Reclamation is a contemporary water management agency with strategic plans outlining numerous programs, initiatives, and acitivities that meet new water needs and balance the multitude of competing uses of water in the West. The Agency’s mission is to assist in meeting the increasing water demands of the West while protecting the environment and the public’s investment in these structures. They place great emphasis on fulfilling water delivery obligations, water conservation, water recycling and reuse, and developing partnerships as well as finding ways to bring together the variety of interests to address the competing needs for the limited water resources.

Reclamation awarded over $1.7 million for 16 desalination research and cooperative agreements. Including matching contributions, the total investment in desalination research amounted to over $6 million. Published reports may be downloaded at their site LINK: Reclamation

Earlier this year, Nature magazine website presented a special collection of water articles and features with the title, “Water: Under Pressure.” Highlights in the series include:

• An assessment of how much water is actually usable or available on our planet.
• Editorial about water shortages and their threat on humanity
• Special report on the potential of desalination
• Series of new features on sanitation, impact on food crops and crop failures and water purification.
• New feature article on the opposition to a new waterway project in Korea.
• Podcast interview about water purification technologies
• Research review on science and technology: for ways to integrate water and energy planning
• Essay on the theory of liquid water structure
• Reviews on film about water policy and the switch from State-run to privatization and of an art exhibition on water works and diffusing ink.

 Please note that some material is accessible only to subscribers.

 Link: Special Water Issue by Nature magazine