Jul
30
Playing with Water – Vacation Spots for Water Lovers
July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Regular readers of AWRA’s e-newsletter, Connections, know that I occasionally pose a question or make a request that is water related, but in more of a tangential, non-technical way. Together we have created a long list of films with water as a theme, setting, plot device, or even a character. We have also created a diverse [...]
Jul
29
Report on the National Water Policy Event: We’ve ‘Been There’ But Haven’t ‘Done That’
July 29, 2009 | 3 Comments
It was more like ‘Night of the Stars’ than an ‘Evening of the WaterWonks’. Jim Thebaut and The Chronicles Group hosted the National Water Policy Event last night and many of the water illuminati (glitterati?) were there – names that are not recognizable to the general public but well-known to water nerds such as yours truly: Rep. [...]
Jul
28
Last night I had a delightful, information-laden dinner with good friend and filmmaker Jim Thebaut of Running Dry fame and Valentina J. Valenta, Legislative Director for Rep. John Linder (R-GA), author of H.R. 135, the bill to establish a 21st Century Water Commission. Over the past year or so I have traded emails with Valentina and [...]
Jul
19
We Still Need a White House Water Advisor and My New Choice is Robert Glennon
July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Last November I promoted Peter H. Gleick as White House Water Advisor, a position that did not, and still does not, exist. My recommendation, along with my CV (in case there happened to be another water job available) was sent to then President-Elect Obama’s WWW site. Since I heard nothing I must assume that neither Gleick’s [...]
Jul
17
Review: Robert Glennon’s ‘Unquenchable’
July 17, 2009 | 1 Comment
Robert Glennon, inveterate Boston Red Sox fan that he is, has hit another home run. His first one came in the form of Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America’s Fresh Waters. But he’s topped that with Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What to Do About It. Shill alert #1: Before providing my review I must admit [...]
Jul
16
Can a Potty-Mouth Campaign Sell Sanitation?
July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment
Yesterday I received an email from Leonard Markidan, communications manager of Skadaddle Media. The message began: Let’s talk shit. Okay. That expletive naturally piqued my curiosity, so I read on. As I suspected, his message was peppered with double entendres, puns, and wise-ass comments. Markidan must be a fellow Catholic high school grad, still mired in his sophomore year [...]
Jul
12
Objet d’Art From Bottled Water
July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Elizabeth Royte, auteur extraordinaire, has an item on her blog about artist Christine Destrempes’ installation entitled 13,699 – that number of plastic water- bottle caps strung on monofilament. It represents the number of people who daily die from preventable diseases related to water. That is about 5 million per year. Here is a close-up showing the [...]
Jul
8
JAWRA August 2009 Highlights
July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment
JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association Volume 45 Issue 4 (August 2009) – View Current Issue [328 08-0072] Leh and Chaubey comparison of two GIS-based approaches to hillslope runoff generation: a topographic index model and a likelihood indicator model. [329 08-0063] Miller et al. perform a series of drought simulations for the California [...]
Jul
8
Jerry Sehlke, President AWRA Over the weekend I heard and read much about the “stimulus package” and it made me wonder if it was really helping to address our pressing water resources needs in the United States (U.S.). We know that maintaining adequate quantities of clean water is essential to the health and economic prosperity [...]
Jul
5
National Water Policy Event, 28 July 2009 in DC
July 5, 2009 | 1 Comment
Jim Thebaut, friend and filmmaker extraordinaire,and the man behind the Running Dry Project, is organizing a National Water Policy Event in Washington, DC, on 28 July 2009, 5:30 – 9:30 PM, U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Auditorium. The event will bring together the executive and legislative branches of the USA government with other stakeholders – private citizens, industry, [...]
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