Tag Archives: Drinking water

Systemic Changes Needed to Water Delivery Services

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

By Matt Harrison We are presently confronted by challenges to meet immediate human needs without compromising the needs of future generations at every level of human organization, and cannot do so without developing innovative solutions to old problems. This is … Continue reading →

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Yuck Not

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

The following is a message from the President of Clean Water America Alliance, Ben Grumbles, reprinted from the Clean Water America Alliance’s Presidential Pipeline. All of us in the “Water Community” hold these truths to be self-evident: 1) reclaiming and … Continue reading →

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Using Water Audits to Understand Water Loss

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

By Abby Crisostomo Last week, I attended a webinar held by the U.S. EPA called “Using Water Audits to Understand Water Loss” that brought together engineers from the EPA, the American Water Works Association (AWWA), private engineering firms and public … Continue reading →

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Chicago plugging away at water efficiency

Posted on October 20, 2010 by

This being the first story in the What Our Water’s Worth campaign, it makes sense to start where most of the region’s water starts … Chicago. Consider the numbers: Every day the City of Chicago Dept. of Water Management pumps approximately 850 … Continue reading →

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