Productivity and Efficiency

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, water efficiency is the smart use of our water resources through water-saving technologies and simple steps. Using water efficiently will help ensure reliable water supplies today and for future generations. Topics addressed in this theme provide insights, lessons, and guidance on how diverse stakeholders are working to improve water management and reduce water use.

Productivity and Efficiency Resources

Exploring Shared Value with FSG

Publication date:
October 20, 2014
The Coca-Cola Company
The U.S. Water Partnership and FSG Inc., with support from The Coca-Cola Company and Jain Irrigation, convened a webinar focused on shared value and feature case study examples from The Coca-Cola Company and Jain Irrigation.Read more

Does Water or Sanitation Access Really Matter?

Publication date:
January 24, 2014
Panel discussion explored the question of whether access to improved water and sanitation services results in the expected community health outcomes and how organizations are working to address this issue. Read more

CH2M Hill WaterMatch

Publication date:
May 30, 2013
CH2M HILL
This webinar describes WaterMatch, a social network connecting water users with water genertors to promote the beneficial reuse of municipal effluent for industrial, agriculturual, and other municipal uses.Read more

Sea Level Trends

Publication date:
October 15, 2013
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The mean sea level (MSL) trends measured by tide gauges that are presented on this web site are local relative MSL trends as opposed to the global sea level trend. Tide gauge measurements are made with respect to a local fixed reference level on land; therefore, if there is some long-term vertical...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Extreme Water Levels

Publication date:
October 15, 2013
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This product provides annual and monthly exceedance probability levels for select Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) water level stations with at least 30 years of data. When used in conjunction with real time station data, exceedance probability levels can be used...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Inundation Analysis Tool

Publication date:
October 15, 2013
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The inundation analysis program is extremely beneficial in determining the frequency (or the occurrence of high waters for different elevations above a specified threshold) and duration (or the amount of time that the specified location is inundated by water) of observed high waters (tides).Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

Date API

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) API for data retrieval can be used to retrieve observations and predictions from CO-OPS stations.Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States
North America

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