News + Facts
Con-Census or Peace?
Philadelphia skyline - © pam lazos I saw a cartoon the other day. A man and a woman hold hands at the water’s edge, an old gnarled tree to the right of them, while off in the distance is a small silhouette of another person standing on a bluff, the only other human...
Water as a tool of oppression
Written by Kate French We all agree and understand that water is intrinsic to human existence and without it, life on earth will become extinct. Simply put: water is life. Less understood is that water has also been used a tool of oppression. In the...
Water Security Begets Food Security
Written by Christiaan Morssink. Reflections on the United Nations Sustainable Gastronomy Day, June 18 I grew up with the ritual of growing food in the backyard and on a small plot of land that my father, like so many others, “rented” from the railroad company. All in...
Plastic-Free Life Redux
Single-use plastic in the kitchen Some months later… Plastic-Free Life Redux I am happy to report that I received a response to my plastics letter. Before I tell you what happened, let me relay a completely unnerving statistic that I read the other day, that is, only...
GWA Board Members Present at U.S. EPA Region 3 Event for Hispanic Heritage Month
Maria Andrews and Tony Sauder, lecturers at the University of Pennsylvania Master of Science in Applied Geosciences program, GWA board members, and mentors to Penn Engineers without Borders, along with Penn student team member, Shawn Kim, presented at the EPA Region 3...
Plastic-Free Life
A Story of Independence I think I'm just one of those people that needs a mission. A few months ago, I decided that if I'm ever going to even approach a Zero Waste Life, I need to find ways to buy things with less built-in waste. The problem with that is I don't...
Recent News – Colorado City Latest to Adopt Direct Potable Reuse
Water Online recently published a news story by Peter Chawaga on Colorado City adopting Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) treatment systems. Christiaan Morssink (GWA President) provided his insight on DPRs. Of course they can do it safely; think space-stations and...
Circle of Blue Price of Water 2019 Report
In the recent Price of Water 2019 Report, Circle of Blue found that U.S. cities are not waiting for federal action and are investing in water infrastructure.
Be Like Water
by Pam Lazos When I was born, I shared the water on this planet with just over 3 billion people. Today, I’m sharing it with 7.7 billion and growing at a rate of 85 million people per year, and it’s safe to say that no matter what year, each and every one of...
When Fish Poop Feeds the World
by P. J. Lazos If you or your kids have ever won a goldfish at a carnival, chances are you took it home and stuck it in a glass bowl where it swam happily for years. We had one live for six years until the little rascal finally called it quits. Soon after we brought...
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