Feb
25
Bob Hirsch Opines on Climate Change and Water Resources, Part 2: Actionable Science, Adaptation, Advice
February 25, 2009 | 2 Comments
Yesterday I posted Part 1 of this two-parter in which Bob Hirsch left us with two thoughts: 1) search for actionable science and 2) adapt to uncertainty. Actionable Science So what is ‘actionable science’? Bob gave these three quotes: Data analysis, and forecasts that are sufficiently predictive, accepted, and understandable to support decision-making, including capital [...]
Feb
24
Bob Hirsch Opines on Climate and Water Resources, Part 1: Background
February 24, 2009 | 2 Comments
I am back in DC again for the National Institutes of Water Resources (NIWR) annual meeting and “Capitol Hill crawl’ to exercise our First Amendment rights. If we tap into some of that thar ‘stimulus’ money – well, that’d be just dandy. Faithful readers of my this and my WaterWired blogs know that in my [...]
Feb
15
Muhammad Yunus, Veolia, and Safe Water for Bangladesh
February 15, 2009 | 2 Comments
This story is not new; it’s almost a year old, but I just stumbled upon it and was intrigued. You remember Dr. Muhammad Yunus? Often called “Banker to the Poor”, he was the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, along with the bank he founded, Grameen Bank. Yunus is a Bangladeshi and a PhD economist (Vanderbilt) [...]
Feb
12
A-Roid and Aquifers: A Connection?
February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Alex Rodríguez linked to aquifers? What’s up? Check out this (thanks to Josh Newton) Sports Illustrated article by Tom Verducci, who co-authored The Yankee Years with Joe Torre. Here is the final paragraph; read the last sentence: Rodríguez’s hope is that this managed interview will put his drug use in “a vault,” he said, so he [...]
Feb
11
JAWRA Highlights – February 2009
February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Featured Collection This issue includes a Featured Collection on “Contaminants of Emerging Concern,” with William Battaglin and Dana Kolpin as the Guest Associate Editors. These papers arose from the AWRA 2007 Summer Specialty Conference in Vail, Colorado. The conference provided an overview of the detection and sources of contaminants of emerging concern, their fate and [...]
Feb
8
‘Coyote Warrior’ Tells a Story Worth Hearing
February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I recently finished the excellent book Coyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial That Forged a Nation, by Paul VanDevelder. [Note: Paul is a friend and also a resident of Corvallis, OR.] So what does such a book have to do with water? It tells an all-too-familiar tale of how the U.S. government, led by Congress, [...]
Feb
6
IMPACT Article: Captain Cook, Science, and Luck
February 6, 2009 | 1 Comment
Captain Cook, Science, and Luck By Eric Fitch I grew up a fan of the fictional exploits of Captain James T. Kirk and although I maintain my status as a Trekkie, in more recent years I have come to admire the life and works of Captain James Cook FRS RN. This admiration was reinforced by [...]
Feb
3
Research on Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Water Resources Featured in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association
February 3, 2009 | 2 Comments
The February 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) includes a collection of papers on “Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Water Resources,” with William Battaglin and Dana Kolpin, both of the U.S. Geological Survey in Lakewood, CO, serving as the guest associate editors.
Feb
1
International Water Issues: Overview and U.S. Response
February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Dr. Aaron Salzberg is Special Coordinator for Water Resources at the State Department. You probably didn’t know there was such a person, right? At our AWRA Board of Directors meeting a few weeks ago, Aaron visited us and gave the following presentation, which he granted me permission to post as a pdf: Download Salzberg – Int. [...]
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