Toward a sustainable water future : visions for 2050

Content: I. Introduction : Background --
Looking into the next 40 years: 40 years ago --
Stressors influencing our future visions --
II. Planning and policy : Water management in 2050 / Uri Shamir and Charles D.D. Howard --
Transboundary water sharing: confronting the challenge of growing water scarcity /Stephen E. Draper --
Sanitation and hygiene for all by 2050 / Roberto Lenton and Jon Lane --
Integrated water management in 2050: institutional and governance challenges / Neil S. Grigg --
River basin planning and management in 2050 / Alan H. Vicory and Peter A. Tennant --
The law applicable to surface waters in 2050 / Joseph W. Dellapenna --
A vision of unified river basin planning and management / Charles W. Howe --
Water resources policy: foundation, evolution, and future / Warren Viessman and Elizabeth M. Perez --
Water utilities recognizing and adapting to a 2050 climate / Patricia Mulroy --
Water 2050: attributes of sustainable water supply development / Edward G. Means III
 Flood risk management in 2050 / Gerald Galloway --
Adaptation to climate change in coastal cities, 2050 / David C. Major --
Agriculture water resource issues in 2050 / Michael F. Walter
 A vision for urban stormwater management in 2050 / James P. Heaney and John J. Sansalone --
A vision for urban water and wastewater management in 2050 / Glen T. Daigger --
Water resources and sustainable aquatic ecosystems: a vision for 2050 / N. LeRoy Poff and Brian D. Richter. III. Education : Facing the challenges in educational, technological and social change leading to 2050 / Jeff R. Wright --
A vision of interdisciplinary graduate education in water and environmental resources in 2050 / Laurel Saito, Fritz Fiedler, Barbara Cosens, and Derek Kauneckis --
Two big issues for water resources systems: advances in educational technology and changes in valuation / Jared L. Cohon --
IV. Science and technology : The science, information, and engineering needed to manage water availability and quality in 2050 / Robert M. Hirsch --
Hydrologic modeling in 2050: knowledge requirements in a multi-nonstationary environment / Richard H. McCuen --
Hydroelectric power and the future / Charles D.D. Howard and Jery R. Stedinger --
Water distribution systems in 2050 / Walter M. Grayman, Mark W. LeChevallier, and Tom Walski --
Sensing for improved water infrastructure management in 2050 / David A. Dzombak, Jeanne M. VanBriesen, James H. Garrett, Jr., and Lucio Soibelman --
Visions of green technologies in 2050 for municipal resource management / Scott D. Struck --
Irrigation in 2050 / Marshall J. English --
Groundwater hydrology in 2050 / George F. Pinder --
GIS for water resources 2050 / Robert M. Wallace --
Information technology in 2050 / A. Charles Rowney, Theodore G. Cleveland, and James G. Gerth --
Creativity: an important problem-solving tool for water resources in 2050 / Richard H. McCuen --
Reflections from a water resources modeler and planner in 2050 / William Werick --
Future prospects for water management and adaptation to change / Eugene Z. Stakhiv --
Water resource management modeling in 2050 / Daniel P. Loucks --
Hydromorphologic scientific and engineering challenges for 2050 / Richard M. Vogel --
Dendrohydrology in 2050: challenges and opportunities / Franco Biondi and Scotty Strachan --
V. Conclusions : Our collective vision.