Jun
22
Green Ports Initiative in Philadelphia
June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Have you ever thought that an industrial waterfront user would have something in common with a riverkeeper or environmental conservation organization?
Recently a partnership of the three Philadelphia Region waterfront authorities (Delaware River Port Authority, South Jersey Port Corporation and the Philadelphia Region Port Authority) collaborated, and developed a Green Ports Initiative with the purpose of […]
Apr
23
Key Water Issues Now Facing our Nation
April 23, 2008 | 4 Comments
Robert M. Hirsch, Timothy L. Miller, Pixie Hamilton, and Robert Gilliom
Series: Water Resources in the Next Decade
Challenges to sustaining sufficient and high-quality water for human consumption, industry, farms, energy production, and ecosystem services continue to intensify in many parts of the Nation. We face four key water issues that call for support from the science […]
Apr
23
Water Resources Challenges in the Next Decade and Beyond: Global Change
April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Gerald Sehlke
Series: Water Resources in the Next Decade
I believe that the most pressing issue is “Global Change” and its impacts on humans and the environment. Changes on earth are always a mixture of natural and anthropogenic changes. “Global Change” research focuses on the anthropogenic aspects of climate change, land use change, water resources development, […]
Mar
26
New Policies on “Waters of the U.S.” Jurisdiction
March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Jane Rowan - President, AWRA
Series: Water Resources in the Next Decade
New guidance to determine federal jurisdiction of some “waters of the United States” may lead to a more holistic view of the watershed and justify a National Water Policy.
On June 5, 2007, the Assistant Secretary of the Army and the Assistant Administrator for Water, U.S. […]
Mar
26
Sandra L. Postel
Series: Water Resources in the Next Decade
We typically think of water “infrastructure” as the collection of dams, levees, canals, pipelines, treatment plants and other engineering works that help provide water services to society. As Gerry Galloway pointed out in the last issue of IMPACT, this infrastructure is sorely in need of maintenance […]
Mar
21
AWRA GIS and Water Resources Specialty Conference
March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Did you know that AWRA just held its 5th conference focused on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the analysis and visualization of water resources related data? AWRA’s Spring Specialty Conference was held in San Mateo, California and was adeptly planned and executed by Lorri Peltz-Lewis and David Maidment (and their able committee), […]
Feb
12
Infrastructure Maintenance and Upgrade: The Snakes in the Grass
February 12, 2008 | 3 Comments
Gerald E. Galloway
While climate change impacts, water supply shortages, and ecosystem restoration challenges will be major areas of concern for the United States in the years ahead, over the next decade, the nation will have to come to grips with the more immediate challenge of maintaining and upgrading its considerable water infrastructure. In 2005 the […]
Feb
12
Water Resources Concerns in the Next Decade: Introduction
February 12, 2008 | 2 Comments
We are continuing the “future-ing” project begun last year by the Associate Editors of Water Resources IMPACT with a list of ten water resources concerns they perceived to be significant in the next decade. For the issues published this year, we have enlisted a panel of authorities to share their views about water resources concerns […]
Feb
7
Water Resources in the Next Decade
February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
How is your crystal ball?
I don’t think that any of us would be willing to say with confidence
that we can foresee exactly the nature or magnitude of the concerns we
will face within the next two or three years, let alone the next ten years.
IMPACT’s Associate Editors know no better than anyone else what
the future may […]
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