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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8054.100
Description
Water Salvage - Water Salvage Study - HB 91-1154
State
CO
Basin
Statewide
Date
1/1/1990
Author
EESI
Title
Background Documents and Information 1991 - EESI Annual Report 1990
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />0001gf:" <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />The wide-ranging agenda provoked a <br />lively exchange of views on an array of <br />urban and agricultural water efficiency op- , <br />tions and issues including water marketing, <br />plumbing efficiency improvements, protec- <br />'tion of flows for fish and wildlife, ground- <br />water use and fecteral irrigation policy. AS a <br />result of the Tucson workshop, EPA and the <br />Bureau of Reclamation began a dialogue on <br />Western water. <br /> <br />EESI is 'continuing to evaluate its water pro- <br />gram and projects. The fann bill experience <br />suggests that by focusing on major legisla- <br />tion actually on the move in Congress, EESl <br />can tailor information and policy dptions to <br />meet spE:Cific Congressional needs in a spe- <br />, cific context. ' <br /> <br />At the fall meetirlg, the EFsI board of direc- <br />~ors decided we should refocus our atten- <br />tion, The Clean Water Act is up for , <br />reauthorization in the lO2nd Congress, and <br />EESI will seek to achieve further advanc'es <br />in groundwater protection and water effi- <br />ciency in that context The Board felt that a <br />revamped program would put us in an ex- <br />cellent position to continue to contribute to <br />sound federal water'policies. <br /> <br />Intern..tion..1 Environment <br /> <br />T' he lriterrlaticinal Program's first <br />'major goal for 1990 was to identify <br />new forms of US cooperation with <br />other nations aimed specifically at solving <br />global environmental problems and meet- <br />ing development needs. Most of our activi- <br />ties were planned in anticipation of the, <br />, 1992 meetirigs of the United Nati(>ns Com- <br />mission on Envirornnent and Development <br />(UNCED), to be held in Brazil in June of ' <br />1992, marking the 20th anniversary of ,the <br />Stockholm Conference. <br /> <br />Early in the year, Program Director Gareth <br />Porter set up another of EESI's "blue- <br />ribbon" panels -'- the Task Force on Intema- ' <br />tional Cooperation for Sustainable Develop- <br />ment, comprised of a very diverse group, <br />including a bipartisan group of strategi- <br />cally positioned Members of Congress. <br />, Chaired by EESI Chairman Gus Speth, the <br />task force began by considering Gareth's <br />draft paper outlining a full range of possi- <br />ble policy instruments for encouraging <br />global sustainable development. After re- <br /> <br />view and, revision, the task force is ex- <br />pected to issue its report in the spring of <br />1991. <br /> <br />EESI also set up an informal working <br />group of Congressional staff to assess pol- <br />icy options and appropriate Congressional <br />activities leading up to the 1992 Brazil con- <br />ference. ' <br /> <br />The third initiative launched in 1990 was <br />the'World Forest Agreement Working <br />Group. Congressional staff, executive <br />branch offici'lls and representatives of non- ' <br />governmental organizations began meeting <br />once a month to discuss what should be <br />contained in an international agreement on <br />saving forests. The group began developing <br />'alternative approaches to U.S. negotiating <br />positions on this problem.. As Gareth put it, <br />"for once, we are starting out ahead of the , <br />curve, getting out in front on forest policy, <br />development." ' <br /> <br />This three-pronged approach is closely <br />keyed to the Institute's vigorous Congres- <br />sional education program; each is designed <br />to provide the kind of information that.will <br />enable appropriate Congressional action in <br />the ongoing debate on international' envi- ' <br />roninental issues. ' <br /> <br />C1im..te <br /> <br />During 1990;our wor,k on policy re- <br />sponses to clini.ate change were <br />, carried out increasingly through <br />both the Energy and the International Pro- <br />grams. In ariy discussion of climate change, <br />especially in an international context, the <br />connection with, energy use is inescapable. <br /> <br />Loss of timber worldwide is another major' <br />climate change threat, as the loss of timber, <br />reduces tree cover, which in turn removes a <br />carbon "sink" and oxygen producer; when <br />the trees are burned for fuel or as slash, the <br />atmospheric burden is even greater. The In- ' <br />!ernational.Program's new Forest Agree- <br />ment Working Group began tackling this <br />, problem during the year. ' <br /> <br />EESI held six staff briefings a,!d two "Mem- <br />bers-only" functions in-which we made an <br />effort to clarify the many scientific issues <br />and disagreements central to the debate <br />over climate .change arid global warming. <br />
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