Jan
30
Capitol Hill Briefing on University WASH Initiative – 3 March 2010
January 30, 2010 | 2 Comments
This is one of those ’save the date’ notices. I will post more information when I receive it.
[Disclosure notice: I am part of this initiative and will be a presenter]
Capitol Hill Briefing on new University WASH Initiative
Prominent university and college leaders working on international water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) issues will participate in a congressional [...]
Jan
26
Well-Worn Water Words
January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Tired of a failure to connect the dots? Maybe not, but I suspect you’re tired of the expression “failure to connect the dots.”
A Tweet from Robert at Watercrunch provided the impetus for this post. In response to my saying that I was getting ‘burned out’ on water wars he suggested that we declare a truce and [...]
Jan
24
Richard Heggen’s Excellent ‘Underground Rivers’ Book
January 24, 2010 | 1 Comment
Richard Heggen is one of the savviest WaterWonks (and a pretty good upright bassist) I know. Even though he lives here in Corvallis (where he grew up) and got his PhD in Civil Engineering from OSU, I met him in Albuquerque when I arrived at the University of New Mexico in 1989. There, Richard was a [...]
Jan
15
Helping Haiti
January 15, 2010 | 1 Comment
No need to explain what this post is about. Right now, aid organizations need money. I suspect many of you have your favorites but if not, you might consider the organizations accessible through these links.
MSN.com
Sarah van Gelder in the The Huffington Post
CNN (impressive list!)
The Washington Post
Christian Science Monitor
NPR: Haiti – Some Ways to Help
Please give [...]
Jan
10
Southwest Hydrology Sunsets
January 10, 2010 | 1 Comment
Southwest Hydrology’s latest issue features Urban Water Management. As always, you can download the material free of charge, by section or the entire issue.
Here are the cover and T of C.
Here are the feature articles:
Possible Tradeoffs from Urbanization on Groundwater Recharge and Water Quality
Differential Impacts of Flash Flooding Across the Paso del Norte
Drywells: One County’s [...]
Jan
5
Should the USA Have a National Water Vision? What Should It Be? An Invitation to Comment
January 5, 2010 | 2 Comments
Happy New Year! ¡Prospero Año Nuevo!
It’s not only the start of a new year but also a new decade. For many of us in the USA’s water community it’s a time to look ahead to see if we can’t devise a better way to steward the USA’s most precious natural resource.
But that ‘better way” begins with a [...]
Jan
1
Ari M. Michelsen, 2010 Greeting
January 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Ari M. Michelsen, President AWRA
I am pleased to offer New Year’s Greetings for 2010. This New Year brings many opportunities and challenges to the water resources community, but first, a confession.
I am an economist, the first as AWRA President in more than 20 years. While everyone doesn¹t view the world and water resources from the [...]
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