National Geographic's recently released April 2010 issue "Water: Our Thirsty World" is a single-topic issue that focuses on the challenges facing our most vital resource: water. The articles focus on water related issues from pollution to scarcity to water infrastructure management while covering everything in between.  In addition to well researched and written stories on water, the issue also features impressive water pictures, maps of the world's water resources and informative graphics on water.

Now that health insurance reform has passed Congress, is it finally time to restore the health of America's waters?

I know what you're thinking -- the Clean Water Act already protects the nation’s waters, right? That we learned our lesson and cleaned up our water act after the Cuyahoga River caught fire in 1969?

International World Water Day was celebrated in towns and cities across the world on Monday, March, 22. The United Nations sponsored event is intended to focus the world's attention on the importance of freshwater and advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. An international day of celebration was first recommended in 1992 and March 22, 1993 was officially designated the first World Water day. This years World Water Day theme was "Shared Water- Shared Opportunities".

On March 17th the US Environmental Protection Agency sought public input on how the agency could better protect and improve the health of our waters. In order to do this, they hosted a Web discussion forum on how we can better manage some of the most significant water pollution problems facing our nation. For the official EPA release, see below.