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WaterNow Announces Second Round of Colorado Regional Accelerator Projects
Through Project Accelerator, WaterNow partners with communities and water agencies to champion sustainable, innovative water solutions. This application cycle built on the first Regional Project Accelerator, piloted last winter in Colorado. Participating communities,...
Gov. Brown Gets Real at Ceres
There are few things more interesting or entertaining than a speech by Governor Jerry Brown. Congratulations to our friends at Ceres for an extraordinary conference bringing together investors, business, NGOs, academics and other thought leaders around advancing...
Business Gets Behind Efficiency
Kudos to Jim Wunderman, President and CEO of the Bay Area Council, for his excellent op-ed in the East Bay Times this week, “Conserve Water Now to Prepare for Drought.” As the “Voice of Bay Area Business,” representing the largest employers in the region, the...
Notes from the Field: The Beer Truck visits Flagstaff
During the last weekend in June, while Arizona made national headlines for a record-breaking heatwave, I traveled from the temperate headquarters of WaterNow Alliance on the San Francisco Bay to Flagstaff to work with the all-star AZ Pure Water Brew Challenge team at...
WEBINAR: What Does “Making Conservation a Way of Life” Mean for Local Decision Makers? (7/12)
REGISTER: bit.ly/WebinarCAFramework Join us Wednesday July 12, 2017 from 11:30am-1pm. Registration is free. Governor Brown issued Executive Order B-37-16 a year ago elevating water conservation as a key strategy in California’s long-term plan to become water...
Senate Bill Introduced to Encourage Residential Water Conservation
Water utilities nationwide are increasingly providing rebates to consumers to incentivize efficiency and water innovation with great success particularly in California where local investments in efficiency were at the forefront of addressing the state’s major drought....
REPORT BACK: Catalyzing Action
Download our complete Summit Report Back [PDF] and view online photo album here. On April 20-21, WaterNow Alliance held our annual summit in Boulder, CO. It was a dynamic two-day event filled with engaging conversations, thought provoking presentations, and new...
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WaterSMART Grant Application Support & Help Desk
Established in 2010, the Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America’s Resources for Tomorrow) Program provides federal leadership and financial assistance for the efficient use of water in the Western United States. Each year, Reclamation allocates...