Feb 2013 List of Reports on Water and Related Issues

This is a regular, mid-month update to the never-ending list of released reports on water and related issues that I come across through e-mail, twitter, and any number of outlets. You can check out the previous list, posted in mid-January, as well as prior lists for even more informative reading. If you know of a report that I have not listed, please e-mail me with a title and link!

From various sources:

• Mapping global tropical wetlands from Earth observing satellite imagery (2012) from the Center for International Forestry Research
• Case Studies in Integrated Water Resources Management: From Local Stewardship to National Vision (pdf) (Nov 2012) from the American Water Resources Association
• Effects of Climatic Variability and Change on Forest Ecosystems: A Comprehensive Science Synthesis for the U.S. Forest Sector (pdf) (Dec 2012) from the US Forest Service
• Global forest land-use change, 1990–2005 (pdf) (16 Dec 2012) from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
• The Future of Water in African Cities: Why Waste Water? (2013) from the World Bank
• The Impact of Current Infrastructure Investment on America’s Economic Future (Jan 2013) from the American Society of Civil Engineers
• Infrastructure productivity: How to save $1 trillion a year (Jan 2013) from the McKinsey Global Institute
• Water and Climate Change in Mexico 2007-2012: Analysis and future recommendations (pdf) (Jan 2013) from the National Water Commission of Mexico (Conagua) and the World Meteorological Organization
• 2011 Toxics Release Inventory National Analysis (16 Jan 2013) from the US Environmental Protection Agency
• Sustainable Water Jobs: A National Assessment of Water-Related Green Job Opportunities (Feb 2013) from the Pacific Institute
• Climate Extremes: Recent Trends with Implications for National Security (11 Feb 2013) from the Harvard University Center for the Environment
• Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Sandy (pdf) (12 Feb 2013) from the US National Weather Service National Hurricane Center

From the Overseas Development Institute:

• When disasters and conflicts collide: Improving links between disaster resilience and conflict prevention (Feb 2013)
• Finance for emergency preparedness: Links to resilience (Feb 2013)

From the Center for Neighborhood Technology:

• People, Water, and the Great Lakes: Ready for Change? (pdf) (19 Sep 2012)
• Urban Flooding in the Great Lakes States: A Municipality/Utility Survey Report (pdf) (19 Sep 2012)
• Water Loss Control in the Great Lakes States: A Utility Survey Report (pdf) (19 Sep 2012)

From the UK Department for International Development:

• Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources at National Level (2011), part of the DFID project on Adapting to Climate Change in China
• AFCAP Use of road works to enhance community water supplies in Mozambique: Pre-Inception Report (2012)
• Matching land and water interventions with community needs: Report of community focus group discussions in four watersheds in Ethiopia (2012)
• Under-nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (Feb 2013)

From the US National Research Council:

• Environmental Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty (2013)
• Future U.S. Workforce for Geospatial Intelligence (2013)

From the US Geological Survey

• An Economic Value of Remote-Sensing Information—Application to Agricultural Production and Maintaining Groundwater Quality (dated 2012, posted 10 Jan 2013)
• What is the Economic Value of Satellite Imagery? (dated 2013, posted 14 Jan 2013)
• Estimation of Anthropogenic Nitrogen and Phosphorus Inputs to the Land Surface of the Conterminous United States—1992, 1997, and 2002 (dated 2013, posted 16 Jan 2013)
• Methods to Characterize Environmental Settings of Stream and Groundwater Sampling Sites for National Water-Quality Assessment (dated 2012, posted 24 Jan 2013)
• Understanding and Managing the Effects of Groundwater Pumping on Streamflow (dated 2013, posted 25 Jan 2013)
• A Synthesis of Aquatic Science for Management of Lakes Mead and Mohave (dated 2012, posted 29 Jan 2013)
• Water-Level and Storage Changes in the High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2011 and 2009–11 (dated 2012, posted 13 Feb 2013)
• Tracking and Forecasting the Nation’s Water Quality Priorities and Strategies for 2013–2023 (dated 2013, posted 14 Feb 2013)

From the US Government Accounting Office:

• High Risk List, 2013 Report (14 Feb 2013), a biannual report to the new US Congress
• Limiting the Federal Government's Fiscal Exposure by Better Managing Climate Change Risks (with available video)
• Mitigating Gaps in Weather Satellite Data (with available video)
• NASA Acquisition Management
• National Flood Insurance Program

From the US Congressional Research Service, via the Federation of American Scientists:

• Water Resource Issues in the 113th Congress (pdf) (31 Jan 2013)
• The National Flood Insurance Program: Status and Remaining Issues for Congress (pdf) (6 Feb 2013)