Feb
28
DC Water Follies
February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I just returned from Washington, DC, where I attended the National Institutes for Water Resources (niwr.montana.edu) annual meeting, which includes a healthy dose of Congressional visits. I also dropped over to see my colleagues at the National Ground Water Association (www.ngwa.org) who were in town for the annual NGWA Fly-In.
The NIWR meeting usually features some [...]
Feb
17
Clean Water and the 14 Grand Engineering Challenges for the 21st Century: No Need to Wait
February 17, 2008 | 1 Comment
Gerry Galloway’s excellent post on infrastructure maintenance and upgrade reminded me of the Grand Engineering Challenges announced by the National Academy of Engineering a few days ago. It’s an impressive list: reverse engineer the brain, make solar energy affordable, secure cyberspace, develop fusion energy, etc.
On the list are three grand challenges that could easily be tied directly [...]
Feb
12
Infrastructure Maintenance and Upgrade: The Snakes in the Grass
February 12, 2008 | 3 Comments
Gerald E. Galloway
While climate change impacts, water supply shortages, and ecosystem restoration challenges will be major areas of concern for the United States in the years ahead, over the next decade, the nation will have to come to grips with the more immediate challenge of maintaining and upgrading its considerable water infrastructure. In 2005 the [...]
Feb
12
Water Resources Concerns in the Next Decade: Introduction
February 12, 2008 | 2 Comments
We are continuing the “future-ing” project begun last year by the Associate Editors of Water Resources IMPACT with a list of ten water resources concerns they perceived to be significant in the next decade. For the issues published this year, we have enlisted a panel of authorities to share their views about water resources concerns [...]
Feb
7
Water Resources in the Next Decade
February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
How is your crystal ball?
I don’t think that any of us would be willing to say with confidence
that we can foresee exactly the nature or magnitude of the concerns we
will face within the next two or three years, let alone the next ten years.
IMPACT’s Associate Editors know no better than anyone else what
the future may [...]
Feb
5
January Board Meeting
February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Hello to American Water Resources Association (AWRA) esteemed members, friends and colleagues. As the weekend of the first AWRA Board of Directors (BOD)meeting of 2008 wraps up, I want to share with you some of the highlights, and remind you of upcoming events.
January BOD meetings are unique from other meetings in that the board [...]
