Water Use Information
Library of Information about water use in the Catawba-Wateree River Basin.
- Current and Projected Water Use from Catawba Lakes
- Information prepared by Duke Energy regarding current and projected water use from the lakes along the Catawba-Wateree River.
- Water Use Information for the United States
- 2009 water use information for the United States.
- 2001 Water Use Information
- 2001 water use information for the North Carolina portion of the Catawba basin.
- Sources of Drinking Water in the Charlotte Region
- Information compiled by the Metralina Council of Governments on the source of water for local governments in the Charlotte region.
- 2006 Water Supply Study by Duke Energy
- Water supply study for the Catawba-Wateree basin done in connection with the relicensing of the dams on the Catawba-Wateree River.
- Overview of Water Quantity Issues
- North Carolina needs better water management!
- EPA Water Tips
- EPA Offers Tips to Save Water and Money
- Charting New Waters: A Call to Action to Address U.S. Freshwater Challenges - Executive Summary
- Issued by the participants of The Johnson Foundation Freshwater Summit. Citing a looming freshwater crisis that could affect the nation's economy, the livability of our communities and health of our ecosystems, a diverse coalition of businesses, farmers, environmental not-for-profits and government agencies issued a landmark call to action report aimed at heading off a national crisis in water quality and supply.
- Charting New Waters: A Call to Action to Address U.S. Freshwater Challenges - Complete Report
- Issued by the participants of The Johnson Foundation Freshwater Summit. Citing a looming freshwater crisis that could affect the nation's economy, the livability of our communities and health of our ecosystems, a diverse coalition of businesses, farmers, environmental not-for-profits and government agencies issued a landmark call to action report aimed at heading off a national crisis in water quality and supply.
- Charting New Waters: A Call to Action to Address U.S. Freshwater Challenges - Commitments from Participants
- Issued by the participants of The Johnson Foundation Freshwater Summit. Citing a looming freshwater crisis that could affect the nation's economy, the livability of our communities and health of our ecosystems, a diverse coalition of businesses, farmers, environmental not-for-profits and government agencies issued a landmark call to action report aimed at heading off a national crisis in water quality and supply.
- Ten Things You Should Know About the Energy-Water Collision
- Energy and water are woven into our daily lives and strongly linked to one another. Producing energy uses water, and providing freshwater uses energy. Both these processes face growing limits and problems. In most power plants, water cools the steam that spins the electricity-generating turbines. Because of these links between energy and water, problems for one can create problems for the other. In places where using energy requires a large share of available water, or where water resources are scarce or stressed by competing pressures (such as the needs of farmers or of local ecosystems or, increasingly in many parts of the United States, by climate change), the energy-water connection can turn into a collision—with dangerous implications for both.
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- Catawba Riverkeeper comments on proposed CRWSP Reservoir Project
- New Water Supply Reservoirs Are Risky Ventures
- Southeast U.S. communities should think twice before building new water supply reservoirs, according to a report released on July 10, 2012 by American Rivers. Issues raised in the report are directly relevant to proposed new reservoir on the Catawba River.
- CRWSP Water Reservoir & Expanded Intake
- The Catawba River Water Supply Project proposed in 2011 to construct a new reservoir and expand the water intake along the Catawba River near Lancaster, SC. The additional water would be used to supply water to Lancaster, SC and Union County, NC, and result in an increased inter-basin transfer of water from the Catawba basin to the Yadkin basin.
