Circle of Blue Links

Africa News

• Southern Africa Water Wire IPS-hosted African News Feed

Asian carp

• A list of eating instructions The Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries posted a video and instructions on carp consumption.
• Asian Carp Management An official U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Web site designed to coordinate control and management of Asian carp in the U.S.
• GLU: Battling Back the Asian Carp Great Lakes United summarizes latest Carp news, outlets for action.
• Great Lakes Fishery Commission The GLFC has created a special page with Asian carp information.
• No Asian Carp Michigan House Democrats host this site promoting closure of the Chicago area canals that connect to Lake Michigan
• Noah Hall Asian Carp Litigation Professor Noah Hall, of Wayne State University Law School and visiting Professor at the University of Michigan, explores carp and canal law.
• Stop Asian Carp Launched by Michigan Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Cox to support closure of Chicago-area locks to Lake Michigan.
• U.S. EPA: Asian Carp & the Great Lakes The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency created this Asian-carp specific invasive species page.
• Wikipedia Asian carp General species breakdown, cultural background, litigation and source for further references.
• Wisconsin DNR Asian Carp Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ invasive species information page.

Biofuels-Academic

• Dominguez-Faus, R., Powers, S.E, Burken, J.G., and. Alvarez., P.J: Environmental Science & Technology The Water Footprint of Biofuels: A Drink of Drive Issue (2009)
• K.C. Stone, P.G. Hunt, K.B. Cantrell, K.S. Ro:Bioresource Technology 101 The Potential Impacts of Biomass Feedstock Production on Water Resource Availability (2010)
• Kenneth Mulder, Nathan Hagens, Brendan Fisher: AMBIO Burning Water: A Comparative Analysis of the Energy Return on Water Invested (2009)
• Kevin R Fingerman, Margaret S Torn, MichaelHO’Hare, and Daniel M Kammen: Environmental Research Letters Accounting For The Water Impacts of Ethanol Production (2010)
• P.W. Gerbens-Leenes, A.Y. Hoekstra, Th. van der Meer: Ecological Economics The water footprint of energy from biomass: A quantitative assessment and consequences of an increasing share of bio-energy in energy supply (2008)
• Williams, Pamela R.D., Daniel Inman, Andy Aden, and Garvin A. Heath: Environmental Science & Technology Environmental and Sustainability Factors Associated With Next-Generation Biofuels in the U.S.: What Do We Really Know? (2009)

Biofuels-Government

• Argonne National Lab Analysis of Water Consumption in the Major Steps of Bioethanol Production (2009)
• Argonne National Laboratory Consumptive Water Use in the Production of Ethanol and Petroleum Gasoline (2009)
• Argonne National Laboratory, Energy Systems Division: prepared for U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)Consumptive Water Use in the Production of Ethanol and Petroleum Gasoline (January 2009)
• Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee Roadmap for Bioenergy and Biobased Products in the United States (2007)
• Congressional Research Service, Randy Schnepf Issue Statement on Agriculture-Based Biofuels (2010)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Biomass Resources Available in the United States, Map (2005)
• The Biomass Research and Development Board Increasing Feedstock Production for Biofuels: Economic Drivers, Environmental Implications, and the Role of Research (2008)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Demands on Water Resources: Report to Congress on the Interdependency of Energy and Water (December 2006)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Biomass Resources: Data, Analysis, and Trends
• U.S. Energy Information Administration Monthly Biodiesel Production Report (June 2009)
• U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Monthly Biodiesel Production Report (June 2009)
• U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Biofuels: Potential Effects and Challenges of Required Increases in Production and Use (August 2009)
• U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Anu Mittal,Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives Energy and Water: Preliminary Observations on the Links between Water and Biofuels and Electricity Production

Biofuels-Institutions

• Competitive Enterprise Institute, Frances B. Smith Corn-Based Ethanol. A Case Study in the Law of Unintended Consequences (2007)
• National Research Council of the National Academies of Science Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States (2007)

Biofuels-Media

• Reuters Water Worries Cloud Future for U.S. Biofuel (Apil 14, 2009)
• Science Daily Biofuel Production and Water Scarcity, May 2009
• The Oil Drum The Implications of Biofuel Production for United States Water Supplies (November 29, 2007)

Bulk Water Resources

• Alaska Water Exports-Ric Davidge Research Paper on Bulk Water Exports
• Fraser Institute, Diane Katz: Making Waves: Examining the case for sustainable water exports from Canada June 2010 Report
• Government of Canada, David Johansen: Bulk Water Removals,Water Exports and the NAFTA 2001 Report
• Greenland Ice and Water for Export: Product Catalogue, Bulk Water Greenland’s bulk water catalogue
• Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education: Exporting Water to the World
• Montreal Economic Institute: Freshwater Exports for the Development of Quebec’s Blue Gold 2008 Research Paper on bulk water export
• North Coast Journal- Jim Rossi 2003 story on bulk water shipments from California
• Polaris Institute- Canadian Bulk Water
• S2C Global System Inc. 2009 SEC filing
• Sawmill Cove Industrial Park: Sitka Bulk Water Sale
• The Council of Canadians: Bulk Water Exports
• The Status of Alaska Water Export Laws and Water Transfers-Christopher C. Estes 2001 Paper on the Status of Alaskan Water Export Law
• True Alaska Bottling Company Alaska Water Project

BulkWater-Links

• Fairbanks Daily News Miner July 13, 2010
• National Geographic June 5, 2010
• New York Times July 15, 2010
• Reuters July 14, 2010
• The Atlantic July 13, 2010
• Tree Hugger July 12, 2010
• Yale 360 July 12, 2010

Canadian Resources

• Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network The Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN) is made up of linked organizations and individuals involved in ecological monitoring in Canada to better detect, describe, and report on ecosystem changes.
• Environmental Defence Canada Formerly known as the Canadian Environmental Defence Fund, Environmental Defence Canada protects the environment and human health.
• Nature Conservancy of Canada For over 40 years, the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) has been working to protect Canada’s most threatened natural habitats and the endangered species that call them home.

Choke Point: Index – Institute

• Pacific Institute

Climate News

• Carbon Disclosure Project The Carbon Disclosure Project is an independent not-for-profit organization holding the largest database of primary corporate climate change information in the world.
• Celsias Celsias.com helps individuals, companies and organisations do practical things to combat climate change.
• Google Directory – Science > Environment > Water Resources
• Solve Climate Daily Climate News and Analysis
• The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Climate change impacts on tropical agriculture (2012)
• United Nations — Climate Change: Coping with the Humanitarian Impact We the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and * to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of
• World Water Day Website The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water by adopting a resolution.
• World Water Organization The World Water Organization (WWO) is a not-for-profit institution made up of concerned people from international organizations, governments, NGOs, academic institutions, and corporations – a multifaceted global movement that stimulates substantive disc

Coal- Institutions

• Sandia National Laboratories Overview of Energy-Water Interdependencies and the Emerging Energy Demands on Water Resources (March 2007)
• Source Watch Compendium of U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants By State
• The Center For Public Integrity The Big Seep: Longwall Mining is Draining the Water from the Springs and Streams of the Northern Appalachia
• WorldWatch Institute United States Cracks Down on Coal Mining Pollution (April 7, 2010)

Coal-Academic

• Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 34.1 Mountaintop Coal Mining and the Clean Water Act: The Fight Over Nationwide Permit 21 (2007)
• Science Magazine, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Mountaintop Mining Consequences (Science & Regulation, Volume 327, January 2010)
• West Virginia University (WVU) Water Research Institute–Acid Drainage Technology Initiative (ADTI)Prediction of Water Quality at Surface Coal Mines

Coal-Government

• Argonne National Laboratory: prepared for U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) A White Paper Describing Water from Production of Crude oil, Natural Gas, and Coal Bed Methane (January 2004)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Demands on Water Resources: Report to Congress on the Interdependency of Energy and Water (December 2006)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Emerging Issues for Fossil Energy and Water: Investigation of Water Issues Related to Coal Mining, Coal to Liquids, Oil Shale, and Carbon Capture and Sequestration (June 2006)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric, and Alternate Fuels Annual Coal Report (2008)
• U.S. Department of the Army, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Memorandum of Understanding: Implementing the Interagency Action Plan on Appalachian Surface Coal Mining (June 11, 2009)
• U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (US), National Water-Quality Assessment Program Effects of Coal-Mine Drainage on Stream Water Quality in the Allegheny and Monongahela River Basins—Sulfate Transport and Trends (2000)
• U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Water-Quality Assessment Program Ground-Water Quality in Unmined Areas and Near Reclaimed Surface Coal Mines in the Northern and Central Appalachian Coal Regions, Pennsylvania and West Virginia (2006)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mid-Atlantic Mountaintop Mining- Documents & Presentations
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Science and Technology Economic and Environmental Impact Assessment of Proposed Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Coal Mining Industry: Remining and Western Alkaline Subcategories (March 2000)

Coal-Media

• Reuters EPA Eases Rule on Mountaintop Coal Mining Debris (December 3, 2008)
• The New York Times E.P.A. Moves to Limit Water Pollution from Mining (April 1, 2010)
• The New York Times Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways (October 12, 2009)
• The New York Times Water Polluters Near You: Coal-Fired Power Plants, Nationwide Map (2010)

Coalitions and Alliances

• Great Lakes Sea Grant Network A network of Sea Grant colleges and programs working in partnership with government and the private sector to meet the changing needs of Americans living in the Great Lakes region.
• Great Lakes United GLU is an international coalition dedicated to preserving and protecting the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River ecosystem.
• LakeNet A global network of individuals and organizations working to promote the conservation and sustainable management of lakes around the world. Includes a searchable database with information about more than 1,000 individual lakes.

Conservation and Protection Activism

• Alliance for the Great Lakes Formerly the Lake Michigan Federation, the Alliance is a nonprofit, public interest organization focusing on protecting the Great Lakes through a variety of “Positive Change” projects.
• Clean Water Action Council A non-profit, charitable, educational grassroots organization working to preserve and protect clean water in Northeast Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region.
• Clean Wisconsin Clean Wisconsin, an environmental advocacy organization, protects Wisconsin’s clean water and air and advocates for clean energy by being an effective voice in the state legislature and by holding elected officials and corporations accountable.
• Global Environment Facility From Ridge to Reef: Water, Environment and Community Security (2012)
• Great Lakes Commission A binational agency that promotes the orderly, integrated and comprehensive development, use and conservation of the water and related natural resources of the Great Lakes basin and St. Lawrence River.
• Great Lakes Protection Fund The Fund seeks projects that lead to tangible improvements in the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem and promote the interdependence of healthy ecological and economic systems.
• Great Lakes Restoration Initiative An initiative designed to clean, combat invasive species, restore fragile areas, track species, and more.
• Healing our Waters – Great Lakes Coalition The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition consists of more than 115 environmental, conservation, and outdoor recreation organizations, zoos, aquariums and museums. Our member organizations represent millions of people who share a common goal of restori
• Indiana Lakes Management Society (ILMS) ILMS was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation in the State of Indiana in 1991 by a group of individuals with a common interest in protecting and saving Indiana lakes for future generations.
• Inland Sea Society Works toward maintaining a Lake Superior Basin with a naturally diverse and healthy ecosystem.
• Lake Michigan Forum The Lake Michigan Forum was established as part of the Lake Michigan Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP) as the central vehicle for stakeholder participation in developing and implementing the LaMP. Check here for information about the Lake Michigan LaMP.
• Michigan Land Use Institute The Michigan Land Use Institute was founded in 1995 to establish an approach to economic development that strengthens communities, enhances opportunity, and protects the state’s unmatched natural resources.
• National Wildlife Federation (NWF), Great Lakes Natural Resource Center Helps protect the Great Lakes from toxic chemical pollution, water diversions, wetlands loss and other threats.
• Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin A not-for-profit organization providing grants to local conservation groups who are dedicated to enhancing Wisconsin’s natural resources.
• Save the Dunes Council One of the oldest grassroots conservation organizations in the country, the council’s objectives are to maintain and restore the integrity and quality of the natural environment of the Indiana Dunes region.
• The Nature Conservancy’s Great Lakes Program Preserves the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life in the region by protecting the lands and water they need to survive. Great Lakes States’ Chapters: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota,New York, Ohio, Pennsylva
• US Fish and Wildlife Service 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation

CPC_Climate_Media

• Circle of Blue China’s Climate Emissions Are Global Issue, But Water Scarcity Is Greater Domestic Priority
• Circle of Blue China, Tibet, and the Strategic Power of Water
• Circle of Blue 70 Percent of Himalayan Glaciers Gone by Next Century
• Circle of Blue The Himalayas, A Special Report
• Huffpost Green Beneath the Bickering, Real Progress in China Climate Talks?
• iEngerySaver China’s Ecologically Fragile Freshwater Inland Lakes Disappeared Over A Thousand 50 Years
• The New York Times China and India Join Climate Accord

CPC_Coal_Institute

• China Environment Forum, Western Kentucky University Coal Mining and Environmental Health in China (April 2007)
• Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory: Environmental Energy Technologies Division (U.S. Department of Energy) China’s Coal: Demand, Constraints, and Externalities (July 2009)
• Greenpeace The True Cost of Coal-An Investigation into Coal Ash in China
• Greenpeace, The Energy Foundation, WWF The True Cost of Coal
• International Energy Agency Coal and Chinas Choices
• The Pew Center on Global Climate Change Coal in China: Resources, Uses, and Advanced Coal Technologies

CPC_Coal_Media

• Circle of Blue Chinese Power Plant Develops Advanced Coal Technology
• Shanxi Fenwei Energy Consulting China Coal Resources Distribution
• The New York Times China’s Booming Economy May Produce the Majority of World Coal Emissions by 2035
• Vogel Business Media China Huaneng, Peabody and Calera to Pursue Clean Coal Project
• Vogel Business Medis China Huaneng, Peabody and Calera to Pursue Clean Coal Project

CPC_Drought_Media

• China Dialogue Drying up the Han
• Circle of Blue Drought in South China is Worst in Decades
• Circle of Blue The Stream, February 9: Drought in China
• English.Xinhuanet.com Wildlife suffer water shortages amid drought in southwest China
• Foreign Policy China’s Water Grab
• Inter Press Service News Agency Record Drought Exposes Water Woes
• Nature News China drought highlights future climate threats
• Peoples Daily Online Drought and warmer weather threaten wheat and water supplies
• Peoples Daily Online Drought and warmer weather threaten wheat and water supplies
• Reuters Africa Drought affecting more than 2 million people in China
• The Associated Press Drought affects 6 million in southern China
• The Hindu In China, drought brings focus on water, food security
• The Wall Street Journal/ Asia Beijing Turns Attention to Worsening Drought
• Time Magazine Drought Throws Cold Water on Yunnans Water Festival
• Xinhua News Agency China donates drillers, trucks to help Bolivia fight drought

CPC_Economics_Media

• Council on Foreign Affairs China’s Economy and the Water Crisis—A Fresh Take
• Reuters Analysis: Flood of money needed to fix China’s water woes
• Reuters China to spend $301 billion on water projects
• Treehugger China Spending $30 Billion on Water Conservation Next Year
• Xinhua News Agency China’s spending on water conservation doubles during 11th Five-Year Plan

CPC_Energy_Institute_u.s

• CSRWire Choke Point: China – Confronting Water Scarcity and Energy Demand in the World’s Fastest Growing Industrial Economy
• Post Carbon Institute The peak oil crisis: China’s latest drought

CPC_Energy_Media

• Bloomberg China Hydropower Dams in Mekong River Give Shocks to 60 Million
• China Dialogue Reining in China’s energy targets
• Circle of Blue Choke Point: China—Confronting Water Scarcity and Energy Demand in the World’s Largest Country
• Circle of Blue New Wind and Solar Sectors Won’t Solve China’s Water Scarcity
• Circle of Blue Water Rights Transfers and High-Tech Power Plants Hold off Energy-Water Clash in Northern China
• Circle of Blue Memo to Hu and Obama: Water and Energy Choke Points Merit Time at the China-U.S. Summit
• Huffpost Green Choke Point: China — Escalating Confrontation Between Water Scarcity and Energy Demand Has Global Implications
• The Globe and Mail The energy bridge to China

CPC_Environmental_Health_Institute

• China Environment Forum, Western Kentucky University Environmental Health Challenges in Xinjiang
• China Environment Forum, Western Kentucky University Positive Spillover? Impact of the Songhua River Benzene Incident on China’ s Environmental Policy
• China Environment Forum, Western Kentucky University Environmental and Health Threats from Cement Production in China (August 2007)
• Development Research Group, World Bank Addressing China’s Growing Water Shortages and Associated Social and Environmental Consequences

CPC_Flooding_Media

• BBC News Asia-Pacific Troops in China blast a dam to release flood water
• Bloomberg Three Gorges Dam Braces for Surge of Water on Yangtze as Floods Continue
• Circle of Blue Flooding Tests Three Gorges Dam, Pollutes Songhua River in China
• Cricle of Blue Flooding Inundates Southern China
• Global Times China allocates 8 bln yuan to fight flooding of smaller rivers
• Guardian.co.uk China flooding causes worst death toll in decade
• Guardian.co.uk China devastated by floods
• Irishtimes.com China halts shipping through Yangtze dam as water level rises
• Reuters Floods cut water supply to 300,000 in NE China
• Reuters Canada China to start draining dam that threatens city
• Reuters US China says waters on North Korean border surge

CPC_Green_Energy_Institute

• China Environment Forum (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) Making Green from Green – How Improving the Environmental Performance of Supply Chains Can Be a Win-Win for China and the World
• China Environment Forum (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) Solar Technology and Markets: Illuminating the Prospects for China and the U.S.
• China Environment Forum, Western Kentucky University Taihu: Green Wash or Green Clean?
• China Environment Forum, Western Kentucky University Boomtown Energy Drain: Promoting Energy Efficiency in China’s Buildings
• China Environment Forum, Western Kentucky University Implementation of Biogas Digestion to Clean up China’s Livestock Industry and Provide Rural Energy (July 2008)
• The Pew Charitable Trust Who’s Winning The Clean Energy Race? Growth, Competition, and Opportunities in the World’s Largest Economies.

CPC_Green_Energy_Media

• Business Green China aims to increase hydropower 50 per cent by 2015
• Circle of Blue China Looks to Increase Hydropower to Meet Clean Energy Goals
• Economic Observer Making Up for Lost Time: China’s Hydropower Push
• Green Prophet Israel’s IDE Uses Waste Heat in China for “Greener” Desalinated Water
• Impact Lab China’s New Method to Mass Produce Light Water
• Reuters U.S. brings green power execs to red China
• The Thrid Pole Cascade effect
• World Watch Beyond the Numbers: A Closer Look at China’s Wind Power Success
• Xinhua News Agency China invites tenders for first solar thermal power project

CPC_Karst

• Circle of Blue Hidden Waters, Dragons in the Deep: The Freshwater Crisis in China’s Karst Regions
• Circle of Blue Karst Landscapes in China, Across the Continents
• Circle of Blue Hidden Waters, Dragons in the Deep: The Freshwater Crisis in China’s Karst Regions
• Circle of Blue ‘Romeo and Juliet’ of China Captured in Karst
• Circle of Blue Karst Landscapes in China, Across the Continents
• Circle of Blue China Karst | Slideshow

CPC_Media

• Circle of Blue Memo to Hu and Obama: Water and Energy Choke Points Merit Time at the China-U.S. Summit
• CSRWire Choke Point: China – Confronting Water Scarcity and Energy Demand in the World’s Fastest Growing Industrial Economy
• CSRWire A Dry and Anxious North Awaits China’s Giant Water Transport Scheme
• Guardian.co.uk Canada looks to China to exploit oil sands rejected by US
• Inter Press Service News Agency China Goes for Friendly Giant Role in Mekong
• The Daily Dish Chinas Water Problem (Febuary 2011)
• Xinhua News Agency China to undertake first inland underwater archaeology project

CPC_Policy_Institute

• Asian Development Bank An Eco-Compensation Policy Framework for the People’s Republic of China
• China Environment Forum, Western Kentucky University Highlights of Water Pollution Control Laws and Regulations in China
• China Science Center of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, China Association of Mayors, and UN-Habitat. The State of Chinas Cities
• The World Bank: Environment & Social Development – East Asia & Pacific Region China: Water Quality Management – Policy and Institutional Considerations (September 2006)

CPC_Policy_Media

• Guardian.co.uk China faces tough choices on water
• Guardian.co.uk China faces tough choices on water
• Nature News China’s water crisis needs more than words
• Nepal Republic Media Call to promote Bhotekoshi River
• Reuters China’s Chongqing Water to launch mainland IPO
• Reuters China expands pollutants list, sets 2011 target
• Treehugger China Spending $30 Billion on Water Conservation Next Year
• Wall Street Journal, China Realtime Report Women Stand For Water Conservation

CPC_Statistics

• National Bureau of Statistics China Statistical Yearbook 2005
• National Bureau of Statistics of China China Statistical Yearbook 2006
• National Bureau of Statistics of China China Statistical Yearbook 2007
• National Bureau of Statistics of China China Statistical Yearbook 2008
• National Bureau of Statistics of China China Statistical Yearbook 2009

CPC_Urban_Development_Institute

• China Environment Forum, Western Kentucky University China’s Power in Wastewater, (January 2009)
• McKinsey Global Institute Preparing for Chinas Urban Billion

CPC_Urban_Development_Media

• Associated Press In epic projects, the U.S. is no longer a leader
• Circle of Blue More People, More Problems — Water Challenges with Chinese Urbanization
• Huffpost Green Tianjin Eco-City In China: The Future Of Urban Development? (PICTURES)
• Reuters China to spend $301 billion on water projects
• World Business on MSNBC.com, Associated Press In epic projects, the U.S. is no longer a leader

CPC_Water_Pollution_Institute

• China Environment Forum, Western Kentucky University Quest for Clean Water China’s Newly Amended Water Pollution Control Law (January 2009)
• China Environmental Forum-Western Kentucky University Chinas Water Quality Calamities

CPC_Water_Pollution_Media

• Circle of Blue WaterViews | China
• Circle of Blue China’s Dirty Water Leads to Protests, Some Reform
• Circle of Blue China’s Oil Spill Threatens International Waters
• Circle of Blue Flooding Tests Three Gorges Dam, Pollutes Songhua River in China
• Circle of Blue Tracing Kunming, China’s Freshwater Hazards
• Greenpeace The dirty secret behind jeans and bras
• Greenpeace The dirty secret behind jeans and bras
• Guardian.co.uk China launches armada to head off algae plume
• Guardian.co.uk China’s worst-ever oil spill threatens wildlife as volunteers assist in clean-up
• Latest China/ China News Oil spill pollutes tributary of China’s Yellow River
• Reuters Three Gorges pollution prevention stalled
• Reuters China’s environmental protection agency has vowed to curb heavy metal pollution in a bid to cut widespread industrial contaminants like lead that have poisoned children and sparked protests.
• Reuters Africa Pollution makes quarter of China water unusable-ministry
• Reuters US China’s Zijin fined $1.4 million for toxic leaks
• Reuters.co.uk Pollution means China’s thirst can’t be quenched – no matter what is spent
• Terra Daily Mountains of trash fished from China’s Three Gorges Dam
• The Australian Spill puts China water supplies at risk
• Tree Hugger How Electronics Companies Can Slow China’s Water Pollution
• Treehugger How Electronics Companies Can Slow China’s Water Pollution

CPC_Water_Scarcity_Media

• Circle of Blue Choke Point: China—Confronting Water Scarcity and Energy Demand in the World’s Largest Country
• Circle of Blue New Wind and Solar Sectors Won’t Solve China’s Water Scarcity
• Circle of Blue The Stream, March 1: What’s Choking China’s Growth?
• Circle of Blue Water Rights Transfers and High-Tech Power Plants Hold off Energy-Water Clash in Northern China
• CNN World Water shortages reach crisis levels in China
• Council on Foreign Affairs China’s Economy and the Water Crisis—A Fresh Take
• CSRWire Choke Point: China – Confronting Water Scarcity and Energy Demand in the World’s Fastest Growing Industrial Economy
• CSRWire New Wind and Solar Sectors Won’t Solve China’s Water Scarcity
• Guardian.co.uk Can the sea solve China’s water crisis?
• Guardian.co.uk Can the sea solve China’s water crisis?
• Huffpost Green Choke Point: China — Escalating Confrontation Between Water Scarcity and Energy Demand Has Global Implications
• International Food Policy Research Institute Washington D.C Yellow River Basin Water Accounting
• Journal Sentinel Capturing China’s water needs
• Journal Sentinial Capturing China’s water needs
• Reuters US Water cut to north China city after chemical spill
• Syfy News Millions facing water shortage in China
• Xinhua News Agency China to launch strict water protection measures, fight shortages: minister
• Xinhua News Agency Artificial rain made in E China to ease water shortage

CPC_Water_Transfer_Institute

• China Environment Forum (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) Quenching the Dragon’s Thirst The South-North Water Transfer Project—Old Plumbing for New China?
• China Pipeline Map South-North Water Transfer

CPC_Water_Transfer_Media

• Between the Poles Large Water Diversion Projects, Environmental Impact and Convergence
• Business Standard China project to impact Brahmaputra water flow
• Business Standard China project to impact Brahmaputra water flow: NGO
• China Daily Nujiang hydro project back on agenda
• China Water Water transfer system to end Xinjiang drought
• China Xinjiang Is water pipeline project merely a pipe dream?
• China XinJiang Is water pipeline project merely a pipe dream?
• Circle of Blue A Dry and Anxious North Awaits China’s Giant, Unproven Water Transport Scheme
• Circle or Blue China May Relocate 300,000 from Three Gorges Region
• Guardian.co.uk Three Gorges dam faces major flood test
• Guardian.co.uk China’s dam-building will cause more problems than it solves
• International Rivers New Chinese Dam Project Fuels Ethnic Conflict in Sudan
• International Rivers New Chinese Dam Project Fuels Ethnic Conflict in Sudan
• Treehugger China’s Massive, but Unproven, Water Transit Scheme Has Some Worried

CPIndia_Academia

• Understanding Regional Economic Growth in India Harvard economic paper on India (2002)

CPIndia_Government

• Energy Statistics This publication titled “Energy Statistics 2012”, is brought out every year by Central Statistics Office (CSO) and the present one is 19th in the series. The publication contains the latest data available in respect of different energy sources, with d
• Grain and Feed Anuual: New Delhi, India USDA Gain Report containing assessments of commodity and trade issues in India (February 23, 2012)
• India Wind Energy Outlook Besides providing an overview of wind energy potential, manufacturing and investment prospects; the report provides insights into the challenges ahead, offering suggestions for overcoming hurdles to enable the domestic wind power sector to advance within
• Irrigation and Water Resources From the India Infrastructure Report, outlining achievements and challenges of irrigation in India. (2007)
• Twelfth Five Year Plan 2012-2017 Economic Sectors (2013)

CPIndia_Institute

• Agricultural Growth and Structural Changes in the Punjab Economy: An Input-output Analysis This research report is part of IFPRI’s continuous efforts to understand the relation- ship between technological change in agriculture and overall economic growth that expands employment and income opportunities for the poor in developing countries. (Aug
• Global Coal Risk Assessment This working paper assesses current global coal risks to the climate. It identifies the countries and companies involved in global coal production and consumption, and sheds light on global trends by mapping the proposed new coal power plants and related
• Grain Production Issues in Infrastructure for Export of Rice from India (2008)
• India Energy Subsidies Guide The focus of this guide is energy subsidies in India. In addition to forming a large part of government expenditure in India, subsidies for energy have a tremendous impact on the lives of citizens. at the most immediate level, these subsidies affect how m
• India Energy Subsidies Guide The focus of this guide is energy subsidies in India. In addition to forming a large part of government expenditure in India, subsidies for energy have a tremendous impact on the lives of citizens. at the most immediate level, these subsidies affect how m
• Productivity Growth and Sustainability in Post Green-Revolution Agriculture Determines the long-term productivity and sustainability of irrigated agriculture in the Indian and Pakistan Punjabs (2001)
• Rice Production Study AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE PUNJAB ECONOMY: AN INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS (1990)
• The Electric Energy-Water Nexus: Managing the Seasonal Linkages of Fresh Water Use in Energy Sector for Sustainable Future This paper gauges the effects of the some of overlaps and gaps between seasonal anomalies in water availability and growth of power generation in rainy, summer, winter and post monsoon season for power plants of different energy types (Both non-renewable

CPIndia_Media

• Empowering Growth Perspectives on India’s energy future: A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit (2012)
• India’s Emerging Energy and Air Pollution Crisis A study of critical power and fuel dependencies for Indian GSM site solutions (February 2010)
• The Power Scenario of Punjab A study of electricity demand and supply forecasts in Punjab (2007)
• Threats from India’s Himalaya Dams With the use of coal set to expand, India’s total carbon emissions are projected to more than double by 2030 (2). New dams can play a dual role, helping to limit emissions while providing power to needy people. But major problems loom. We discuss approa

Desalination

• Design Technology & Irrigation ltd DTI-r has “developed a subsurface Irrigation technology which allows the use of brackish / salted water without the need for either expensive purification or fine filtering before irrigating plants / crops and trees.”
• International Desalination Association The leading global organization dedicated to desalination, desalination technology and water reuse. With more than 2,000 members from 58 countries, IDA is the hub of expertise, news and information, and professional development for the worldwide desalinat

Economics

• Aguanomics Blog about the economics of water
• HBSC Report – Exploring the links between water and economic growth (2012)
• Water Online: Digital Marketplace for the water, wastewater, and stormwater industries

Education

• Global Rivers Environmental Education Network (GREEN) Improves education through a global network that promotes watershed sustainability. It is a resource to schools and communities that wish to study their watershed and work to improve their quality of life.
• Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA) Climb aboard the schooner Inland Seas for science field trips and shipboard learning programs. This floating classroom offers hands-on science training and experience in the Great Lakes ecosystem for all ages.

Energy-Government

• Congressional Research Service Energy Policy Act of 2005: Summary and Analysis of Enacted Provisions (2006)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Demands on Water Resources: Report to Congress on the Interdependency of Energy and Water (December 2006)
• US Energy Information Administration (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2010
• US Energy Information Administration (EIA) Annual Energy Review (AER) (2008)

For-Profit

• Celsias Celsias.com helps individuals, companies and organisations do practical things to combat climate change.
• Design Technology & Irrigation ltd DTI-r has “developed a subsurface Irrigation technology which allows the use of brackish / salted water without the need for either expensive purification or fine filtering before irrigating plants / crops and trees.”

GL Asian Carp

• Asian Carp Management An official U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Web site designed to coordinate control and management of Asian carp in the U.S.
• Great Lakes Fishery Commission The GLFC has created a special page with Asian carp information.
• Noah Hall Asian Carp Litigation Professor Noah Hall, of Wayne State University Law School and visiting Professor at the University of Michigan, explores carp and canal law.
• U.S. EPA: Asian Carp & the Great Lakes The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency created this Asian-carp specific invasive species page.
• Wikipedia Asian carp General species breakdown, cultural background, litigation and source for further references.
• Wisconsin DNR Asian Carp Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ invasive species information page.

GL Water & Energy

• Great Lakes Commission State and Provincial Land-Based Wind Farm Sitting Policy in the Great Lakes Region: Summary and Analysis (2010)
• Munk Center For International Studies How The Oil Sands Got To The Great Lakes Basin (2008 Report)

Global Water News

• AWWA – Streamlines Water news, advancements, and practice — consolidating MainStream and Waterweek
• Brown and Caldwell Water News Brown and Caldwell Water News bring the latest online water-related stories to your desktop, laptop or smart phone.
• Circle of Blue Twitter Feed A complete micro-news feed with links to relevant water stories from around the world.
• Earthweek – A Diary of the Planet
• Global Water Network The Global Water Network is a comprehensive resource to raise awareness about water issues and to raise funds to help build water and sanitation projects where they are needed most.
• Google Directory – Science > Environment > Water Resources
• Google News: Water Daily Water News from Google
• International Association of Environmental Hydrology The International Association for Environmental Hydrology is a worldwide association for hydrology and the environment, dedicated to cleanup of fresh water resources. IAEH publishes the Journal of Environmental Hydrology, Hydrology News, and the HydroKit
• Qiosk Waste Water News WaterQiosk, is a resource for Water and Waste Water professionals that aggregates news and magazine content from every major Water and Waste Water industry publication.
• Qiosk Water News WaterQiosk, is a resource for Water and Waste Water professionals that aggregates news and magazine content from every major Water and Waste Water industry publication.
• Reuters: Water Reuters Daily Water News
• The World’s Water Worldwater.org is dedicated to providing information and resources to help protect and preserve freshwater around the globe.
• UNEP Report – Global Environmental Outlook 5
• United Nations — Climate Change: Coping with the Humanitarian Impact We the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and * to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of
• US Water News Home Page
• Water Information Center Its purpose is to assist the work of water scientists, engineers, managers, policymakers, and students throughout the world. Our mission is to share our body of work in the field of water science and technology to be as helpful as possible to those abroad
• Water Technology Water Technology provides the latest in news, views and project information from the water industry internationally, covering industrial and municipal wastewater treatment and water supply and transmission.
• Water World Newsletter From the editors of WaterWorld, Industrial WaterWorld, and Water & Wastewater International
• WaterWebster The mission of WaterWebster.org is to provide safe drinking water and wastewater news, research and information free of charge to anyone who needs it, anywhere in the world.
• WaterWorld
• World Water Day Website The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water by adopting a resolution.
• World Water Organization The World Water Organization (WWO) is a not-for-profit institution made up of concerned people from international organizations, governments, NGOs, academic institutions, and corporations – a multifaceted global movement that stimulates substantive disc

Government / Government Agencies

• Bureau of Reclamation: Water Operations Established in 1902, the Bureau of Reclamation is best known for the dams, powerplants, and canals it constructed in the 17 western states.
• CIA – The World Factbook
• NASA Images Since its inception in 1958, NASA has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. NASA technology also has been adapted for many nonaerospace uses by the private sector.
• U.S. Geological Survey As an unbiased, multi-disciplinary science organization that focuses on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water, we are dedicated to the timely, relevant, and impartial study of the landscape, our natural resources, and the natural
• United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA’s mission is to protect human health and the environment.
• Water Law Summaries

Himalayas

• Asia Society Asia’s Next Challenge: Securing the Region’s Water Future
• Asia Times
• Associated Press of Pakistan
• Channel News Asia
• China Daily
• Daily Times Your Right to Know: A New Voice for Pakistan
• David Brashear, Asia Society Museum Rivers of Ice: Vanishing Glaciers of the Greater Himalayas
• DAWN
• Dr. Ravinder Kumar: Case Study Climate Change and its impact on Himalayan Glaciers
• Gulf News
• Himalayas – Wikipedia Entry From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Hindustan India
• HindustanTimes India
• Indian Express
• Indian Ministry of Urban Development India’s National Urban Sanitation Policy Ranks Cties on Basis of 19 Factors
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Fourth Assessment Report Assessment of climate change on globe: physical science; impact, adaptation and vulnerability; mitigation
• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Formation of Glacial Lakes in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas and GLOF Risk Assessment
• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Impact of Climate Change on Himalayan Glaciers and Glacial Lakes: Case Studies on GLOF and Associated Hazards in Nepal and Bhutan
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture and Costs of Adaptation
• International Water Management Institute India’s River Linking Project: The State of the Debate Surrounding Proposal to Inter-link All Rivers
• Kuensel Online Bhutan
• Outlook India
• Pacific Institute/United Nations Environment Program (UNEP Understanding and Reducing the Risks of Climate Change for Transboundary Waters
• Press Trust of India
• Sify News India
• The Assam Tribune India
• The Daily Star Bangladesh
• The Hindu India’s National Newspaper
• The Nation Pakistan
• The National Abu Dhabi
• The Times of India
• The World Bank: East Asia and Pacific Region Addressing Water Scarcity in China
• The World Bank: South Asia Indus Water Treaty
• U.S. Department of State Pakistan Assistance Strategy Report
• United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Environmental News on Glaciers and Himalayas
• United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Monitoring and Early Warning System
• United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health Sanitation as a Key to Global Health: Voices from the Field
• University College and King’s College, London The Waters of the Third Pole: Sources of Threat, Sources of Survival
• World Health Organization (WHO) Indian Sanitation and Drinking Water Statistics and Trends
• World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) Mekong Dolphins on the Brink of Extinction
• World Wildlife Foundation (WWF): Living Himalayas Initiative The Cost of Climate Change: The Story of Thorthormi Glacial Lake in Bhutan
• XinhuaNews China

Himalayas-Regional News

• Asia Times
• Associated Press of Pakistan
• Channel News Asia
• Daily Times Your Right to Know: A New Voice for Pakistan
• DAWN
• Gulf News
• Hindustan India
• HindustanTimes India
• Indian Express
• Kuensel Online Bhutan
• Outlook India
• Press Trust of India
• Sify News India
• The Assam Tribune India
• The Daily Star Bangladesh
• The Hindu India’s National Newspaper
• The Nation Pakistan
• The National Abu Dhabi
• The Times of India
• United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Environmental News on Glaciers and Himalayas
• XinhuaNews China

Himalyas-Reports

• Asia Society Asia’s Next Challenge: Securing the Region’s Water Future
• China Daily
• David Brashear, Asia Society Museum Rivers of Ice: Vanishing Glaciers of the Greater Himalayas
• Dr. Ravinder Kumar: Case Study Climate Change and its impact on Himalayan Glaciers
• Indian Ministry of Urban Development India’s National Urban Sanitation Policy Ranks Cties on Basis of 19 Factors
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Fourth Assessment Report Assessment of climate change on globe: physical science; impact, adaptation and vulnerability; mitigation
• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Formation of Glacial Lakes in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas and GLOF Risk Assessment
• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Impact of Climate Change on Himalayan Glaciers and Glacial Lakes: Case Studies on GLOF and Associated Hazards in Nepal and Bhutan
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture and Costs of Adaptation
• International Water Management Institute India’s River Linking Project: The State of the Debate Surrounding Proposal to Inter-link All Rivers
• Pacific Institute/United Nations Environment Program (UNEP Understanding and Reducing the Risks of Climate Change for Transboundary Waters
• The World Bank: East Asia and Pacific Region Addressing Water Scarcity in China
• The World Bank: South Asia Indus Water Treaty
• U.S. Department of State Pakistan Assistance Strategy Report
• United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Monitoring and Early Warning System
• United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health Sanitation as a Key to Global Health: Voices from the Field
• University College and King’s College, London The Waters of the Third Pole: Sources of Threat, Sources of Survival
• World Health Organization (WHO) Indian Sanitation and Drinking Water Statistics and Trends
• World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) Mekong Dolphins on the Brink of Extinction
• World Wildlife Foundation (WWF): Living Himalayas Initiative The Cost of Climate Change: The Story of Thorthormi Glacial Lake in Bhutan

Hydropower-Government

• Bonneville Power Administration Federal Columbia River Power System
• Energy Information Administration (EIA) Energy Consumption and Renewable Energy Development Potential on Indian Lands (April 2000)
• Energy Information Administration (EIA) Table of Net Generation from Hydroelectric Power by State by Sector (Year-to-Date through July 2010 and 2009; as of October 14, 2010)
• Energy Information Administration (EIA) Table of Renewable Energy Consumption by Energy Use Sector and Energy Source
• Energy Information Administration (EIA) Table of Renewable Energy Consumption by Energy Use Sector and Energy Source (2004-2008)
• Energy Information Administration (EIA) Table of Renewable Energy Consumption for Electricity Generation by Energy Use Sector and Energy Source (2004-2008)
• Energy Information Administration (EIA) Table of Electricity Net Generation From Renewable Energy by Energy Use Sector and Energy Source (2004-2008)
• Energy Information Administration (EIA) Table of U.S. Electric Net Summer Capacity (2004-2008)
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory – Renewable Energy Products DepartmentU.S. Hydropower Resource Assessment Final Report (December 1998)
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Hydroelectric Power: Managing Water in the West
• U.S. Congress Bill (written by members of Nevada Congressional Delegation) Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2010: Delivering Clean Renewable Hydropower to Southwest States and Cities – Fact Sheet
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy – Wind and Hydropower Technologies Feasibility Assessment of the Water Energy Resources of the United States for New Low Power and Small Hydro Classes of Hydroelectric Plants (January 2006)
• U.S. Department of Energy – Western Area Power Administration Serving the West with Federal Hydropower
• U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Army, and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)Potential Hydroelectric Development at Existing Federal Facilities: For Section 1834 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (May 2007)
• Western Area Power Administration Harnessing Hydropower

Hydropower-Institutions

• Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE) – NC Solar Center and Interstate Renewable Energy Council Interactive Map of Comprehensive Information on State, Local, Utility and Federal Incentives to Promote Renewable Energy and Efficiency.
• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Assessment of Waterpower Potential and Development Needs (March 2007)
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change Climate Tech Book – Hydropower Fact Sheet (October 2009)

Hydropower-Media

• IEEE Spectrum (Magazine of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) The Future of Hydropower (June 2010)
• The Wall Street Journal Water Surge: Hydropower, once shunned because of environmental concerns, is making a comeback (September 13, 2010)

Links

• Alberta Energy – Oil Sands Overview Resource Canada’s Provincial Government Oversight Agency For Tar Sands Development
• Alliance for Water Efficiency
• Arid Lands Institute Water scarcity is both the history and the future of the American West. Re-thinking water use, particularly in the face of climate change, will be central to the region’s survival. The work exceeds the grasp of a single discipline, and touches all dimen
• Bonneville Power Administration Federal Columbia River Power System
• Boston University” Department of Geography and Environment, Western Resource Advocates An Assessment of the Energy Return on Investment (EROI) of Oil Shale Final Report (June 2010)
• Carbon Disclosure Project Water Disclosure Report 2012
• China Environment Forum
• Circle of Blue
• Development Blog
• Documentation
• Ethical Funds Company The Role of Investors in Mitigating Risk in the Oil Sands (September 2008)
• Food & Water Watch
• Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory – Renewable Energy Products DepartmentU.S. Hydropower Resource Assessment Final Report (December 1998)
• Munk Center For International Studies How The Oil Sands Got To The Great Lakes Basin (2008 Report)
• Oil Sands Truth – Resource Mapping Tar Sands Development
• Pacific Institute Peak Water Chapter, The World
• Plugins
• Ripples in the Water
• Suggest Ideas
• Support Forum
• Sustainable Business – Lawsuit Filed Tp Stop Utah Tar Sands Development
• The Atlantic July 13, 2010
• The Times of India
• The World’s Water
• Themes
• TreeHugger China’s Water Plight: Confronting Water Scarcity and Energy Demand in the World’s Largest Country (2.16.11)
• University of Aberdeen, UK Antonio Ioris: Presentation – Urban Development, Social Inequalities and Water Problems in Lima, Peru: Multiple Challenges to Improve Water Services in Latin American Metropolises
• Water and Conflict Bibliography
• Water For The Ages
• Waterblogged
• WaterWired
• WordPress Planet
• World Water Day
• Worldwatch Institute Good Across The Landscape Primer on Tar Sands Development
• Yale Environment 360 Natural Gas as Panacea: Dubious Path To Green Future (June 28, 2010)

Natural Gas-Academic

• Environmental Health Perspectives, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences EPA Tackles Fracking (Volume 118, No. 5, May 2010)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MIT EI) The Future of Natural Gas: An Interdiscipinary MIT Study (2010)
• Texas A&M University, Global Petroleum Institute, Texas Water Resources Institute – David B. BurnettPotential for Beneficial Use of Oil and Gas Produced Water

Natural Gas-Government

• Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Final Report: Water Management Technologies Used by Marcellus Shale Gas Producers (July 2010)
• Argonne National Laboratory: prepared for U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) A White Paper Describing Water from Production of Crude oil, Natural Gas, and Coal Bed Methane (January 2004)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Demands on Water Resources: Report to Congress on the Interdependency of Energy and Water (December 2006)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) – Office of Fossil Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Modern Shale Gas Development in the United States: A Primer (April 2009)
• U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Statistics and Analysis on Natural Gas
• U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2010
• U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Office of Oil and Gas Natural Gas Year-In-Review 2006 (March 2007)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Underground Injection Control Program: List of Resources and PDFs

Natural Gas-Institutions

• Environment America Research & Policy Center Toxic Chemicals on Tap: How Natural Gas Drilling Threatens Drinking Water (November 2009)
• Louisiana Oil and Gas Association Successes in Shale to be Shared (September 2010)
• Natural Gas Supply Association and ICF International U.S. Natural Gas Production and Supply Outlook for Winter 2010-2011 (September 2010)
• Oil and Gas Accountability Project Our Drinking Water at Risk: What EPA and the Oil and Gas Industry Don’t Want Us to know About Hydraulic Fracturing (2005)
• Pacific Institute Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources: Separating the Frack from the Fiction (2012)
• Pennsylvania Land Trust Association Marcellus Shale Drillers in Pennsylvania Amass 1435 Violations in 2.5 Years (August 2010)
• Worldwatch Institute: Natural Gas and Sustainable Energy Initiative Addressing the Environmental Risks from Shale Gas Development (Briefing Paper: July 2010)

Natural Gas-Media

• Bury Coal (Blog) Hydraulic Fracturing and Unconventional Gas (April 19, 2010)
• Oil & Gas Drilling News from the Oil & Gas Journal Oil & Gas Drilling News from the Oil & Gas Journal
• Reuters New York Senate Passes Gas Drilling Moratorium (August 4, 2010)
• Scientific American With Natural Gas Drilling Boom, Pennsylvania Faces Flood of Wastewater (October 5, 2009)
• The New York Times Where Water Trumps Energy (Editorial: October 15, 2008)
• Yale Environment 360 Natural Gas as Panacea: Dubious Path To Green Future (June 28, 2010)

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

• Carbon Disclosure Project The Carbon Disclosure Project is an independent not-for-profit organization holding the largest database of primary corporate climate change information in the world.
• Center for Strategic & International Studies CSIS provides strategic insights and policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society.
• LAUNCH.org Launch is a global initiative to identify and support the innovative work poised to contribute to a sustainable future and excellerate solutions to meet urgent challenges facing our society.
• United Nations — Climate Change: Coping with the Humanitarian Impact We the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and * to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of
• World Water Day Website The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water by adopting a resolution.

Oil – Institutions

• American Petroleum Institute Laboratory Analysis of Petroleum Industry Wastewaters: Arranging for Analysis and Understanding Laboratory Reports (December 1999)
• American Petroleum Institute Analytical Detection and Quantification Limits: A Survey of State and Federal Approaches (June 2002)
• American Petroleum Institute Oil Spills in Navigable Waters (2009)
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) The Battle For Oil and Water (July 13, 2007)
• CERES New Report Report Warns Businesses About Growing Water Scarcity From Climate Change, February 2009
• International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA) Water Resource Management in the Petroleum Industry (2005)
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Dr. Peter Gleick and Meena PalaniappanPeak Water Limits to Freshwater Withdrawal and Use (April 2010)
• Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) On The Verge of New Water Scarcity: A Call for Governance and Human Ingenuity (March 2007)

Oil – Media

• Carpe Diem: Professor Mark J. Perry’s Blog for Economics and Finance Record High North Dakota Oil Production in May (July 14, 2010)
• Casper Star Tribune Wyoming Residents Told What To Expect If Niobrara Oil Play Becomes Boom (September 2, 2010)
• Heat USA Water Scarcity Major Obstacle to Oil Shale Development in the West (June 12, 2009)
• MoneyEnergy Turning Oil Into Water: The Middle Eastern Resource Accident Waiting To Happen? (July 10, 2009)
• The New York Times Water Scarcity and the Western Oil Shales (September 9, 2009)

Oil- Academic

• Illinois Humanities Council All’s Fair in Oil and Water: Conflicts, Compromises, and Compacts – Web Resources Data Base
• Pacific Institute Peak Water Talk: Keynote Address, Utah American Planning Association Annual Conference (November 6, 2008)
• Pacific Institute: Dr. Peter Gleick and Meena Palaniappan Peak Water Chapter from “The World’s Water” (2008-2009)
• Texas A&M University, Global Petroleum Institute, Texas Water Resources Institute – David B. BurnettPotential for Beneficial Use of Oil and Gas Produced Water
• Texas A&M University, Global Petroleum Institute, Texas Water Resources Institute – David B. BurnettPotential for Beneficial Use of Oil and Gas Produced Water
• Washburn Law Journal – Professor Robert E. Southern Illinois University Law School. Oil and Gas Development and Production: Will Water Control What Energy We Have? (Volume 49, May 2010)
• Western Colorado Congress, Western Resource Advocates, Colorado Environmental Coalition, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), The Wilderness Society, Wilderness Workshop Oil Shale Development Will Threaten Water Supplies: BLM & Industry Need to Make Full Water Impacts Public (June 2007)

Oil-Government

• Argonne National Laboratory, Energy Systems Division: prepared for U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)Consumptive Water Use in the Production of Ethanol and Petroleum Gasoline (January 2009)
• Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division: prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Issues Associated with Heavy Oil Production (2008)
• Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Science Division: prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Produced Water Volumes and Management Practices in the United States (2009)
• Argonne National Laboratory: prepared for U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) A White Paper Describing Water from Production of Crude oil, Natural Gas, and Coal Bed Methane (January 2004)
• Sandia National Laboratories Overview of Energy-Water Interdependencies and the Emerging Energy Demands on Water Resources (March 2007)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Demands on Water Resources: Report to Congress on the Interdependency of Energy and Water (December 2006)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Emerging Issues for Fossil Energy and Water: Investigation of Water Issues Related to Coal Mining, Coal to Liquids, Oil Shale, and Carbon Capture and Sequestration (June 2006)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE): Office of Energy-Water RD&D Programs, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Addressing the Critical Link Between Fossil Energy and Water (October 2005)

Reign of Sand

• Asia Society-China Green multimedia enterprise documenting China’s environmental issues
• China Foundation for Desertification Control
• China Meteorological Administration
• China’s Growing Sands- Sean Gallagher for Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting multimedia report on desertification
• FAO: Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands
• Global Environment Facility documents on desertification
• International Fund for Agriculture Development- Desertification
• Ministry of Environmental Protection: The People’s Republic of China
• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

Reign of Sand-Regional News

• China Daily news website
• China Dialogue information and debate about environmental issues
• China Digital Times Bilingual news website covering China
• China.org.cn China news
• XinhuaNews

Reign of Sand-Reports

• China Environment Forum:Desertification and Environmental Health Trends in China Project Research Brief
• Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Desertification Project in China
• United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction: Drought, Desertification, and Water Scarcity 2007 report
• United Nations:Assessment of Progress on Mitigating and Reversing Desertification and Land Degradation Processes,and Implications for Land Mangement in the Changing Context of the ESCAP Region with Special Reference to Asia Pacific Countries

Renewable Energy

• International Hydropower Association The International Hydropower Association (IHA) addresses the role of hydropower in meeting the world’s growing water and energy needs as a clean, renewable and sustainable technology.
• Pacific Institute: Topics – Global Water Crisis The Pacific Institute envisions a world where the basic needs of all people are met, where resources are managed sustainably and the natural world protected, and where conflicts over resources are resolved in a peaceful and democratic fashion.

Research Centers

• Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystems Research (CILER) A NOAA / University of Michigan collaborative Institute. Research themes cover a diverse area of disciplines focused around the overall goal of improving understanding and management of the Great Lakes through ecosystem-based research.
• Great Lakes Fishery Commission The GLFC coordinates programs of research on the Great Lakes and recommends measures which will permit the maximum sustained productivity of Great Lakes fish.
• Great Lakes Science Center The U.S. Geological Survey’s Great Lakes Science Center was founded in 1927 and continues to provide scientific information for the sound management of Great Lakes fish populations and other important natural resources in the basin.
• International Association for Great Lakes Research IAGLR is a scientific organization made up of researchers studying the Laurentian Great Lakes and other large lakes of the world, as well as those with an interest in such research.
• NOAA National Data Buoy Center NDBC provides comprehensive, reliable systems and marine observations to support the missions of the National Weather Service (NWS) and NOAA, promote public safety, and satisfy the future needs of our customers.
• Northeast-Midwest Institute The Institute is a policy research center providing staff support to the House and Senate Great Lakes Task Forces. Policy research focuses on invasive species, ecosystem restoration, island conservation, water management, brownfield redevelopment, economi
• Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute Promotes public understanding of the complex relationships between natural and cultural environments in the Lake Superior basin and assists in developing workable solutions to regional environmental problems.
• US National Research Council Report – Research Universities and the Future of America: Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital to Our Nation’s Prosperity and Security (2012)

Research | Journalism

• Aquafornia Aquafornia’s mission is to educate readers about the complex and often controversial issues surrounding water in California.
• Carbon Disclosure Project The Carbon Disclosure Project is an independent not-for-profit organization holding the largest database of primary corporate climate change information in the world.
• Circle of Blue Twitter Feed A complete micro-news feed with links to relevant water stories from around the world.
• Global Water Network The Global Water Network is a comprehensive resource to raise awareness about water issues and to raise funds to help build water and sanitation projects where they are needed most.
• Global Water Partnership Integrated Urban Water Management
• Google Directory – Science > Environment > Water Resources
• International Association of Environmental Hydrology The International Association for Environmental Hydrology is a worldwide association for hydrology and the environment, dedicated to cleanup of fresh water resources. IAEH publishes the Journal of Environmental Hydrology, Hydrology News, and the HydroKit
• International Desalination Association The leading global organization dedicated to desalination, desalination technology and water reuse. With more than 2,000 members from 58 countries, IDA is the hub of expertise, news and information, and professional development for the worldwide desalinat
• International Rivers Infrastructure for Whom? A critique of the Infrastructure strategies of the Group of 20 and the World Bank (2012)
• LAUNCH.org Launch is a global initiative to identify and support the innovative work poised to contribute to a sustainable future and excellerate solutions to meet urgent challenges facing our society.
• McKinsey Global Institute Resource revolution: Meeting the world’s energy, materials, food, and water needs (2011)
• NASA Images Since its inception in 1958, NASA has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. NASA technology also has been adapted for many nonaerospace uses by the private sector.
• National Water Research Institute NWRI was established in 1991 to address water supply and quality challenges facing our nation through cooperative research efforts. Our mission is to create new sources of water through research and technology and to protect the freshwater and marine envi
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Water Quality and Agriculture: Meeting the Policy Challenge (2012)
• Pacific Institute: Topics – Global Water Crisis The Pacific Institute envisions a world where the basic needs of all people are met, where resources are managed sustainably and the natural world protected, and where conflicts over resources are resolved in a peaceful and democratic fashion.
• Rachel Carson Center On Water: Perceptions, Politics, Perils (2012)
• SAHRA News Watch Research, News Aggregate Site
• Society of Environmental Journalists – resources The Society of Environmental Journalist’s archive of more than 1,500 environmental web links
• The World’s Water Worldwater.org is dedicated to providing information and resources to help protect and preserve freshwater around the globe.
• UNESCO Climate Change, Water Stress, Conflict, and Migration (2011)
• United Nations — Climate Change: Coping with the Humanitarian Impact We the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and * to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of
• Water World Newsletter From the editors of WaterWorld, Industrial WaterWorld, and Water & Wastewater International
• WaterPolicy.net The Committee for a National Water Policy is a network of public officials officials, policy advocates, research scientists, and supporters of a comprehensive integrated water policy for the United States.
• World Water Organization The World Water Organization (WWO) is a not-for-profit institution made up of concerned people from international organizations, governments, NGOs, academic institutions, and corporations – a multifaceted global movement that stimulates substantive disc

Rio+20_Academia

• IAP Global Network of Science Academies (PDF) IAP Statement on Population and Consumption (June 2012)
• ISSC (PDF) Transformative Cornerstones of Social Science Research for Global Change (2012)

Rio+20_Government

• “The Future We Want” (PDF) Final text (June 22, 2012)
• European Union (PDF) • 2011/2012 European Report on Development, Confronting Scarcity: Managing Water, Energy and Land for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth (2012)
• OECD (PDF) Inclusive Green Growth for the Future We Want: OECD Work of Relevance to Rio+20 (June 2012)
• UN-Water (PDF) • Water in a Green Economy: A Statement by UN-Water for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development 2012 (Rio+20 Summit) (2012)
• UN-Water (PDF) Deliverables by UN-Water for the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (March 30, 2012)
• UN-Water (PDF) Status Report on The Application of Integrated Approaches to Water Resources Management (June 2012)
• United Nations Environment Programme (PDF) The Critical Role of Global Food Consumption Patterns in Achieving Sustainable Food Systems and Food for All: A UNEP Discussion Paper (2012)
• United Nations Global Compact (PDF) Scaling Up: Global Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture (2012)
• United Nations Global Compact CEO Water Mandate (PDF) Communiqué: Business Leaders to Heads of Governments Attending Rio+20 Summit: “Make Water Sustainability A Priority” (June 2012)
• United Nations Global Compact, Pacific Institute, CEO Water Mandate (PDF) Water as a Casualty of Conflict: Threats to Business and Society in High-Risk Areas (June 2012)
• UNU-IHDP and UNEP (PDF) Inclusive Wealth Report 2012: Measuring progress toward sustainability. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2012)

Rio+20_Institutes

• Commonwealth Secretariat, Stakeholder Forum (PDF) A Pocket Guide to Sustainable Development Governance (Second Edition, 2012)
• Fairfood International (.zip) The Food Future We Want (June 12, 2012)
• Frankfurt School UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance (PDF) Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2012 (2012)
• Friends of Rio+20 (PDF) A message from the Friends of Rio+20 (June 2012)
• Friends of the Earth (PDF) Rio+20: Is this it?! Initial analysis of “Final Draft Text” (June 20, 2012)
• Friends of the Earth (PDF) Rio+20 Earth Summit: What the UK needs to do to make it matter (June 2012)
• Global Water Partnership (PDF) Perspectives Paper: Water in the Green Economy (June 2012)
• HSBC and Frontier Economics (PDF) Exploring the links between water and economic growth (June 2012)
• ICIMOD (PDF) Contribution of Himalayan Ecosystems to Water, Energy, and Food Security in South Asia: A nexus approach (2012)
• ICOLD, OCID, IHA, IWRA (PDF) World Declaration: Water Storage for Sustainable Development (June 5, 2012)
• Landscapes for People, Food and Nature (PDF) Rio+20: The Time is Now (June 2012)
• Landscapes for People, Food and Nature (PDF) The Vision, the Evidence, and Next Steps (June 2012)
• NRDC (PDF) Delivering On Renewable Energy Around The World: How Do Key Countries Stack Up? (2012)
• Oxford Analytica (PDF) Issue Analysis: The Future We Want (2012)
• Stockholm International Water Institute (PDF) Water: The Bloodstream of the Green Economy (2012)
• Sustainlabour (PDF) Sustainable access to food, energy and water (2012)
• The International Institute for Sustainable Development State of Play on Biofuel Subsides: Are policies ready to shift? (June 2012)
• The Royal Society (PDF) People and the planet (April 2012)
• UNICEF and World Health Organization (PDF) Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation (March 2012)
• WWF (PDF) Living Planet Report, Special Edition: On the road to Rio+20 (2012)
• WWF (PDF) Living Planet Report: Biodiversity, biocapacity and better choices (2012)

Science

• Circle of Blue Twitter Feed A complete micro-news feed with links to relevant water stories from around the world.
• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Formation of Glacial Lakes in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas and GLOF Risk Assessment.
• International Hydropower Association The International Hydropower Association (IHA) addresses the role of hydropower in meeting the world’s growing water and energy needs as a clean, renewable and sustainable technology.
• LAUNCH.org Launch is a global initiative to identify and support the innovative work poised to contribute to a sustainable future and excellerate solutions to meet urgent challenges facing our society.
• US National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, non-profit society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research.
• World Water Day Website The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water by adopting a resolution.

Social Media

• Circle of Blue Twitter Feed A complete micro-news feed with links to relevant water stories from around the world.
• Mouth to Source – A 360-degree River Network and Community An online community of upstream and downstream navigation along all the rivers, canals and watercourses of the Earth.

Solar – Institutions

• Basin and Range Watch Non-profit Oversight Group
• Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) Concentrated Solar Power: Fact Sheet (2009)
• International Energy Agency (IEA) Renewable Energy Essentials: Concentrating Solar Thermal Power (2009)
• NRDC Switchboard At the Confluence of Water Use and Energy Production
• Solar Thermal World Solar Trade Association
• The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)Concentrating Solar Power Now: Clean Energy for Sustainable Development

Solar-Academic

• Holly Campbell, Abby P. Metzger, Deidra Spencer, Stacey Miller and Erika Allen Wolters Here Comes the Sun: Solar Thermal in the Mojave Desert—Carbon Reduction or Loss of Sequestration? (2009)
• Joe Gelt, Arizona Water Resource: The University of Arizona Clean, Green Solar Power Falls Short in Achieving Water Efficiency (2008)
• Martin Pasqualetti and Scott Kelley, Arizona Water Institute The Water Costs of Electricity in Arizona
• Theocharis Tsoutsos, Niki Frantzeskaki, and Vassilis Gekas- Energy Policy 33 Environmental Impacts From the Solar Energy Technologies (2005)

Solar-Government

• California Energy Commission Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System
• California Energy Commission Ivanpah Solar Electric Genreating System: Presiding Member’s Proposed Decision (2010)
• Energy Information Administration Electric Power Monthly Report
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Fuel from the Sky: Solar Power’s Potential for Western Energy Supply (2002)
• Nicole T. Carter and Richard Campbell, Congressional Research Service Water Issues of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Electricity in the U.S. Southwest (2009)
• Office of Senator Jon Kyl, Arizona Water Policy Considerations, Deploying Solar Power in the State of Arizona: A Brief Overview of the Solar-Water Nexus (2010)
• Senator John Kyl Report on Water Use By Solar Thermal Plants
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Concentrating Solar Power Commercial Application Study: Reducing Water Consumption of Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation: Report to Congress
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Demands on Water Resources: Report to Congress on the Interdependency of Energy and Water (December 2006)
• U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Electric Power Annual Summary Statistics (2008)

Solar-Media

• Ecologist Solar Power – The Hidden Threat to Water Supplies, August 18, 2010
• GreenTech Media Solar Reserve’s Salty Solution
• Industrial Fuels and Power Complex Relationship Between Power and Water, April 15, 2010
• SolarReport Solar News
• SunPluggers Home and Business Solar News
• The Arizona Republic Solar Power Water Supply Worries, January 17, 2010
• The New York Times Alternative Energy Projects Stumble on a Need for Water (September 29, 2009)
• YubaNet California Energy Commission Approves First Solar plant

Tar Sands – Academic

• Energy Alberta Annual Water Withdrawals For Tar Sands Production (2008)
• Environmental Defense Fund and University of Texas at Austin Energy-Water Nexus in Texas (2009)
• University of Toronto: Munk Centre for International Studies How The Oil Sands Got To The Great Lakes Basin: Pipelines, Refineries and Emissions to Air and Water (October 2008)
• Western Colorado Congress, Western Resource Advocates, Colorado Environmental Coalition, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), The Wilderness Society, Wilderness Workshop Oil Shale Development Will Threaten Water Supplies: BLM & Industry Need to Make Full Water Impacts Public (June 2007)
• Western Resource Advocates & Boston University Department of Geography and Environment An Assessment of the Energy Return on Investment of Oil Shale Final Report (June 2010)

Tar Sands-Government

• Argonne National Laboratory Potential Ground Water and Surface Water Impacts from Oil Shale and Tar Sands Energy-Production Operations (2006)
• Argonne National Laboratory Water Issues Associated With Heavy Oil Production (2008)
• Congressional Research Service Congressional Research Service Oil Pipelines memo
• Representative Henry Waxman, House Energy & Commerce Chairman Letter to Secretary of State Clinton calling for thorough assessment of Keystone XL Pipeline (July 2, 2010)
• Sandia National Laboratories Overview of Energy-Water Interdependencies and the Emerging Energy Demands on Water Resources (March 2007)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fossil Energy: Oil Shale and Other Unconventional Fuels Activities
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fossil Energy: List of Resources
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Demands on Water Resources: Report to Congress on the Interdependency of Energy and Water (December 2006)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Emerging Issues for Fossil Energy and Water: Investigation of Water Issues Related to Coal Mining, Coal to Liquids, Oil Shale, and Carbon Capture and Sequestration (June 2006)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves Secure Fuels from Domestic Resources, The Continuing Evolution of America’s Oil Shale and Tar Sands Industries:Profiles of Companies Engaged in Domestic Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resource and Technology Development (2007)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Petroleum Reserves-Strategic Unconventional Fuels Fact Sheet: U. S. Tar Sands Potential
• U.S. Department of State Keystone XL Pipeline Project Home Page
• U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Argonne National LaboratoryOil Shale and Tar Sands Programmatic EIS
• U.S. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land Management List of Oil and Tar Sands Links and Resources
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Letter to U.S. Department of State Assistant Secretaries (of Economic, Energy, & Business Affairs and Oceans & International Environmental & Scientific Affairs) critiquing weaknesses in Environmental Assessment of Keystone XL Pipeline (July 16
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Assessment of Oil and Gas Fact Sheet: Natural Bitumen Resources of the United States (2006)
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Department of the Interior Geology and Resources of some World Oil-Shale Deposits (2005)

Tar Sands-Institutions

• Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) Growth in the Canadian Oil Sands: Finding the New Balance, An IHS CERA Special Report (2009)
• Canadian Boreal Initiative Aboriginal Rights and the Alberta Oil Sands: Potential Concerns for Investors (September 2008)
• Center For Biological Diversity Advocacy Organization Against Oil Shale and Tar Sands Extraction
• Ceres Investors and Environmentalists for Sustainable Prosperity: Primer on Oil Sands
• Ceres and RiskMetrics Group Canada’s Oil Sands: Shrinking Window of Opportunity (2010)
• Corporate Ethics International, Earthworks, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and the Sierra Club Tar Sands Invasion: How Dirty and Expensive Oil from Canada Threatens America’s New Energy Economy (2010)
• Dogwood Initiative Environmental Risks Related to the Gateway Pipeline (April 2009)
• Earthworks: No Dirty Energy How Tar Sands Oil Affects the United States
• Environmental Defence Oil Sands Overview and Context (April 2009)
• Environmental Defence Canada’s Toxic Tar Sands: The Most Destructive Project on Earth (2008)
• Environmental Defence, ForestEthics, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Advertisement in Casper Star-Tribune of Wyoming: Mock Letter to Western Governor’s Association
• Ethical Funds Company Oil Sands: Investor Questions (October 2008)
• Ethical Funds Company The Role of Investors in Mitigating Risk in the Oil Sands (September 2008)
• Ethical Funds Company and Northwest Mutual Funds The Investor Perspective: Shareholder Proposals with Enbridge Inc. (April 2009)
• Gitga’at First Nation The Gitga’at Perspective (April 2009: Part 1)
• Gitga’at First Nation The Gitga’at Perspective (April 2009: Part 2)
• Heritage Foundation Oil Shale: Toward a Strategic Unconventional Fuels Supply Policy (April 2007)
• Nak’azdl and Nadleh Whut’en First Nations Environmental and Consultation Issues Related to the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline (April 2009)
• National Commission On Energy Policy & RAND Corporation Unconventional Fossil-Based Fuels: Economic and Environmental Trade-Offs (Full Report, May 2009)
• National Commission On Energy Policy & RAND Corporation Unconventional Fossil-Based Fuels: Economic and Environmental Trade-Offs (Summary, May 2009)
• Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC Report: Tar Sands Pipeline Safety Risks
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) GHG Emission Factors for High Carbon Intensity Crude Oils (June 2010)
• Pembina Institute Oil Sands Watch: Canadian Non-profit Oversight Group
• Pembina Institute Opening the Door for Oil Sands Expansion: The Enbridge Oil Sands Pipeline (Fact Sheet: December 2009)
• Pembina Institute Canadian Oil Sands and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Facts Perspective (August 2010)
• Pembina Institute Oil Sands Fever: Environmental Implications of Canada’s Oil Sands Rush (Part 1: September 2008)
• Pembina Institute Oil Sands Fever: Environmental Implications of Canada’s Oil Sands Rush (Part 2: Sept 2008)
• SourceWatch Alberta’s Tar Sands Wikipedia
• Suburban Emergency Management Project Canada’s “Unconventional” Oil Fields
• Utah Mining Association White Paper on Utah Tar Sands Development
• West Coast Environmental Law Canadian Constitutional Law: Substantative and Procedural Protections for Aboriginal and Treaty Rights (Part 1: April 2009)
• West Coast Environmental Law Canadian Constitutional Law: Substantative and Procedural Protections for Aboriginal and Treaty Rights (Part 2: April 2009)
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Opportunity Costs For Tar Sands Development
• Worldwatch Institute Good Across The Landscape Primer on Tar Sands Development

Tar Sands-Media

• Center For American Progress What Happens in Canada Doesn’t Stay In Canada: Tar Sands Debate Has Implications for the United States (April 12, 2010)
• Climate and Capitalism The Facts About The Alberta Tar Sands (March 7, 2009)
• CorpWatch The Enbridge Oil Sands Gamble (December 14, 2009)
• Desmog Blog Top Ten Facts About The Alberta Tar Sands
• Home Heating Oil Unconventional Oil Reserves in and Around the U.S. (August 6, 2009)
• Solve Climate Athabasca South? Activity Hints at Tar Sands Development in Utah (March 30, 2010)
• The New York Times Unconventional Oil on the March (October 15, 2008)
• The New Yorker Unconventional Crude: Canada’s Synthetic-fuels Boom (November 12, 2007)
• The Oil Drum Unconventional Oil: Tar Sands and Shale Oil (April 15, 2008)

Thermo-Academic

• Arizona State University, School of Geographical Sciences The Water Costs of Electricity in Arizona (December 2008)
• Dr. Bejamin Sovacool, Energy Law Journal 30:11 Running on Empty: The Electricity-Water Nexus and the U.S. Electric Utility Sector (2009)
• Dr. Benjamin Sovacool and Kelly Sovacool, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 34:2 Preventing National Electricity-Water Crisis Areas in the United States (2009)
• Dr. Benjamin Sovacool and Kelly Sovacool, Energy Policy 37, Elsevier Identifying Future Electricity–Water Tradeoffs in the United States (March 2009)
• Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Department of Geography and Environmental ResourcesWater Use Benchmarks for Thermoelectric Power Generation (August 2006)
• University of Arizona, Water Resources Research Center Water-Energy Nexus: In a World of Limited Resources, Water and Energy are Inextricably Linked (Arroyo 2010)
• University of California-Santa Barbara: Bren School of Environmental Management Science, Southwest Hydrology California’s Water-Energy Nexus: Water Use in Electricity Generation (October 2007)
• Virginia Polytech Institute and State University, Virginia Water Resources Research Center Water Dependency of Energy Production and Power Generation Systems (July 2009)

Thermo-Government

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Energy and Water: Implications for Energy Development, A Look at Thermoelectric Demand for Water (April 2010)
• Georgia State Legislature Georgia Water Stewardship Act 2010
• Government Accountability Office Improvements to Federal Water Use Data Would Increase Understanding of Trends in Power Plant Water Use (October 2009)
• National Renewable Energy Lab Consumptive Water Use for U.S. Power Production (December 2003)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Concentrating Solar Power Commercial Application Study: Reducing Water Consumption of Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Existing Plants, Emissions and Capture-Setting Water-Energy R&D Program Goals (May 2009)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Existing Plants, Emissions and Capture-Setting Water-Energy R&D Program Goals (May 2009)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Impact of Drought on U.S. Steam Electric Power Plant Cooling Water Intakes and Related Water Resource Management Issues (April 2009)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Water Utilization in Thermoelectric Power Plants (2006)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) An Analysis of the Effects of Drought Conditions on Electric Power Generation in the Western United States (April 2009)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Estimating Freshwater Needs to Meet Future Thermoelectric Generation Requirements (September 2009 Update)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Water Requirements for Existing and Emerging Thermoelectric Technologies (April 2009)

Thermo-Institutions

• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Water & Sustainability: U.S. Electricity Consumption for Water Supply & Treatment—The Next Half Century (Volume 4, March, 2002)
• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Water & Sustainability: U.S. Water Consumption for Power Production—The Next Half Century (Volume 3, March, 2002)
• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Running Dry at the Power Plant (2007)
• Hewlett Foundation Energy Series Last Straw: Water Use by Power Plants in the Arid West (April 2003)
• National Wildlife Federation (NWF) More Variable and Uncertain Water Supply: Global Warming’s Wake-Up Call for the Southeastern United States (2008)
• Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Water Use, Electric Power, and Nuclear Energy: A Holistic Approach to Environmental Stewardship (June 2009)
• Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) A policy organization for the nuclear technologies industry.
• Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Regional organization primarily focused on developing clean energy solutions throughout the Southeast
• Southern Environmental Law Center Drought in the South: Planning a Water-wise Future (September 2008)
• Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) On The Verge of New Water Scarcity: A Call for Governance and Human Ingenuity (March 2007)
• The Energy Foundation, Hewlett Foundation The Last Straw: Water Use by Power Plants in the Arid West (April 2003)
• Western Resource Advocates Water Use for Energy
• Western Resource Advocates A Sustainable Path: Meeting Future Water and Energy Demands in the Arkansas River Basin (Summary 2009)
• Western Resource Advocates A Sustainable Path: Meeting Future Water and Energy Demands in the Arkansas River Basin (Report 2009)
• Western Resource Advocates The Energy-Water Nexus: A Case Study of the Arkansas River Basin (Presentation: July 2008)
• World Resources Institute (WRI) Water and Watts in the Southeast, Southeast Energy Opportunities (April 2009)

Thermo-Media

• Climate Progress The Secret to Low-water-use, High-efficiency Concentrating Solar Power (April 29, 2009)
• Global Water Intel Power Plants Continue to Suck US Dry (Vol 10, Issue 11, November 2009)
• High Country News Water Fallout: Utah’s First Nuclear Plant Won’t Float Without Water rRghts (March 1, 2010)
• The Wall Street Journal Water Worries Shape Local Energy Decisions: Scarcity Forces Electricity Companies to Rethink Power-Plant Plans, Providing an Opening for Renewable Sources (March 26, 2009)

U.S. Federal Agencies

• Office of the Director of National Intelligence, US Report – Global Water Security (2012)
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (ongoing):
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) GLNPO funds and conducts programs and projects focusing on the Great Lakes ecosystem, such as pollution prevention, contaminated sediments, and habitat protection.
• U.S. Geological Survey: Great Lakes Science Center
• USACE: Great Lakes and Ohio River Division U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)

U.S. Politics

• Aquafornia Aquafornia’s mission is to educate readers about the complex and often controversial issues surrounding water in California.
• AWWA – Streamlines Water news, advancements, and practice — consolidating MainStream and Waterweek
• Bureau of Reclamation: Water Operations Established in 1902, the Bureau of Reclamation is best known for the dams, powerplants, and canals it constructed in the 17 western states.
• Pacific Institute: Topics – Global Water Crisis The Pacific Institute envisions a world where the basic needs of all people are met, where resources are managed sustainably and the natural world protected, and where conflicts over resources are resolved in a peaceful and democratic fashion.
• U.S. Geological Survey As an unbiased, multi-disciplinary science organization that focuses on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water, we are dedicated to the timely, relevant, and impartial study of the landscape, our natural resources, and the natural
• U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources U.S. Legislative Body
• United States Environmental Protection Agency EPA’s mission is to protect human health and the environment.
• Water Law Summaries
• WaterPolicy.net The Committee for a National Water Policy is a network of public officials officials, policy advocates, research scientists, and supporters of a comprehensive integrated water policy for the United States.

Water and Agriculture-Institutions

• Global Water Partnership Groundwater Resources and Irrigated Agriculture – making a beneficial relation more sustainable

Water and Energy- Academic

• Anna Merce Rio Carrillo and Christoph Frei , Energy Policy Water: A key resource in energy production (2009)
• Carey W. King and Michael E. Webber, Environmental Science and Technology Water Intensity of Transportation (2008)
• Carey W. King and Michael Webber- Environmental Science & Technology The Water Intensity of the Plugged-In Automotive Economy (2008)
• Center for Energy and Environmental Policy – University of Delaware: A. Belden, P. Cole, H. Conte, J. deMooy, S. Jose, J. Karki, D. Kasper, S. Rao, A. Sood, Y-D. Wang, and G. Alleng Integrated Policy and Planning for Water and Energy (2008)
• Larry Dale, K. Sydny Fujita, Joseph O‘Hagan, and W. Michael Hanemann The Interaction of Water and Energy in California: Climate Change and Price Impacts (2008)
• Northern Arizona University Water/Energy Nexus
• University of Arizona, Water Resources Research Center The Water-Energy Nexus (2010)
• University of Texas, Austin and the Environmental Defense Fund Energy-Water Nexus in Texas (2009)

Water and Energy-Government

• Argonne National Laboratory Baseline and Projected Water Demand Data for Energy and Competing Water Use Sectors (2008)
• Argonne National Laboratory for the Department of Energy A White Paper Describing Water from Production of Crude oil, Natural Gas and Coal Bed Methane (2004)
• Bryan J. Hannegan, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Testimony before the House Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment (2009)
• California Energy Commission California’s Water-Energy Relationship (2005)
• Dr. Kristina M. Johnson, Department of Energy (DOE) Testimony before the House Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Environment (2009)
• House Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Hearing Charter for Technology Research and Development Efforts Related to Energy and Water (2009)
• Idaho National Laboratory, Paul L. Wichlacz and Gerald Sehlke Energy-Water Nexus — Meeting the Energy and Water Needs of the Snake/Columbia River Basin in the 21st Century (2008)
• Mike Hightower, Sandia National Laboratories Energy-Water Science & Technology Research Roadmap
• Mike Hightower, Sandia National Laboratory Energy and Water: Overview of Emerging Issues and Challenges. DOE/EIA Energy Conference (2010)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Energy-Water Resources
• Paul Wichlacz, Idaho National Laboratory Energy and Water: A Science and Technology Perspective (2008)
• Richard L. Stanley, GE Energy Testimony before the House Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment (2009)
• Scott Kell, Ground Water Protection Council Testimony before the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (2009)
• Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Testimony on S. 531 the Energy and Water Integration Act 0f 2009
• Shahid Chaudhry, California Energy Commission Energy & Water Nexus: Availability & Impacts presented at the US EIA Energy Conference (2010)
• Terry Murphy, SolarReserve Testimony before the House Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment (2009)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Demands on Water Resources: Report to Congress on the Interdependency of Energy and Water (2006)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Demands on Water Resources: Report to Congress on the Interdependency of Energy and Water (December 2006)
• US Department of Energy Biological and Environmental Research: Climate and Environmental Sciences Division Strategic Plan 2012
• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Sustainable Infrastructure for Water & Wastewater Energy and Water
• US House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee Democrats Report – Drought’s Impact on Energy Production and Water (2012)

Water and Energy-Institutions

• Arid Lands Institute Water scarcity is both the history and the future of the American West. Re-thinking water use, particularly in the face of climate change, will be central to the region’s survival. The work exceeds the grasp of a single discipline, and touches all dimen
• Center for Climate and Energy Solutions Climate Change & International Security: The Arctic as a Bellwether (2012)
• Century. 2009. World Economic Forum w/ Cambridge Energy Research Associates. (PDF) World Resources Institute, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and Southface Water and Watts: Water-Energy Links in the Southeast United States (2009)
• Exloco Carpe Diem Project, Western Water & Climate Change Policy Brief: Peak Water, Peak Energy, Climate Crisis: The Collision Ahead
• Exloco Carpe Diem Project, Western Water & Climate Change Project Peak Water, Peak Energy, Climate Crisis: The Collision Ahead. Water, Energy & Climate Change Leadership Convening. Summary of Proceedings (2010)
• National Conservation Training Center of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Water-Energy Nexus: A Necessary Synergy for the 21st Century (2008)
• National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Pacific Institute Energy Down the Drain: The Hidden Costs of California’s Water Supply (2004)
• Pacific Institute Social Vulnerability to Climate Change in California (2012)
• Pacific Institute Urban Water Demand in California to 2100: Incorporating Climate Change (2012)
• River Network Water, Energy & Climate
• River Network http://Saving Water, Saving Energy: Integrated Approaches to Addressing Climate Change and Protecting Rivers workshop (2009)
• River Network Report – Burning our Rivers: The Water Footprint of Electricity (2012)
• Western Resource Advocates Energy/Water Issues
• Western Resource Advocates Water Conservation=Energy Conservation, A Report for the CWCB (2009)
• Western Resource Advocates A Sustainable Path: Meeting Nevada’s Water and Energy Demands (2008)
• Western Resource Advocates The Energy-Water Nexus: A Case Study of the Arkansas River Basin (2008)
• Western Resource Advocates and the Environmental Defense Fund Protecting the Lifeline of the West: How Climate and Energy Policies Can Safeguard Water (2010)
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development Water, Energy and Climate Change:A contribution from the business community
• World Economic Forum and Cambridge Energy Research Associates Energy Vision Update 2009: Thirsty Energy: Water and Energy in the 21st Century (2009)

Water and Energy-Media

• IEEE Spectrum Special Report, Water-Energy (2010)
• Scientrific American Earth 3.0 Energy vs. Water (Special Edition, October 2008)
• The Wall Street Journal Water Worries Shape Local Energy Decisions (March 26, 2009)

Water Blogs

• Aguanomics Blog about the economics of water
• Aquafornia Aquafornia’s mission is to educate readers about the complex and often controversial issues surrounding water in California.
• Celsias Celsias.com helps individuals, companies and organisations do practical things to combat climate change.
• Center for Strategic & International Studies CSIS provides strategic insights and policy solutions to decision makers in government, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society.
• Circle of Blue Twitter Feed A complete micro-news feed with links to relevant water stories from around the world.
• Desertification All about drought, desertification and poverty in the drylands
• Google Directory – Science > Environment > Water Resources
• Pacific Institute: Topics – Global Water Crisis The Pacific Institute envisions a world where the basic needs of all people are met, where resources are managed sustainably and the natural world protected, and where conflicts over resources are resolved in a peaceful and democratic fashion.
• Qiosk Waste Water News WaterQiosk, is a resource for Water and Waste Water professionals that aggregates news and magazine content from every major Water and Waste Water industry publication.
• Qiosk Water News WaterQiosk, is a resource for Water and Waste Water professionals that aggregates news and magazine content from every major Water and Waste Water industry publication.
• WaterWired All things fresh water: news, analysis, humor, and commentary from Michael E. ‘Aquadoc’ Campana, hydrogeologist, hydrophilanthropist, Professor of Geosciences at Oregon State University, and founder and president of the nonprofit Ann Campana Judge Foundat
• World Water Organization The World Water Organization (WWO) is a not-for-profit institution made up of concerned people from international organizations, governments, NGOs, academic institutions, and corporations – a multifaceted global movement that stimulates substantive disc

Water Pricing

• Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research White Paper – Managing Water Demand: Price vs. Non-Price Conservation Programs

Water-Government

• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Use in the United States
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Climate Change and Water Resources Management: A Federal Perspective (2009)
• US Bureau of Reclamation Report – Literature Synthesis on Climate Change Implications for Water and Environmental Resources (2011)
• US Bureau of Reclamation Report – Addressing Climate Change in Long-Term Water Resources Planning and Management User Needs for Improving Tools and Information (2011)
• US Bureau of Reclamation Report – SECURE Water Act Report to Congress (2011)
• US EPA Report – 2012 National Water Program Strategy

Water-Institutions

• Global Water Partnership Report – Water Demand Management: The Mediterranean Experience
• Global Water Partnership Report – Water Security and Climate Resilient Development
• Global Water Partnership Report – Addressing Escalating Urban Water Demands
• Hydrology.nl Report – 2012 Status Report on the Application of Integrated Approaches to Water Resources Management in Africa
• WHO Report – Progress on drinking water and sanitation 2012 update
• World Bank Water Partnership Program 2011 Annual Report
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Report – Water for Business: Initiatives Guiding Sustainable Water Management in the Private Sector (2010)

Wind-Government

• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) / National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) The Wind/Water Nexus. Wind Powering America Fact Sheet Series (2006)
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wind and Water Program:Advantages and Challenges of Wind Energy
• U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (DOE, EERE) Wind & Water Power Program

Wind-Institutions

• Great Lakes Commission State and Provincial Land-Based Wind Farm Sitting Policy in the Great Lakes Region: Summary and Analysis (2010)

World Water Week 2011 Reports & Presentations

• Aalto University, Finland Olli Varis: Presentation – Towards improved water security
• Abel Mejia Presentation – Responding to Global Changes: Water in an Urbanizing World
• Abertay University, USA Chris Jefferies: Presentation – Transitioning in urban water systems
• Act4myBalticSea Teresia Rd Wengström: Presentation – Boatwash & toilet waste water from leisure boats
• Action Contre la Faim, France Julien Eyrard: Presentation – Urban inequities service delivery and social development: Let us not forget sanitation!
• adelphi, Germany Annika Kramer: Presentation – Twin2Go Policy recommendations
• AF&PA Jerry Schwartz: Presentation – ICFPA and water sustainability
• AFD France Development Agency Maurice Bernard: Presentation – Donor accountability for achieved results The pilot experience of AFD’s water & sanitation division
• Africa Group of Negotiators Tosi Mpanu: Presentation – Water and Climate Change: Issues arising in UNFCCC climate change negotiations
• African Development Bank Akiça Bahri: Presentation – Reclaimed water from urban centers: Potential for additional food world-wide
• African Development Bank – African Water Facility Akiça Bahri: Presentation – The urban shadow and the water challenges
• African Development Bank, Tunisia Osward M Chanda: Presentation – Financing investments in the Africa water sector
• Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Bashir Jama: Presentation – Water and food: A smallholders perspective
• Alliance for Water Stewardship Alexis Morgan et. al: Presentation – Integrating Water Stewardship (Reporting & Disclosure) Efforts
• Anna University, India Saravanan Ramasamy: Presentation – Socio-economic consequences of the groundwater pollution on socially deprived communities
• Antea Group Jan Cools: Presentation – Better wetland management & integration of wetlands in river basin management: The WETwin project approach
• ANTEA Group, Belgium Jan Cools: Presentation – Management solutions to reduce urban vulnerability to environmental change in data-poor contexts (Mali)
• Aquafed Jack Moss: Presentation – The Right to Water: More than just a “Good Idea”
• Arizona State University, USA Rimjhim Aggarwal: Presentation – Conflicting principles of water and sanitation management: India, Brazil and South Africa
• Asian Development Bank Anand Chiplunkar: Presentation – Water Resources Management and Water Security in Asia
• Asian Development Bank Anand Chiplunkar: Presentation – Conditions for success: Water for sustainable urban growth
• Asian Development Bank Anand Chiplunkar: Presentation – Asia wastewater revolution: Building a coalition for sustainable solutions
• Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Bhichit Rattakul: Presentation – Flood in Bangkok
• Association of Private Water Operators: Uganda Dennis Byamukama: Presentation – Good governance as criteria for pre-qualification in an improved procurement process
• Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) Habibur Rahman: Presentation – Water supply in Dhaka mega city: A strategic view
• Beijer Institute & KVA Carl Folke: Presentation – Catastrophic change and resilience of social-ecological systems
• Beijing Hydraulic Research Institute, China Zhang Shuhan: Presentation – Storm Water Harvesting and Management in Beijing Urban Area
• Black & Veatch Corporation, USA Ralph Eberts: Presentation – Industry’s role in addressing the biggest water needs in urban areas
• Botín Foundation Alberto Garrido: Presentation – Water and Food Security and Care of Nature in Spain
• Cap-Net, South Africa Themba Gumbo: Presentation – Cap-Net
• Cap-Net, South Africa Themba Gumbo: Presentation – IWRM knowledge management and capacity development: Making an impact through regional and local networks
• Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) & University of South Florida Maya Trotz: Presentation – Presentation of the second illustrative case: Sea level rise and the Caribbean
• Carlos Costa Presentation – Colombia: Mainstreaming DRM in the Water and Sanitation Sector
• Carlos Costa Presentation – Rio Bogotá environmental recuperation and flood Control program
• CATIE, Honduras Hans Kammerbauer: Presentation – An adaptive co-management model in rural urban river basins: An action framework based on experiences from Honduras and Nicaragua
• Central American Commission of Environment and Development, El Salvador Leyla Zelaya: Presentation – Regulation of the discharge of wastewater in Central America (the model regulation).
• Central Highlands Water, Australia Marcus Barber: Presentation – Invigorating Strategy in Water Agencies
• Centre for Advanced Philippine Studies (CAPS) Dan Lapid: Presentation – Knowledge management and policy impact
• Centre for Research into Environment and Health (CREH), UK David Kay: Presentation – Recreational water guidelines
• Centre for Rural Studies and Development (CRSD), India Hilda Grace: Presentation – People centered rights based approach to improve transparency, accountability and responsiveness in the WASH sector
• CEPT University, India Dinesh Mehta: Presentation – Reaching the poor – Slum networking project Ahmedabad, India
• CEPT University, India Meera Mehta: Presentation – Water supply and sanitation in slums PAS project, India
• CGIAR David Molden: Presentation – Resource Recovery & Reuse (RR&R): A new CGIAR research agenda
• CH2M HILL, Australia Jay Witherspoon: Presentation – What is the true cost of green certification programs applied in water stress areas and sustainable cities concepts
• Chinese Ministry of Water Resources Guan Enhong, Yang Xiaoliu and Zhang Jiqun: Presentation – A Water Campaign in China Re-shaping Society for Water Saving
• City of Durban, South Africa Neil Macleod: Presentation – Urban inequities: Service delivery and social development
• CMS Energy, USA Nancy Popa: Presentation – Water risks for a great lakes utility
• Coca Cola Europe, Belgium Ulrike Sapiro: Presentation – Water Footprint Sustainability Assessments for Business Action
• Columbia University Water Center, USA Upmanu Lall: Presentation – Climate risk mitigation for urban Water: multiscale scenarios and their use
• Conservation International Tracy A. Farrell: Presentation – Case Study: Protecting upstream ecosystems to provide drinking water for urban populations
• Conservation International Ian Harrison: Presentation – A concept for a global wetland observing system: a collaboration between Ramsar and GEO BON
• Conservation International John H Matthews: Presentation – Enabling effective action: a matrix of change
• Conservation International Leo Saenz: Presentation – Freshwater ecosystems: A global perspective of service delivery for human water security and biodiversity
• Conservation International Marielle Canter Weikel & Ian Harrison: Presentation – Integrating Biodiversity Hotspots Data and Freshwater Biodiversity Data into Global Water Tool, Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool, and BioBrowser
• CSIR, South Africa & Stockholm International Water Institute Marius Claassen & Jakob Granit: Presentation – Water, energy and security: Regional dimensions for Southern Africa
• Delft Urban Water Cantre, the Netherlands Jules van Lier: Presentation – Innovations in sanitation for sustainable urban growth
• Delft Urban Water Centre, the Netherlands Jules B. van Lier & Kees Roest: Presentation – Sewermining: Multiple Use of Urban Waters
• Deltares Bregje van Wesenbeeck: Presentation – Case Study: Green infrastructure: Using ecosystem services for coastal defense
• Department of Water Affairs, South Africa Brink du Plessis: Presentation – Overview Status of Drought within the Southern Continent
• Department of Water Affairs, Windhoek Namibia Greg Christelis: Presentation – Creating a Water Bank for the City of Windhoek
• Department of Water and Sanitation, Durban, South Africa Neil Macleod: Presentation – Durban – two way communication helps WASH service delivery
• DFID Mary Ann Brocklesby & Sheena Crawford: Presentation – Does formal recognition of a right to sanitation make any difference?
• DHV bv., The Netherlands Eisse Wijma: Presentation – Green river: Integral measure for Urban Water Management
• Dow Water & Process Solutions, USA Ian Barbour: Presentation – The sustainability challenge: Meeting the needs of the water-energy nexus
• EAWAG Christoph Lüthi: Presentation – ‘CLUES – Community Led Urban Environmental Sanitation’
• EcoPolicy, Russia Elena Nikitina: Presentation – Twin2Go best practices in water governance
• Empresas Públicas de Medellin, Colombia Ruben Dario Avendaño: Presentation – Water provision under border conditions: The Case of Medellín, Colombia
• Environment Agency, UK Trevor Bishop: Presentation – Sustainability for the 2050’s: New age thinking for an unprecedented future
• Environment Directorate Xavier Leflaive: Presentation – Water and Green Growth An OECD perspective
• Environmental Services UPM Sami Lundgren: Presentation – From forest to paper: a water footprint case study
• EPM Rubén Avendaño: Presentation – EPM´s Pro-poor mechanisms for water and sanitation provision
• ErkenLaboratory, Uppsala, Sweden Kurt Pettersson: Presentation – Monitoring of Marine Areas
• Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador Mijail Arias Hidalgo: Presentation – Decision support system for wetland and catchment management based on modeling and expert judgment: Abras de Mantequilla wetland & Vinces-Chojampe subbasins in Ecuador
• EU Water Initiative Presentation – 2011 EUWI Annual Report
• EUWI-AWG Dick van Ginhoven: Presentation – Improving aid effectiveness for water and sanitation in Africa: Progress, challenges and actions required by EU and African partners regarding aid effectiveness as well as leadership capacity of African states
• Federal Environment Agency, Germany Inke Schauser: Presentation – Assessing cities vulnerability to floods by using indicators: An overview
• Finnish Environment Institute Lea Kauppi: Presentation – Promoting transboundary cooperation
• Food and Agriculture Organization Alexander Müeller: Presentation – Water and agriculture: Feeding a future green economy
• Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome Alexander Müller: Presentation – Water and food security: Feeding the world in a sustainable way
• Geoscope, Sweden Åke Nilsson: Presentation – Shifting the sanitation paradigm – Lessons learned from 10 years of the EcoSanRes Programme
• GFSPL Suresh K Krishna: Presentation – WatSan initiative
• GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit) Andreas Kanzler: Presentation – Climate Proofing – Adaptation to Climate Change in German Development Cooperation
• GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit) Arne Panesar: Presentation – India case study
• GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit) Philipp Peters & Dirk Pauschert: Presentation – Using different data sources to get a better picture – The Kenyan/Tanzanian experience of monitoring in urban low income areas
• GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit) Robert Gakubia: Presentation – Scaling-up formal service provision to the urban poor: The Kenyan experience
• GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit) Paul Weber: Presentation – Urban expansion and its encroachment on irrigated land – the example of Egypt
• GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit) Arne Panesar: Presentation – Presentation on ‘Sustainable Sanitation in Cities: a framework for action’
• Global Water Partnership John Metzger: Presentation – Mekong case study
• Global Water Partnership Simon Thuo: Presentation – Nile case study
• Global Water Partnership Danka Thalmeinerova: Presentation – Water, climate change adaptation and development: Linkages and challenges
• Global Water System Project J. Bogardi: Presentation – Introduction to History, Ethics, Religious Values: Contributions to Water and Food Security
• HCWW Ahmed Moawad: Presentation – Water and sanitation sector reform in Egypt
• Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ R.A. Müller: Presentation – Implementation Research for Decentralized Wastewater Concepts in Jordan
• HTS PE International Program Management Andy Bullock & Paul van Koppen: Presentation – Provisional Strategy Framework for EUWI
• HTS PE International Programme Management Paul van Koppen & Andy Bullock: Presentation – Towards a new EUWI strategy: The changing environment
• Hydropolis Consulting and Research, Sweden David Nilsson: Presentation – Including the excluded: Overcoming Path Dependency of Urban Water Supply in sub-Saharan Africa
• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India Pradip Kalbar: Presentation – Wastewater recycling in high rise buildings in Mumbai: A success story
• Institut de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l’environnement (CEMAGREF), France Bruno Molle: Presentation – Water concerns in the context of global change
• Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) Marianne Kettunen: Presentation – Water, ecosystem services and nature: putting the ‘green’ into green economy
• Institute for Human Rights and Business John Morrison: Presentation – More than a resource: Water, Business and Human Rights
• Institute for Human Rights and Business Report – More than a resource: Water, Business and Human Rights
• Institute for Social-Ecological Research Dr Jutta Deffner & Dr Thomas Kluge: Presentation – Urbanisation and sustainable sanitation development by adapted participatory planning
• Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis, Germany Katharina Stork: Presentation – Water born recreation in urban areas as link between ecological needs and socio-economic wants
• Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development in Agriculture, CAAS, China Mei Xurong: Presentation – Safe Irrigation with Reclaimed Water – Beijing Case Study
• Institute of Water and Flood Management, BUET, Bangladesh Shah Alam Khan: Presentation – Urban and peri-urban water management nexus to a dying river
• Institute of Water Policy, Singapore Rita Padawangi: Presentation – The Role of communities in water provision and distribution in Southeast Asian Cities: A comparative analysis of Kuala Lumpur-Jakarta-Metro Manila
• Interactive Institute, Sweden Magnus Jonsson: Presentation – Ocean Search – Crowdsourced observations
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working group II Kristie Ebi: Presentation – Climate change and human health
• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Eklabya Sharma: Presentation – Water availability and mountain regions
• International Development Bank Corporate Governance and Customer Management: Practical Tools to Support Transparency, Efficiency and Sustainability of WS Service Providers
• International Humanitarian Organization (CESVI) Daniela Giardina: Presentation – Hygiene promotion in schools during the cholera outbreak in Haiti, 2010
• International Hydropower Association Richard Taylor: Presentation – Water in the Green Economy
• International Hydropower Association, UK Richard Taylor: Presentation – The Water-Energy-Security Nexus: Implications for urban settlements
• International Institute for Environment and Development Gordon McGranahan: Presentation – Overcoming Barriers from the Community Up
• International Institute for Environment and Development Diana Mitlin: Presentation – Understanding Urban Sanitation Needs (Namibia)
• International Network of River Basins (INBO) Jean-François Donzier: Presentation – Water Management in France
• International Red Cross and UN Water-DPAC Nick Dickinson & Ulrike Kelm: Presentation – Welcome and Introduction to WASH Communication: Urban Water In Depth
• International Waste Management Institute Matthew McCartney: Presentation – Wetlands and agriculture: getting the balance right
• International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) Erma Uytewaal: Presentation – An analysis of trends and scenarios in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene sector?
• International Water Association Paul Reiter: Presentation – Global Challenges in Water – The Imperative for New Approaches to Urban Water Management
• International Water Association Kala Vairavamoorthy: Presentation – Energy efficient water utilities in lower and middle income countries
• International Water Association Tom Williams: Presentation – Pro-Poor Urban Water and Sanitation Provision: How can it be supported by participation, benchmarking and WOPs
• International Water Association Paul Reiter: Presentation – Introduction Cities of the Future – Sustainable Urban Planning and Water Management
• International Water Association Paul Reiter: Presentation – Cities of the Future
• International Water Association Jonathan Parkinson: Presentation – Planning for implementation of city-wide sanitation solutions
• International Water Management Institute David Molden: Presentation – Water, Food, Ecosystems, Health
• International WaterCenter Mark Pascoe: Presentation – Urban water security Australia
• ITT Corporation, USA Johan Grön: Presentation – Efficiency of the water infrastructure – A practical view
• ITT, Mercy Corps & Tearfund Water and Disaster: Innovative Collaborations can Mitigate Risk
• IUCN Global Water Programme Mark Smith: Presentation – Learning from WANI: The Water and Nature Initiative
• IWMI-TATA Water Policy Program K. Palanisami: Presentation – What have we learned from 2004 Tsunami?
• JICA Mikio Ishiwatari: Presentation – Urban water and IWRM: Why the need for broader perspective
• JICA Office Uganda Eva Kyobe et. al: Presentation – Joint GIZ/JICA case study Uganda
• Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz-Deutschland, Palestine Basheer Obaid: Presentation – New application model for sustainable improvement of urban water under crucial conditions – The Gaza Strip case – Palestine
• KCL, UK Mark Mulligan: Presentation – WaterWorld: A tool for understanding land use and climate change impacts on hydrological ecosystem services supplied to the world’s cities
• Kenya Red Cross Suada Ibrahim: Presentation – Using climate information to prepare for health effects of extreme events: Red cross bridges the gap between climate services and community
• KFW Andreas Holtkotte: Presentation – How to reach millions – A pro-poor approach for water and sanitation in urban areas
• KimInnoVention, Korea Choong-Hyun Kim: Presentation – Seawater desalination and water purification technology
• King’s College London Tony Allan: Presentation – Water and food security: Which solutions?
• Kruger Denmark Morten Grum: Presentation – Wet Weather Management in Copenhagen Improving bathing water quality
• LimnoTech, United States Wendy Larson: Presentation – Framework for Private Sector Response Actions
• Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles, USA James McDaniel: Presentation – Doing more with less – Los Angeles’ water challenges and action plan for sustainability
• Lund University, Sweden Gustaf Olsson: Presentation – The urban water – energy nexus: energy efficiency along the water value chain
• Management Development Institute, India Vishal Narain: Presentation – Water security in peri-urban contexts: Understanding vulnerability
• Management Development Institute, India Vishal Narain: Presentation – Global cities, local water sources: Where the urban shadow falls
• Manila Water, the Philippines Luis Juan Oreta: Presentation – Turning risks into opportunities: The Manila water approach
• McGill University, Canada Bernhard Lehner: Presentation – HydroSHEDS – New data and tools to assess status and change of the Global River Network and implications for the world’s cities
• MDG-F Joint Programme on Democratic Economic Governance, Bosnia & Herzegovina Slobodan Tadic: Presentation – Peer-to-peer learning between water utilities
• Mercy Corps Doddy Suparta: Presentation – Mobile Sludge Removal Cart
• Mercy Corps, Indonesia Bob Kurniawan: Presentation – Balance between community engagement and supporting facilitation roles of the local government to reduce the impact of climate change
• Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), Manila, Philippines Ramon Alikpala: Presentation – Accelerating Wastewater Services in Mega Manila: Partnership in Action
• MicroSave Kenya George Muruka: Presentation – Microfinance and Water & Sanitation in Kenya and Tanzania
• Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, USA Kevin Shafer: Presentation – Milwaukees integrated water management approach to becoming a city of the future
• MInistry of Environmental Protection, People’s Republic of China Jia Feng: Presentation – Introduction to PRC’s initiatives on mitigating river pollution
• Ministry of Public Works, Indonesia Eka Abdi: Presentation – Integrated urban flood management challenges and approaches in greater Jakarta watershed area
• Ministry of Water and Environment, Uganda Felix Twinomucunguz: Presentation – Integrating semi-centralized wastewater management approaches in urban water infrastructure: Case study of Kampala City, Uganda
• Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Jordan Nisreen Haddadin: Presentation – Grey water management as part of water demand management in Jordan
• Mombasa Water and Sewerage Company, Kenya Moses Kinya: Presentation – Water action groups (WAGS) A utility perspective
• Municipality of Rotterdam, the Netherlands Arnoud Molenaar: Presentation – Rotterdam Climate Proof: Connecting water with opportunities
• Nairobi City Water & Sewage Company Mbaruku Vyakweli: Presentation – Addressing Governance in Service Delivery
• National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, USA Paul Wiegand: Presentation – Forest industry water profiles of US, Canada, and Europe
• National Water Resources Board, Philippines Vicente S. Paragas: Presentation – Localized Customer Service Code for Small Scale Water Service Providers in the Philippines
• Natura , Brazil Ines Francke: Presentation – The Water Footprint of Cosmetics – new results and learnings
• NBIM, Norway Loïc Dujardin: Presentation – NBIM investor expectations on Water Management – Why water is a concern for us as an investor
• Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, South Africa Barry Martin: Presentation – Drought Management Innovation
• New Mexico State University Frank A. Ward: Presentation – Hydroeconomic Modeling in Basins: Practice, Challenges and Reward
• Norrtälje Municipality, Sweden Nina Geladze Ekstedt: Presentation – Coastal Communities actions for a cleaner Baltic Sea
• Office of National River Restoration Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, Republic of KoreaYoon Jung: Presentation – The Four Major River Restoration Project
• Office of National River Restoration Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, Republic of KoreaYoon Jung et. al: Presentation – Water and Green Growth
• Orissa Water Supply and Sewerage Board, India Prasanta Mohapatra: Presentation – Provision of Water Services for the Urban Poor: Experience of Bhubaneswar City
• Overseas Development Institute (ODI), UK Daniel Harris & Michelle Kooy: Presentation – Scaling up rural sanitation in Vietnam: The Political Economy of Water and Sanitation
• Pacific Institute Jason Morrison: Presentation – Scoping Global Guidelines for Corporate Water Disclosure
• Pegasys Strategy & Development, South Africa Elizabeth Hastings: Presentation – Institutional arrangements for urban climate change resilience in Lusaka, Zambia
• Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo, Brazil Benedito Braga: Presentation – The challenges of integrated urban flood management in the developing world
• Potsdam Institute, Germany Hagen Koch: Presentation – Vulnerability of agricultural production in the Inner Niger Delta to water resources management under climate variability and change
• Provincial Government of Bohol, The Philippines Jovencia Ganub: Presentation – Conserving Bohol’s Underground Water Sources
• PUB Singapore Maurice Neo: Presentation – Sustainable water for Singapore – Past, present and moving forward
• Ramsar Convention Secretariat Nick Davidson: Presentation – Water and ecosystems: 40 years of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands “Life begins at 40”
• Rebecka Segerström Presentation – Sharing Lessons Online A review of how knowledge, advice and useful experiences are shared on the Internet
• Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Presentation – Introduction: Building Resilience to Tsunami Disaster in Asian Coastal Regions
• Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Chieko Umetsu: Presentation – Indian Ocean Tsunami: 5 years later
• Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Takashi Kume: Presentation – Recovery of agricultural fields in Tamilnadu, India and implications to Japan
• Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Makoto Taniguchi: Presentation – Impact of coastal disasters on water security in Japan
• Reynolds International Ltd John M. Reynolds: Presentation – Glacier melt
• RM Wetlands and Environment Ltd Robb McInnes: Presentation – What’s the difference between wetlands and urban water management infrastructure?
• Robert Greenwood et. al. Presentation – Introduction and Overview: Measuring and Disclosing Water Stewardship Practice
• Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden Nandita Singh: Presentation – Equitable access to water: Opportunities and constraints in urban India
• Sandia National Lab, USA Nancy Brune: Presentation – The security implications of water and energy
• Sandia National Lab, USA Mike Hightower: Presentation – Energy and Water: North America Challenges and Implications in Other Regions
• Sandia National Lab, USA Vince Tidwell: Presentation – Multi-stakeholder engagement along the water, energy, security nexus
• Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity Sophie Tremolet: Presentation – The small scale finance “puzzle”
• Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, USA Celeste Cantú: Presentation – Shrinking California’s urban Shadow: Regional sustainability and inter-regional partnerships
• Seattle Public Utilities, USA Paul Fleming: Presentation – Building institutional capacity at Seattle Public Utilities
• Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) Sheela Patel: Presentation – Slum Dweller Perspective in a Globalised World
• Shafi Sami Keynote speech: Transboundary waters: A Diplomat’s perspective
• Shell Jeremy Bentham: Presentation – Water, energy and food security in the urban context: The role of business
• Shell Jeremy Bentham: Presentation – Water and Energy: An Energy Providers Perspective
• SIBA SPA Roberto Mazzini: Presentation – Agricultural reuse of treated waste water
• Siemens Water Technologies, Germany Rüdiger Knauf: Presentation – Desalination, Water-Energy Nexus and Recycle/Reuse
• SLU M. Futter: Presentation – The Water Footprint: An appropriate tool for environmental communication in the forest sector?
• SLU, Uppsala, Sweden Håkan Jönsson et. al: Presentation – Improving sustainability of wastewater management – important resources and possibilities for improved efficiency
• Sophie Trémolet Presentation – Understanding urban sanitation markets to mobilise financing
• South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies, India Anjal Prakash: Presentation – Changing waterscapes in the periphery: Water security concerns in peri-urban Hyderabad, India
• South Lebanon Water Establishment (SLWE) Ahmad Nizam: Presentation – Water sector reform in Lebanon and impact on low income households
• Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas, USA Pat Mulroy: Presentation – Water: The challenge of the 21st Century. Can utilities adapt?
• Stockholm Environment Institute Marisa Escobar: Presentation – Hydropower, salmon and water management
• Stockholm Environment Institute David Purkey: Presentation – Can we imagine balancing multiple water management objectives in a modernising, urbanising, and warming world? WEAP as an example of a tool to help us try
• Stockholm Environment Institute Madeleine Fogde: Presentation – Integrate Sustainable sanitation at SEI
• Stockholm Environment Institute Arno Rosemarin: Presentation – Knowledge Management through Global Networking, Internet, Social media
• Stockholm Environment Institute Madeleine Fogde: Presentation – Introduction to the SuSanA
• Stockholm International Water Institute Malin Falkenmark: Presentation – Waste water – tomorrow a resource rather than a problem
• Stockholm International Water Institute Anders Berntell: Opening Plenary Welcome Address
• Stockholm International Water Institute John Joyce: Presentation – Euphrates and Tigris Benefits Sharing Study – Preliminary Findings
• Stockholm International Water Institute Anton Earle: Presentation – The role of cities as drivers of international transboundary water management processes
• Suez Environment Alexandre Brailowsky: Presentation – Ethics Report
• Swedish Environmental Research Institute Elin Eriksson et. al: Presentation – Swedish Forest industries “Water Profile”
• Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Sweden Thor-Axel Stenström: Presentation – Wastewater use in agriculture I: Health issues
• Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) Jonas Olsson: Presentation – Regional climate model projections for urban hydrological planning and adaptation: the SUDPLAN project
• Swedish Textile Water Initiative, Sweden Renée Andersson et. al: Presentation – Sweden Textile Water Initiative – A water response strategy from Swedish textile and leather companies
• Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation Manfred Kaufmann: Presentation – Small streams add up to large rivers…
• Tearfund Sue Yardly: Presentation – Engaging the media for public health messaging: utilising national radio in Afghanistan
• The Nature Conservancy Fernando Veiga: Presentation – Water Funds – An Ecosystem Based Adaptation Approach
• The Nature Conservancy Brian Richter: Presentation – Consumer action through understanding virtual water flows
• The Nature Conservancy Fernando Veiga: Presentation – Water Funds as a tool for urban water provision and watershed conservation: The case of Bogotá, Colombia
• The Nature Conservancy Rob McDonald: Presentation – Urbanisation and ecosystem services
• The University of Tokyo, Japan Yoshiyuki Kawazoe: Presentation – Tohoku Earthquake 2011 and new engineering
• The World Bank Claudia Sadoff: Presentation – Overview of South Asia Water Initiative (SAWI) A Mechanism for Engagement In the Ganges Basin
• The World Bank Harshadeep Nagaraja Rao: Presentation – The Ganges Basin – An Overview for the Ganges Strategic Basin Assessment
• The World Bank Genevieve Connors & Sanjay Pahuja: Presentation – The Abu Dhabi Dialogue (ADD): Retrospective & Looking Forward
• The World Bank Claudia Sadoff & Harshadeep Nagaraja Rao: Presentation – The Ganges Strategic Basin Assessment
• The World Bank Sanjay Pahuja & Genevieve Connors: Presentation – National Level – Building Institutions: The Ganga Project
• The World Bank Greg Browder: Presentation – Key aspects of Integrated Urban Water Management
• The World Bank Michael Jacobsen: Presentation – Urban Transition in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Water Management
• The World Bank Patrick Mwangi: Presentation – Innovative techniques and approaches for water and sanitation services improvement in Nairobi’s informal settlements
• The World Bank Julia Bucknall: Presentation – Governance and political economy in urban water
• Transboundary Water Assessment Programme (TWAP) Presentation: Transboundary Lake Basins assessment approach
• TWAP Secretariat Elina Rautalahti: Presentation – Development of the Methodology and Arrangements for the GEF TWAP
• U.S. EPA Sasha Koo-Oshima: Presentation – The hydro-social contract in sustainable urban water management
• UK Department for International Development Clare Shakya: Presentation – Climate Change requires South Asia to reimagine water management
• Umgeni Water, South Africa Mark Summerton: Presentation – A framework for the determination of impacts of a changing climate on water security
• UMR PRODIG, France Emilie Lavie: Presentation – What kind of water for what kind of people? Inequities in the water supply in Greater Khartoum, Sudan
• UN Food and Agriculture Organization Parviz Koohafkan: Presentation – The State of the World’s Land and Water resources for Food and Agriculture
• UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction John Harding: Presentation – Setting the scene: Trends in urbanization and vulnerability to floods and related natural disasters
• UN Water Report – UN Global Survey of Water Resources Management for Rio+20 Summit
• UN Water Zafar Adeel: Presentation – An Overview of the Rio+20 Summit
• UN World Water Assessment Program William Cosgrove: Presentation – World Water Scenarios
• UN World Water Assessment Programme Rick Connor: Presentation – Managing Water Uncertainty and Risk: Early findings of the 4th edition of the World Water Development Report (WWDR4)
• UN-HABITAT Frédéric Boehm: Presentation – Benchmarking Governance of Private and Public Utilities in Urban Settings with a Corruption Angle
• UN-HABITAT Tekalign Tsige: Presentation – Promoting Rainwater Harvesting in the Urban Settings of Africa
• UN-HABITAT Lars Stordal: Presentation – Water point testing in the Iringa Region, Tanzania Mainland
• UN-HABITAT Lars Thordal: Presentation – Dimensions of sanitation in cities
• UN-HABITAT Andre Dzikus: Presentation – Mapping poverty for determining urban equities
• UN-HABITAT Lars Stordal: Presentation – Urban, peri-urban and slums – What should be considered to identify specific settings?
• UN-HABITAT & Global Water Operators Partnership Alliance Faraj El-Awar: Presentation – Benchmarking & Transparency: GWOPA’s Platform
• UN-HABITAT and Nepal Node for Sustainable Sanitation Shreendra Pokhre: Presentation – Children with cameras: knowledge sharing for changing the sanitation attitudes in Nepal
• UNAM Blanca Jimenez Cisneros: Presentation – WATER for the increasingly complex demands of cities
• UNCDF Magnus Magnusson: Notes from Presentation – “1% Water Initiative”
• UNDP Joakim Harlin: Presentation – Sustainable water resources management for a green economy
• UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina Slobodan Tadic: Presentation – Democratic economic governance of water access
• UNDP GoAL-WaSH Liberia Moses Massa: Presentation – Liberia wash compact development
• UNDP Water Governance Facility Alastair Morrison: Presentation – Aceh, Indonesia post-tsunami, Recovery and rehabilitation
• UNDP Water Governance Facility Marianne Kjellén: Presentation – UNDP Water Governance Facility at SIWI
• UNEP Dr. Thomas Chiramba: Presentation – An Ecosystems Approach to Water Resources Management for African Cities
• UNEP Takehiro Nakamura: Presentation – Living on the edge: Hilltops-2-Oceans
• UNEP Ivica Trumbic: Presentation – Cetina River Basin in Central Dalmatian Coastal Region (Croatia): Management lessons learned for GEF MedPartnership
• UNEP Johara Bellali: Presentation – UNEP’s Knowledge Management for MDG-F
• UNEP Johara Bellali: Presentation – What is Knowledge?
• UNEP-DHI Centre Peter Koefoed Bjørnsen: Presentation – TWAP river basins development of Assessment Methodology
• UNEP-DTIE Maite Aldaya: Presentation – Water Footprint and Efficiency in South East Asia
• UNESCO Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa: Presentation – Global challenge of wastewater – Example from different continents
• UNESCO Alice Aureli: Presentation – Transboundary Aquifers assessment approach
• UNESCO-IHE Maarten Blokland: Presentation – An emerging benchmarking system for assessing and promoting sustainable water supply and sanitation services to the urban poor.
• UNESCO-IHP A. Aureli & A. Otte: Presentation – UNESCO’s perspective on Water & Ethics and the History of Water
• UNESCO-IHP Anil Mishra: Presentation – Adapting to the impacts of global changes on river basin and aquifer system
• UNICEF Rose Osinde-Alabaster: Presentation – Overview of Future Challenges related to Water Supply and Sanitation in Urban Areas
• UNICEF Paul Edwards: Presentation – Global challenges for monitoring urban settings – Recommendations from the 2011 JMP Urban Task Force on urban monitoring
• UNICEF, WaterAid and Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council Presentation – Closing the Gap: Building on Success in Equity and Inclusion
• Universität Bonn Ing. Janos Bogardi: Presentation – Water Quality Standards/Guides for the Environment – the Nexus with Water Quality for Anthropogenic Uses
• University College London Julien Harou: Presentation – Hydro-economic models in different institutional contexts
• University of Aberdeen, UK Antonio Ioris: Presentation – Urban Development, Social Inequalities and Water Problems in Lima, Peru: Multiple Challenges to Improve Water Services in Latin American Metropolises
• University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Clara María Minaverry: Presentation – The implementation of successful social programmes in the provision of water services in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
• University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Deepthi Wickramasinghe: Presentation – Wetlands: Natural infrastructure for flood risk reduction
• University of Nebraska Derrel Martin: Presentation – Agricultural water and growing urban water demands: Finding common ground
• University of Osnabrück, Germany Claudia Pahl-Wostl: Presentation – Twin2Go – Towards adaptive governance in river basins: From panaceas to context sensitive analyses
• University of Twente, The Netherlands Arjen Hoekstra: Presentation – Water Footprint Assessment – New global data
• University of Wisconsin Center for Limnology Steve Carpenter: Presentation – Algae Blooms, Trophic Cascades, and Ongoing Challenges of Nutrient Management
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Steve Carpenter: Presentation – Resilience Thinking for Freshwaters
• UPM Kymmene OYJ, Finland Sami Lundgren: Presentation – Water footprint in a new light
• USAID Eco-Asia Mai Flor: Presentation – WaterLinks: A partnership for lifting performance of water utilities in Asia
• Vectura Consulting, Inc et. al. Elizabeth Kvarnström: Presentation – Sludge Reuse in Mega Cities: An example from Southern India
• Vienna University of Technology, Austria Paul T. Yillia: Presentation – UN-Water scoping study: Water quality guidelines for ecosystems
• Waste ENterprisers Ltd Ashley Murray: Presentation – Examples of RR&R cases benefitting agriculture and sanitation
• Waste Enterprisers, Ghana Ashley Murray: Presentation – Waste-based businesses: a new brand of sanitation entrepreneurship
• Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor Presentation – Taps Driving Toilets: Recent Successes by African Water Utilities in Serving the Poor and How they Might be Applied to Sanitation
• Water and Climate Coalition Hannah Stoddart: Presentation – Towards COP 17 – Key Questions for Durban
• Water and Sanitation Program Isabell Blackett: Presentation – Understanding Sanitation Options in Challenging Environments
• Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) Dominick de Waal: Presentation – Delivering water supply and sanitation in fragile states: the transition from emergency to development
• Water and Sanitation Program, Africa Rosemary Rop: Presentation – Bridging the Gap: Benchmarking Utilities in Africa
• Water Corporation, Perth, Australia Peter Moore: Presentation – Coping in one of the world’s largest geographic utilities
• Water For People Julia Kent: Presentation – Striking Communications: Pit Latrine Emptying in Uganda
• Water for People Eduardo Quiroz: Presentation – Improving access to decentralized sanitation services for families in peri-urban Cochabamba, Bolivia
• Water for People Kate Harawa: Presentation – Experiences in sanitation as a business in Malawi
• Water for People Kate Harawa: Presentation – Women’s leadership, citizens’ engagement and integrated partnerships result in sustainable and replicable WASH outcomes
• Water Integrity Network Presentation – Anti Corruption and Integrity Action Learning: TAPA indicators and scans?
• Water Regulatory Authority of Albania Avni Dervishi: Presentation – Service contract for water supply and sewerage
• Water Sanitation Program Almud Weitz: Presentation – Economics of Sanitation Initiative in Southeast Asia: Looking at sanitation differently
• Water Services Regulatory Board, Kenya Robert Gakubia: Presentation – Regulating for the empowerment of consumers and the underserved through water action groups
• Water Supplies Department, Hong Kong WL Leung: Presentation – Infrastructure sustainability challenge that must be addressed – A Hong Kong Perspective
• Water Witness International, UK Nicholas Hepworth: Presentation – Signposting progress for water security: Diagnosing determinants of regulatory performance & exploring the promise of social accountability monitoring.
• Water.org Presentation – Water Credit
• WaterAid Ian Ross: Presentation – WASHwatch.org: A tool for monitoring government commitments and budgets
• WaterAid Henry Northover: Presentation – Sanitation and Water for All: Supporting National Planning Processes
• WaterAid Richard Carter: Presentation – Delivering equitable WASH services in a rapidly urbanising world
• WaterAid Bangladesh Hasin Jahan: Presentation – Rainwater Harvesting in Dhaka City: potentials, experiences and challenges
• WaterLex, Switzerland Hélène Boussard: Presentation – Human rights-based approach and current development strategies: How best to achieve sustainable and equitable access to water in a safe environment
• Waternet Annette Ottolini: Presentation – Working together in search of a sustainable future: The Strategy of Amsterdam
• WBCSD Joppe Cramwinckle: Presentation – Welcoming Remarks: Corporate Water Risk Management Seeking Solutions
• WHO Robert Bos: Presentation – From the Stockholm Framework onwards
• WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation Report – Challenges in Access to Drinking-Water: Equity, Safety and Sustainability
• World Health Organization Federico Properzi: Presentation – UN-Water GLAAS: The global context
• World Health Organization Didier Allély: Presentation – Challenges of monitoring urban settings
• World Meterological Organization Wolfgang Grabs: Presentation – Hydrometeorological information for urban flood management
• World Water Scenarios Project Gilberto Gallopin: Presentation – Using Water Wisely: Stylized Scenarios
• WSP Indonesia Almud Weitz: Presentation – Accelerating sanitation development in urban settlements: How sanitation in Indonesia has been transformed
• WSP, Indonesia Almud Weitz: Presentation – The Political Economy of Sanitation: Indonesia Case Study
• WSP-World Bank, Peru Glenn Pearce-Oroz: Presentation – Latin American efforts in mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management
• WSP-World Bank, Peru Gustavo Perochena: Presentation – Peru: Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in the Water and Sanitation Sector
• WWF John Matthews & Eliot Levine: Presentation – Meeting Adaptation Demands for Water: Information, Finance and Integration – Welcome Address & Introduction
• WWF Stuart Orr: Presentation – Water footprint in urban water: Tightening spatial and sectoral linkages
• WWF Eugenio Barrios: Presentation – Water Reserves Program
• WWF Stuart Orr: Presentation – The Urban Shadow
• WWF Sweden Anna Forslund: Presentation – Enhancing resilience to climate change by restoring and protecting ecosystem services
• Xiamen University, China Luo-Ping Zhang: Presentation – Strategic environmental assessment of water development planning in Jiulong river watershed, China
• Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, China Xiaochang C. Wang: Presentation – Building cities of the future in China
• Zanzibar Water Authority, Tanzania Said S. Suleiman: Presentation – Participatory model for water supply and sanitation in Zanzibar – Tanzania
• Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Nikolay Aladin: Presentation – 308 years of living at the edge of the Baltic Sea: Management in St.-Petersburg

World Water Week 2012 Reports

• Australian National University and WWF International Dams on the Mekong River: Lost fish protein and the implications for land and water resources
• Development Initiatives/WaterAid Addressing the shortfall: the urgent need for increased and better targeted aid to the water and sanitation sector
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Coping with water scarcity: An action framework for agriculture and food security
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations State of the World’s Land and Water Resources for Food and Agriculture (SOLAW): Thematic Reports
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Growing Greener Cities in Africa: First status report on urban and peri-urban horticulture in Africa
• International Water Management Institute Water for wealth and food security: Supporting farmer-driven investments in agricultural water management, a synthesis report of the AgWater Solutions Project
• National Wildlife Federation Ruined Summer: How Climate Change Scorched the Nation in 2012
• Stockholm Environment Institute Multifunctional Wetlands and Stakeholder Engagement: Lessons from Sweden
• Stockholm International Water Institute Feeding a Thirsty World: The Challenges and Opportunities for a Water and Food Secure Future
• Stockholm International Water Institute Transboundary Water Management: Who Does What, Where? Analysing the Data in SIWI’s Transboundary Water Management Database
• Stockholm International Water Institute Large-scale Water Storage in the Water, Energy and Food Nexus: Perspectives on Benefits, Risks and Best Practices
• Stockholm International Water Institute and Elsevier The Water and Food Nexus: Trends and Development of the Research Landscape
• UN Global Compact The CEO Water Mandate: Guide to Water-Related Collective Action
• United Nations Country Team in the occupied Palestinian territory Gaza in 2020: A livable place?
• Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council Global Sanitation Fund Progress Report
• WaterAid Water Security Framework
• World Bank Reaching Across the Waters: Facing the Risks of Cooperation in International Waters