by Kathleen Rugel, Ph.D. | Sep 26, 2018 | Blog
The Danube River is a workhorse, and more. Across nearly 3,000 kilometers (1,777 miles) this river in Eastern Europe provides drinking water, power, navigation and transport for approximately 81 million people throughout 18 countries. Along this route it also supports...
by Kathleen Rugel, Ph.D. | Sep 21, 2018 | Blog
Apparently it takes the village to make a water agreement. At least that’s what I have found in my research on how people share water around the globe. It takes participation from all relevant users. If they’re not all included, there’s likely to be trouble down the...
by Kathleen Rugel, Ph.D. | Sep 10, 2018 | Featured
Water’s everywhere, right? Actually, it’s not. Sure, it’s in your coffee, and the salad you ate for lunch. You may have just given some to your dog and somewhere, someone is using it to put out a fire, scrub for surgery, clean a wound. It may have even just carried...
by Kathleen Rugel, Ph.D. | Sep 14, 2014 | Blog
About 15 years ago, a single Lord Mayor in Brisbane, South East Queensland, Australia, made a small change that sent ripples into the world of water. This brilliant idea was based simply on the concept of giving citizens information about the quality of their own...