Promoting Water Efficiency Despite the many existing pressures on our water resources, there are cost-effective solutions that will allow us to transform our relationship with water. To address increasing water scarcity in many places in the nation, it is working to promote investments and policies that increase water use efficiency and decrease water waste, such as: Adopting sensible standards for efficient appliances, buildings, and irrigation; Supporting cost-effective investments by utilities to help customers save water; and Improving pricing structures to save both water and money. Water and Climate Change From more severe and frequent droughts to unprecedented flooding, many of the most profound and immediate impacts of climate change will relate to water. More than one-third of all counties in the lower 48 states will face higher risks of water shortages by mid- century as a result of global warming. Other impacts will include sea level rise, saltwater intrusion, harm to fisheries and more frequent and intense storm events. To help communities prepare, it is creating tools that help the public and government officials to better understand and anticipate the water-related impacts of climate change at a state , county , and city level. We also promote ways to reduce wasted energy resulting from inefficient water collection, treatment and distribution
Despite the many existing pressures on our water resources,
there are cost-effective solutions that will allow us to transform
our relationship with water. To address increasing water scarcity
in many places in the nation, it is working to promote investments
and policies that increase water use efficiency and decrease water
waste, such as: Adopting sensible standards for efficient
appliances, buildings, and irrigation; Supporting cost-effective
investments by utilities to help customers save water; and
Improving pricing structures to save both water and money.
Water and Climate Change
From more severe and frequent droughts to unprecedented
flooding, many of the most profound and immediate impacts of
climate change will relate to water. More than one-third of all
counties in the lower 48 states will face higher risks of water
shortages by mid-century as a result of global warming. Other
impacts will include sea level rise, saltwater intrusion, harm to
fisheries and more frequent and intense storm events. To help
communities prepare, it is creating tools that help the public and
government officials to better understand and anticipate the
water-related impacts of climate change at a state, county, and
city level. We also promote ways to reduce wasted energy resulting
from inefficient water collection, treatment and distribution
