Dec
9
Water Policy Dialogue Results
December 9, 2008 | 2 Comments
Hello Water Resources Professionals:
Attached are two files: One that is a rather lengthy document that includes the results of the September 2008 AWRA Water Policy Dialogue held in Washington DC, cosponsored by the National Wildlife Federation, and the ASCE’s Environmental and Water Resources Institute. For those of you who like a shorter rendition, I have [...]
Sep
12
Action Item: Corps Request for Comments on Principles segment of P&G’s
September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Action Request! from Gerry Galloway and Jane Rowan, Immediate Past and Current AWRA Presidents
Below is a link to the Federal Register Notice announcing the Administration’s proposed revision to the Principles segment of the Corps of Engineer’s P&G’s. Please help by getting this document to as many interested parties as possible. We know that the Corps would [...]
Sep
10
Water in the Future? Musings while in an Optimistic Mood
September 10, 2008 | 6 Comments
Peter Gleick
Series: Water Resources in the Next Decade
I have spent a lot of time in the last couple of decades thinking about the future of water. I think there are some truly depressing possibilities facing us. But I swing back and forth between pessimism and optimism as I get older, and find I much prefer [...]
Sep
10
Economy, Energy, Environment, Biodiversity and Water
September 10, 2008 | 3 Comments
Peter Black
Series: Water Resources in the Next Decade
Constant economic growth is both a financial benefit to our future and civilization’s major environmental challenge. It may destroy our civilization unless we act to prevent it. Why?
First, we expect our economy to grow at the rate of about seven percent each year, doubling wealth every decade. The [...]
Sep
6
Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2008
September 6, 2008 | 2 Comments
While at the Alabama State Section Conference in Orange Beach, Alabama (AWESOME meeting!) a kind and astute gentleman brought to my attention another bill before Congress called the Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2008. The stated purpose “To establish the Twenty-First Century Water Commission to study and develop recommendations for a comprehensive water strategy to [...]
Jul
15
Water Resources Sustainability
July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment
Ethan Timothy Smith
Series: Water Resources in the Next Decade
What is Sustainability? Because of the many interpretations of sustainability, it helps to first examine what the concept might mean. In 1983 the Brundtland Commission developed a philosophical statement that requires each generation to avoid compromising the needs of the future.
APPLYING THE CONCEPT: THE SYSTEMS VIEW
Long Duration [...]
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. [...]
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