Area of Focus: Water Supply and Conservation

Created: Jan 05, 2007
Updated: Jun 06, 2007

Water Supply and Conservation

The water supply is the total quantity of water available for consumption by humans and for other uses. Water conservation is the practice of using water more efficiently, reducing water use, and capturing all available sources such as rainwater harvesting. This includes pricing water to promote conservation and reusing water (recycling) water according to its quality. Water conservation may also include leaving water or returning water to a stream to ensure adequate in-stream flows. Water conservation techniques help to secure a sustainable water supply.

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Desert Research Foundation empowers decision-makers at all levels through, capacity building, facilitation, knowledge generation and sharing in order to promote sustainable development...

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Malaysian Water Association brings together practitioners in the water service industries value chain. Its membership consists of individuals and organizations...

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AquaStat is a database of freshwater-related statistics. It includes information on nearly every country in the world, dating back to 1960, for a wide range of variables, including irrigation, rain harvesting, total withdrawals by source (i.e., groundwater, surface water, desalinated water)...

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BBC: The Water Debate From the BBC's "In-Depth" series, this webpage focuses on global freshwater issues. Originally posted in 2003, it includes an excellent collection of articles, interviews, editorials, case studies...

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I n 1991 the East County Water Conservation Committee determined that a water conservation garden would be an effective method to demonstrate landscape water savings. Its intent was to create a state-of-the-art demonstration garden that would operate as a learning resource center for the public. Today, the resulting Water Conservation Garden -- with its five acres of beautiful themed gardens (such as a native plant garden and a vegetable garden) and how-to displays (such as mulch, fire-wise planting, and irrigation exhibits) -- serves as an invaluable learning laboratory for water conservation. See the Garden's website to learn more.

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scarcity, protect, groundwater, gray water, wastewater recycling, drought, aquifers, household use, commercial use, urban water conservation, rainwater harvesting, cloud seeding, cisterns, low flush toilets, low flow appliances, drip irrigation, xeriscape, evaporative losses, surface flow, stormwater, water efficiency

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