Full Title: Navigating to New Shores, Seizing the Future for Sustainable and Resilient U.S. Freshwater Resources
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Publisher(s): The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread
Publication Date: September 1, 2014
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Description (excerpt):
After more than six years of intensive, solution-oriented work on U.S. freshwater issues, The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread is concluding its Charting New Waters initiative. Through convening hundreds of experts representing different sectors and perspectives, we have amplified important ideas and innovations that can make a difference. This executive summary of our final report synthesizes the following five key ideas:
1. Optimize the use of available water supplies
2. Transition to next-generation wastewater
systems
3. Integrate the management of water, energy
and food production
4. Institutionalize the value of water
5. Create integrated utilities