The American Ground Water Trust
The American Ground Water Trust is a not-for-profit education
organization incorporated in 1986 and headquartered in Concord,
New Hampshire, USA. The Trust, an independent authority on
the hydrologic, economic and environmental significance of
ground water, combines technical expertise with a track record
of networking and communication skills.
Contact info: www.agwt.org/index.htm
American Ground Water Trust
16 Centre Street
Concord, New Hampshire 03301 USA
Phone (603) 228-5444 or Fax (603) 228-6557
American Water Works Association
The American Water Works Association (AWWA) is an international
nonprofit scientific and educational society dedicated to
the improvement of drinking water quality and supply. AWWA
is the largest organization of water supply professionals
in the world. Its more than 50,000 members represent the full
spectrum of the drinking water community: treatment plant
operators and managers, scientists, environmentalists, manufacturers,
academicians, regulators, and others who hold genuine interest
in water supply and public health. Membership includes more
than 4,000 utilities that supply water to roughly 180 million
people in North America.
Contact info: www.awwa.org
Clean Water for North Carolina
CWFNC is a private non-profit membership organization serving
residents across the state of North Carolina. We have helped
people in every county of North Carolina through organizing
and technical assistance, and have been a key player in many
statewide environmental issues. CWFNC researches environmental
problems, analyzes public policy, and educates and empowers
people. Trained people that are active and informed in their
communities are among our most important achievements. CWFNC
helps local communities develop strategies to address threats
to their community environment and health. Issues we work
on are environmental justice, surface and drinking water protection,
and toxics, including air quality. Clean Water for North Carolina
has been a key player in many statewide environmental issues
such as hog factories, PCB landfills, groundwater policy,
hazardous waste incineration, risk management policy, enforcement
policy and radioactive waste management. We have also published
well-documented reports on enforcement and water quality problems
in four river basins across North Carolina.
Contact info: www.cwfnc.org
phone: (828) 251-1291
toll free: (800) 929-4480
fax: (828) 255-7953
29 ½ Page Ave
Asheville, NC 28801
info@cwfnc.org
Food & Water Watch: Water for All
Access to clean and affordable water is essential for life,
yet the world's largest corporations are seeking to increase
their profits by commodifying and privatizing this precious
resource. Food & Water Watch is campaigning to protect
universal access to clean and affordable drinking water by
keeping it in public hands.
Contact info: (Main office)
1400 16th St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 797-6550 water@fwwatch.org
International Water Management Institute
The International Water Management Institute is a non-profit
scientific research organization specializing in water use
in agriculture and integrated management of water and land
resources. IWMI works with partners in the South to develop
tools and methods to help these countries eradicate poverty
and ensure food security through more effective management
of their water and land resources.
Contact info: www.iwmi.cgiar.org/
Mailing Address: Private Bag X813,Silverton 0127, South Africa
Street Address: 141, Cresswell Street, 0184 Silverton, Pretoria,
South Africa
Tel: (27-12) 845 9100
Fax: (27-12) 845 9110
E-Mail: d.merrey@cgiar.org
Lifewater International
Lifewater International is a non-profit organization of Christian
water resource specialists based in the United States. We
currently have over 150 volunteers currently serving, including
well drillers, geologists, engineers, health care professionals,
scientists and businessmen. Lifewater's volunteers train nationals
in developing countries with technical skills to improve their
drinking water supplies. We donate all the necessary equipment
to the trained national crew and continue to provide technical
and financial support until they are self-sufficient. In the
US, Lifewater is active with Arizona Indian reservations.
Contact info: Headquarters Office
Location: 2840 Main Street, Morro Bay, CA 93442
Mailing address: PO Box 3131 San Luis Obispo, CA 93403 USA
Phone: 805-772-0600 Toll-free: 888-543-3426 Fax: 805-772-0606
Native Waters
Native Waters, an outreach program based at Montana State
University - Bozeman, is dedicated to increasing awareness
and respect for tribal water resources. This community education
initiative supports the efforts of tribal leaders, educators,
and students to develop contemporary, scientifically accurate,
and culturally sensitive water education resources, programs
and networking opportunities.
Contact info: nativewaters@montana.edu
Native Waters
201 Culbertson Hall, P.O. Box 170575
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717-0575
(406) 994-3911
New York Rural Water Association
New York Rural Water Association (NYRWA) is a not-for-profit
organization organized in 1979 with the goal of promoting
the development, improvement, and sound operation of rural
drinking water and wastewater systems throughout New York
State. Consistent with our desire to protect the integrity
of rural water resources, New York Rural Water Association
recently expanded its scope to offer training, technical,
and administrative assistance to rural communities on solid
waste management matters as well.
Contact info:
P.O. Box 487 Claverack, NY 12513
Phone: (518) 828-3155
Fax: (518) 828-0582
E-mail: nyrwa@nyruralwater.org
New York Water Environment Association, Inc. (NYWEA)
The New York Water Environment Association, Inc. (NYWEA) was
founded in 1929, by professionals in the field of water quality
as a non-profit, educational organization. Association members
helped lead the way toward existing state and national clean
water programs. Today the Association has over 2,500 members
representing diverse backgrounds and specialties, but all
are concerned and involved with protecting and enhancing our
precious water resources.
Contact info: www.nywea.org
NYWEA
126 N. Salina St.
Suite 200
Syracuse, NY 13202.
Phone: (315) 422-7811
Fax: (315) 422-3851
NRDC: Water Pollution and Clean Water Network
Sewer overflows and runoff from farms and city streets threaten
the life-sustaining properties of our waters, endanger human
health and wildlife, and result in thousands of beach closings
each year. NRDC works to continue reductions in industrial
water pollution while pressing for effective pollution controls
on agriculture, logging and other sources previously exempt
from them. We help develop and promote strong federal laws
and regulations to address polluted runoff, raw sewage discharges,
and factory farm wastes and we sue polluters when they violate
the Clean Water Act.
contact info: nrdcaction@nrdc.org
Natural Resources Defense Council
40 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011
Telephone: (212) 727-2700
Fax: (212) 727-1773
Water Aid
WaterAid is an international NGO dedicated exclusively to
the sustainable provision of safe domestic water, sanitation
and hygiene education to the world's poorest people.
Contact info: www.wateraid.org.uk
Telephone: +44 20 7793 4500
Email: wateraid@wateraid.org
The Word Business Project for Sustainable Development
Access to clean drinking water and sanitation is crucial in
alleviating poverty and achieving sustainable development.
Meeting the United Nations Millennium Declaration Goals (MDGs)
for water is an enormous challenge for all stakeholders, including
business. There is an emerging consensus that governments
need strategic alliances with business and other key stakeholders
to meet these goals for water and sanitation.
The WBCSD's Urban Water project was launched in March 2003
at the Third World Water Forum in Japan. Supported by a broad
cross section of business, including water users, water operators
and the financial sector, it aims to find ways to deliver
affordable and sustainable water supply and sanitation for
100% of urban populations.
Contact info: www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD4/layout.asp?type=p&MenuId=ODI&doOpen=1&ClickMenu=LeftMenu
GENERAL BACKGROUND RESOURCES ON WATER
Bibliography on The Right to Water
( New Water Resource from the Unitarian Universalist Service
Committee) www.uusc.org/righttowater/
The Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) website
which has an interesting tool for analyzing sustainability
of corporate water policies: www.gemi.org/water/index.htm
Water Scarcity Issues
Shiva, Vandana. "Water Wars." South End Press.
October 2001.
Stark, Linda (Ed.). "Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity."
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. May 1997.
De Villiers, Marq. "Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious
Resource." Houghton Mifflin
Company. July 2001.
Kessler, Tim and Alexander, Nancy. "Vanishing Acts:
How Downsizing Governments 'Contract Out' Water and Electricity
Services." Citizens Network on Essential Services (CNES) www.servicesforall.org/html/water/vanishing_acts.shtml
Haarmeyer, David, Simon Hakim & Paul Seidenstat. "Reinventing
Water and Wastewater
Systems: Global Lessons for Improving Water Management."
Wiley, John & Sons, Inc. March 2002.
World Health Organization. "Global Water Supply and
Sanitation Assessment: 2000 Report."
World Health Organization, March 2001.
Boelens, Rutgerd & Paul Hoogendam (Eds.) "Water
Rights and Empowerment." Van Gorcum
Publishers, 2002.
Burton, Lloyd. "American Indian Water Rights and the
Limits of Law." Development of Western Resources.
Getches, David H. "Beyond Indian Law: The Rehnquist
Court's Pursuit of States' Rights, Color
Blind Justice and Mainstream Values." Minnesota Law Review
86 (December 2001): 267
Getches, David H. Water Law in a Nutshell. St. Paul: West
Publishing Co., 1997.
Indigenous Water Initiative. "Indigenous Perspectives
on Water and Development." www.indigenouswater.org
McGovern, Gina. "Settlement Or Adjudication: Resolving
Indian Reserved Rights." Arizona
Law Review 36 (Spring 1994): 195-
McGuire, Thomas R., William B. Lord, and Mary G. Wallace,
eds. Indian Water in the New West. Tucson: U of Arizona P,
1993.
Shurts, John. Indian Reserved Water Rights: The Winters Doctrine
in its Social and Legal Context, 1880s-1930s. Norman: U of
Oklahoma P, 2000.
