Water Efficiency

What Do You Know? Water Conservation and Efficiency Actually Work

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Water Use, Water Efficiency, San Diego, Water, Colorado River, Municipal-Water-Systems, Water Conservation, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Green News
Peter H. Gleick

The Colorado River basin still faces a seriously difficult future as long as population continues to grow, and as climatic changes become more evident, altering streamflow volumes, timing, and quality.

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Time for a "Cash for Water Clunkers" Program

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Green Jobs, Water Efficiency, Water, Epa, Cash for Clunkers, Pacific Institute, Climate Change, Wecalc, Green News
Peter H. Gleick

Here is a long-overdue idea for an additional piece of "stimulus" for local economies, and one that won't cost any money in the long run - indeed, it ...

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Call for a "local water movement" and a New Way of Thinking About Water

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sustainability, Soft Path for Water, Desalination, Water Efficiency, Local Water Movement, Water, Green News
Peter H. Gleick

A truly effective and successful local water movement will be complicated, not easy. It will have to be flexible, not ideological. It will require different solutions in different places.

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'Water' by Steven Solomon: Southwest Water Fashions for a New Decade

William J. Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water Policy, Water Seven Solomon, Water Efficiency, Steven Solomon, Sweetwater, Colorado River, Books, Water, Hoover Dam, Southwest, Water Conservation, Water Crisis, Books News
William J. Kelly

From the increasing use of Astroturf on high school fields to no flush urinals in restaurants and stores, Southwesterners are grappling with how to meet the water challenge.

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