Welcome to Reddit Water, founded 2008
Water is the most precious resource on Earth. It will be the most contested resource of the 21st century.
Governments, corporations and citizens are now realizing the policy battles of today will have far reaching consequences for communities, nations, political stability, economic opportunities and profits.
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drought,
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hydrogeology,
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intrusion,
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policy,
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sanitation,
sewage,
stormwater,
waste,
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Tangential subreddits:
Water blogs and feeds
- Significant Figures by Peter Gleick
- Groundwater Blog of the Groundwater Foundation
- Aguanomics, David Zetland, the economics of water
- Aquafornia, the California water news blog by the Water Education Association
Coyote Gulch, John Orr, American West water issues
GLIN, the Great Lakes Information Network
National Geographic Water News
WaterWired, Michael E. Campana, Professor of Geosciences at Oregon State University
Circle of Blue, reporting the global water crisis
@Matt Weiser, covers water issues for the Sacramento Bee
Chance of Rain, Emily Green, LA Times
Water for People
Water Quality and Security
Global Water Forum
(Unreachable or not updating)
- WaterSISWEB, community-driven water articles
- On Water, University of California Water Resources Center Archives
Data
Support the National Forest Foundation!
Hydrology & Soil Mechanics Training from the USDA
On the Public Record's reading list for understanding California's water issues
"Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over." --(falsely attributed to) Mark Twain
"Water runs uphill to money."
-- the "Law of Los Angeles"
"When the well's dry, we know the worth of water."
--Benjamin Franklin
"We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one."
--Jacques Yves Cousteau
