U.S. Domestic Resources

Welcome to the H2infO U.S. Domestic Resources Page. On this page you will find U.S. Water Partnership member resources aimed at helping domestic stakeholders address the unique water challenges of the United States.

U.S. Domestic Resources

Community-Based Approaches Combined with National Policy Implications Represent the Future of Environmental Justice Research

Publication date:
July 22, 2021
From its earliest days, environmental justice research has been rooted in the social movement that gave its name to the field. Grassroots activists against income and racial discrimination in the placement of environmental pollutants—and the overlooking of low-income and communities of color for...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

The complicated history of environmental racism

Publication date:
July 22, 2021
Many people understand the environment as a force of nature that cannot favor or disfavor different populations. However, similar to all things on Earth, the environment is subject to human influences. Unfortunately, these influences often tend to lower their hands to the worsts of our society...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Op-ed: Water Pollution in Iowa Is Environmental Injustice

Publication date:
July 22, 2021
Environmental injustice and systemic racism affect communities throughout the United States, but many communities in rural states face additional challenges. The farming activities prevalent in many rural areas can inflict serious damage on water resources, but the damage does not involve all...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Indianapolis: When Lead and Racism Are Both in the Water

Publication date:
July 22, 2021
Many policymakers and activists have heard about the environmental injustice and water disasters in places like Flint, Michigan, but Indianapolis, Indiana, is a lesser-known epicenter for environmental racism. Indianapolis’ history of heavy industry and manufacturing not only put lead directly into...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Environmental Justice Grants, Funding and Technical Assistance

Publication date:
July 22, 2021
Environmental justice has become an important idea for many community activists, water system workers, and water policymakers. Environmentally-just initiatives aim to remove the systemic barriers that channel environmentally damaging activities into working class communities and communities of...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Clean Water and Reproductive Justice: Lack of Access Harms Women of Color

Publication date:
July 22, 2021
Access to clean, potable water is critical to people’s daily lives. People need safe and reliable water to drink, to bathe, to wash their hands, to cook, to survive and, ultimately, to prosper. Despite the necessity of water, millions of individuals living in the United States face the daily...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Water quality trading

Publication date:
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
Regional/Country focus:
United States

Environmental Justice Community Survey

Publication date:
July 22, 2021
In Fall 2020, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) launched an environmental justice community survey entitled Your Delta, Your Voice. The survey was live from September 30 through December 11, 2020. The survey aimed to to gather information from disadvantaged communities in the Delta...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
United States

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

Publication date:
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
Regional/Country focus:
United States