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Year 2010
SWRR March 2010 Report
Year 2009
Evolving Methodology for Rating Watershed Sustainability in Preparation for Possible Certification (http://www.wef.org/ScienceTechnologyResources/TPUs/)
By Ethan T. Smith and Harry X. Zhang
Order No: P090038
Medium:
Electronic Download
Publisher: Water Environment Federation
Year: 2009
This Technical Practice Update (TPU) proposes a watershed rating methodology that combines and expands existing elements used to assess the sustainability of a watershed, including human use of physical characteristics, water and wastewater treatment facilities, and significant industrial facilities. Inherent in these discussions is the concept that human activity, at a minimum, should only use nature's resources at a rate at which they can be safely replenished naturally so that future generations can meet their own needs. It has now been proposed that it may be possible to apply certification to an entire watershed. This TPU tries to show how steps might be taken in this direction and to address how a foundation might be established that could provide the basis for a subsequent certification process. Published by WEF. 2009. Electronic download. 22 pages.
This publication is not available outside the U.S., its territories, Canada, and Mexico. For a list of WEF publications that are available, check out www.portlandpress.com.
List Price: $55.00
Free for members of the Water Environment Federation (http://www.wef.org)
Year 2008
Managing for Water Sustainability. Paper by John Wells at the AWRA Annual Conference,
New Orleans, Nov. 17-21, 2008. The report by the Minnesota Environmental Quality
Board is available at http://www.eqb.state.mn.us/project.html?Id=19502
The Case for
Using Reclaimed Water, by Ethan T. Smith and Harry X. Zhang, published
in the Nov. 2008 issue of Power Engineering. The paper is available at: http://pepei.pennnet.com/display_article/346414/6/ARTCL/none/none/1/The-Case-for-Using-Reclaimed-Water/ The
paper addresses the impact of the use of cooling water at thermoelectric
power facilities on water availability, and how this impact may be mitigated.
Managing
an Uncertain Future, Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for California's
Water, Oct.2008. The report includes topics that are significant for water
sustainability, such as changes in precipitation and runoff patterns,
the frequency of extreme hydrologic events, and the variation of impacts
by geographic region. The report is available at http://www.climatechange.water.ca.gov/
June
26-27, 2008 Meeting Notes (PDF 287KB)
American Water
Resources Association: Water
Resources Blog
(A series
of essay's on Water Resources Concerns in the next decade.) (click
on the left side bar of the blog to see main page and/or other current
articles.)
Draft Compendium
of Feb. 5, 2008, Sustainable
Water Resources Roundtable, National Indicators Draft Framework:
Nov. 20, 2007 (PDF 1,062KB)
Year 2007
November
15-16, 2007 Proceedings (PDF
1,020 KB)
Taking
the Long View: The Journey toward sustainable water resources management
begins by determining the most important water issues and indicators,
by Ethan T. Smith and Harry X. Zhang
(PDF 1,050KB)
May
22-23, 2007 Proceedings
(PDF 1,681KB)
Developing
National And Sub-National Sustainable Water Resources Indicators,
by E.T. Smith and R. Swanson, Presented at the World Environmental
and Water Resources Congress, May 15-19, 2007, Tampa, Florida. (PDF
831KB)
January
25-26, 2007 Proceedings (PDF 166KB)
Year 2006
Report on the Progress of the Sustainable
Water Resources Roundtable. Water Resources Impact, July
2006, Volume 8, No. 4. American Water Resources Association.
See http://www.awra.org/impact/issues/0607imp_toc.pdf
April 25-26, 2006 Proceedings (PDF
1025KB)
Sustainable
Water Resources Roundtable -- Fact Sheet
(PDF)
Year 2005
Reprinted with
permission from Proceedings of the 78th Annual Water Environment
Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference [CD-ROM]. Copyright © 2005
Water Environment Federation, Alexandria, Virginia; www.wef.org
Session 68
Public Education/Government Affairs/Emvironmental Management/Systems/Sustainable
Water Resources: Sustainable Water Resources Management I
November 1, 2005
Moderator: Ethan T. (Tim) Smith
Assistant Moderator: Harry Zhang
Session 107
Public Education/Government Affairs/Environmental Management/Systems/Sustainable
Water Resources: Sustainable Water Resources II
November 2, 2005
Moderator: Daniel J. Murray, Jr.
Assistant Moderator: Carl R. Johnson
Measuring the Sustainability of Water Management in
the U.S.
Presented by John Wells at the Minnesota Water 2005 Conference
in October 26, 2005
Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable
-- Preliminary Report
September 30, 2005
Great Lakes Region, Water Sustainability Research
Workshop (PDF File 882KB),
April 5-6, 2005, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Related report on Sustainability of Water Wthdrawals in Journal
of the American Water Resource Association: Roy, Sujoy B., Ricci,
Paolo F., Summers, Karen V., Chung, Chih-Fang, and Goldstein,
Robert R., Evaluations of the Sustainability of Water Withdrawals
in the United States, 1995-2025, October 2005, 18pp.
Note: Please contact the American Water Resources Association
(AWRA) to obtain a copy of the article at the following url: http://www.awra.org/publicationindex.html
Year 2004
December 7, 2004 Proceedings
(PDF File 115KB)
September 13-14,
2004 Proceedings
Developing Key Water Quality
Indicators for Sustainable Water Resources Management,
by Ethan T. Smith and Harry X. Zhang, Session 47, Surface Water
Quality and Ecology, Oct. 5, 2004; Reprinted with permission from
Proceedings of the 77th Annual Water Environment
Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference [CD-ROM]. Copyright
© 2004 Water Environment Federation, Alexandria, Virginia.
Understanding Sustainability
at the State Level, by John R. Wells, Minnesota Environmental
Quality Board, July 2004 (Power Point File 1,246KB)
How
Do We Know It's Sustainable?, by Ethan T. Smith and Harry
X. Zhang, Water Environment and Technology, June 2004. (PDF
File 2,207KB)
March
2-3, 2004 Proceedings (PDF File 76KB) or Microsoft
Word File
Water Resources
Sustainability, Water Resources Update, Issue 127, February
2004, Universities Council on Water Resources, 4543 Faner Hall,
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4526, (618)
536-7571. The table of contents, includes the URL link to the
full article for each journal entry, for this journal issue is
available to non-members of UCOWR at: http://www.ucowr.siu.edu/updates/127/index.html
National Council
for Science and the Environment, Jan. 29-30, 2004, Session
3, Water Sustainability Indicators
Year 2003
December
Newsletter
(MS Word File)
November 13-14, 2003 Meeting Report
(MS Word File)
June 19-20,2003 Meeting Report (PDF File 529KB)
or Microsoft Word File
Year 2002
December
10-11, 2002 Meetings Report
(PowerPoint)
Year 1996
The
Mississippi Heartland River of the Nation, by John C.
Kammerer
(PDF 1,497 KB)
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