Thank you for taking the time to read our Water UCI e-newsletter! I am excited about the new outreach and growth opportunities we have experienced over the past year. From the Salton Sea to the Dead Sea, our work addresses local and global water issues. Water UCI has had an eventful and productive 2018 and…Continue Reading Director’s Message for Winter 2019
In California, policy makers, practitioners, and researchers have contributed to a rising conversation on how best to value water, particularly in response to environmental and economic stresses. At stake in this conversation is not only how to value water, but how to understand, model, and communicate those values between groups. A retrospective review of the…Continue Reading Valuing California’s Water: A Social Science Perspective
The water and energy sectors have traditionally been studied independently, regulated by separate oversight agencies, and delivered to customers by separate utilities. Yet it is undeniable that there are strong interdependencies between the sectors. Water, in its many forms, has a direct relationship with energy production. Conversely, it takes energy to treat, convey, and purify…Continue Reading Capturing the Benefits of Integrated Resource Management for Water & Electricity Utilities and their Partners
David Feldman looks at the impending Day Zero in Cape Town, and explores what this may teach other cities about potential water crises. For the full report, click here: pdf…Continue Reading Countdown to Zero: no water and no hope – but are there options?
Tangible obstacles need to be Water-Energy overcome to realize the potential benefits of integrated planning between the two sectors. For example, unlike the electricity sector, the water industry lacks the capability to “generate” water on demand and is wholly dependent upon the availability of its sources. And while new sources are being developed such as…Continue Reading Time to Cross the Water-Energy Divide
Many cities rely on not just traditional delivery systems for potable water, but also standard economic models for valuing those systems. Both must be questioned to ensure future water security in drought-challenged urban regions. For the full report, click here: pdf…Continue Reading To Live and Drink in Los Angeles
Offers a policy roadmap for Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs), state policymakers and other decision-makers to plan for, and implement, a robust greenhouse gas and renewable energy utilization planning system that is resilient against climate change. For the full report, click here: pdf…Continue Reading Climate Change Impacts on Electricity Generation: Assessment Report
The Urban Water Atlas for Europe constitutes an original overview of Urban Water Management in Europe, explain- ing and illustrating water in an unprecedented way and reflecting how water, the essence of life, flows through the arteries of our cities. Leading experts in water sciences and technologies, together with climate change researchers, have joined artists…Continue Reading The Scientist, the Politician, the Artist and the Citizen: How Water United Them
The Atlas illustrates the role of water in European cities and informs citizens as well as local authorities and experts about good practices and cutting-edge developments that can contribute to ensuring that water is used more efficiently and sustainably, helping to save this valuable resource. Detailed factsheets in the Urban Water Atlas for Europe present…Continue Reading Urban Water Atlas for Europe
Climate change is scientifically incontrovertible. What the world urgently needs now are scalable solutions for bending the curve — flattening the upward trajectory of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions and consequent global climate change. This executive summary of the full report, Bending the Curve: 10 scalable solutions for carbon neutrality and climate stability, presents pragmatic paths…Continue Reading BENDING THE CURVE: Ten scalable solutions for carbon neutrality and climate stability