 |
Water Research and Reports from Around the World
Desalination
- Desalination: A national perspective; National Research Council April 24, 2008
- Desalination: option or distraction for a thirsty world; WWF June 2007 report pdf
Global Issues
- An Antarctic ice shelf disappears: USGS April 2009
2008
- IWMI City wastewater in urban farms; August 2008
- WHO/UNICEF 2008 world water and sanitation report .pdf
- World Health Organization reports lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene urgent health issues worldwide June 27, 2008 first country-by country report
- World Water Day 2008
- In Hot Water: Water Management Strategies to Weather the Effects of Global Warming: Natural Resources Defense Council
- Global Outlook for Ice and Snow
- World Top 10 Rivers in Peril - WWF
2007
- Climate Change 2007: UN Summary for Policymakers
- China UNICEF: Dirty water kills 1.5 million children a year
- Children's Environmental Health: WHO July 27, 2007
- Environmental Protection (1996-2005)
- THE 2nd UN WORLD WATER DEVELOPMENT REPORT: Water, a shared responsibility
2006
- UN 2006 Millennium Development Goals: Water goals begin at Section 2:18
U.S. Issues
- Environment Maryland report on Chesapeake Bay watershed pollution Oct. 2009
- Chloride from deicing in northern U.S. streams full report and maps; USGS Sept. 2009
- Utah-Nevada Snake Valley water sharing draft agreement; August, 2009
- Federal court 97-page decision in Alabama, Florida, Georgia water sharing case; July 17, 2009
- EPA Fact Sheet and list of 44 'high hazard' coal ash waste dumps'; June 30, 2009
- Sustainable water deliveries from the Colorado River in a changing climate: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April, 2009
- 2007 Drinking Water Needs Survey and Assessment: EPA March 2009
- Earthquake & flood hazards to California water system; California Department of Water Resources, March 2009
- "Water Scarcity and Climate Change," a report commissioned by Ceres, a Boston-based coalition of investors; author Jason Morrison, of the Pacific Institute, February 2009
2008
- 2008 State of the Potomac River: Potomac Conservancy
- “Hidden Reservoir: Why Water Efficiency is the Best Solution for the Southeast:” American Rivers Oct. 2008
- Cities worsen water quality in a changing climate; July 2008 Environmental Science & Technology
- "Where Will We Get The Water? Assessing Southern California's Future Water Strategies," study conducted by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation Consulting Practice for the Southern California Leadership Council, July, 2008
-
GAO report on farmers owing federal government more than $450 million for the California water project: January 17, 2008
- Western Governors Assn. Water Needs and Strategies for a Sustainable Future: Next Steps; June, 2008
- Impact of climate change on New York City water May 2008
- EPA June 2008 Water Transfer Rule
- America's Most Endangered Rivers 2008
- April 2008 Corps of Engineers Interim Plan for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Rivers;
- Hotter and Drier: pdf on rising U.S. temperatures, Rocky Mountain Climate Organization
-
Bureau of Reclamation plan for managing the Colorado River in drought: November 2, 2007
- Clean Water Act Jurisdictional Handbook: Environmental Law Institute
- Lake Erie 2007 State of the Strait pdf report
- Lake Ontario water level documents
Well Water
- USGS Study Pollutants in Private U.S. Water Wells, March 2009
- Disinfecting wells following an emergency; from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Click here for a PDF of well water contaminents data. CDC_9/26/08
- 2004 EPA study of hydraulic fracturing
