'The real threat to our future is peak water'
Lester Brown
Peak oil has generated headlines in recent years, but the real threat to our future is peak water. There are substitutes for oil, but not for water. We can produce food without oil, but not without water.
Ban Ki-moon: World on course to run out of water
John Parnell
Ban Ki-moon has warned the world is on course to run out of freshwater unless greater efforts are made to improve water security.
UN-Water Defines Water Security, Highlights Threats & Mitigation Steps
Andrew Burger
Equitable, broad-based public access to sustainable, sanitary supplies of water is increasingly being seen as a security issue.
Ken Weinberg
San Diego County Water Authority
Ken Weinberg directs the San Diego County Water Authority's long-term water supply and facilities planning and water resources management, including the development of regional local supply projects such as seawater desalination. The Water Resources Department is responsible for implementing the Water Authority's Water Shortage and Drought Management Plan. The department also ensures the Water Authority's projects comply with environmental regulations and assists the agency's 24 member agencies in planning and implementing local water resources projects.
Billions Still Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water, Sanitation
Lisa Schlein
GENEVA — Two leading U.N. agencies are calling for greater action to provide safe drinking water and basic sanitation to more than three billion people. A joint report by the World Health Organization and U.N.
Water in San Diego - Climate Education Partners
The importance of water in San Diego, and how climate will affect water supplies.
More Crop Per Drop
Danielle Nierenberg
This Saturday, March 22nd, the world celebrates World Water Day. Water and agriculture are inextricably interlinked and interdependent. Agriculture is a major user of both ground and surface water for irrigation—accounting for about 70 percent of water withdrawal worldwide.
Ensemble projections of future streamflow droughts in Europe
European Geosciences Union - See Abstract
Abstract. There is growing concern in Europe about the possible rise in the severity and frequency of extreme drought events as a manifestation of climate change.
World Bank launches Thirsty Energy Initiative
Diego J. Rodriguez
Thirsty Energy – World Bank launches global initiative on Energy and Water
Dear colleagues and friends,