News & Updates Arizona Posts Results of Initial Groundwater Governance Survey 05-21-2013 Arizona Posts Results of Initial Groundwater Governance Survey Below are two links for reviewing the state-level groundwater governance initial survey. Results have been posted to: https://wrrc.arizona.edu/groundwater; were presented at a meeting in The Hague in March by Sharon B. Megdal, Ph.D., Director, Water Resources Research Center, The University of Arizona will be presented at the annual AWRA meeting in Portland This 5+ minute interview,... Read More NEW Delaware SWAPP Site 05-16-2013 NEW Delaware SWAPP Site Delaware has recently completed the redesign and re-location of our source water web site. The new address is http://delawaresourcewater.org/ but the old address will re-direct for some time yet. Please circulate this as needed and also if there are any critical locations where you house these source water links, would you please substitute this new one. The Source Water Assessment and Protection Program (SWAPP) was created by Congress as part of the Safe Drinking Water... Read More “Using Social Indicators in Watershed Management Projects” 04-23-2013 Register for May 1st Webcast on “Using Social Indicators in Watershed Management Projects” Join us for a webcast on May 1, 2013 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Eastern on “Using Social Indicators in Watershed Management Projects.” Working with landowners and managers to find effective and practical solutions to water quality problems is crucial to achieving environmental goals. Social indicators provide information about the social context, awareness, attitudes, capacities, constraints, and behaviors in a watershed or project area. Using social indicators can help... Read More NonPoint Source Guidelines 04-12-2013 SUBJECT: Final Nonpoint Source Program and Grants Guidelines for States and Territories FROM: Denise Keehner, Director Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds TO: State and Territorial Water Division Directors and § 319 Program Directors Attached are the final guidelines for the Clean Water Act § 319 grant program, which replace the Nonpoint Source Program and Grants Guidelines for States and Territories that have been in effect since the federal fiscal year (FY) 2004 grant cycle. These... Read More USGS Releases Report on National Assessment of Water Availability and Use 04-04-2013 Executive Summary The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11) was passed into law on March 30, 2009. Subtitle F, also known as the SECURE Water Act, calls for the establishment of a “national water availability and use assessment program” within the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). A major driver for this recommendation was that national water availability and use have not been comprehensively assessed since 1978. This report fulfills a requirement to report to Congress on progress in implementing the national water availability and use... Read More Pages1 2 3 4 5 next › last »