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Barriers & Gateways to Green Infrastructure
	The Clean Water America Alliance is pleased to release its latest report, Barriers and Gateways to Green Infrastructure. The report summarizes the results of the survey and is informed by the ongoing green infrastructure research and education programs of the Alliance. Recommendations were developed and refined through conversations with partner organizations including American Rivers, The Conservation Fund, Low Impact Development Center, Smart Growth America, and the Alliance’s Urban Water Sustainability Council. The research survey was funded by the Turner Foundation to help inform U.S. EPA’s upcoming Stormwater regulations due to be released December 2, 2011.

Water Sustainability Principles for a National Policy Framework
	The Clean Water America Alliance’s Water Sustainability Principles for a National Policy Framework is now available for download. Originally developed through several national dialogues, this Framework has been refined further through the input of 50 water sector leaders. “Shrinking budgets and increasing demands are putting pressures on the water sector overall to embrace innovation, integration and collaboration like never before. Engaging water association leaders to discuss and revise the draft framework was a step toward unifying the voice for water” explains Alliance President Ben Grumbles. “We will continue to take comments on the water sustainability principles and broaden the scope of our collaboration to all interested sectors and citizens from coast to coast.” The Alliance’s goal is to collaborate on a flexible framework that highlights the value of water and the need for specific and sustainable actions.

National Dialogue Reports
	Managing One Water The report summarizes the National Dialogue held in Los Angeles, CA on September 27-28, 2010. The Dialogue focused on what is and is not working today in terms of water management, what the barriers are, and what steps could be taken to better integrate drinking water, wastewater, groundwater, reused water, and stormwater. The report is a compilation of the thoughts and ideas of over 40 of the nation’s leading experts and highlights many of the recommended solutions to today’s water management challenges; some of which include unifying all water stakeholders behind a single message, demonstrating the linkage between water security and national and economic security, better integrating water programs at the state and federal and state level, and working more closely with other stakeholders from the agriculture, conservation and energy sectors.
	What’s Water Worth The report summarizes the National Dialogue held in Washington, D.C. on March 25-26, 2010. The National Dialogue focused on how water is valued in the United States from multiple perspectives including energy, agricultural, ecological, municipal, and industrial. The report is a compilation of the thoughts and ideas of 42 of the nation’s leading experts in water policy. Participants engaged in a wide ranging discussion on the uses and values of water and concluded that without a dramatic improvement in how we price and value water – and use it – we will face severe consequences, to our economy, to our environment, to our lifestyle, perhaps to our existence. Participants agreed that the seriousness of these challenges requires the development of a new approach to water management, based on understanding the many values of water – in short, a new water ethic.
	A Call to Action: The Need for an Integrated National Water Policy In September 2009, the Alliance hosted its first National Dialogue which brought together nearly 30 leaders and experts in the clean water community to discuss water sustainability. Our report summarizing the discussion, A Call to Action: The Need for an Integrated National Water Policy, states that the United States faces increasing challenges that threaten its ability to provide adequate supplies of clean and safe water to meet the demands of energy production, agricultural expansion, and population growth.