Publications

Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water

Bottled and Sold explores the trajectory of water from a free natural resource to one of the most successful commercial products of the last one hundred years.

Corporate Water Accounting: An Analysis of Methods and Tools for Measuring Water Use and Its Impact

Concerns around growing water scarcity, degraded ecosystem function, and the implications of climate change have led to the emergence of water as a strategic concern for companies around the world.

California Farm Water Success Stories

California’s agricultural industry is a lynchpin of the state’s economy. But the effects of climate change, as well as pressures such as population growth, have significant impacts on water supply, raising concerns about water management in the agricultural sector. This series of case studies and interviews describes the practices of innovative California farm water managers.

Clearing the Waters: A Focus on Water Quality Solutions

Every day, 2 million tons of sewage and industrial and agricultural waste are poured into the world’s waters. The result is that more people die from unsafe water annually than from all forms of violence, including war.

World Water Quality Facts and Statistics – World Water Day 2010

The quality of the world’s water is a major global concern. This fact sheet provides facts and statistics on the state of global water supplies and access as of 2010, covering global water pollution, water and sanitation access, drinking water quality, water infrastructure, and more.

Understanding and Reducing the Risks of Climate Change for Transboundary Waters

Political borders and boundaries rarely coincide with the borders of watersheds.

Op-Ed: State Not Meeting Salton Sea Responsibilities

The Legislature and much of California remain locked in a fight over the future of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Not so long ago, there was a similar fight over California's other major water source, the Colorado River...

Laguna Conceptual Restoration Design

The CEO Water Mandate: Fourth Working Conference

In July 2007, the UN Secretary-General in partnership with international business leaders and under the auspices of the UN Global Compact launched the CEO Water Mandate – an initiative established to better understand and advance water stewardship in the private sector.

Sustaining California Agriculture in an Uncertain Future

Agriculture is an essential economic and cultural force in California. But with increasing pressures on water supply such as severe drought brought on by climate change and population growth, the future of the agricultural sector is uncertain.

Water‐Related Public Policy Annotated Outline

The preface of the Guide will include a summary of current societal and water resource trends affecting business operations...

Truth Drought: California’s Real Shortfall

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar came to California on Sunday to hear firsthand about California's drought. Unfortunately, some of what he heard was misleading or false.

Testimony on Global Warming’s Effects on Agriculture and Forestry

Testimony of Heather S. Cooley and Dr. Juliet Christian-Smith1 to the United States Congress Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming For the Hearing on Global Warming Effects on Agriculture and Forestry. 

Measuring What Matters: Neighborhood Research for Economic and Environmental Health and Justice in Richmond, North Richmond, and San Pablo

The West County Indicators Project was launched in 2006 to work with local residents and organizations to create healthy communities in West Contra Costa County, California.

Climate Change and the Global Water Crisis: What Businesses Need to Know and Do

This report, jointly released by the Pacific Institute and the United Nations Global Compact, explores the connections between climate change and water, from both a scientific and a corporate management perspective.