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The Water Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to provide information on water issues in California and the Southwestern United States.
The Foundation's mission, since its founding in 1977,[1] has been "to create a better understanding of water resources and foster public understanding and resolution of water resource issues through facilitation, education and outreach".[2]
Located in Sacramento, California, the Foundation offers publications, public television documentaries, briefings and conferences and school programs to help educate the public on a variety of water issues. The Foundation is led by an executive director and governed by a volunteer board of 33 members representing water, education, business, environmental and public interest communities in California. The board of directors meets quarterly.[3]
Public television documentaries
[edit]In 2009 the Foundation won a regional Emmy award for the 2008 public television documentary, Salt of the Earth: Salinity in California’s Central Valley hosted by comedian Paul Rodriguez.[4] This program discusses the growing problem of salt buildup in the Central Valley and discusses potential solutions. Two other documentaries, Fate of the Jewel (2001), which discusses Lake Tahoe pollution, and High Stakes at the Salton Sea (2002),[5] which discusses efforts to restore the Salton Sea and is narrated by actor Val Kilmer, also received regional Emmy awards.[6]
Publications, briefings and conferences
[edit]The flagship of the Foundation is Western Water, which became an online news publication in 2018.[citation needed]
In 2000, the Foundation released a book, Water and the Shaping of California,[7] written by then-Program Director Sue McClurg.[citation needed]
Each year the Foundation organizes conferences and briefings that focus on current water issues and include prominent speakers from the water community.[8] Events in 2009 included a U.S.–Mexico Binational Drought Science conference with the California Department of Water Resources.[9] Events in 2010 have included an International Groundwater Conference, organized with the University of California, Davis, with speakers from organizations including U.S. Geological Survey, International Water Management Institute and the California Farm Bureau.[10] In August 2010 the Foundation was one of several nonpartisan groups (including the California Center for the Book and the California State Library) that participated in 'Water Conversations' held in the Sacramento Delta area by the University of California Cooperative Extension Service.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Rapport, David J.; Lasley, Bill L.; Rolston, Dennis E.; Ole Nielsen, N.; Qualset, Calvin O.; Damania, Ardeshir B. (29 October 2002). Managing for healthy ecosystems - Google Books. CRC Press. ISBN 9781420032130. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ "Brochure" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
- ^ "Water Education Foundation". Watereducation.org. 15 July 2010. Archived from the original on 27 July 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ "38th Annual NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA EMMY ® AWARDS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
- ^ NATAS/NorCal (17 April 2003). "The National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences San Francisco/Northern California Chapter". Emmysf.tv. Retrieved 5 August 2010. [dead link]
- ^ "High Stakes at the Salton Sea". KET. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ "Water and the Shaping of California. (Reviews). - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ "Water Education Foundation, DWR, Reclamation Board Host Flood Conference: July 27". Yubanet.com. 27 July 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ "Binational Drought Science Conference | Southwest Climate Change Network". Southwestclimatechange.org. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ "Groundwater Conference 2010". Ag-groundwater.org. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ "Delta Community Water Conversation". 3 August 2010. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
Further reading
[edit]- Hundley, Norris (2001). The great thirst: Californians and water - a history. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22456-6.
- Wood, Daniel B. (6 December 2006). "After 93 years, L.A. gives its water back". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 13 October 2010.