At Risk: Public Supply Well Vulnerability Under California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
Community water systems in California’s San Joaquin Valley face a host of challenges that threaten the safety and reliability of drinking water, …
Stacked Incentives: Co-Funding Water Customer Incentive Programs
Water utilities throughout the United States offer customer incentives to motivate action and foster engagement with their customers. These incentive programs can …
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Setting Enterprise Water Targets: A Guide for Companies
The complexity of global water challenges requires meaningful action across sectors, including the business sector. A critical aspect of business …
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Customer Debt and Declining Revenues: The Financial Impacts of COVID-19 on Small Community Water Systems
More than 45,000 small community water systems exist in the United States. These small community water systems, defined as those …
Drinking Water Cost Assessment & Gap Analysis
In 2012, California’s Human Right to Water was passed, calling for safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water for all citizens. …
Op-Ed: Yes, California is in a Drought — Even if Officials Aren’t Saying it out Loud
California is suffering from severe drought again. This winter produced water conditions far below normal for the second year in …
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Benefit Accounting of Nature-Based Solutions for Watersheds: Guide
Nature-based solutions use or mimic natural processes to meet societal and environmental needs. They can be used to restore, manage, …
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Gap Analysis for Funding Solutions for Human Right to Water and At-Risk Drinking Water Systems
In 2012, California’s Human Right to Water was passed, calling for safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water for all citizens. …
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Water and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Business Framework for Water and COVID-19: Rebuilding and Resilience
The business community has a key role to play in responding to COVID-19, rebuilding the economy, and preventing and mitigating …
The Role of Onsite Water Systems in Advancing Water Resilience in Silicon Valley
California’s Silicon Valley faces a host of water challenges. The region’s water and wastewater infrastructure are aging, and in some …
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Is Food Irrigated with Oilfield-Produced Water in the California Central Valley Safe to Eat? A Probabilistic Human Health Risk Assessment Evaluating Trace Metals Exposure
In California, drought and a reduction in natural water availability in recent decades have led to a search for alternative …
Op-Ed: Water Scarcity Will Increase Risk of Conflict, Says New National Intelligence Report
On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 116-92), including the Intelligence …
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Comment Letter on Recommended Updates to Los Angeles’ Safe, Clean Water Program
Investing in water management can provide multiple benefits to communities and the environment. During 2019 and 2020, the Pacific Institute …
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Solutions for Underperforming Drinking Water Systems in California
California passed the Human Right to Water in 2012, acknowledging that every resident has a right to safe, clean, and …
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Financing Water Supply and Sanitation in a Changing Climate
Human-caused climate change is real and accelerating, creating new challenges for all aspects of freshwater management, including meeting basic human …
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Ensuring One Water Delivers for Healthy Waterways: A Framework for Incorporating Healthy Waterways into One Water Plans and Projects
As forward-thinking cities become increasingly adept at capturing and reusing wastewater, stormwater, and greywater, essential river systems may be at …
Op-Ed: The Future Has Arrived. These Explosive Fires Are Our Climate Change Wakeup Call
Scientists have been warning of the growing threat of climate change, and now those projections are a reality Like millions …
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Water Recommendations to the Next President
Every human being needs safe and affordable water, but in the United States, tens of millions of people still lack …
Sustainable for Whom? The Impact of Groundwater Sustainability Plans on Domestic Wells
Studies estimate that 1.5 to 2.5 million Californians rely on domestic wells to meet their household water needs, but because …
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Ending Conflicts Over Water: Solutions to Water and Security Challenges
Water-related conflict and political instability are on the rise across the globe. But while intensifying water challenges and the threats …
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Sustainable Landscapes in California: A Guidebook for Commercial and Industrial Site Managers
Sustainable landscaping offers a solution in balance with the local climate and ecology, and actively contributes to community and watershed …
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Op-Ed: Water Resilience in the Age of COVID-19
In the past few weeks, communities around the country have experienced record-breaking rain, heat, hurricanes, and drought. We have seen …
An Assessment of Urban Water Demand Forecasts in California
In California, urban per capita water demand has declined dramatically over the past several decades, driven in part by greater …
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Benefit Accounting of Nature-Based Solutions for Watersheds Landscape Assessment
Nature-based solution (NBS) can improve degraded ecosystems, help sequester carbon, and manage the effects of climate change, including extreme weather …
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Comment Letter on USEPA WaterSense Program
This comment letter submitted to the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) expresses strong support for both maintaining and strengthening the …
Água e a Pandemia da COVID-19: Um Plano Empresarial para Água e COVID-19: Ações Práticas para Conter a Pandemia
Para combater a propagação da COVID-19 e reconstruir nossas economias durante e após a pandemia, uma ação coletiva em relação à água é essencial. Tal ação …
Water and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Business Framework for Water & COVID-19: Practical Actions to Contain the Pandemic
To combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus and rebuild our economies during and after the pandemic, collective action on …
Setting Site Water Targets Informed by Catchment Context CASE STUDY: Noyyal-Bhavani River Basin, South India
The world’s water resources are under increasing pressure from rising water consumption, pollution, and climate variability. The variety of water …
Setting Site Water Targets Informed by Catchment Context CASE STUDY: Upper Vaal River Basin and Berg and Breede River Basins, South Africa
The world’s water resources are under increasing pressure from rising water consumption, pollution, and climate variability. The variety of water …
Water and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Impacts on Municipal Water Demand
The sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 has imposed massive health and economic burdens on communities around …
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