Mar
7
Congressional Water Caucus-Running Dry DC Water Events Resheduled for 16-17 June 2010
March 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Jim Thebaut just informed me that the two DC water events originally scheduled for 24 February 2010 will now occur on 16 and 17 June, 2010. Click here for more information on venues and details.
1) The evening session (6 – 8 PM) on 16 June will feature the Congressional Water Caucus and the Chronicles Group/Running Dry Project [...]
Mar
3
Review: Steven Solomon’s ‘Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization’
March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Earlier this year I posted my‘non-review’ of Steven Solomon’s book, Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization. It took me a while to get around to it but I finished it about a week ago and have been letting it ’settle’ before penning this review.
Here are earlier reviews from The Economist, the Seattle Times, [...]
Feb
22
Final Agenda: Capitol Hill Briefing on University WASH Initiative on 3 March 2010
February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Recently I posted on this event. The date is now firm and the final agenda is now available:
Download University WASH 3-3 event final agenda 2010-02-05
I will be serving as a panelist.
Prominent university and college leaders working on international water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) issues will participate in a congressional briefing on a new University WASH [...]
Feb
20
New Mexico Exempt Well Case Appeal: 22 February 2010
February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment
In July 2008 I posted about the Bounds decision in which a state judge in New Mexico struck down that state’s law allowing the drilling of domestic wells without a permit or water right – so-called ‘exempt’ wells. The ruling applied only to Luna, Hidalgo, and Grant counties in the southwest portion of the state.
Although [...]
Feb
6
Two DC Water Events on 24 February 2010 – Postponed
February 6, 2010 | 3 Comments
Note: these events have been postponed and will be rescheduled in a few weeks.
Over at WaterWired I posted about Jim Thebaut’s water event scheduled for 24 February 2010 in Washington, DC. The event will be held, but it’s now been split into two events, one in the afternoon (noon – 2 pm) and one in the [...]
Feb
3
Hydrophilanthropists Needed in Haiti
February 3, 2010 | 3 Comments
I received the following message from Lori Carpenter, a longtime friend and former student (an alumna of my GEOL 484/684 – Groundwater Hydrology at the University of Nevada-Reno many years ago). I know Lori and her husband Dr. Clay Cooper, another veteran of GEOL 484/684 as well as GEOL 783 – Groundwater Hydraulics, very well. They have [...]
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
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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