Water Solutions

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How to Make Water Last
Only a tiny fraction of Earth’s water is available as fresh water. We’re already at the limits of supply in parts of the United States. But even with climate change and growing populations, there’s enough for everyone if we work together to keep it clean, use it wisely, and share it fairly. Content will be added periodically. Sign up for our free newsletter and be the first to know when articles go online. |
[Full table of contents of our Summer 2010 issue] |
The Water We Need
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Dams and drills can’t create new water. Time to start working with nature. |
Just the Facts: How Much Water Do We Use?
More than any other country, it turns out. And we could save a lot. |
The Town That Beat a Corporation Felton, Calif., took back its water supply—and your town can do it, too. |
Around the world, people are taking control of their water supply. |
An old North Dakota farm is a laboratory for growing food when water runs short. |
These communities still preserve and share scarce desert water. |
Restoring mountain meadows makes up for disappearing snowpack. |
PHOTO ESSAY: The urban rivers of Milwaukee. |
Bring the Water Revolution Home
Live large on dishwater, save your rain, and cozy up to your creek. |
VIDEO: How to reuse graywater, harvest rainwater, and install composting toilets. PHOTO ESSAY: Exploring a graywater renegade's backyard. |
3 Big Ideas to Make Water Last
POSTER: How to take care of our water, share it, and live within our means. |
Citizen Riverkeepers protect their local waters. |
Meet citizen riverkeepers from Milwaukee, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. |
We can be the most powerful protectors of our own sources of water. |