Aug
26
No sooner had I posted my assessment (10 August 2009) of a draft version of the Sustainable Watershed Planning Act than a new, improved version popped up in my inbox. It has taken me a while to get through this second version; a lot of changes have been made. The proposed Office of Sustainable Watershed Management (OSWM) [...]
Aug
22
The ACF Basin Needs a Watermaster
August 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Judge Paul Magnuson’s recent decision involving the metro Atlanta water situation could have done more to effect a solution. What? Reflecting upon my earlier (16 October 2007; 23 October 2007; 5 November 2007; 16 November 2007; 8 February 2008; 5 August 2008) and last two (19 August 2009 and 20 August 2009) posts on the metropolitan Atlanta water situation has [...]
Aug
16
The Time Has Come For a Human Right To Sanitation
August 16, 2009 | 1 Comment
Much has been made of the human right to water; it’s a concept I wholeheartedly support. But what about a human right to sanitation? Clean water and sanitation are virtually inseparable in my mind. I have posted on the human right to health but not specifically on sanitation. When considering the right to sanitation it is [...]
Aug
11
A colleague recently sent me a copy of the Sustainable Watershed Planning Act, a bill that may be considered by the U.S. House of Representative’s Water Resources and the Environment Subcommittee of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. I say “may be” because the bill does not yet have a number and the copy I have [...]
Aug
3
35 Years of Water Policy: The 1973 National Water Commission and Present Challenges
August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Betsy A. Cody and Nicole T. Carter of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress just sent me their recent report titled the same as this post. Download R40573 Final CRS NWC Report Here is what Betsy said in her email: It’s primarily a retrospective look at the recommendations of the 1973 National [...]
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