Water Conservation Articles

Editorial Xeric Landscaping Plays a Vital Role in Water Conservation in This Rocky Mountain State City

Many years ago Aurora Water started reaching out to the community about how to conserve water. Customers apparently drank in the information.Per...

January 16, 2023

Editorial A Toad Professor Helps a California City Deliver the Message of Water Conservation

A severe drought in 2015 led the California city of Davis to educate the public on how to help conserve water.The city...

November 15, 2022

Online Exclusives Hackers Tackle Water Crisis at Europe's Biggest Hackathon

Global water technology company Xylem has awarded a team of hackathon participants who developed an innovative app to promote sustainable water consumption....

October 17, 2022

Editorial A Poster Contest Winner as a Child Creates a Similar Contest as an Adult

Chris Nelson of the Carmichael Water District had no idea when he won a poster calendar contest in middle school that the...

July 13, 2022

Editorial Staffers Become Actors and Narrators for This Video on the Workings of a Treatment Plant

For over 40 years the South Platte Renew wastewater treatment plant sent clean effluent to the South Platte River. When the COVID virus...

June 16, 2022

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Editorial A New Hampshire Plant Keeps Humming Along Through a Four-Year Upgrade

To call the Peirce Island Wastewater Treatment Facility a success story is an understatement. The plant, recently upgraded to advanced secondary treatment and...

May 16, 2022

Editorial Water Challenges Are Rising. The Water Council Helps Innovators Develop Answers.

Stresses on water supplies are increasing around the world. Supplies are constrained in many areas, and water quality is a persistent concern. The...

March 15, 2022

Editorial One Person at a Time: An Award-winning Approach to Public Outreach for a California Specialist

California’s Central Marin Sanitation Agency teaches about water conservation one person at a time, through public events and by building rapport through...

March 15, 2022