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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...
EPA’s WaterSense Program Works – It Deserves Our Support
Since its 2006 launch, EPA’s WaterSense Program has been vital to water efficiency efforts across the country, providing significant economic value to ratepayers and water utilities as well as important environmental benefits. WaterSense-labeled fixtures have saved...
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...
WaterNow Impact Award: Winners Announced
Congratulations to Councilmember Campbell & Director Elie Disposal of brine concentrate generated by water treatment facilities using reverse osmosis technology is a problem West-wide. This highly concentrated waste can have acute environmental impacts requiring...
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: Santa Fe County, NM
No one likes a leaky pipe. At WaterNow Alliance we champion the untapped potential of innovative, often technological, solutions to help reduce water loss from leaks. And so does Santa Fe County, NM - Water loss due to leaks on the customer side of the meter...
Prof. Diffenbaugh gets it right, and right on time.
Thanks to Stanford Professor Noah Diffenbaugh for an excellent and timely piece in the NYT today, “What California’s Dam Crisis Means About the Changing Climate.” Several key points in Professor Diffenbaugh’s analysis deserve special attention, particularly as they...
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Project Accelerator comes to Southwest Pennsylvania
WaterNow is excited to announce a new Accelerator Project in Southwest Pennsylvania! Through Project Accelerator, we partner with communities and water agencies to champion sustainable, innovative water solutions. As part of our developing regional work in Southwest...