Global Water Brigades (GWB) is a program under Global Brigades, the largest student-led, non-profit, sustainable development organization in the world. Global…
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The U.S-Mexico border is not only where two countries meet, but where different cultures face a common need for effective and sustainable use of the available…
“It’s a promise to be a good citizen of the world, protecting the Earth’s natural resources through innovation and more efficient use of land, energy, water…
From May 2010 to March 2011, Reclamation conducted a pilot run of the Yuma Desalting Plant (YDP) and demonstrated its potential to augment lower Colorado River…
Desalination, the removal of salts from water, harvests fresh water from salty water. It is not the “silver bullet” that will supply the world, or Arizona,…
Water draws people together because water is life. However, when many people, animals, and industries are competing over limited water, things can get tense.…
The field of hydrophilanthropy has been around for decades, although the term is fairly new. Hydrophilanthropy means different things to different people,…
Novelist John Updike is taking a dim view of leadership when he asks in his novel, Rabbit is Rich, “How can you respect the world when you see it’s being run…
The water resource field is among those areas expected to benefit from nanotechnology, its application holding special promise for treatment and remediation;…
Water and energy are fundamental components of our 21st century life, but they can no longer be considered separately. Just as producing energy consumes water…
Agriculture faces a conundrum: populations needing food are increasing and the necessary land and water resources to produce crops are not. What to do? The…
A community program that included keynote addresses rounded out the day's events on Sept. 1. University of Arizona's President Robert Shelton greeted…
An increasingly frequent urban sight (although not in Arizona and the West) green roofs demonstrate a new meaning and purpose for roofs. Roofs, a hitherto…
Arizona has another Wild and Scenic River; Fossil Creek with it’s the travertine geological formations and crystal clear waters now shares the same protected…
One of the keys to solving the West's water supply problems is finding smart, innovative ways to recycle water. The 2009 issue of Arroyo examines the many…