Managing OneWater
The Clean Water America Alliance’s National Dialogue Report
It’s Time to Look at America’sWater in a Different Light.
Challenges to our nation’s ability to provide clean and safewater for future generations abound. The need to considerapproaches that encourage watershed planning, focus onsustainability, and embrace the concept of green cities iscritical to our clean water future. Clearly, the silo thinking ofthe past has kept clean water, drinking water, stormwaterand water reuse interests segregated – and while it hasdriven progress, it has not encouraged comprehensivethinking, planning and management of our waters on thetransformational scale now necessary.An integrated national water policy – that balances ourcommitment to social, environmental, and economic needs – is essential to guide the development of our Nation’s environmental statutes and inform water-relateddecision-making. Both policy makers and the public must grow to understand that water is a
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nite resourcethat must be managed in a sustainable way to allow for continued and unrestricted access. Environmentalsustainability must be advanced, water use must be ef
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cient, and clean water must be available for humanand ecosystem needs.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements............................................................................................................. 1Foreword.............................................................................................................................. 2Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 3Today’s Water Management............................................................................................... 4Tomorrow’s One Water....................................................................................................... 7Achieving One Water.......................................................................................................... 9Next Steps............................................................................................................................12National Dialogue Participants...........................................................................................13Board of Directors...............................................................................................................15Founders..............................................................................................................................16
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Water is a valuable and renewable, but fixed resource that has no substitute. It plays a unique role in our lives. It serves to sustain our environment, our economy, and life as we know it. But…
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