Dec
9
Water Policy Dialogue Results
December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Hello Water Resources Professionals:
Attached are two files: One that is a rather lengthy document that includes the results of the September 2008 AWRA Water Policy Dialogue held in Washington DC, cosponsored by the National Wildlife Federation, and the ASCE’s Environmental and Water Resources Institute. For those of you who like a shorter rendition, I have [...]
Nov
23
Impending Water Quality Crisis in South Africa? CSIR Suspends Whistleblower Dr. Tony Turton
November 23, 2008 | 8 Comments
I just learned from colleague Aaron Wolf that Dr. Anthony “Tony” Turton, one of the world’s top experts on hydropolitics and transboundary water resources and one of the movers in the Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters, has been suspended by the Council on Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) after he sounded the alarm on an [...]
Nov
9
Peter H. Gleick for White House Water Advisor
November 9, 2008 | 5 Comments
[Note: as the disclaimer above says, this is my opinion and not that of AWRA.]
No sense beating around the bush: we’ve got some serious water issues facing the USA (and the world). If I have to enumerate them, then you’ve been living under a rock or not reading this blog, or both. Paramount among these [...]
Sep
12
Action Item: Corps Request for Comments on Principles segment of P&G’s
September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Action Request! from Gerry Galloway and Jane Rowan, Immediate Past and Current AWRA Presidents
Below is a link to the Federal Register Notice announcing the Administration’s proposed revision to the Principles segment of the Corps of Engineer’s P&G’s. Please help by getting this document to as many interested parties as possible. We know that the Corps would [...]
Jun
30
Water Giant Philip E. Lamoreaux Dies
June 30, 2008 | 1 Comment
With great sadness I report the recent death of yet another giant in the field of water resources.
Dr. Philip E. LaMoreaux, Sr., died at home in Tuscaloosa, AL, on 23 June 2008. He was 88, and had served the water community for over 60 years.
I did not know Phil as well as I knew Tom Prickett and [...]
