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As the drought in Texas, and most recently all over the midwest, illustrates, water concerns are, ahem, rising. One of the featured articles in the October issue of Planning for Higher Education will focus on a comprehensive and integrated look at campus water planning. That, and related topics, will be the core of the Campus-Space MOJO during the week of October 22. Note that Campus Sustainability Day 10, started by SCUP, is October 24, 2012. This article takes a worldwide look at water.

The Aqueduct Alliance, which allows users to create maps by combining hydrological data with geographically specific details, gives companies and investors unprecedented detail of water availability in some of the world's largest river basins.

The promoters say the data should help companies use water more responsibly while helping them to manage their exposure to risk.

But critics fear the data could be used to cash in on an increasingly scarce natural resource - two thirds of people are expected to face water shortages by 2025.