How is Minnesota addressing Water Resources Sustainability?
The challenge of transition toward sustainable management of freshwater resources confronts scientists, technologists, writers, policy makers, as well as communities from local to global levels (NSTC, 2004; Anderson and Woosley, 2005; Water Resources Update, issue No. 127, 2004; Gordon and Richter, 2006; Lester Brown, 2006; Al Gore, 1993; Thomas Berry, 1999; Falkenmark, 2008; Falkenmark and Molden, 2008; Falkenmark and Rockstrom, 2004). Yet, little systematic knowledge exists on how to begin to address this challenge (Tippett, 2004, 2005; Tippett et.al., 2005). A recent report by the U.S. National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) urges the federal government to take new steps to understand freshwater sustainability in the United States (NSTC, 2007). Minnesota Legislature has established the legal and institutional framework to ensure that water supplies meet human and environmental needs for present and future generations. Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.265 assigns the Departmen
