for its tasty simplicity.
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Up-scaling Sustainable Agriculture Initiatives on the Water Action Hub
November 19, 2013
Technology for development has been a hot topic in the development sphere, particularly here in the Bay Area.
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“Water to Supply the Land” Describes Irrigated Agriculture in the Colorado River Basin
November 7, 2013
The Colorado River is a tightly controlled network of dams and diversions, spanning seven states in the U.S. and two in Mexico, providing water for fish and wildlife, agriculture, industry, and cities along the way.
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The Sacramento Bee: Why I’m still confused about the proposed tunnels in the Delta
November 6, 2013
I and my colleagues at the Pacific Institute have worked on California water issues for more than a quarter of a century.
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Water Managers and Social Media: How to Get Started
October 24, 2013
A few of you have reached out to me after I wrote about why water managers should invest in social media. It looks like I’ve managed to convince a few of you that it’s worthwhile, but now what?
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Water, Food, and Agriculture
October 10, 2013
Agriculture uses approximately 70% of the world’s freshwater supply. Agricultural water use is under growing pressure as demands for water increase; competition among cities, farmers, and the environment grows; and as concerns grow over large-scale overdraft of groundwater and water contamination from agricultural runoff. New threats include the challenges of climate change, which is likely to alter both water availability and agricultural water demands.
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Water Vlogged: Where There Is No Water Utility
September 27, 2013
In cities throughout Indonesia, utilities employ some of the latest technologies to supply treated water to millions of residents. However, service still isn’t available to thousands of those who are living in informal neighborhoods (slums) or just outside service networks.
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Collective Action on Water – To What End?
September 24, 2013
The United Nations has designated 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation, which highlights the critical importance of cross-sectoral collaboration in promoting sustainable water management.
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AT&T Tool Kit Uncovers Billions of Gallons of Potential Water Savings in Cooling Systems
September 4, 2013
Coming from a telecommunications company and attending a conference entitled Water Cooperation – Building Partnerships, I find this an appropriate quote with which to open.
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Many Agricultural Water Districts Fail to Submit Required Water Management Plans: Laggards Can Learn from Leaders
September 3, 2013
A few years ago, the California Legislature passed the Water Conservation Act of 2009, which among other things, required large agricultural water providers to begin preparing agricultural water management plans (as urban water providers have done for over a decade).
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WRI Insights: Managing the Earth from Space: Satellite and Sensing Technology in Water Management
August 29, 2013
Andrew Maddocks of the World Resources Institute shares his WRI blog previewing the Stockholm World Water Week session “The Use of New Spatial Information Products for Improved Water Management and Risk Mapping.”
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Hundreds of Thousands May Not Have Affordable Access to Safe Drinking Water in California
August 28, 2013
In 2012, California made history by being the first U.S. state to legally acknowledge a human right to water. Yet, what does it mean, in practice, to ensure that all Californians have access to safe drinking water?
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Aligning Two Worlds: Business and the Human Right to Water and Sanitation
August 21, 2013
Available, Affordable, Accessible, Acceptable, and Safe – the cornerstones of the human right to water and sanitation were codified in California in 2012 with the adoption of Assembly Bill 685.
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National Geographic ScienceBlogs: Peak Water in the American West
August 20, 2013
It is no surprise, of course, that the western United States is dry. The entire history of the West can be told (and has been, in great books like Cadillac...
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Why Water Managers Should Embrace Social Media
August 19, 2013
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest. I don’t need to explain what social media is because chances are you’re plugged into one, if not most, of these social media platforms.
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Where Have We Reached on Our WASH Models Journey and What Impacts Have They Made?
August 13, 2013
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