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Entries Tagged Climate Change
Editorial
Pure Water Westminster Lays a Foundation for Resiliency Against Future Water Shortages
In drought conditions the city of Westminster sometimes has to impose lawn watering or other restrictions. But that’s not the reason the...
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WQA Applauds Introduction of Healthy H2O Act
The US Water Alliance, the Embassy of Denmark in Washington D.C., and the Danish Water and Wastewater Association (DANVA) announced and signed...
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New Report Predicts Alarming Coastal Sea Level Rise
Tens of millions of people in the United States live in areas at risk of coastal flooding, and even more are moving...
Editorial
A Xylem White Paper Charts a Path to Immediate and Significant Carbon Emission Reduction
In taking measures against climate change, many cities and water and wastewater utilities are far ahead of the federal government.
Almost routinely, we...
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Getting a Solid Soil Response to Biosolids Application
While scientists know that biosolids application can benefit the soil, they are still learning about the best ways to measure this. In...
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Researchers to Develop New Models for Forecasting Water Availability and Allocation in Kansas
Researchers at the University of Kansas School of Engineering are teaming up with the Kansas Water Office to create models accounting for uncertainty about the state’s...
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EPA Publishes 2021 Climate Adaptation Action Plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released its Climate Adaptation Action Plan, which describes steps EPA will take to address the impacts of...
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Critical Groundwater Supplies May Never Recover from Drought, Says UC Study
Along with hurricanes and wildfires, there's another important, but seldom-discussed effect of climate change — toxic water and sinking land made worse...
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Climate Change Is Widespread and Intensifying, Says New IPCC Report
Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental...
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Climate Change Will Cause Increase in Urban Water Use, Says Study
As the world’s population continues to urbanize, local governments everywhere are struggling to provide services to all their residents. Climate change is making...
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Making California’s Water Supply Resilient
As with the stock market, climate change requires a diversified portfolio of solutions.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed an executive order to develop a...
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Western States Buy Time With a 7-Year Colorado River Drought Plan
As Midwest states struggled with record spring flooding this year, the Southwest was wrestling with the opposite problem — not enough water....
Editorial
Keeping the Climate Commitment
Sustainability was being practiced in Boulder, Colorado’s water system long before sustainability was a trendy concept. There has been hydroelectric generation on...














