In my previous life as a graduate student, I worked with hydroeconomic modeling. I recently had the opportunity to jump back into that type of research with colleagues from the University of California Davis and Merced. If hydroeconomic modeling sounds like jargon, that’s because it is. In a nutshell, hydroeconomic … [continued]
Partnership will focus on water management and land use, and also support work to reduce food loss and greenhouse gas emissions.
I thought I would go back to the Zayed Sustainability Prize winners from last year to check what has changed and how the prize has impacted their operations.
China has designated 30 urban areas to become “sponge cities” — urban laboratories designed to test new ways to manage flooding from rain and rising sea levels.
Water is expected to be the most valuable natural resource in the next century, but water is already a major issue in places like the United States. Water utilities are attempting to combat a variety of issues with increased engagement with their customer-base, while at the same time struggling with … [continued]
Less than a week ago, Naohiro Masuda, the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Chief Decommissioning Officer, spoke about development of the “ice wall” around the four ruined reactor units at the Fukushima I power station. In the company’s regular “prompt report,” the decommission head said that along with other measures, the $0.3 … [continued]
The value of water today is profoundly important, no matter where you happen to be on the globe.
