May
29
Western Water: Words of Wisdom
May 29, 2009 | 2 Comments
Two days ago I finally met Sarah Bates, who is one of the best thinkers and writers on Western USA water and land issues. I have known of Sarah’s work for almost 20 years, ever since she collaborated with the late Marc Reisner to produce Overtapped Oasis: Reform or Revolution for Western Water, the ‘sequel’ [...]
May
25
NRC Reports: 1) USGS Water Leadership Role; 2) Improving Flood Map Accuracy
May 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Two National Research Council committees have just produced publications of interest to AWRA blog readers: 1) Toward a Sustainable and Secure Water Future: a Leadership Role for the USGS; 2) Mapping the Zone: Improving Flood Map Accuracy. The USGS report can be downloaded free of charge or purchased as a paper copy. The map report can [...]
May
24
Waterbloggers and Twitterers
May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment
A few days ago I posted a list of some of my favorite waterbloggers who also Twitter. I’ve now decided to list all those water Twitters who follow my water Twitter, so check out this list of 150+ water Twitters over at WaterWired. Some of these Twitters go beyond water, some don’t issue many Tweets at all and some get [...]
May
23
May-June 2009 Southwest Hydrology: Beyond Stationarity
May 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
The May-June 2009 issue of Southwest Hydrology features Beyond Stationarity. By stationarity we mean, that statistically speaking (e.g., means, standard deviations), the future looks like the past, whether we are talking about precipitation, runoff, or other flows in the hydrologic cycle.The assumption of stationarity allows engineers to design dams, calculate flood return periods, etc., with [...]
May
15
Seven Experts Discuss The Truth About Water Wars
May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Seed Magazine just published the article, The Truth About Water Wars, in which seven experts debate and discuss the issue. Okay, so I’m one of the experts. From Maywa Montenegro’s article: It’s often been said that the next resource wars will be fought not over oil but over water. Here, seven experts debate the past [...]
May
10
I’ve posted about climate change and its impacts on water resources, but have not really thought much about the impacts on indigenous communities. Yet these communities will likely suffer the consequences of something they had virtually no role in creating. They’ll just be dragged down with and by the rest of us. No say in the matter, [...]
May
4
This week we are celebrating National Drinking Water Week, Here’s Thirstin, the mascot of NDWW. Read what you can do to protect your drinking water. And have a tall. cool glass of tap water! And don’t ever take your drinking water for granted. Too many people have limited or no access to safe drinking water. [...]
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