Presentation to the Geosynthetics 2013 Conference in Long Beach, April 1st, with the overview of water shortages and business challenges facing the US today.

1. Water:
The New Green
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Key Take-Aways

3. Why Water?
 Water: 21st century oil
 Freshwater supply limited
 Population/urban growth:
creates large water footprint
 Global climate change
 Major droughts ahead
 Water conservation — the law!
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Global Water Use

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Water—21st Century Oil

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Our Watery Planet

7. Freshwater is
inherently limited
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8. Freshwater supply is VERY limited
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Freshwater volumes

10. Water footprint of “stuff”
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Global Climate Change

12. Climate Change—The Largest Risk
 When it comes to the future of water, "we are, on many
levels, completely and totally hosed.”
 The water cycle itself is changing.
 As temperatures rise, evaporation and precipitation
increase and the atmosphere holds more water.
 ”Expect extreme extremes” and more conflicts over water.
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- Jay Famiglietti, Director, UC Berkeley, Center for Hydrologic Modeling

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Water/Energy Nexus

14. Water Conservation
vs. Water Efficiency
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15. Major droughts since 2006
U.S.
 Atlanta
 California
 South/West Texas
Australia
 Every major city
 Murray-Darling Basin
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Australia

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Australia—Actions

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Australia—Responses

19. Australia— Lessons Learned
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Murray-Darling — Australia’s Largest River

20. Blue/Green Issues
 Water shortages/droughts in many states
 Financial/regulatory incentive programs work
 Green certification programs such as LEED
 Rising costs for water supply & sewage treatment
 Stakeholder concerns
 Political & regulatory changes
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Inhibiting Forces

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23. What will the public sector DO?
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Actions
Public Sector. . .

25. Conservation requires new pricing
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26. Private Sector
Opportunities
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28. Long-term possibilities. . .
Savings from agriculture— critical
 NEWater reuse/recycling systems
 New sub-specialties
 Whole systems engineering
Using the Cloud—
 Irrigation
 Monitoring
 Sub-metering/reporting
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29. Where does this leave industry?
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30. Water Conservation— Agriculture
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31. Water Management Technology
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32. Near-Term Business Opportunities
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San Antonio River Walk

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Bringing Water Back…

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Australia—
Sewer Mining

35. NEWater—
Integrated Wastewater & Supply
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Singapore Marina Barrage

36. Desalination . . . a last resort?
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37. The future is green
and blue, but. . .
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Spain Wins FIFA World Cup 2010

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Thank You!

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