How We Can Save Our Water

News

Maintaining adequate supplies of freshwater in the face of rising demand and climate change is a challenge that industry is starting to address

Nature Outlook

What should governments do to enhance sustainable agriculture and mitigate droughts?

Nature Outlook

Climate change means the coming decades are likely to bring more frequent episodes of severe drought, with potentially devastating impact on the world's ability to feed a growing population. We therefore need a sustainable agricultural system that makes the most efficient use of water and reduces expensive and environmentally challenging inputs such as fertilizer and pesticides

Scientific American Magazine

Treated sewage could be the safest, most environmentally sound source of tap water yet—if we can get over the yuck factor

Features

Satellite control of company and municipal irrigation systems, based on custom weather data, saves billions of gallons of water nationwide

Features

Agriculture accounts for a whopping 80 percent of U.S. water consumption. Smart irrigation technology could cut that in half while still producing the same amount of crops and livestock—and save energy in the process

Scientific American Magazine

Recent spills show that tougher rules are needed to protect water supplies

Features

A new, more energy-efficient seawater distillation membrane is designed to yield greater amounts of potable water, and less briny discharge

Scientific American eBooks

This eBook, Battling Drought: The Science of Water Management, takes a long look at the water use and management situation in the American Southwest from the early engineering projects, such as building the Hoover and Grand Coulee dams, which were designed to tame the rivers, to the recycling and restoration efforts of today