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Favorite Blogs

  • Aguanomics
    The economics of water (and some other stuff), courtesy of economist David Zetland.
  • Alltop Water
    An aggregation of the top water blogs and their five most recent posts - all in one place!
  • Aquafornia
    The California water news blog by the Water Education Foundation.
  • Authentically Wired
    Water and a lot more from Paul F. Miller.
  • AWRA
    The water resources blog of the American Water Resources Association.
  • Blue Marble Earth
    A wandering, articulate Earth scientist just a few years from Vanderbilt University, Courtney van Stolk explores the 'whys' of this fantastic planet.
  • Building Bridges
    Anna Warwick Sears, Executive Director of the Okanagan Basin Water Board in British Columbia, provides an insider's view of water management.
  • California Water Blog
    A biologist, economist, engineer and geologist walk onto a bar…From the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC-Davis.
  • Campanastan
    That's 'Campana-stan', or 'Place of Campana', formerly 'Aquablog'. Michael Campana's personal blog, promulgating his Weltanschauung.
  • Chance of Rain
    Journalist Emily Green's take on water issues.
  • Chronicles of the Hydraulic Brotherhood
    The personal blog of Lloyd G. Carter, former UPI and Fresno Bee reporter, attorney, and California water observer for many years.
  • ClimateChangeWaterBlog
    Global travels in freshwater climate adaptation from John H. Matthews.
  • Cool Green Science
    The conservation blog of The Nature Conservancy. More than a dozen science and policy experts blogging away!
  • Dr. Anne Jefferson's Watershed Hydrology Lab
    Anne blogs from Kent State University on a variety of earth science topics.
  • Ecocentric
    A blog about food, water and energy.
  • Great Lakes Law
    Noah Hall's blog about - what else - all things wet and legal in the Great Lakes region!
  • GrokSurf
    George J. Janczyn opines on water, environment, technology, law and politics in the San Diego area.
  • Hydro-Logic
    Matthew Garcia reports on hydrology and water resources in the news and science media.
  • International Water Law Project
    Gabriel Eckstein, Director of the IWLP at Texas Tech University, comments on international and transboundary water law and policy.
  • JAWRA
    From Parker J. (Jim) Wigington, the editor of the Journal of the American Water Resources Association.
  • John Fleck
    Former science writer at the Albuquerque Journal. Great stuff on climate, water, and more.
  • Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy
    From the UC-Berkeley and UCLA law schools, it highlights the latest legal and policy initiatives and examines their implications.
  • Living in Actively Moving Water
    Chris Corbin blogs about water rights and water markets.
  • Maven's Notebook
    A water, science, and environmental policy blog by Chris Austin, aka 'Maven'. Focus is on California.
  • On The Public Record
    A 'low level civil servant who reads a lot of government reports writes about California water and related topics.
  • Random Groundwater Notes
    From Thomas Harter at UC-Davis:"Grundwasser" [groondvusr], German, n. groundwater, water below the surface of the earth
  • Wettit - the water reddit
    Water blog with tons of news items, other blogs, etc.
  • Riparian Rap
    Steve Gough on river geomorphology and the business, politics, and science of river ecosystem conservation.
  • Significant Figures by Peter Gleick
    Peter Gleick, WaterWonk extraordinaire, tells it like it is and should be with respect to water.
  • Texas Agriculture Law Blog
    Don't let the name fool you - there are lots of water issues in agriculture and Tiffany Dowell of Texas A&M University does a fabulous job with this important Internet resource. Give it a read - I do every day!
  • The Water Blog
    From the Portland, OR, Water Bureau.
  • The Way of Water
    Oregon State University Geography PhD Student, Jennifer Veilleux, records her fieldwork, research, and thoughts about transboundary water resources development in the Nile River and Mekong River basins. Particular attention is given to Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Laos' Xayaburi Dam projects.
  • Thirsty in Suburbia
    Gayle Leonard documents things from the world of water that make us smile: particularly funny, amusing and weird items on bottled water, water towers, water marketing, recycling, the art-water nexus and working.
  • This Day in Water History
    Michael J. 'Mike' McGuire, engineer extraordinaire, NAE member, and author of 'The Chlorine Revolution', blogs about historical happenings in the fields of drinking water and wastewater keyed to calendar dates.
  • WaSH Resources
    New publications, web sites and multi-media on water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH).
  • Waste, Water, Whatever
    Elizabeth Royte's ('Bottlemania', 'Garbage Land') notes on waste, water, whatever.
  • Water 50/50
    From Jay Famiglietti at UC-Irvine. Fifty lectures in fifty weeks: The 2012 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lectureship. A global lecture tour delivering the message about our changing water cycle, groundwater depletion, and the future of freshwater availability.
  • Water Matters
    News from the Columbia University Water Center.
  • Water SISWEB
    From UC-Davis water students. More than just a blog, it's a water resources community social bookmarking site. The users run the show, and all can participate.
  • Watercrunch
    The sound when people and water collide. A curious blend of water, infrastructure, history, and science. Broadcasting from Clemson, SC.
  • WaterCulture
    David Groenfeldt adds value to water policies.
  • Watershed Moments: Thoughts from the Hydrosphere
    From Sarah Boon - rediscovering her writing and editing roots after 13 years, primarily as an environmental scientist. Her writing centres around creative non-fiction, specifically memoir and nature writing. The landscapes of western Canada are her main inspiration.
  • WaterWired
    All things fresh water: news, comment, and analysis from hydrogeologist Michael E. Campana, Professor at Oregon State University.
  • Western Water Blog
    The 'mystery blog' about Western USA water issues. What more can I say?
  • xAnalytical
    Doug Walker's xAnalytical blog:Turning Data and Information into Knowledge

Monday, 25 March 2019

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 25 March 2019

Elaine reports that the Colorado River Basin states have reached an agreement on a drought plan. Rumor has it that Arizona was one of the last ones to approve it. Below is a picture (courtesy of Tony Willardson) of the seven basin state reps with USBR Commissioner Brenda Burman. I believe the Arizona rep is the one wuith his ar in a sling. I guess some serious arm-twisting transpired!

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 25 March 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Offshore drilling – drillship & semi-sub fundamentals

Diving support vessel Seven Atlantic undergoes engine overhaul

In Memoriam:  Dimitri Komatitsch (1970-2019) – computational seismology

Geophysical techniques documents “missing” fault along North American northwest margin

Oceanic plates are more likely to become hydrated as spreading rate decreases

A prioriinformation & geostatistical approach to new global crustal model

Pacific Plate magnetic anomalies suggest new locations of paleomagnetic poles

The Laschamps excursion – a geomagnetic pole reversal – what’s in a name?

Paper: slab morphology & deformation in the Izu-Bonin subduction zone

Paper:  Synchronization of terrestrial, marine, and ice-core records in NADW & AMOC

Melting glaciers exposing dead bodies of explorers who perished on Mount Everest

Massive magma movement beneath the sea floor may have caused 2018 massive Earth shake

Book Review:  The Dinosaur Artist:  Obsession, Betrayal & the Quest for Earth’s Ultimate Trophy”

Fluid viscosity affects earthquake intensity

New model of formation of southern & central Rocky Mountains during Laramide Orogeny

Underwater surveys reveal nature & activity of faults in Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe Basin

Tribute to Luna Leopold

More “global warming” alarmism:  “projected to rise by 2.7 to 7.2 degrees” – especially since global average temp has increased by about 1.4 degrees since 1880

California claims to be “drought free” first time in 7 years – but groundwater not replenished

Lake in Death Valley was truly ephemeral

World Water Day marked by citizen scientists collecting data on intermittent rivers in SW US

Oso Landslide in Washington State – 5 year retrospective

$983M proposed budge for FY20 for USGS

An abundance of 500,000 year old fossils found in China – Cambrian explosion

Notable women in the Geosciences

High-resolution mobile electromagnetic (TDEM) survey in Beauce Gold Fields in Quebec, Canada

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 25 March 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Additional cases of virulent Newcastle Disease & new case in northern California – flocks euthanized

1M pounds of pork smuggled from China to New Jersey seized amid African swine fever outbreak

Testing 12,917 square foot solar panel array in Chile floating on tailings pond containing mining waste

Flood waters in the Mississippi River Basin – breeched levees, damaged infrastructure & at least 3 deaths

NYC violated Safe Drinking Water Act, to undertake $3B in improvements to reservoir under consent order

Cyclone Idai hits Mozambique with strong winds & caused extensive flooding – death toll rises

Severe decline in population of bighorn sheep in southern California desert – die-off of 2/3 of population

Ironic:  San Francisco wants to ban e-cigarette labs & sales to minors – but provides sanctuary to illegals

EPA Administrator correct in recognizing unsafe drinking water is greater threat than “climate change” & notes “Green New Deal” does not value reliable electric grid

7 states finally reach agreement on Drought Contingency Plan for Colorado River

5-year, $524M project begins on 10,500-acre storage reservoir along Caloosahatchee River in Florida

USGS SW Region Workshop focused on Drought Science

Retirees leaving Florida in advance of FEMA adopting risk-based pricing in 202 for flood insurance

Golfers not phased (but should be) by massive nearby petro-chemical fire – health impacts

Another study links drinking piping hot tea with increased risk of esophageal cancer

2ndphase of trial begins on liability & potential damages for Roundup® (glyphosate) caused cancer

Bottled water is an expensive scam

Missouri regulators reverse decision & approve proposed Grain Belt Express transmission line

Viewing wastewater as a source of nutrients, energy &precious metals

CRS Report:  Federal Lands & Related Resources”

Perspective:  “It’s time to talk about ditching statistical significance” – making science better

Paper:  descriptive epidemiology of severe injury & mortality impacts of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay EQ

Examining the psychology behind humans risking their lives for a selfie disconnected from Nature

Major milestone in Whooping Crane recovery

Mercury concentrations highest in side canyons in lower Lake Powell reservoir - bioaccumulation

The recent evolution of the African Rift valley between Ethiopia & Kenya

California wants to bypass environmental regulations to prepare for the coming wildfire season

Grand Canyon ecosystem communities on the North Rim Trail

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 25 March 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Proposed LNG plant on Brownsville Ship Channel gets environmental approval but concerns raised for endangered ocelot, jaguarundi and aplomado falcon

• https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Feds-give-Texas-LNG-green-light-inenvironmental-13692551.php

• https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/natural-gas/031519-fercclears-final-eis-for-texas-lng-project-flags-cumulative-impacts

• https://www.rigzone.com/news/texas_lng_project_clears_ferc_hurdle-18-mar-2019-158400-article/

• FERC FEIS: https://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/enviro/eis/2019/03-15-19-FEIS.asp

If one believes all the IPCC (and other) hype about global warming, then could impact coastal tourism

• https://www.greenbiz.com/article/coastal-tourism-danger-going-underwater

Perspective: Saving coastal communities Louisiana style

• https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/434785-a-lesson-from-louisiana-savingcoastal-communities

VIMS updating Chesapeake Bay coastal inventory

• https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2019/vims-updates-chesapeake-bay-coastal-inventory.php

Support for terminal groins erodes in North Carolina

• https://www.coastalreview.org/2019/03/analysis-support-for-terminal-groins-erodes/

Coastal mountain lions headed for extinction in Southern California – habitat fragmentation

• https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2019/southern-california-mountainlions-03-20-2019.php

Final weld to connect near-shore and offshore pipeline in Turkey in the Black Sea

• https://www.worldpipelines.com/project-news/20032019/above-water-tie-in-for-turkstreamcompleted/

Young male Cuvier’s Beaked Whale washed up near shore in Philippines – ate 88 pounds of plastic

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2019/03/18/how-we-could-have-prevented-this-deadwhale-that-ate-88-pounds-of-plastic-bags/#796214193210

EU Horizons wave energy project completes advanced custom interaction WEC model

• https://www.waterpowermagazine.com/news/newsmilestone-for-eu-wave-energy-project-7051474

European fish farms attempting to reduce notorious aquaculture pollution impacts (video)

• https://www.euronews.com/2019/03/15/how-fish-farming-is-reducing-its-impact-on-theenvironment

Final Restoration Plan 1 approved for water quality & park amenities in Florida

• http://www.northescambia.com/2019/03/escambia-to-receive-16-million-in-bay-restorationfunds

Oregon House votes to prohibit drilling & exploration in state marine waters

• https://www.kdrv.com/content/news/Oregon-bans-offshore-drilling-507398331.html

Estuary sediments and hypoxia in coastal waters

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/when-the-river-meets-the-sea-estuary-sediments-andhypoxia

Microbes & organic matter raise toxic methylmercury production in Great Lakes estuary

• https://www.newswise.com/doescience/?article_id=708628&returnurl=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV3c3dpc2UuY29tL2FydGljbGVzL2xpc3Q=

• Paper: https://peerj.com/articles/4575/

Visitors & residents of Knysna, South Africa, cautioned over high levels of E. coli in estuary

• https://ewn.co.za/2019/03/13/knysna-residents-visitors-cautioned-over-high-levels-of-e-coliin-estuary

Impacts of hydroelectric dams on estuaries of tropical rivers

• Paper: http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/3/eaau9875.full

Carnival Cruise Lines begins work on $163M Port Canaveral – its largest terminal project

• https://www.wesh.com/article/new-cruise-terminal-under-construction-at-portcanaveral/26862054

• https://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Work-on-Carnival-Port-Canaveral-terminalunderway

M7.9 EQ off-shore Alaska in January 2018 prompted tsunami alert in Port Alberni – lessons to be learned

• https://theprovince.com/news/local-news/real-life-tsunami-threat-in-port-alberni-offersevacuation-lessons/wcm/de062606-daeb-443e-95ea-f4d11e9373bc

"Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again." - Goethe (thanks to Tony Willardson)

Posted on Monday, 25 March 2019 at 07:28 PM in Blogs, Twitters, WWW sites, e-Newsletters, & Lists, Elaine Hanford's Bulletin Boards, Readings, Journals, Videos, Films & Visuals | | Comments (0)

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Sunday, 24 March 2019

Paper: 'Crisis on the High Plains - The Loss of America’s Largest Aquifer – the Ogallala'

Hp_wlcpd15goIt's appropriate to post an article about the Ogallala (aka High Plains) aquifer today. I am in Omaha about to start an AWRA conference (Setting Conditions for the Success of Integrated Water Resources Management) in Nebraska, where the Ogallala is sacred ground to many. It underlies more of Nebraska than any other state and pumps a huge amount of groundwater.

This paper is by Jeremy Frankel from the University of Denver Law School Water Law Review in May 2018: Crisis on the High Plains: The Loss of America’s Largest Aquifer–The Ogallala. You can also find the paper in this issue (Volume 33, Issue 3) of the Renewable Resources Journal.

Introduction
The grain-growing region in the High Plains of America—known as America’s breadbasket—relies entirely on the Ogallala Aquifer. But long term unsustainable use of the aquifer is forcing states in the region to face the prospect of a regional economic disaster. As the High Plains states reach the verge of a major crisis, the states have taken different approaches to conservation with varying results.

The Ogallala Aquifer supports an astounding one-sixth of the world’s grain produce, and it has long been an essential component of American agriculture. The High Plains region—where the aquifer lies—relies on the aquifer for residential and industrial uses, but the aquifer’s water is used primarily for agricultural irrigation. The agricultural demands for Ogallala water in the region are immense, with the aquifer ultimately being responsible for thirty percent of all irrigation in the United States. The Ogallala Aquifer has long been unable to keep up with these agricultural demands, as the aquifer recharges far slower than water is withdrawn.

Aside from the obvious agricultural ramifications from the Ogallala’s depletion, recent studies have shown that groundwater depletion also has a severe effect on freshwater ecosystems in the region. Each state has had to confront the issue in their own way, but the depletion of the aquifer has become severe enough to warrant the attention of the federal government as well. At the state level, the focus has been on maintaining an orderly depletion of the aquifer rather than developing a plan for sustainable use. However, some states have achieved some level of success in slowing down the aquifer’s depletion. Kansas, for example, has recently achieved mild success by adopting a program that put conservation in the hands of the State’s farmers. On the other hand, Nebraska has seen more success than Kansas by being tougher on farmers and exercising its enforcement powers. The federal government has also set up financial and technical assistance for farmers who commit to conservation and is funding large-scale pipeline projects to bring in water to the more desperate areas of the High Plains.

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Cutting to the chase...

Conclusion
The Governor of Kansas, after seeing the success of the one and only LEMA group in the state, has recently declared that Kansas has been producing real results towards water conservation and that Kansas’s status as a breadbasket for the nation has been secured. However, it is important to remember to contextualize this success; it is only one group in an area less than one hundred square miles, meaning that the Ogallala is far from saved. And while there is value in allowing farmers to voluntarily take the reins in conserving the Ogallala, it is clear that they are not jumping at the opportunity to do so. The farmers themselves have commented that it is going to take a whole change of culture in the region to see the results that the Kansas legislature envisioned from the LEMA program—an uphill battle that certainly will not happen overnight. Nebraska is at least seeing some more substantial results from their hardline policies, which may be the direction the High Plains states need to take to avoid a major crisis. While the Ogallala may not be able to be completely saved at this point, it is certainly worth preserving for as long as possible, and states should not hold back in using their enforcement powers to do so.

Thanks to Tim Smith for briging this article to my attention. I'll be hearing about this over the next few days.

Enjoy!

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Posted on Sunday, 24 March 2019 at 10:29 AM in Extremes: Droughts, Floods, etc., Groundwater and Hydrogeology, Readings, Journals, Videos, Films & Visuals, Water Quantity & Availability | | Comments (0)

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Saturday, 23 March 2019

AWWA and Ernst & Young Report on Public-Private Partnerships: 'To P3 or not to P3'

G. Tracy Mehan III, Executive Director of Government Affairs for AWWA, sent me this press release. Awwa

New report shares water-sector views on public-private partnerships

(DENVER) – The American Water Works Association (AWWA) and Ernst and Young Infrastructure Advisors, LLC (EYIA) today released a new report about the use of public-private partnerships as an alternative delivery model for the continued safe and uninterrupted supply of water and wastewater services.
 
The report, “To P3 or not to P3,” is a water-sector view about the perceived relevance and outlook of public-private partnerships (P3s) in the municipal water and wastewater sector. The report presents results and insights from a joint AWWA/EYIA study of P3s as an alternative delivery model to address infrastructure repair and replacement costs, affordability concerns, environmental regulation and demographic changes, and long-term risk and resilience in response to extreme weather events and climate trends.

The survey defined a traditional delivery method for developing and constructing an asset as one in which the risks are maintained by the public sector. A P3, in contrast, is a performance-based contract that allocates risks to the party best suited to manage them. It links public-sector payments to contractual performance obligations of the private-sector partner.

EYIA, an EY member organization, conducted a 2018 survey of AWWA’s municipal water and wastewater system members in the U.S. and Canada to determine their understanding of and interest in P3s. Participants responded to questions about perceived benefits and barriers of P3s, views of private financing, and types of projects most suitable for P3 delivery. 

“Survey results show that municipal utilities are well-informed about options for water infrastructure delivery, and they understand the concept of public-private partnerships,” said Tracy Mehan, AWWA’s executive director of government affairs. “They view P3s as a strategy to bring additional resources, skills and project delivery experience to specific subjects, rather than replacing existing services.”

Stephen Auton-Smith, EYIA managing director, said that although P3s currently are not widely used in the water sector, they provide potential advantages for municipal utilities in certain circumstances.

“A P3 delivery model is more likely to be used in infrastructure areas where municipal utilities do not have the capacity or experience to deliver and maintain assets using their existing staff and resources under traditional methods. As the water sector increasingly invests in advanced wastewater treatment, energy recovery, potable water reuse, desalination and other complex infrastructure, P3s will have a key role to play in advancing a number of these critical projects,” Auton-Smith said.

Download P3Report

Love the title!

Enjoy!

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Posted on Saturday, 23 March 2019 at 03:27 PM in Readings, Journals, Videos, Films & Visuals, Wastewater, Stormwater & Infrastructure | | Comments (0)

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Friday, 22 March 2019

TGIWWD! Weekly Water News Summary 16 - 22 March 2019

TGIWWD = Tweets Galore It's World Water Day!

Yes, today is World Water Day. Every day should be WWD but I understand why we need just one. But if we forget about water for the other 364 days, then we do not make any progress. Here's another take on World Water Day - what are you going to do the Day After World Water Day? Don't leave anyone behind, that's what you should do.

WWD

I am now in Nebraska, which has been hammered by flooding. In downtown Omaha it is pretty dry. Here is a photo I snapped just a few minutes before we landed at the Omaha airport, coming in from the south. Barely discernible in this photo (center) is a runway at Offutt Air Force Base plunging into the Missouri River. Iowa is in the background.

Offutt
Keep those Midwesterners in your thoughts and the folks over in Africa and elsewhere who have been hammered by floods.

Enjoy WWD!

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Top Thirty (More or Less)
From : Youth Call for Action with Climate Strikes

Books, Films, and Reviews
Free! 'Groundwater - Out of Sight, Out of Mind?' Free 17-page booklet

From The wild side of discovery, a history of information warfare, and the immune system uncovered: Books in brief - best science books of the week.

Bottled Water, Beer, Drinking Water/TapWater, and Flint Water Crisis

Bullshit and Crap Detection
From : White House Panel Will Study Whether Climate Change Is a National Security Threat. It Includes a Climate Denialist.

California
From Plan eNews 20 March 2019: Block Grants~ Data Portal~Tucson Conference~May Event~Water Sustainability~Floodplain Conference.

From : IT'S OFFICIAL - the drought is over. But has anything changed? Winter showers, bring spring flowers and FUEL. for summer fire

Canada
From : Mayors, Reeves and Chiefs agree that status quo is not enough and forge a path forward to address water quality issues.  (thanks )

In As other cities reconsider fluoride bans, RMWB has no plans to resume fluoridation (tnx )

Via Registration NOW OPEN for Columbia Basin Transboundary Conference: One River, One Future. 12 -14 September in Kimberley, B.C.

From : Guaranteed supply of clean, safe water puts better future on tap for Enoch Cree Nation (tnx )

Awesome! Congrats to on ! Winner of Water Security Research Excellence Award. (tnx ) cc:

From : 'The Droplet' Newsletter - 18 March 2019: Water Steward | | Mining Cleantech

The Newsletter - 22 March 2019. Weeding out invasive plant species once and floral; To fingerprint or not to fingerprint? That is the question; A surprising number of animals eat their own poop. Plud cartoon!

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
From : Youth Call for Action with Climate Strikes

From : Precipitation totals since 1 Oct across lower-48 are wildly high with ~ a third of the land w/wettest "cool" season to date since at least 1979 - only 4% of land in the bottom tercile.Maps like these updated daily

Conferences,Webinars, Workshops and Calls for Abstracts/Paper
Joint conference: and Chinese Academy of Sciences: 'Water Security: New Technologies, Strategies, Policies and Institutions', Beijing, 16-18 September 2019. Abstracts still accepted. .

The 2019 Summer Conference Call for Abstracts is Out due 10 March! 'Improving Water Infrastructure through Resilient Adaptation' 16-19 June, Casino Resort, Sparks, NV   

Conflict, Cooperation, and Security

Disasters: Droughts, Floods, Wildfires and More
From Friday Notes 22 March 2019. Weather and Agriculture: National and International Floods Affect Thousands; More!

Daily Water Newsletters
California Water Daily
The Daily 22 Mar 2019 News, Information, Jobs & More!

The Daily 21 Mar 2019 News, Information, Jobs & More!

Florida Water Daily
The Daily 22 March 2019. News,Info, Jobs,RFPs & More!

The Daily 21 March 2019. News,Info, Jobs,RFPs & More!

Northeast Water Daily
The Daily 22 March 2019

The Daily 21 March 2019

Pacific Northwest Water Daily
The Daily 22 March 2019 News,Info,Jobs

The Daily 21 March 2019 News,Info,Jobs

Texas Water Daily
The Daily 22 March 2019. TX News, Info, Jobs & More

The Daily 21 March 2019. TX News, Info, Jobs & More

Education, Events, and Opportunities
From : Youth Call for Action with Climate Strikes

From This Day in Water History 21 March 2019. 1912: Philadelphia Filters Overtaxed

From This Day in Water History 20 March 2019 1847: Ignaz Semmelweis Takes on Childbirth Fever

From This Day in Water History 19 March 2019 1842: Birth of Thomas M. Drown

From This Day in Water History 18 March 2019. 1915: Chlorination at Bubbly Creek Filtration Plant

From This Day in Water History 17 March. 1909: Chlorination at Poughkeepsie, NY

From This Day in Water History 16 March. 1802: Established; 1804: Birth of Chester Averill

Students! wants to award you a scholarship! Deadline 29 April 2019!


E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers
From Nature Briefing 22 March 2019. Today we discover a technique that could help boys who undergo fertility-destroying medical treatments, spot a new difference between matter and antimatter and learn six time-management tips for scientists.

From : Nature Briefing, 21 March 2019. Today we discover what the European Union’s biggest research programme ever will look like, learn new female PIs get less money & staff and hear a call to abandon the concept of statistical significance

Great stuff! Interested in Mount Hood & Cascade volcanoes? Check out of new site and blog at RT if inclined & suggestions welcome!

From : Buzz Newsletter 22 March 2019. The Latest Earth and Space Science News!

From : 'The Droplet' Newsletter - 18 March 2019: Water Steward | | Mining Cleantech

The Newsletter - 22 March 2019. Weeding out invasive plant species once and floral; To fingerprint or not to fingerprint? That is the question; A surprising number of animals eat their own poop. Plud cartoon!

Ethics, Gender, Indigenous People, Rights
In : Gila River Indian Community moves ahead with Colorado River drought plan after clash with lawmaker via

From : Guaranteed supply of clean, safe water puts better future on tap for Enoch Cree Nation (tnx )

From : Mayors, Reeves and Chiefs agree that status quo is not enough and forge a path forward to address water quality issues.  (thanks )

Check out on ! -

In : Environmental regulation bills start moving in Florida Legislature after algae troubles via

In : Trump budget falls short on Everglades work and omits planning for a new reservoir via


Groundwater and Hydrogeology

Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy
By in : Permian Oil Boom Uncorks Multibillion-Dollar Water Play

NE Water
From : goes to work cleaning up Gowanus Canal

Personal, People, Interviews, and Quotes
Check out & ,a collaborative partnership dedicated to transforming relationships with the world’s water. We build & strengthen healthy relationships & outcomes through scientific mediation, capacity building & technical assessments.

PNW Water

In : Oregon bill would ban clear-cuts on private forestland via

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Paper: 'Analysis of Blood Lead Levels of Young Children in Flint, Michigan Before and During the 18-Month Switch to Flint River Water'

Hernán F. Gómez, Dominic A. Borgialli, Mahesh Sharman, Keneil K. Shah, Anthony J. Scolpino, James M. Oleske & John D. Bogden (2019): Analysis of blood lead levels of young children in Flint, Michigan before and during the 18-month switch to Flint River water, Clinical Toxicology, DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2018.1552003

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Abstract

Background: The toxicity of lead, like any xenobiotic, is directly linked to the duration of exposure and toxin concentration in the body. The elevation in blood lead levels (BLLs) in young Flint, Michigan children noted in time-periods before, and during the 18-month exposure to Flint River water (FRW) from 25 April 2014 to 15 October 2015 is well-known internationally. The length of time BLLs were elevated is unknown, yet key in understanding the potential health impact of the event. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether BLLs in Flint children were increased during the entire 18-month FRW exposure compared to similar earlier time periods.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective study analyzing BLLs from Flint children aged 5 years and under. The geometric mean (GM) BLLs and percentages of BLLs ≥5.0 μg/dL in Period I: 25 April 2006 to 15 October 2007 (earliest timeframe available for study) and Period II: 25 April 2012 to 15 October 2013 (timeframe immediately before the water switch), were compared to Period III, 25 April 2014 to 15 October 2015 (FRW exposure).

Results: There were 5663 BLLs available for study. GM ± SE BLLs decreased from 2.19 ± 0.03 μg/dL in Period I to 1.47 ± 0.02 μg/dL in Period II [95% CI, 0.64, 0.79]; p<.001 and decreased further to 1.32 ± 0.02 µg/dL during the FRW Period III [95% CI, 0.79, 0.95]; p<.001. The percentage of BLLs ≥5.0 μg/dL decreased from Period I (10.6%) to Period II (3.3%) [95% CI, 5.7, 8.8]; p<.001 and from Period I to Period III (3.9%) [95% CI, 5.0, 8.2]; p=.002. The 0.6% increase from Period II to Period III was not statistically significant [95% CI, −1.9, 0.57]; p=.30.

Conclusion: Analyses of GM and percentages ≥5.0 μg/dL of BLLs do not support the occurrence of a global increase in BLLs in young children of Flint during the entire 18-month period of FRW exposure.

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Conclusions

The exposure of young children to FRW from 25 April 2014 to 15 October 2015 in Flint coincided with a decrease in BLLs of young children when compared to prior time-periods controlling for time-length studied, months and seasons. Over the three 18-month time-periods studied, GM BLLs decreased 39.7% and the percentage of children with BLLs above the CDC reference value decreased 63.2%; this occurred across all 9 wards in the community. Analyses of GM BLLs and percentages !5.0lg/dL do not support the common perception of an occurrence of a global increase in BLLs occurring during the 18-month FRW change in the young children of Flint. Additionally, national, state and local BLLs have historically been down-trending for years. Although the environmental hazard of the FRW switch was significant, it did not result in globally increased BLLs nor percentages above the CDC reference value during the entire 18-month FRW switch. These findings suggest that public health efforts to reduce BLLs of Flint children have been effective. Nevertheless, public health officials, legislators and clinicians should continue efforts and allocate resources to further decrease environmental lead exposure of all children in the nation.

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Thanks to friend G. Tracy Mehan III for sending this paper my way.

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Posted on Thursday, 21 March 2019 at 12:10 AM in Bottled Water and Tap/Drinking Water, Readings, Journals, Videos, Films & Visuals, WaSH, Water Quality, Health & Ecosystems | | Comments (1)

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