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October 08, 2020 | Water in the West | News
New research identifies impacts of agricultural desalination on the local environment, economy and community, and identifies policy solutions.
November 30, 2018 | Water in the West | Insights
Insight on Integrated Water Resource Management and the rise of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus.
May 10, 2018 | Stanford News | News
A new wastewater treatment plant under construction in Redwood Shores will be the largest to test Stanford-developed technology that significantly reduces the cost of cleaning water. The key: bacteria that eschew oxygen while producing burnable methane.
May 23, 2016 | Water in the West | News
Desalination could increase freshwater supplies for some coastal communities, but more research and policy work needed, experts say in new report
March 22, 2016 | Water in the West | Insights
On March 22, the White House marked World Water Day by hosting a summit to “raise awareness of water issues” in the United States and to help “build a sustainable water future through innovative science and technology.”
The United States will need innovative new technologies and management strategies to solve its growing water challenges, including continued population growth...
March 20, 2016 | Water in the West | Insights
Stanford water researchers chart a path to water innovation with three new research briefs issued this week to coincide with the first-ever White House Water Summit.
The briefs provide an overview of steps needed to update the nation's aging water infrastructure, drilling down into innovative financing strategies and new approaches for resource management that deal with a fractured water sector...
February 16, 2016 | Water in the West | Insights
On December 15, the White House convened nearly 100 water experts from across the nation for a “Roundtable on Water Innovation” to discuss solutions to repair and upgrade the nation’s aging water infrastructure. Participants from the federal government, academic institutions, the private sector and more discussed 21st century challenges that the water sector faces - such as a lack of innovation,...
February 10, 2016 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | News
Using lessons from the energy sector, Stanford researchers outline strategies to bring the nation's water infrastructure into the 21st century.
December 02, 2015 | Water in the West | Insights
Scholars from the United States and Mexico gathered at Stanford this fall to discuss the intersections of climate change, water management and energy policy at the border of those two countries.
Collaborative initiatives addressing the water-energy nexus are needed to more effectively manage those critical resources as the global climate changes, said Newsha Ajami, who organized the Oct. 1-2...
September 29, 2015 | Water in the West | News
California’s water sector is going through a paradigm shift.
Four years into a historic drought, the state has taken multiple steps to ease its impacts on our water resource availability through a series of legislative and regulatory efforts including the passage of Proposition 1 – California’s $7.5 billion water bond – the first ever comprehensive statewide groundwater law, and measures to...
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