Blog: Pipeline
Yuck Not
All of us in the "Water Community" hold these truths to be self-evident: 1) reclaiming and reusing wastewater makes environmental and economic sense when done safely, 2) such resource recovery efforts fall flat without sufficient public support,and[Continue Reading]
Full Faith & Public Credit
With all the debate over money, profit, and the future, here's a reminder not to lose sight of today's public servants behind the scenes and bar screens at our nation's water and wastewater systems: support them and their missions, locally and nation[Continue Reading]
The Public Rust Doctrine
In celebration of a new year, here's a new phrase for a long-standing (and I hope eventually crumbling) water policy syndrome: "the Public Rust Doctrine". What It Is and Isn't I define the PRD as "principles and teachings that water and wastewa[Continue Reading]
A Call to Farms
As we celebrate the bounty of the season, pitchforks and storm clouds are gathering throughout the country and the nation's capital over agriculture and water policy and the potential collisions between the two. On the water quantity side, some of[Continue Reading]
Soft and Salty
The topic is water softeners, not baked pretzels, although both share some similarities. Hard water isn't a new challenge. It's as old as dirt and rocks. Some areas of the country, particularly the arid Southwest, have been confronting the problem[Continue Reading]
Gargoyles and Gorillas
Not to mix religion and politics, but the fantastic fixtures on cathedrals and other buildings are speaking a lot to me these days (so far only figuratively), as green infrastructure cheerleaders and EPA critics gear up for a politically-bruising bat[Continue Reading]
Blue Waves of Cooperation
What's the proper balance of power between federal and state water agencies? It seems to ebb and flow over time. The Clean Water America Alliance hasn't taken a position on recent House-passed legislation amending the federal Clean Water Act (CWA), b[Continue Reading]
Muddy Waters of the United States
Seekers of regulatory certainty are still singing the blues after the Supreme Court muddied the waters of jurisdiction under the federal Clean Water Act in 2001 and 2006 but don't blame the Supremes and don't expect a harmonious solution any time soo[Continue Reading]
Drill, Maybe, Drill!
The friction over “fracking” (specifically hydraulic fracturing for natural gas) underscores the growing need for energy security and environmental sustainability to be in balance rather than in battle and to keep water in mind through it all. [Continue Reading]
Green Chips and Blue Jeans
Water is embedded in just about every product and practice on the blue planet. Professor John Anthony Allan, winner of the 2008 Stockholm Water Prize, and pioneer in "virtual water," boosted global efforts to see, or at least appreciate, the invisibl[Continue Reading]
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