On Water

On May 28-29, the Water Education Foundation and the California Department of Water Resources will host a Border Water Infrastructure Conference in San Diego, CA.

Two nations, one border, two international rivers – the Colorado and the Rio Grande – offer the prospect of cooperative bi-national approaches to solving water infrastructure needs. Increasing population growth, drought and climate change will place greater stress on bi-national water resources. In the Colorado River system, new bi-national discussions are expected to identify cooperative opportunities for infrastructure projects to help mitigate future shortages. Meanwhile, the Rio Grande system is facing a backlog of rehabilitation work on existing international infrastructure together with desires for new project to help manage water more efficiently.

Opportunities for cooperatively building and financing such improvements and other potential projects in the 10 states that share the border will be the focus of this bilingual conference, which will feature simultaneous Spanish-English translation.

For more information, including a conference agenda and registration forms, visit the Water Education Foundation web site.