Conservation Hydrology - A Definition

For our society to respond adequately and urgently to the myriad water challenges before us, we need a new philosophical and sensible response to water. This response is embodied in the practice of Conservation Hydrology which emphasizes community based watershed literacy, planning and action. This new approach incorporates understandings from the disciplines of: ecology, population biology, biogeography, economics, anthropology, philosophy, planning, history and others. Practitioners of Conservation Hydrology use tools such as, scientific knowledge, research, public education, applied demonstration, participatory democracy, and policy analysis to yield the implementation of water-wise planning. Conservation Hydrology advocates that human development decisions must move from a “dehydration model” to a “rehydration model.” And democratic, regionally controlled decision-making processes are essential to maintain the integrity of water as a public trust resource of the community and not a private corporate commodity.

Conservation Hydrologist’s Mantra: Slow it - Spread it – Sink it!
So the land can spring forth with the jubilant abundance of pure water!