A recap of the March 20 media briefing the Water Hub hosted in partnership with Anthropocene Alliance highlighting some of the neighborhoods at highest risk for climate disasters, and the community-led work underway to prepare.
Category: Issue Background
Archive of blogs sharing background information on timely water topics.
Briefing: Community-led infrastructure in the Great Lakes
A recap of the Water Hub’s February 22 media briefing on community-led clean water and climate projects in the Great Lakes region that are getting a boost from federal infrastructure funding.
What is resilience really? 2024 water narrative predictions
Dive into a new year of narrative predictions with the Water Hub where we look at the stories behind climate resilience.
Briefing: Clean Water And Climate Preparedness in the Great Lakes
Two years after the Bipartisan Law allocated billions for clean water and climate readiness, we asked Great Lakes leaders to share an update on where federal funds are being spent in the region, and what’s needed to help disinvested communities take advantage of this one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tackle long-standing problems like lead pipes and legacy pollution.
Issue Brief: Are Inflation Reduction Act drought dollars funding resilience?
In this issue briefing, we look back at one year of the Inflation Reduction Act and how local leaders hope to shape investments in Western water.
Flood justice for frontline communities
With billions in federal dollars available to help communities prepare for rising seas and stronger storms, we asked national and community leaders to share their work building flood resilience in frontline communities.
Groundwater: The unsung hero
It’s Groundwater Awareness Week! In this blog, we dive into the invisible water source beneath our feet.
Forecasting the year’s hottest water stories
We put on our looking glasses to predict some of the hottest themes we expect (and hope) to see covered in water media this year.
Multi-solving with nature in the Colorado River Basin
Recap of our recent media briefing on Colorado River solutions that work with nature and provide multiple benefits to the watershed and communities.
Issue briefing: Toxic algae
In this issue briefing on the impacts and health concerns of toxic algae, we also dig into the climate connection and available solutions.
Making Groundwater Research Visible
As another Groundwater Awareness Week goes by and World Water Day arrives, we’ve compiled facts and resources about a lesser known hero to humanity: groundwater.
What will be this year’s biggest water stories?
Infrastructure implementation, climate, and industrial ag: we’re looking ahead at the key themes we expect to see in 2022 water media.
Wildfires and water in the West
This year’s catastrophic Western wildfires made headlines across the country. With rains returning to much of the region, we invited four experts to talk with us about the intersection of fire and western watersheds in the age of climate change. The panel discussed wildfire impacts on water ranging from drinking water safety to stream health and flood risks, while also digging into [...]
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