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Electronic Navigational Charts

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ENC Direct to GIS allows users to display, query, and download all available base editions of NOAA ENC® data in a variety of GIS/CAD formats, using Internet mapping service technology. Nautical chart features contained within a NOAA ENC provide a detailed representation of the U.S. coastal and...Read more
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United StatesNorth America

USACE Flood Risk Management Program

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The USACE Flood Risk Management Program (FRMP) works across the agency to focus the policies, programs and expertise of USACE toward reducing overall flood risk. This includes the appropriate use and resiliency of structures such as levees and floodwalls, as well as promoting alternatives when...Read more
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United StatesNorth America

Serving the Public Interest: Corporate Water Stewardship and Sustainable Development

Published: 
July 16, 2021
SDG6 for water and sanitation is emerging as a promising framework for action, and for measuring progress toward addressing the global water challenges that create water-related business risk. The management of water resources, development of water supplies and services, and management of...Read more
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Global

Replenish

Published: 
July 16, 2021
Earlier this year, the World Economic Forum ranked water crises as a top global risk. The finding is further evidence that businesses are increasingly aware of their water use impacts, water risk exposure, and how water affects their shareholder value. In response, more and more companies are...Read more
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Global

Water quality trading

Published: 
July 22, 2021
Water quality trading is a market-based tool for achieving improved water quality. To offset its pollutant discharges, an entity required to control a pollutant in a watershed can trade water quality credits with another entity in the same watershed to lower its pollution-control costs. Water...Read more
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United States

California Water on the Market: Q&A with Barton “Buzz” Thompson

Published: 
July 22, 2021
California water has joined gold, energy and bitcoin as a commodity whose future value can be traded on a financial exchange and the first market trades on water futures took place three months ago. The market, based on values determined by NASDAQ’s Veles Water Market Index, was hailed by some as a...Read more
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United States

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