Jun
2
JAWRA June 2011 Highlights
June 2, 2011 | Posted by smcclung
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JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
The Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) is dedicated to publishing original papers characterized by their broad approach to water resources issues. Water by its nature is complex. Therefore, effectively managing water resources requires a broad understanding of many concepts and their applications, as plans based on a single outlook – only engineering, only biology, only ecomonics, or only law – tend to have unhappy outcomes. Decisions makers addressing water resources challenges require access to high quality science and research presented from a variety of perspectives. JAWRA has been focused on this objective for more than 40 years.
Featured Collection: Nonstationarity, Hydrologic Frequency Analysis, and Water Management
An underlying assumption of traditional hydrologic frequency analysis is that climate, and hence the frequency of hydrologic events, is stationary, or unchanging over time. The 13 papers in this featured collection explore the implications of possible nonstationarity on hydrologic frequency analysis and water management. Has nonstationarity been detected in hydrologic time series, such as peak flow time series, and if so, what are appropriate methods for including this information in frequency analysis and water management? What are the limits of our existing methods, and what alternatives are available?
Some of the topics include:
- The importance of both empirical and modeling based approaches;
- Characterization of the flood-generating mechanisms and tests for changes in flood magnitudes over time;
- The difficulties in interpreting results of statistical analyses to detect trends;
- Using a Hurst-Kolmogorov framework to explicitly consider the long term persistence in hydrologic time series;
- How to approach flood frequency analysis given the difficulty in interpreting trend analyses;
- Alternative planning methods to incorporate increased uncertainty; and
- Moving science forward with a common language and more collaborative efforts.
The featured collection is based on papers first presented at the Workshop on Nonstationarity, Hydrologic Frequency Analysis, and Water Management, held in Boulder, Colorado from January 13-15, 2010. All have gone through the full JAWRA peer review process, with appropriate revisions and updates.
Other Technical Papers:
Johnson et al. examine the effects of wells screened across multiple aquifers. view abstract »
Leidner et al. look at the water market for the middle and lower Rio Grande. view abstract »
Bucci et al. look at the population dynamics of Escherichia Coli in surface water. view abstract »
May
27
TGIF-Tweets Galore! It’s Friday, 27 May 2011- Special Memorial Day Weekend Edition
May 27, 2011 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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Instead of reproducing my individual Tweets here I will just redirect you to my WaterWired blog post. When I try to paste items here from WaterWired, the formatting goes to pieces.
Enjoy!
“Character is doing what’s right, even when no one is looking.” – Unknown
May
20
TGIF-Tweets Galore! It’s Friday, 20 May 2011- Special Homeward Bound Edition
May 20, 2011 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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My keynote talk at the KWRA Annual Conference went over a bit better than expected. I think a lot of the audience had trouble understanding it. The Westerners seemed to like it.
Blogs
Doug Walker’s xAnalytica WWW Site and Blog; USACE Opens Morganza Floodway http://bit.ly/iGyunk
Climate Change
Peter Gleick’s Capitol Hill presentation: The Vulnerability of U.S. Water Resources to Climate Change. http://is.gd/Jhf9oS
RT @PeterGleick Is this what future “climate triage” looks like? 30-60,000 flooded vs. New Orleans/Baton Rouge? http://bit.ly/lyosEm
Water, Energy, Cooperation, and Conflict in the Kura-Araks Basin http://bit.ly/jxSN4y
From GWPC & Interstate O&G Compact Comm: FracFocus-hydraulic fracturing chemical registry website. http://fracfocus.org/
My Water’s On Fire Tonight (The Fracking Song) http://is.gd/mlJYSd
Hydrophilanthropy
2010 990EZ and Schedules AO posted for ACJ Foundation. http://bit.ly/m8MVW0
Miscellaneous
@nwksgmd4 Yes – GW! Thanks to Marshall Gannett of the USGS, who organized the session
Mississippi Basin Flood
The Ely (NV) Times – yes, that’s right – on the Great 1927 Mississippi River flood. http://bit.ly/iqbeH0
Mississippi Flood Trifecta: 1) Crest Map; 2) Morganza Floodway Benefits; 3) 1927 Jadwin Flood Control Report http://bit.ly/iNeDgT
Doug Walker at xAnalytica: USACE opens Morganza Floodway. http://is.gd/qxiycb
RT @columbiawater OneEarth: High Waters: A Climate Connection to the Mississippi River Floods? http://dlvr.it/RcnKR
@MGhydro onTwitter, 17 May 2011 edition. http://bit.ly/ktmbTL
What, me worry? Water Shortages Threaten the American West Lifestyle http://is.gd/fVaFb
Lisa McElroy explains (plain English) the recent SCOTUS decision in MT v. WY. http://bit.ly/jbXID9
@MGhydro Part 4 of What’s the Matter with Arizona? http://bit.ly/lX2XGs
NM OSE’s proposed changes to domestic well regulations: notice of public hearing. http://bit.ly/lebDE7
Women and Water
From Nature: Women and Water. http://bit.ly/eBWd8C
World Water
WaterWired Heads West to the East: South Korea for the KWRA Annual Conference http://bit.ly/knm0rr
“A turtle can only go forward by sticking its neck out.” – Korean proverb
HydrofrackingDrill, Maybe, Drill! Ben Grumbles on Hydrofracking, and My Two Cents http://bit.ly/j4QBrT
May
17
Mississippi River Flood Trifecta and More
May 17, 2011 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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I recently received these three items from USACE HQ.
) Lower Mississippi River crest map.
Download USACE_lowermiss_crest_map
2) Four Power Point slides showing the effects/benefits of the Morganza Floodway opening.
Download Morganzabenefit
3) And finally, this gem from 1927: the transmission to Congress by President Calvin Coolidge via Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis of a report from Major General Edgar Jadwin, Chief of Engineers, describing the plan for flood control on the Mississippi River.
Download Flood_control_in Mississippi_River_Dec_8_1927
Check out these items (sent by friend Michael Dale) from, of all places, the Ely Times (NV) and also a cartoon by Robert Ariall.
The 1927 floods altered the USA in anumber of fascinating ways,and I’m not just talking about the flood damage. John M. Barry’s Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America is the best book on the subject.
Here are some relevant WaterWired posts 12 June 2007;: 13 June 2007; 23 June 2008; and 24 March 2011. See also my 15 May 2011 post.
Enjoy!
“The plan transmitted herewith is comprehensive and appeals to me as being adequate in its engineering. I concur in general in the conclusions and recommendations reached in the report, and suggest that appropriate legislation be enacted putting them into effect.”– President Calvin Coolidge, 8 December 1927
May
13
TGIF-Tweets Galore! It’s Friday, 13 May 2011 – Special Triskadecaphobia Edition
May 13, 2011 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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All you triskadecaphobes: beware Friday the 13th! I’m not bothered – it’s my brthday!
Actually, fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia or paraskevidekatriaphobia.
Climate Change
Talking About Really Tough Stuff: Population and Climate Change http://bit.ly/jMMR1c
RT @ConorCo @GOOD Watch Australian #climate scientists rap—& swear a lot—about their work. It’s pretty funny, we swear http://su.pr/9RsHgI
After a Three-Decade Hiatus, Sea-Level Rise May Return to N. America’s West Coast http://is.gd/2rTZCx
Vatican Science Panel Calls Attention to Threat of Glacial Melt http://is.gd/kD0UvP
Inter-American Development Bank now has climate change blog (English & Spanish) http://is.gd/KAyjog
Paper: Trade Liberalization & CC: Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Impacts on Global Ag http://is.gd/YxfhSY
Events
Taking a break at our last NRC NAWQA committee meeting, down in The O.C. http://bit.ly/jqSnVZ
The Oregon Water Conference 2011: Final Program http://bit.ly/mIQ2a1
RT @highlyanne I like this idea of “flood memory half-life” via @jfleck at inkstain http://bit.ly/iRDeirUSACE
@MemphisDistrict: Tweeting about Mississippi flood
Via @MGhydro Taming the Mississippi? http://is.gd/b5F0pB
Via @gravelbar Great flood policy paper by Nicholas Pinter: 1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back on U.S. Floodplains http://bit.ly/j2kerE
Land and Water
Sarah Bates has updated & expanded her policy report on integrating land & water use. http://bit.ly/k0gGOR
People
Bruce K. Darling is blogging once again at Southwest Water Economics. http://is.gd/bpm9Ot
Prince Charles the Bloviator tells colonists to lay off the beef,it uses too much water. http://is.gd/3YvRnE
WaSH
Position: Scientist/Engineer at U of OK WaTER Center (WaSH in emerging regions).Search: req #11596. http://bit.ly/iNkLeI
The Forgotten Front: Water Security and The Crisis in Sanitation (Afghanistan HD Report 2010) http://is.gd/owDTHu
Hydrophilanthropy
I Solve My ‘Too Much Free Time’ Problem by Joining HWB’s Board of Directors http://bit.ly/jqup53
Walk 4 Water Corvallis – 14 May 2011 http://bit.ly/lieWUv
Twitter
@MGhydro on Twitter, 6 May 2011 edition. http://is.gd/GOmTuS
Water Management
USACE NOAA, USGS: New Federal Agreement to Support Water Reso. Mgmt. http://is.gd/0YpKse
Water Use, Water Supply
Greening the Desert? Not So Fast! http://bit.ly/lfW7Eg
Report: Conservation & Sustainable Use of FW Resources in West Asia,Central Asia,North Africa, http://is.gd/OtC1yn
Rainwater harvesting bill tanks in AZ. Wait’ll next year! http://is.gd/HWa8Zu
Short paper in Eos: Making Sense of the Water Resources That Will Be Available for Future Use http://is.gd/68GZnw
NAS BD panel report: RT @columbiawater @NYTimes Can a #water plan work without an environmental goal? http://su.pr/2OsXTG
NAS Panel Review of Draft Bay-Delta Conservation Plan: Four-Page Summary Now Available http://bit.ly/lFAlua
“Did you know a young boy drowned here? He was my son. And today, is his birthday.” — Pamela Voorhees (Betsy Palmer), from the first Friday the 13th
May
10
May 2011 President’s Message
May 10, 2011 | Posted by admin
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I trust that Spring has finally sprung wherever you are. And I’m hoping that you’re getting a goodly amount of spring runoff, but not in unmanageable amounts.
This month’s focus on our Summer Specialty Conference, so take a few minutes to read the IWRM articles in this issue. They will give you a good taste of what to expect at the conference, which we will convene next month (June 27-29) at the spectacular Snowbird Resort, easily accessible from Salt Lake City International Airport. It’s a great time of year to be in the Utah mountains, and you will find plenty to do both inside and outside the meeting rooms.
Spring Specialty Conference
We just finished our Spring Specialty Conference, Managing Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources: Adaptation Issues, Options, and Strategies. I want to thank General Chair C. Mark Dunning, Technical Co-Chairs Jerry Sehlke and J. Rolf Olsen and the entire organizing committee: Carol R. Collier, Ari Michelsen, Kathleen D. White, Lisa Engelman, Noel R. Gollehon, David Eslinger, Christopher M. DeChantal, and Karen Metchis for their hard work. It was an excellent meeting.
Annual Water Resources Conference
Planning for our 47th Annual Water Resources Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 7-10, is progressing nicely. You’ll be reading this message just about the time abstracts are due (May 13) so consider
submitting one (the site usually stays open a few days beyond the posted due date). The 2011 Annual Conference includes over 35 Special Sessions from which to choose. The Special Sessions have been organized by water resources professionals from across the country; topics are timely and relevant, and reflect the diverse interests of AWRA members. And don’t forget that the Fall is a beautiful time in New Mexico.
Summer Specialty Conference
Curious about IWRM? So am I! If so, be sure to attend our Summer Specialty Conference at the end of June, Integrated Water Resources Management: The Emperor’s New Clothes or Indispensable Process? You’ll find a Program-at-a-Glance elsewhere in this issue. The conference title frivolously asks the question we seek to answer: Is IWRM a truly indispensable, useful process for water resources management, or do people employ it because they think it is de rigueur and do not want to appear stupid or incompetent? Recall that in 2002 the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg called for all countries to establish national Integrated Water Resources Management plans.
So just what is IWRM, and what does it entail?
According to the Global Water Partnership, IWRM is “a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land, and related resources in order to maximize the resultant economic and social welfare in an equitable manner without compromising the sustainability of vital ecosystems.” Is such a definition workable?
You’d probably expect me to say that I am really looking forward to this conference. After all, I’m the chair and that is what I am supposed to say, right? But when I say that I am really looking forward to it, it’s not just promotional fluff. Why not? Well, I cast a skeptical eye upon IWRM, just as I do at the word sustainability. The term IWRM is held up as a water management approach, yet it seems far too unrealistic for implementation. I want to see some real world applications, monitoring and evaluation, and outcomes assessments of IWRM. I am especially anxious to see its application to ground water dominated systems. And can IWRM be modified to account for nonrenewable ground water development?
So how do we plan to address the efficacy of IWRM? With the following:
- Keynote presentation featuring Steven L. Stockton, P.E., Director of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Karen Krchnak, Director of International Water Policy, The Nature Conservancy
- Plenary session featuring experts discussing various aspects of IWRM: Dr. Jerry Delli Priscoli, Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and François Brelle, President, French Association for Water, Irrigation and Drainage (invited).
- Twenty-four technical sessions featuring the following aspects of IWRM: water quality, flood management; geomorphology; regional planning, economics, ground water, utilities management, agriculture, case studies, ecosystems, collaborative modeling, and more!
- A full-day Symposium on Collaborative Modeling for Decision Support organized by the USACE’s Institute for Water Resources and Sandia National Laboratories. This unique symposium will be embedded within the conference and feature presentations on collaborative modeling also known as shared vision planning or mediated modeling from around the world.
- Special session featuring UNESCO HELP (Hydrology for the Environment, Life, and Policy) case studies.
- Pre-conference Sunday afternoon workshop, Introduction to System Dynamics Modeling, taught by Vincent Tidwell of Sandia National Laboratories and John Tracy of the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute.
- Special Session on California’s Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) planning program.
- Ample time and space for attendees to network and discuss IWRM and related concepts.
- Planned walking field trip to see how the Snowbird Resort manages water at its site
- Closing Plenary Session: IWRM: Quo Vadis? A discussion of what we’ve learned about IWRM and where we need to take IWRM
- Special guest appearance by The Emperor of IWRM!
The symposium on Collaborative Modeling for Decision Support is unlike anything we’ve ever done at an AWRA conference. It has generated quite a lot of interest. I think we will see more such ventures at future conferences.
You know that AWRA conferences always provide ample opportunities for networking and interaction in a congenial atmosphere and the 2011 Summer Specialty Conference will be no exception. We will employ our highly successful “Ask Me About” program which invites attendees to discuss topics of mutual interest with other attendees.
I look forward to meeting each of you in Utah this June as we continue AWRA’s august tradition of fostering “Community, Conversation and Connections” between and among professionals working in the nascent field of Integrated Water Resources Management. If you attend only one IWRM conference, this is THE one to attend! Be forewarned: if you do not attend, The Emperor of IWRM will find you. And he will be unhappy. AWRA and I cannot assume responsibility for his actions!
El Fin
That’s it for this issue. I expect to be heading to the AWRA Florida Section’s meeting in Key West at the end of July. Quite a contrast to my trip to Chena Hot Springs, Alaska, for the wonderful meeting of AWRA’s Alaska State Section in early April. I’ll leave you with this gem, courtesy of Sam Luoma (retired USGS):
The biggest problem in the environment is people’s quest to find the biggest problem in the environment. — Jared Diamond
May
6
TGIF-Tweets Galore! It’s Friday, 6 May 2011
May 6, 2011 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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WaterWired’s Tweets for the past week.
Economics
RT @aguanomics Full cost pricing, the poor, or both? http://is.gd/zxFdfw
How about a rap video with Zetland (@aguanomics) vs. Barlow or Hauter? http://is.gd/UvmvDV
The Great Water Debate: David Zetland (@Aguanomics) vs. Wenonah Hauter (F&W Watch) (mp3) http://is.gd/1o7aHF
Via @MGHydro RT @columbiawater: The Next Big Thing In Industry: Water Profiteering http://bit.ly/mkZAG2
@Aguanomics asks, ‘Solar subsidies to farmers?’ http://is.gd/awJ09Y
Miscellaneous
NYT: Corvallis, OR: most risk-free city in USA? 3 words: Cascadia subduction zone (but infrequent quakes) http://is.gd/RMG4h1
Tnx for RTs! @PortlandPHLUSH @phixod @RDRWA @MTHellfire @beyondEinstein @heywho @kaskadia @KavehMadani @about_water @MGhydro @columbiawater
Mark Boslough: Physics trumps right-wing ideology. http://is.gd/49KisY more: http://is.gd/ajbvsA
MT @MGhydro Friends & colleagues,collected tweets for 30 April thru 2 May now posted on Hydro-Logic blog at http://bit.ly/jfGGWc #in ro
RT @MGhydro Catching up on Hydro-Logic blog from past couple weeks, collected tweets for 27-29 April now posted: http://bit.ly/mgmnCt
People
Pony Express just reached OR: Carol Wehle resigns as ED of South FL WMD. http://is.gd/B0fdV0
Shout-Out to One Gerry and Two Lindas http://bit.ly/jrNLpo
Another Shout-Out: Celebrating Ken Reid’s Thirty Years at AWRA http://bit.ly/iBPDUR
Policy, Planning, and Management
A National Water Vision? AWRA’s Position http://bit.ly/ix53TL
Special IMPACT Issue: IWRM – The Emperor’s New Clothes or Indispensable Process? http://bit.ly/kDS9wV
@MGhydro tells us ‘What’s the matter with Arizona?’ http://is.gd/CqTsIa and http://is.gd/GEYTx6
SacBee: NAS study blasts Bay-Delta plan. http://bit.ly/kxGtC5
NAS Panel Review of Draft Bay-Delta Conservation Plan Now Available http://bit.ly/kCS7Bv
Readings
CSU-San Bernardino will house UCB Water Resources Center Archives. http://is.gd/KRdslQ
Journal of Water Resource and Protection (JWARP), V. 3, No. 4 – April 2011 http://bit.ly/keyEMW
RT@WaterUtilities Daily is out! http://bit.ly/hoTRez
Top stories today via @medindoagua @desal_response @waterwired @groundwaterfdn
WaSH and Hydrophilanthropy
Video: David Damberger of EWB-Canada on ‘Learning from Failure’ http://bit.ly/jI3g0h
WHO document on safe DW from desalination. http://is.gd/AofKxB
Celebrate Drinking Water Week, 1 – 7 May 2011 http://bit.ly/mwtJFo
The Road to Help…Is Paved with Good Intentions http://bit.ly/kgSiGi
Proof Point: New e-pub from Water For People. http://is.gd/9gSOPK
Water Quantity and Water Data
RT @kaskadia @highcountrynews: #Ogallala Aquifer could be pumped dry in only 25 to 30 years http://bit.ly/kbydHu
Via @americanrivers Colorado: proposed water deal could end decades of fighting http://ow.ly/4JFuE
Free Webinar from MT Water Ctr: Water Data and Modeling, 4 May, 10-11:30 AM, Mountain time (USA). http://is.gd/6IoJKc
RT @MGhydro Before+after Landsat TM images of Birds Point levee/floodway and surroundings from @NASA_EO http://1.usa.gov/iNiM3G
World Water
Paper: The new state of South Sudan and hydro-politics of the Nile Basin. http://is.gd/sjKE9X
Via @NatGeoSociety Record cave dive in New Zealand. http://is.gd/aiMjHu
“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.” — Gertrude Stein
May
3
A National Water Vision? AWRA’s Position
May 3, 2011 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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AWRA Technical Director Dick Engberg gave this presentation at the Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable meeting at American University last week.
You can read AWRA’s policy statements here. Read about AWRA’s four previous National Water Policy Dialogues.
Note slide #9: What a national water vision isn’t - a law or policy.
Today’s quotes are courtesy of Racquel Rancier. View her PDF of a Power Point on a
national water policy; it’s very enlightening.
“Water policy defines the ‘rules of the game,’ guiding water resources development, allocation, and protection.” – Dunning, C.M. & Galloway, G.E. (2006). The second national water policy dialogue: Muddling through to better water policy. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education 134, 46-50.
“When coordination of federal activity has occurred, it has been driven largely by pending crises, such as potential threatened or endangered species listings.” — Cody, B. A., & Carter, N. T. (2009). 35 years of water policy The 1973 National Water Commission and present challenges. CRS report for Congress, R40573. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, p. 10.
May
1
Celebrating Ken Reid’s Thirty Years at AWRA
May 1, 2011 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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Thirty years ago today, a young man entered the University of Minnesota’s St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory (now minus ‘hydraulic’) to assume his new position as the director of the American Water Resources Association, a relatively young (17 years) professional organization whose stock-in-trade was the multidisciplinary approach to water resources.
That man is now 30 years older, doing the same job, and he’s still going strong – Kenneth D. ‘Ken’ Reid, now Executive Vice President of AWRA. He’s moved from Minnesota to Middleburg, VA, in the heart of horse country. That’s his home region – the DC metro area, where he grew up and graduated from George Mason University.
He could have left years ago. He;s won awards and colleagues’ respect and admiration. Professional colleagues have wondered why he was still with a relatively small professional society that espouses all aspects of water (viewed by some as being ‘unfocused’). You could make more money, have a bigger staff, and more impact, they said. But Ken loves AWRA, its mission, its staff, and its members. He embodies our motto: Community, Conversation, Connections. And the relatively small size of AWRA enables it to be nimble, something he relishes.
Ken values people and relationships, and firmly believes that the society is the ‘property’ of its members. What a concept! That’s what has kept me in; you can do things in AWRA that you can’t do in other societies. And he actually encourages that!
Under Ken’s leadership, AWRA has become the leader And he actually encourages that! among professional societies in promoting a holistic view of water resources and has served to bring others together to discuss and debate such important issues as a national water resources policy. Through his position on the World Water Council, Ken has propelled AWRA onto the world stage where our reputation has soared. We now have more international members than the entire membersahip of the IWRA.
Ken has assembled a great staff: Mike Kowalski, Pat Reid (his wonderful spouse), Terry Meyer (whom we’ll sadly lose on 19 May), Dick Engberg, Jacque Towner, Susan Scalia, Charlene Young, and Gary Whitton. They are all amazing and hard-working.
Ken is the main reason that AWRA ‘punches above its weight’ (pardon the boxing analogy). Way above its weight!
Okay, enough already. You get the picture. The man is a treasure and I am honored to work with him.
Congratulations, Ken; a job well done!
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Apr
29
TGIF-Tweets Galore! It’s Friday, 29 April 2011
April 29, 2011 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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Here are my Tweets for the past week.
Megadroughts, higher temps in New Mexico’s water future?http://is.gd/7BBFVW
USBR report: Climate change to sap Utah water supply. http://is.gd/0EzW5R
Columbia River Basin dam managers to adapt to warmer weather. http://is.gd/yU3NQB
RT @markgrossi NY Times on the fed 21st century water forecast http://ht.ly/4Hyxg #cawater
Presentation at Baltimore AWRA Conference: Oregon’s Water Future http://bit.ly/iijnZu
USBR report: CC and Western water. http://is.gd/rSNvqv More info: http://is.gd/VP1ZEV
Conflict
How to stop the water wars of 2050. http://is.gd/iBrZ2A
Lester Brown: This will be the Arab world’s next battle. http://bit.ly/eJsk3Y
People
WaterWonks Enjoy a Day at the Races http://bit.ly/dUUHT6
Civil Engineering Power List includes 3 WaterWonks: Gerry Galloway,Linda Abriola,Linda Bridwell http://is.gd/SuoqqE
@MGhydro Hi, Matthew. You have to be an CE to be on the list. How are you doing down there?
@joshlarson I recently had a prospective grad student ask me “How much longer are you going to be around?” She didn’t apply
An Easter Morning Gift from IAD TSA Supervisor Michael Williams http://bit.ly/exvL5r
Gov. Rick Perry’s Precipitation Prayer Proclamation http://bit.ly/eI5oac
Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) issues proclamation to pray for rain in Texas. http://bit.ly/fPxwCl
Management
From UNDP & SIWI: Training Manual on Water Integrity. http://is.gd/OWsdnD
Ecosystems
Bay-Delta Items from the Metropolitan Water District and the NRC http://bit.ly/mHPAQc
NAS Panel’s review of BDCP expected to be released on 5 May
Via @matt_weiser @noaaswrfish @JeffBarnardAP Court finds CA protections for Klamath Basin #salmon inadequate http://is.gd/XX7C12
Energy and Water
Water Consumption Impacts of Renewable Energy Technologies: The Case of CSP http://bit.ly/hD1IvR
Events
Via @nwksgmd4 GW Fdn-1st call: 2011 National Conference, Omaha, NE Oct. 4-6, 2011. Focus: Groundwater Protection. http://bit.ly/mtnfou
Second OU WaTER Conference, 24-25 October 2011: Abstracts Due 15 June http://bit.ly/hiaTsp
25 April 2011: World Malaria Day http://is.gd/bgwnBF
Going to NGWA GW Summit in Baltimore next week? Here’s a bike tour for you. http://is.gd/Aq9PWY
G. Tracy Mehan on Earth Day 2011, Tree-Hugger Edition http://bit.ly/f9b58H
RT @craigtimes Top 5 dumbest greenwashed ‘Earth Day’ gimmicks http://bit.ly/fKYIWB
Presentations from AWRA Baltimore CC meeting (uploads ongoing) http://is.gd/FbJEDM
Extremes – Droughts, etc.
RT @highcountrynews ‘Extreme Drought’ Torches Texas and May Torture South Until Midsummer http://nyti.ms/hyC3GX
Jobs
Via @MGhydro @CanadianWater: Position at UNU-INWEH for Project Assistant in the Freshwater Ecosystem Programme http://bit.ly/hxYoit
WaSH
Via @ewb Video: David Damberger on learning from failure and exploring if ‘aid has failed’. http://is.gd/aMkb1d
Via @vossfoundation @Water_Decade: UN rolls out innovative #water carriers to help residents of arid #Darfur region http://bit.ly/mjO1Cm
UNECE-WHO Workshop: Equitable Access to Water & Sanitation,Geneva, 4-5 July 2011. http://is.gd/BnGJDw
It’s In Your Hands – video featuring low-tech handwashing device. http://bit.ly/hUo1yX
Water Quality
Via @WhoDat35 Congressional probe finds 29 human carcinogens in hydrofracking fluids. http://t.co/ULEp1K7 #Louisiana #fracking
UN scrutiny of CA farm town’s water divides residents. http://is.gd/xiEh13
Via @highcountrynews @OutdoorCouncil: Former WY gas exec urges AR to suspend hydraulic fracturing. http://bit.ly/dQPwwn
Western USA Water
RT @jfleck Is it about the alfalfa? Thinking Like a River Basin. http://bit.ly/gCGAeJ
ABQ Journal Op-Ed: Westerners in Same Boat on Water Future. http://is.gd/KsQ7lY
Water Quantity
MIT: Development In Fog Harvesting Process. http://is.gd/Wft8k1
“A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.” — David Brink
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