Emily Green is treating us to another morsel of her The Week That Was, 2-8 May 2010. And boy, does she have a lot of stuff to report! Even has one of WaterWired's posts!
She's got stories on the Tennessee floods, the Gulf oil leak, Massachusetts' busted water main.
And check this info on water workers' salaries at the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority:
The water authority has five bosses who earn as much or more than the governor. They also have 170 employees who top $100,000 annually. Top Salary: $163,937, Executive Director Frederick Laskey. — “Dozens of salaries beat Governor Patrick’s,” The Boston Herald, May 6, 2010
So? Governor Patrick doesn't have to crawl through slimy pipes, does he?
And southern Nevada:
Water pay here is demonstrably top heavy. Of the 1,600 employees, 496 of them or nearly 30%, earn $90,000 or more. At the very top, the amounts are considerable. SNWA General Manager Pat Mulroy has the highest base salary of any employee in any public agency, earning a hefty $290,000. — “Public Trust: Water Authority salaries,” I-Team, KLAS TV, Channel 8, Las Vegas, May 5, 2010
$290,000? So what? She's a hero!
There is also a story about the discovery of the first pressurized water system in the Americas at the Palenque, Mexico, Mayan ruins. Sounds like the Mayans did it because 'they could.' Maybe the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority should go take a look at it.
This past April was the 14th warmest on record in the contiguous USA. April 2010 was 2.3 degrees F above the 1901-2000 long-term average.
Nebraska and Kansas are fussing over water. No?
New Jersey has 'tainted' water leaking into a major aquifer. Hope it's not the Lloyd Sand. Lloyd's really nice guy. Tainted water and New Jersey? Rarely hear those terms in the same sentence.
Fish vs. farmers? How about fish vs. fertilizer?
“Yes, there is a drought. Inflows are down. The main reason for this is the fact that we had a judge that said ship all the water down the river and we are the fall guys.” — Oregon fertilizer dealer Bob Gasser, “Klamath farmers will see a fraction of water needs,” AP / Oregonian, 6 May 2010
Gotta go catch a plane to Salt Lake City. Remember, that's the place whose residents cannot spell 'conser...vay...shun...'
Do read her post - it's her usual excellent assortment of goodies.
“No one can say this is holy water. The Jordan River has become holy shit …” — Gidon Bromberg of the Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian environmental NGO Friends of Earth Middle East, "Jordan River ‘to run dry next year,’ "Al Jazeera, 8 May 2010
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