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Measuring Access to Water and Sanitation in California

While California recognized the Human Right to Water in 2012, many communities still lack access to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water. In order to address this complex challenge, lawmakers and regulators need a shared understanding of current access and ongoing obstacles.

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Tunnel Vision: This Water Plan Might Make a Splash in the Delta

Counting Homes Cut Off From Water Is A Data Collection Nightmare

Why Earth’s Driest Places May Hold the Key to the Future of Water

This is the latest in our What Happens Next series. The increasing scarcity of drinking water is beginning to capture the world's attention -- but surprisingly, an innovative solution might just be found in one of the Earth's driest places.

Tackling the Global Water Crisis – Facebook Live

RECORDED LIVE: Experts from the Pacific Institute, UN Global Compact's CEO Water Mandate, and Gap Inc. discuss the world's greatest water challenges and how businesses can help address them.

Voters Rejected Proposition 3. Where Now on Water?

Jason Morrison, President of the Pacific Institute, on Innovation in the Water Sector

Green Biz interviews Jason Morrison, president of the Pacific Institute, on innovation in the water sector.

Untangling the Complexities of California’s Proposition 3 Water Bond

The Stormwater Opportunity

Navigating around puddles that form on streets and in parking lots after a rainstorm can be a nuisance. But this water, technically known as stormwater, has the potential to become an important water supply for many Californian communities.

How Water, Rather than Oil, Could Spark Conflict in the Middle East

Water Service Disconnections in California

When a person fails to pay their water utility bill, their water service can be disconnected. Lack of water in the home compromises health, and renders housing legally uninhabitable and untenantable. Shutoffs also pose a financial burden; in addition to the original debt, there are usually fees associated with late payment, notice of an impending shutoff, and service reconnection.

Water Conflicts Worldwide Threaten Peace Amid Efforts to Preserve Resources

Hard Lessons at the Salton Sea from the First 15 Years of the Massive Qsa Water Deal

The Salton Sea Is Shrinking Even Faster, and California Still Hasn’t Done Much to Fix It

Measuring Progress Toward Universal Access to Water and Sanitation in California: Defining Goals, Indicators, and Performance Measures

In 2012, California’s Human Right to Water was passed, calling for safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water for all citizens. Yet while this statute has served as the touchstone for drinking water and sanitation efforts in the state, access to this basic right remains unrealized in many California communities.

Water Is Free. Why Do Americans Spend Billions on the Bottled Stuff?

Peter Gleick Awarded 2018 Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization

Water, Security, and Conflict

This issue brief summarizes the current understanding of water and security threats and their links to conflict, migration, and food insecurity.

Water Is a Source of Growing Tension and Violence in the Middle East

In the hot, dry Middle East, where populations are growing rapidly and all major rivers cross political borders, water has become a focal point for escalating violence. From the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Turkey...

The Water Crises Aren’t Coming—They’re Here

San Francisco Is Fighting California’s Plan to Save Salmon. Wait. What?

Integrating Water Efficiency into Long‐Term Demand Forecasting

Per capita water use in the United States has fallen by more than 40% since the 1970s. In some areas, reductions in per capita water use have offset continued population and economic growth, such that total water use has remained constant or even declined.

5 Easy Ways to Eliminate Plastic From Your Travels

Capturing Stormwater and Other Worthwhile Pursuits