Making fresh water sustainable around the world
The problem: Roughly 1.7 billion people live in places where unsustainable water use threatens the health of ecosystems and limits access to the water communities need to survive and thrive. Climate change is making things even worse, accelerating a water crisis that is hitting historically marginalized communities the hardest.
What we’re doing about it: We believe that long-term access to clean water is a right, not a privilege. So we’re bringing together communities in the most water-stressed regions around the world — providing them with the policies, tools and data to manage their water supplies sustainably and support healthy ecosystems.
Our work making water supplies sustainable
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Harnessing satellite data to fight drought and keep us fed
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Creating a more resilient Colorado River
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Video helps Texans visualize and protect the groundwater they cannot see
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Water Leadership Institute reunion: bridging connections over water
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Water hope for Texas’s drought-stricken borderlands
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Learning from shared scarcity: the Colorado River, Yellow River and the world
Updates
Read the latest articles, blogs and press releases on water supplies.
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New Water Institute Will Support Youth Leadership on Key Climate Challenges Affecting Borderland Communities
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Community expertise is key to effective, equitable water governance
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New USDA Investments Vital to Innovative Western Water Conservation Efforts
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Revisiting the first OpenET Applications Conference: how satellite-based data is transforming water, farm, and forest management
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New research could help resource managers improve the health and resilience of the Mississippi River Basin
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Groundwater Accounting Platform Offers Data-Driven Solution for the American West
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Water supply resources
Dig deeper into our work with these resources for researchers, policymakers, journalists and communities.
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How U.S. agriculture can adapt to escalating water risks
- Interactive tool
The Colorado River Basin: What’s at stake in the Grand Canyon
- Interactive tool
Interactive story map of Texas’s vulnerable and precious San Solomon Springs
- Blog post
Investing in Arizona’s water future
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We have to think about water in a new way. Climate change demands it.
Our sustainable water supply experts
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Ann Hayden
Vice President, Climate Resilient Water Systems
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Maurice Hall
Senior Advisor, Climate Resilient Water Systems
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Brian Jackson
Director, Western Water
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Gopal Penny
Scientist, Climate Resilient Water Systems
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Vanessa Puig-Williams
Senior Director, Climate Resilient Water Systems
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Mariana Rivera-Torres
Manager, Climate Resilient Water Systems
Media contact
Jonathan Seefeldt
(512) 291-3414 (office)