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Atlas of Hidden Water May Avert Future Conflict | New Scientist
For the first time, a high-resolution map shows where underground aquifers store vast amounts of water.
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Will the Klamath “Agreement in Principle” Actually Remove Dams? | Klamath Riverkeeper
Most dam removal advocates agree that the best thing to come out of this AIP is PacifiCorp publicly admitting for the first time ever that dam removal is in the best interest of their customers.
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The World's Water 2008-09 | Pacific Institute
The distinction between green water in the soil and blue water in rivers and aquifers is now spreading across the water community.
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Vilsack Establishes The People's Garden Project | USDA
Secretary Vilsack announced the goal of creating a community garden at each USDA facility worldwide.
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Achieving Water Independence in Buildings | Central City Concern
The majority of today’s buildings are not taking advantage of free and available water resources – the rainwater that falls on-site and the wastewater that is generated by occupants.
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Is Access to Clean Water a Basic Human Right? | CSMonitor
Some 30 countries have a constitutional or legal provision ensuring individuals' access to water, up from a handful a few years ago.
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Rethinking Water Regulations | Denver Post
In Colorado's regimented water-law system, just about all the H2O is owned by a rights holder under a doctrine of "prior appropriation." Even raindrops falling on roofs belong to someone else.
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Local Control and Management of Our Water Commons
This report draws together 21 “tools” or cases of local action that emphasize local control of the water Commons for equitable access and sustainability.
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Sustaining California Agriculture | Pacific Institute
We conclude with a series of key political, legal, and economic initiatives that would promote more productive and, ultimately, more sustainable water management in California.
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Peter Gleick: Water Report from Australia
South East Queensland, Australia: 34 gallons/person/day. California: 135 gallons/person/day.
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Groundwater Monitoring with GRACE Satellites
By studying maps of Earth's gravitational field made with data from GRACE, scientists are able to monitor fluctuations in groundwater over time and highlight where aquifers are being depleted faster than replenished.
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Charting Our Water Future | McKinsey
Harking back to McKinsey's famous greenhouse gas abatement cost curve, which presented a picture of strategic opportunities by arranging emissions reduction measures from least to most expensive, the Water Resources Group report features water availability cost curves for India, China, South Africa and São Paulo, Brazil.
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Western Water & Climate Change | Exloco
The climate change challenge can be transformed into a dynamic opportunity to make significant progress in both energy and water conservation throughout the American West, benefitting both the economy and the environment.
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Huitema and Meijerink: Water Policy Entrepreneurs
This article presents the results of 16 in-depth analyses of the role of policy entrepreneurs in realizing major change in national water policies. For each of these transitions, we assess whether or not radical policy change was indeed affected by individuals, and if individuals did play a role, which strategies they have used to affect change.
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Science and Technology of Water Security
The task facing scientists and technologists is both to provide robust tools for predicting and planning for regional and local shortages, and to ensure that these tools are appropriate for the situations in which they must be used.
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Embodied Water and Water Efficiency
We recommend technologies and strategies that will let California quickly save 1 million acre-feet of water at lower cost than current proposals to develop new supply, and with far fewer social and environmental impacts.
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