A Twenty-First Century U.S. Water Policy
Peter Gleick and his colleagues at the Pacific Institute last week published an important new book, A Twenty-First Century U.S. Water Policy, calling for more sustainable and integrated approaches to...
View ArticleWhite House CEQ to Host Green Infrastructure Conference
The White House’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are hosting a day-long conference at the White House on September 20, 2012, invitation-only....
View ArticleHippie Infrastructure
The greening of gray and the softening of hard has come a long way in the last 40 years, but this “nature-based,” green infrastructure movement still has a ways to go. It got a boost, though, in...
View ArticleNational Design Competition – Infill Philadelphia: Soak It Up!
The Philadelphia Water Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Community Design Collaborative have launched a national design competition to promote the creative, innovative use of green...
View ArticleEPA Administrator Jackson Stepping Down
On December 27, 2013, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced she would resign in January 2013 after the President’s State of the Union Address. It’s common for an EPA Administrator to step down after...
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall of Salmon
The Elwha River, in Washington state, has been making a slow recovery since the removal of a dam in 2011, but stormwater runoff is endangering salmon. The river’s dam, built for power production, had...
View ArticleClean Water Groups Collaborate To Shape the “Utility of the Future”
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF), and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) have jointly released a pioneering document that...
View ArticleRegistration Open – One Water Leadership Summit
Registration for this year’s One Water Leadership Summit is open! We hope you will be able to join us on September 23-26 in Los Angeles, California. Don’t miss out on the reduced registration fees...
View ArticleUrban Jewels
Author: Ben Grumbles Urban water sustainability includes conserving natural assets but also discovering (and re-discovering) hidden treasures like metro/suburban parks, mini-refuges, river walks, and...
View ArticleTwo Cities, Two States, One Water, One Early Bird Registration
This year’s One Water Leadership Summit is in Kansas City, Missouri September 15-17. As in years’ past, Spotlight Communities will present models of collaboration, integration, and innovation with a...
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