It’s the year 2099 and civilization has finally achieved global water sustainability. In this positive era, water is a human right, properly valued, efficiently and productively used, extensively reused, and part of thriving ecosystems. The path to this future is discussed in this episode with Peter Gleick, author of The…
Invasive apple snails have caused problems in the lower Salt River. So when the Super Bowl came to Arizona, NFL Green, FORCE BLUE, and many partners removed snails and hundreds of thousands of eggs to help the ecosystem, says Jack Groh. #podcast: https://bit.ly/NFLmoreblue Episode from a conversation at the Green…
Celene Hawkins of The Nature Conservancy: Progress is happening under a first-of-its-kind agreement that allows the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission to lease up to 20,000-acre feet of water per year from the Jicarilla Apache Nation. Story: https://lnkd.in/gbzfyMTu #water #watermanagement #watersolutions #coloradoriver #h2ominutenews
California's kelp forests have been devastated by purple sea urchins. When the Super Bowl was in Los Angeles, NFL Green worked with FORCE BLUE's team of military special operations veterans to remove urchins and give the kelp time to recover, says Jack Groh. #podcast: https://bit.ly/NFLmoreblue This episode is from a…
From the podcast episode NFL Becomes More Blue: https://bit.ly/NFLmoreblue To advance water stewardship around league events such as the Super Bowl, the National Football League (NFL) partners with FORCE BLUE, an organization that engages military special operations veterans to conduct marine conservation projects. #podcast: https://bit.ly/NFLmoreblue This episode is from a…
Bobby Magill of Bloomberg Law: To align with a Supreme Court ruling, EPA issued a new rule on Clean Water Act jurisdiction. It leaves wetlands that aren't connected to navigable waterways unprotected by federal law. Story: https://lnkd.in/gpWWntfx #water #watermanagement #cleanwateract #epa #wetlands
Celene Hawkins of The Nature Conservancy: Progress is happening under a first-of-its-kind agreement that allows the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission to lease up to 20,000-acre feet of water per year from the Jicarilla Apache Nation. Story: https://lnkd.in/gbzfyMTu #water #watermanagement #watersolutions #coloradoriver
The NFL has long had an environment program to mitigate the impact of its major events and leave a green legacy in host cities. But over the last few years, water stewardship has become a more prominent part of the portfolio, particularly in conjunction with the Super Bowl, as discussed…
Chad Seidel of Corona Environmental Consulting discusses what was found in the first round of data on PFAS prevalence in public water systems that was released by EPA under its Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. #water #pfas #watermanagement #waterinfrastructure
Water treatment facilities use tremendous amounts of energy, often responsible for up to 30 percent of a municipality's energy consumption and cost. There is a movement to make these water facilities net zero, meaning they produce as much energy as they consume. Oregon is home to one of the original…
The SRF Tree Academy provides a deep-dive training for front-line partners providing technical assistance, advocacy, and project development for disadvantaged and underserved communities in tapping into low-cost public financing to implement nature-based solutions. Learn more: https://www.quantifiedventures.com/srf-tree-academy-state-revolving-fund-training #water #watermanagement #watersolutions #waternews #naturebasedsolutions
