Some More Reports on Water and Related Issues

Maybe I should collect all of these, from this and previous posts, into an attached page? Hmmm...

• Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector (pdf) from the Congressional Research Service via the Federation of American Scientists
• Renewable Resource Shocks and Conflict in India’s Maoist Belt from the Center for Global Development
• Water Supply Related Electricity Demand in California (pdf)
• Green Carbon, Black Trade: Illegal Logging, Tax Fraud and Laundering in the World's Tropical Forests (pdf) from INTERPOL and the UN Environment Programme
• Tortillas on the Roaster: Central American Maize-Bean Systems and the Changing Climate from the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, and Catholic Relief Services
• Gaza in 2020: A liveable place? (pdf) from the United Nations
• 2012 Global Hunger Index: The Challenge of Hunger: Ensuring Sustainable Food Security Under Land, Water, and Energy Stresses from the UK Department for International Development
• Avoiding Future Famines: Strengthening the Ecological Basis of Security through Sustainable Food Systems from the UN Environment Programme

From the US Government Accounting Office

• Water Pollution: EPA Has Improved Its Review of Effluent Guidelines but Could Benefit from More Information on Treatment Technologies
• Energy-Water Nexus: Coordinated Federal Approach Needed to Better Manage Energy and Water Tradeoffs
• Rural Water Infrastructure: Additional Coordination Can Help Avoid Potentially Duplicative Application Requirements

From the US Geological Survey

• Saturated Thickness and Water in Storage in the High Plains Aquifer, 2009, and Water-Level Changes and Changes in Water in Storage in the High Plains Aquifer, 1980 to 1995, 1995 to 2000, 2000 to 2005, and 2005 to 2009
• Estimation of Evaporation from Open Water — A Review of Selected Studies, Summary of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Data Collection and Methods, and Evaluation of Two Methods for Estimation of Evaporation from Five Reservoirs in Texas

From the National Research Council

• Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences
• Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta
• Climate Change Education in Formal Settings, K-14: A Workshop Summary
• Corps of Engineers Water Resources Infrastructure: Deterioration, Investment, or Divestment?
• Understanding Water Reuse: Potential for Expanding the Nation's Water Supply Through Reuse of Municipal Wastewater