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
The complicated history of environmental racism
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July 22, 2021Many 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
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United StatesOp-ed: Water Pollution in Iowa Is Environmental Injustice
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July 22, 2021Environmental 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
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United StatesWhen Environmental Racism, a Public Health Crisis, and an Educational Emergency Collide
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July 22, 2021Flint, Michigan, is ground zero for the four major crises that have afflicted the nation over the past year. In Flint, a health crisis collided with an economic downturn, systemic racism, and a burgeoning environmental crisis years before the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2014, an emergency manager...Read more
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United StatesIndianapolis: When Lead and Racism Are Both in the Water
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July 22, 2021Many 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
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United StatesEnvironmental Justice Community Survey
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July 22, 2021In 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
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United StatesBroken pipes. Complex funding applications. The water challenges facing California’s disadvantaged communities.
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July 22, 2021California might have the fifth largest economy in the world, but many people in the state’s disadvantaged communities feel like they are living in a third world country because they don’t have safe, clean and affordable drinking water. A lack of financial resources, institutional knowledge, and...Read more
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United StatesEnvironmental justice organizing as commoning practice in groundwater reform: Linking movement and management in the quest for more just and sustainable rural futures
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July 22, 2021Despite the commons being a site of conflict, the role of social movements in resource management has been under addressed. By exploring the role of environmental justice organizing during California’s groundwater reform process as a commoning practice, this article seeks to fill this gap and...Read more
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United StatesPowder River: Data for Cross-Channel Profiles at 22 Sites in Southeastern Montana, 1975 through 2019
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July 22, 2021Powder River rises in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming and flows northward through a semi-arid landscape in Wyoming and Montana to the Yellowstone River. The river drains an area of 34,700 square kilometers and has an average discharge of about 500 million cubic meters per year. Cross-channel...Read more
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United StatesTransboundary Assessments of Water Quality in the Pacific Northwest
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July 22, 2021In 2019, the USGS began studying the baseline water-quality of selected transboundary rivers in the Pacific Northwest. These studies are designed to characterize current water-quality conditions so as to facilitate future assessments of potential impacts related to upstream mining activities...Read more
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United StatesWater Quality of San Francisco Bay Research and Monitoring Project
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July 22, 2021Estuaries are the interface of rivers, ocean, atmosphere, and dense human settlement. Their variability is driven by a large array of natural and anthropogenic forces. This website describes the long-term research and observation project in the San Francisco Bay-Delta that serves to measure and...Read more
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