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
University of Michigan Water Center-Supported Leveraging Resource Grants
Graham Sustainability Institute at the University of Michigan
The Water Center has awarded over $1 million in grants to support projects that leverage ongoing freshwater research and restoration and protection efforts in order to take them a step further. This site includes factsheets for all Water Center leveraging grants.Read more
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United StatesSoil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Modeling Workshop
Graham Sustainability Institute at the University of Michigan
The University of Michigan Water Center, together with the Western Lake Erie Basin Partnership, the International Joint Commission, and LimnoTech, hosted a Great Lakes SWAT Modeling Workshop on March 18-19, 2014. The event featured presentations from several modeling groups, as well as break out...Read more
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United StatesHolding Back the Waters: Dams as Water Resource Monuments
The National Institutes for Water Resources
This is a guiding premise in understanding dams. What they have in common their shared purposes of greater significance than their many differences. The following discussion is mainly about the smaller, little publicized dams.Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaArid Arizona Not Lacking Water Education Programs
The National Institutes for Water Resources
The large number of water education programs within Arizona seems to indicate that residents have much to learn about water. Admittedly, living in a desert climate can itself be a water education, but despite this shared experience, and often because of it, Arizonans still can improve their water...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaManaging the Interconnecting Waters: the Groundwater-Surface Water Dilemma
The National Institutes for Water Resources
The dilemma has to do with the waters of the earth being categorized as either surface water or groundwater. The classifications seem clear enough, surface water occurring above ground, ground-water found below ground. A belief in surface water here and ground-water there simplifies the making of...Read more
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