http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Water Matters, the blog of the Columbia Water Center, focuses on the assessment, understanding and resolution of the potentially global crisis of freshwater scarcity. Fri, 24 May 2013 19:28:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/20/water-risk-in-unexpected-places/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/20/water-risk-in-unexpected-places/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 22:54:13 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36852 A new report by the Columbia Water Center, produced with Veolia Water and Growing Blue, could help expose the real nature of water risk--even in places that most people think of as having plenty of water.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/20/water-risk-in-unexpected-places/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/23/a-look-at-americas-water-infrastructure-case-studies-of-key-challenges/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/23/a-look-at-americas-water-infrastructure-case-studies-of-key-challenges/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:03:03 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35848 America’s strong water infrastructure has been key to its success as a nation. Yet the nation's continual waste of water and lack of commitment to long-term water investments has halted its progress.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/23/a-look-at-americas-water-infrastructure-case-studies-of-key-challenges/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/water-security-finding-solutions-for-a-world-at-risk/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/water-security-finding-solutions-for-a-world-at-risk/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:24:02 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35273 “This is a mess, and it is a mess that we have not attended to yet,” Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs said at a conference on water security held today at Columbia University. “Humanity is the driver, but we don’t have our hands on the steering wheel very much.”]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/water-security-finding-solutions-for-a-world-at-risk/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/columbia-university-to-monitor-nyc-waterways/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/columbia-university-to-monitor-nyc-waterways/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:46:10 +0000 Kavita Jain-Cocks http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35225 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/columbia-university-to-monitor-nyc-waterways/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/28/geocharts-water-challenges-around-the-world/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/28/geocharts-water-challenges-around-the-world/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:28:34 +0000 Jeremy Hinsdale http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34700 View four interactive maps that give an overview of some of the water challenges different parts of the world currently face.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/28/geocharts-water-challenges-around-the-world/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/20/tensiometers-in-punjab/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/20/tensiometers-in-punjab/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:27:09 +0000 Kavita Jain-Cocks http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34301 So far, tensiometers have been tested in four central districts of Punjab, initially with more than 500 farmers the first year, and then peaking with an additional 4,500 farmers in 2011 before testing was scaled back. Data showed, on average, a 30 percent reduction in the water used in the test plots when compared with the standard practices employed in the control plots.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/20/tensiometers-in-punjab/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/19/achieving-sustainable-water-energy-and-agriculture-in-gujarat-india/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/19/achieving-sustainable-water-energy-and-agriculture-in-gujarat-india/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:01:39 +0000 Jeremy Hinsdale http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34258 Watch a video about the Columbia Water Center's project to address a looming water crisis in north Gujarat, India.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/19/achieving-sustainable-water-energy-and-agriculture-in-gujarat-india/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/19/ganges/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/19/ganges/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:35:36 +0000 Mike Steckler http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34227 For the final part of my journey, we will be visiting numerous sites, mainly on the main rivers of Bangladesh. The samples and field data will ground truth and calibrate satellite data improving our analyses. We first stopped at an area that had converted from shrimp farming to rice, then spent two days on the mighty Ganges River.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/19/ganges/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/02/aquanauts-take-on-new-york-water-issues/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/02/aquanauts-take-on-new-york-water-issues/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:55:24 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=33357 Working with engineering PhD candidate Rob Elliott, we imagined a green roof and blue roof system that would serve as a space for environmental education and student wellness, the culmination of a semester spent examining and taking action on stormwater management issues in New York City.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/02/aquanauts-take-on-new-york-water-issues/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/improving-the-water-outlook-in-the-himalayas/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/improving-the-water-outlook-in-the-himalayas/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:49:58 +0000 Francesco Fiondella http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32753 Andrew Robertson, a climate scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, discusses his research on helping reservoir managers in northern India make better planning decisions by improving their ability to predict how climate change will influence water availability.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/improving-the-water-outlook-in-the-himalayas/feed/ 0