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Comments on SBx7-7 Urban Technical Methodologies

This letter to the Department of Water Resources, Division of Statewide Integrated Water Management, Water Use and Efficiency Branch from Heather Cooley of the Pacific Institute contains comments on SBx7-7 urban technical methodologies.

Notes from the Field:Need for Water Resource Management and Adequate Sanitation

“Water is life,” says 60-year-old Mahama Azundo of Gbulung, a community 5 Km East of Savelugu in the Northern Region of Ghana.

Peak Water Limits to Freshwater Withdrawal and Use

This journal article, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), defines the concept of “peak water,” posturing that water withdrawal for human needs will follow a similar trend to that of peak oil.

Water: Facts, Trends, Threats, and Solutions

Global warming will likely change rainfall and runoff patterns and seriously impact our water supplies both in the United States and abroad. Meanwhile, 1.2 billion people in the developing world still don’t have access to clean drinking water, and pressure from pollution, wetland destruction, and climate change is threatening to make this worse.

Bottled and Sold: What’s Really in Our Bottled Water

There are some great stories in the book: here is a little one, about what's sometimes found in our bottled water.

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.

Interactive Map: California Coast Sea-Level Rise

This interactive online map shows the coastal flood and erosion hazard zones from the Pacific Institute study The Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on the California Coast. Users can display the location and attributes of health-care facilities, schools, fire and police stations, wastewater plants, and EPA-listed facilities that are vulnerable to coastal flooding.

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.

The Story of Bottled Water

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.

Water Disclosure 2.0 Assessment of Current and Emerging Practice in Corporate Water Reporting

The CEO Water Mandate report, Water Disclosure 2.0 – Assessment of Current and Emerging Practice in Corporate Water Reporting, examines and analyzes corporate reporting on water sustainability for 110 companies across 11 water-intensive sectors.

The CEO Water Mandate 3rd 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.

The Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on the California Coast

California’s iconic coastline and the vast ecological, cultural, and economic resources tied to it are deeply threatened by sea-level rise.