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Texas Tech University: Micropollutants Clearinghouse Project

By Hudson in July 30th 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under aquifer, collaboration, communications, conservation, dams, delta, drinking water, drought, fresh water, infrastructure, irrigation, lake, pollution, rivers, sanitation, technology, watershed, wetland, world water Tags: aquifer, conservation, drinking water, endocrine disruptors, fresh water, global, groundwater, irrigation, micropollutants, micropollutants clearinghouse, personal care products, pharmaceuticals, policy, regulation, Texas, Texas Tech University School of Law, water law, world water

The purpose of the Texas Tech University Micropollutants Clearinghouse project is to provide an on-line, publically accessible, research resource on the legal, regulatory, institutional, policy, and related scientific aspects of micropollutants in fresh water systems. It is designed as a dynamic and robust database of documents, reports, information, analyses, articles, and other materials that: relate [...]

Massachusetts Faces Bottled Water Bill of $500,000

By Hudson in July 29th 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under bottled water, drinking water, fresh water, health, social structures Tags: Boston, bottled water, conservation, drinking water, Executive Office of Administration and Finance, Governor Deval Patrick, Massachusetts, public drinking water, Senator James B. Eldridge, Water Infrastructure Finance Commission

Nearly half-a-million dollars for bottled water? Now that’s a LOT of bottled water – Hudson By DAVID ABEL of the Boston Globe State lawmakers and environmental activists yesterday urged Governor Deval Patrick to reduce the amount of money the administration spends on bottled water. They called on Patrick to sign an executive order limiting purchases [...]

Texas Tech University: Center for Water Law and Policy

By Hudson in July 29th 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under aquifer, collaboration, communications, conservation, dams, delta, drinking water, drought, fresh water, infrastructure, irrigation, lake, pollution, rivers, sanitation, technology, watershed, wetland, world water Tags: aquifer, conservation, drinking water, fresh water, global, groundwater, High Plains Aquifer, irrigation, Ogallala Aquifer, policy, regulation, Tech University Center for Water Law and Policy, Texas, Texas Tech University School of Law, water law, world water

The purpose of the Center for Water Law and Policy is to create and develop opportunities for exploring and assessing legal, regulatory, institutional and policy aspects of water use, from the purely local to the decisively global. The Center is dedicated to pursing these objectives through an interdisciplinary approach that incorporates economic, social, agricultural, environmental, [...]

The International Water Law Project

By Hudson in July 28th 2010 No Comment »
Filed Under aquifer, collaboration, communications, conservation, dams, drinking water, drought, fresh water, infrastructure, irrigation, rivers, sanitation, technology, watershed, world water Tags: aquifer, conservation, drinking water, fresh water, Gabriel Eckstein, global, groundwater, international law, International Water Law Project, irrigation, IWLP, policy, regulation, United Nations, water law, water resources, world water

The International Water Law Project site has a wealth of information regarding water available for public access and use. United Nations resolutions, case law, international agreements, upcoming water events worldwide, recent research papers, water news and more are all there. They even have water-relevant quotes refreshed on a regular basis (see below). If you care [...]

Mapping Evapotranspiration Wins Innovations in American Government Award

By Paul Stewart in September 16th 2009 No Comment »
Filed Under collaboration, communications, conservation, fresh water, rivers, water security, world water Tags: agriculture, business, conservation, education, evaporation, governance, irrigation, mapping, visualization, water, weather

Innovation Honored by Harvard Kennedy School`s Ash Institute for Improving Understanding of Water Usage in Agriculture CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters Business Wire) [wp_geo_map] The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University today announced Idaho`s Mapping Evapotranspiration program as a 2009 Innovations in American Government Award [...]

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