Protecting Rivers & Your Clean Water
Clean Water Supplies Through Green Infrastructure
Katherine Baer, Senior Director, Clean Water and Water Supply Programs
January 21, 2013 | Water Supply, Urban Rivers, Stormwater & Sewage
Here, where I live in North Carolina, our drinking water comes from streams and rivers, like Cane Creek, and Bolin Creek, right near our house flows into Lake Jordan, a regional water supply. And this is true for many of us – the majority of Americans get their drinking water from surface water, including streams and rivers, and so keeping our rivers clean and flowing is critical for reliable supplies.
Read more »American Rivers Releases Guide To Integrate Green Infrastructure Into Stormwater Permits
Jeffrey Odefey, Director, Stormwater Program
January 17, 2013 | Climate Change, Stormwater & Sewage, Urban Rivers, Water Supply
Most of us don’t think about “urban stormwater” or “polluted runoff” until we notice flooding from a recent storm covering our roads and parking lots, as shown here.
But polluted stormwater runoff from our rooftops, roads and shopping centers pollutes our streams and rivers across the country and is the leading pollution source in places like the Puget Sound.
Preserving Urban Rivers in Detroit and Across the Great Lakes
Devin Dotson, Associate Director of Communications
January 16, 2013 | Urban Rivers, Water Supply, Stormwater & Sewage
In the early 1900s, Detroit became one of the largest cities in the United States, and the Detroit River played a major role. The river is 28 miles long and serves as the international border between Canada and the United States, connecting Lake St. Clair and the Upper Great Lakes to Lake Erie, and is one of the busiest waterways in the world. Heavy traffic and the urbanization on its shores led the Detroit River to become very polluted.
Read more »River Conservation Fellowship: Accepting Applications
Fay Augustyn, Intermountain West Blue Trails Manager
January 14, 2013 | Climate Change, Floods & Floodplains, Water Supply
For anyone interested in engaging communities, preserving our water resources, and becoming a leader in the world of river conservation, the Anthony A. Lapham River Conservation Fellowship is the opportunity of a lifetime.
Read more »Colorado River Study: Will There Be Enough Water To Support The Demand?
Matt Niemerski, Director, Western Water Policy
December 13, 2012 | Water Supply, Climate Change
Yesterday, The Bureau of Reclamation issued its Final Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study. Authorized by Congress through the Secure Water Act of 2009 and jointly funded and prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation and the seven Colorado River Basin states – that projects water supply and demand imbalances throughout the Colorado River Basin and adjacent areas over the next 50 years.
Read more »Glimpses of the Colorado River
Matt Niemerski, Director, Western Water Policy
November 28, 2012 | Water Supply
It is said that each journey begins with one step and that a flood begins with a trickle of water. Over the past couple of weeks the Colorado River may have taken two small, but not insignificant steps, towards becoming something like the mighty Colorado explored by John Wesley Powell over 100 years ago.
Read more »Spoiler Alert- Oil Shale Development May Harm Rivers in the Colorado Basin
David Moryc, Senior Director, River Protection
November 27, 2012 | Most Endangered Rivers, Water Supply
If you were to draw up a list of rivers where you wouldn’t want to extract oil shale in the United States, the Green, the White and the Upper Colorado would be in the list. (Similar to developing a massive copper and gold mine in the most productive salmon watershed on the planet, but I digress.)
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