Barton H. Thompson, Jr. Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Stanford Law School
Conserve Store Diversify
Conserve
Municipal Conservation Potential California Water Plan Update 2013
“Smart Water”
Store
SF PUC 2015 Aquifer Storage & Recovery
Geophysical Characterization & Management
Diversify
Stormwater Capture & Reuse
OCWD’s Prado Constructed Wetlands
Cohen 2009 Greywater
Cohen 2009
MIT 2013 Recycled Water
SWRCB & DWR 2012
CANDO: Coupled Aerobic-Anoxic Nitrogen Decomposition
Conventional Wastewater Treatment Consumes 0.6 kW-h/m3
Codiga Resource Recovery Center
Contaminated Groundwater Reuse
Desalination
US Bureau of Reclamation 2012
Innovation in Membranes Offers Significant Potential
Governmental Policies for Promoting Innovative Technologies Creation & Sharing Knowledge – Public funding of R&D Building of Human Capital & Competence Knowledge Diffusion/Collaborative Networks Financial Support – Public venture funds; “green banks” Supportive Regulatory Environment – Standards; regulation of externalities Creation of Market Demand – Portfolio standards; public procurement policies