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
Leaving enough water in our rivers for the ecosystem to function - called environmental flow - was not a consideration as the U.S. developed and as a consequence many rivers are severely strained and nature is suffering, says Brian Richter of Sustainable Waters. #podcast here: https://bit.ly/BrianRichter #water #waterloop
When Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa he appointed a human rights attorney as water minister, which led the country to first set aside enough water for people and rivers before allotting it to other users, says Brian Richter of Sustainable Waters. #podcast here: http://bit.ly/BrianRichter #water #waterloop
Many cities have actually increased in population while decreasing water use, which is due in large part to the adoption of water efficient fixtures in the home and reducing water used in residential irrigation, says Brian Richter of Sustainable Waters. #podcast here: https://bit.ly/BrianRichter
There needs to be a wholesale transformation in the way water is used in irrigated agriculture, including the types of crops grown, how water is applied, and improvements to soil health, says Brian Richter. #podcast here: https://bit.ly/BrianRichter #water #waterloop
The younger generation (Gen Z) is very knowledgeable about environmental issues, has a hunger to learn, and has a strong sense of responsibility to the planet, says Brian Richter, who teaches a course on water sustainability at the University of Virginia. #podcast here: https://bit.ly/BrianRichter #water #waterloop #GenZ
Proper attention was not paid to sustainability of water resources as the U.S. developed and expanded across the continent over the past few centuries, not only straining water availability for people but for nature itself. There are ways to move from scarcity to sustainability, however, through cooperative relationships, deliberate decision…
New Mexico is an extremely arid state further stressed by climate change. The Rio Grande River and Pecos River have dried each summer for the past 20 years. Depletion of groundwater is also a concern, says Laura Paskus of New Mexico PBS. #podcast ➡️ https://bit.ly/NewMexicoWater #water #waterloop