For the Colorado River to have a sustainable future, it’s vital to understand its past and present. Blood of the West is an in-development documentary series about the Colorado River that will take viewers on a journey from headwaters to delta and explore the history of the river. In this…
The ecosystem of the Salton Sea is severely damaged from decades of receiving salty water from the Colorado River and polluted runoff from the region's agricultural industry, says Frank Ruiz of Audubon California. #podcast ➡️ https://bit.ly/FrankRuiz
As the water level drops in the Salton Sea it is exposing soil with toxins that blows as dust, causing health problems for people in nearby communities, says Frank Ruiz of Audubon California. #podcast ➡️ https://bit.ly/FrankRuiz
Conservation needs to be done within the context of communities, not with one size fits all programs. And stakeholders should work together in an integrated way that leverages their respective strengths, says Frank Ruiz of Audubon California. #podcast ➡️ https://bit.ly/FrankRuiz
Water challenges allow people from a wide variety of backgrounds and disciplines to collaborate, says Frank Ruiz of Audubon California. #podcast ➡️ https://bit.ly/FrankRuiz #water #waterloop
Frank Ruiz of Audubon California says young Latinos need to be educated about environmental issues so they can be aware of career opportunities and be ready to deal with challenges in their communities regardless of profession. #podcast ➡️ https://bit.ly/FrankRuiz #water #waterloop
Conservation practices don't offer a quick return on investment for farmers, which puts them in a tough position in a competitive environment where short-term economics is key to staying in business, says Quint Shambaugh of DIGS Associates. #podcast ➡️ https://bit.ly/FarmDrainage #water #waterloop
Farmers can often struggle to implement comprehensive water management practices that also promote conservation because they get a variety of estimates to sort through and have to pick the least costly, says Quint Shambaugh of DIGS Associates. #podcast ➡️ https://bit.ly/FarmDrainage #water #waterloop
The hands-on approach most farmers take to water management allows them to know a lot about drainage, have experience on projects, keep prices lower for construction, and avoid unnecessary regulation, says Quint Shambaugh of DIGS Associates. #podcast here: https://bit.ly/FarmDrainage
It's much more effective to take a watershed-level approach to reducing nutrient pollution by involving multiple farms in projects rather than working with one farm at a time, says Quint Shambaugh of DIGS Associates. #podcast at https://bit.ly/FarmDrainage #water #waterloop
Many farmers in the Midwest are concerned about pollution in local rivers and the Mississippi River and are interested in practical and affordable ways to reduce nutrient runoff from fields, says TJ "Quint" Shambaugh V of DIGS Associates. #water #waterloop #agriculture #nutrientpollution
The Salton Sea is a unique waterbody that has suffered from high salinity levels, agricultural runoff, and water consumption by cities in Southern California, pushing the ecosystem to the brink and threatening the health of surrounding communities. Efforts to help the Salton Sea include expanded resources from the state, wetland…
It's typically difficult and time-consuming to access and understand data about groundwater, so it's important to provide new tools that allow people to spend more time making decisions and managing projects, says Ben Kerr of Foundry Spatial. #podcast ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dYkr9Ry #water #waterloop #groundwater
Two initiatives are helping improve water management, says Tom Gleeson of the University of Victoria. 1 - the rise of socio-hydrology, the study of interactions between humans and water 2 - the movement toward open science, which makes methods and results more available #podcast ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dYkr9Ry
When making decisions on groundwater management it's important to have a comprehensive understanding of data gaps and defer to protection of water sources even if there is an absence of information, says Melissa Rohde of The Nature Conservancy. #podcast ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dYkr9Ry #water #waterloop #groundwater
The flaws with the approach to water infrastructure last century, says Newsha Ajami of Water In The West and Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment: -using water once and then getting rid of it -assuming there would be abundant water -having separate, fragmented systems for services #podcast here: https://bit.ly/Water21st #water…
Instead of trying to conquer nature through engineering, we are realizing that it can be our ally in sustainable water management. More often infrastructure is being reimagined to incorporate nature, says Newsha Ajami of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. #podcast ➡️ https://bit.ly/Water21st #water #waterloop
The rising interest in different types of water infrastructure and the ability to incorporate them into traditional infrastructure is cause for optimism, says Newsha Ajami of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. #podcast ➡️ https://bit.ly/Water21st #water #waterloop
People are positively changing behaviors and attitudes toward water in response to events such as droughts and flooding, and that is a reason for optimism, says Newsha Ajami of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. #podcast ➡️ https://bit.ly/Water21st
Water drainage is critical for farms in the Midwest. But farmers don’t usually receive comprehensive and unbiased information about water management and drainage solutions, and have to focus on short-term costs instead of long-term equity. Taking a holistic and objective approach can improve farms and water quality, as explained in…
Lakes surrounded by urban development and impervious surfaces commonly have poor water quality caused by stormwater runoff, as is the case with Greenfield Lake in Wilmington, N.C., says Mike Mallin of the University of North Carolina Wilmington. #podcast here: http://bit.ly/GreenfieldLake #water #waterloop #stormwater
Science is the first step to restoring any lake with poor water quality. The water must be sampled and exact sources of pollution identified before anything else can happen, says Mike Mallin of the University of North Carolina Wilmington. #podcast here: https://bit.ly/GreenfieldLake #water #waterloop #nutrientpollution
Education of the public about an environmental problem is an essential first step before people can become advocates. And it also helps when they are motivated to protect a special place in the community, says Dana S. of Cape Fear River Watch. #podcast ➡️ https://bit.ly/GreenfieldLake
Land use planning is vital to protecting urban watersheds. If an area is already developed it takes retrofits with restoration measures and careful attention to future site designs to reduce polluted stormwater, says Fred Royal of City of Wilmington, NC. Full #podcast at https://bit.ly/GreenfieldLake #water #waterloop #stormwater