Water Resources

The American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE) was founded in October 2004 by practicing water resources professionals who were members of the American Society of Civil Engineers' Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI). The Academy was started primarily to offer a voluntary...  

The coming three decades will determine whether the population of the world comes into balance with the capacity of the biosphere to support it, or whether catastrophic changes in the environment brought on by climate change, losses of biodiversity, pollution of air and water, and overharvesting...  

"More intense storms will threaten water infrastructure and increase polluted stormwater runoff as climate change impacts water resources across the United States, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency warns in a proposed climate and water strategy issued Thursday. Shorelines will move as a...  

The Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Abba Sayyadi Ruma yesterday launched the 2008 quelea birds control program for the North-East zone with the commencement of aerial spray of quealatos to battle the pests that have destroyed hundreds of farmlands in Borno and Yobe States.  

"We are way better than Third-World countries with no water supply," explains California Department of Water Resources drought coordinator Wendy Martin, ...  

The Premier, Colin Barnett, says it is most likely to the state's second seawater desalination plant will be built at Binningup, near Bunbury.  

U.S. Representative Ted Poe, a Republican whose district includes Jefferson County, toured area waterways Monday with Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Dallas).  

Commission Chairman Stephen T. Pike said the city must wait for the state Water Resources Commission to meet in Wareham on Oct. 16. The Water Resources ...  

What is the condition of our water resources? Unfortunately, not so good. Currently, 40 percent of our lakes and rivers cannot meet even minimum quality ...  

A vast swath of central Texas ranchland spread over the environmentally sensitive Edwards Aquifer recharge zone could be preserved in perpetuity, thanks to a deal shaping up between landowners and Hays County commissioners....  

MOSES LAKE - Grant County PUD is waiting to hear back from members of the Columbia River Water Resources Program Policy Advisory Group about their views on raising a portion of the Columbia River.  

President Bush yesterday followed through on his pledge to sign the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact into law. The legislation recognizes the eight Great Lakes states as a regional water compact for managing withdrawals from the world's largest source of fresh...  

CHICAGO - The Great Lakes governors today applauded President George W. Bush for signing a joint resolution of Congress providing consent to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, according to a press release.  

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Kansas City District has selected HNTB Federal Services Corp. for a $12 million contract aimed at reducing flood risk and improving water resources in the region.  

Q: Do you ever use those vegetable-cleaning solutions sold in stores? A: I never use anything but fresh water to clean vegetables. For dirt-covered root vegetables...