As many of us in the USA prepare to celebrate the Labor Day weekend, let's not forget that some of our fellow citizens are not enjoying the last weekend of the summer but are instead dealing with injury, death, and damage caused by floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters. Outside the USA, people are grappling with famine and a variety of conditions we don't generally experience. I know the USA economy is sputtering, but if you can, reach inside your pocket and support your favorite organization that provides domestic and/or international assistance. There are mnay good organizations; I won't mention any. If you want to check their 'charitable rating' visit a site such as Charity Navigator or GuideStar.
Here is a site where you can volunteer or contribute to help Hurricane Irene victims in Vermont.
Lots of Tweets this past week. Enjoy, and have a great weekend!
And put away those white garments till next summer!
Books and Book Reviews
Just got 'Water Ethics' by P. Brown & J. Schmidt. May adopt for class use; much-needed topic. http://bit.ly/rrG4e5
Just got Gary Chamberlain's 'Troubled Waters: Religion, Ethics & Global Water Crisis' http://amzn.to/pqPM5s
@perrykid Haven't read it yet. Go to WWW site and click on Google Preview. Also see 'Navigating Rough Waters' amzn.to/oFNIsI
MT @PeterGleick "New" so-called #climatechange book from #heartlandinstitute once again proves Earth's flat, humans never walked on moon.
Bottled Water and Drinking Water
RT @ICareAboutWater Removing Arsenic From Water w/ Plastic Bottles & Nutrition Supplements?! http://fb.me/HUZfXTXt
Florida Senate bill would tax bottled water. http://bit.ly/qsgQvh
Vapur's Foldable Water Anti-Bottle: Alternative to Rigid Water Bottles http://bit.ly/pyIsH1
Climate Change and Weather
Via @PeterGleick "Confessions of a Climate Change Convert" Fascinating insights by D.R.Tucker. http://wp.me/pOYWd-1B5.
Via @KHayhoe Despite sensationalist title,great interview w/ UCB's John Harte on rapid #climate change & what it mean shttp://onforb.es/n4MH5s
Can Water Treaties Be Climate-Proofed? (tnx to @PeterGleick) http://bit.ly/nQqswU
Firing laser beams into the sky could make it rain, say scientists (Guardian) http://bit.ly/plzRSp RT@rivrchik @Climatechg
Via @deepseadawn Rpt: Global Chng & Xtreme Hydrology-how climate warming translates to floods,droughts http://bit.ly/pZH3mW via @NASciences
RT @WaterWatchNews @circleofblue Watered Down: Hurricane Irene Renews Debates About U.S. Budget and Climate http://bit.ly/nC8jML
MT @fivethirtyeight Dumbest editorial ever? "Do We Really Need a National Weather Service?" http://fxn.ws/qwm8Vb
RT @nytimesscience Green Blog: Hurricanes and Climate Change http://bit.ly/pYQNjO
RT @Revkin Jim Hansen releases latest iteration of Earth’s Energy Imbalance and Implications.http://tumblr.com/x704c2vh4n
RT @jfleck David Appell to Bill McKibben: Please Shut Up http://bit.ly/qGp6IY
RT @disturbedwater Climate change and poverty reduction:http://bit.ly/nUUb7x via @AddThis
Conservation, Recycling, and Reuse
RT @JeffBarnardAP Oregon begins allowing graywater irrigation in 2012 http://bit.ly/pk1Shf
RT @WaterUtilities El Paso rips up lawns in water-saving effort that's model for drought-stricken Texas. http://feedzil.la/pbsGT8
Canada's DFO disagrees with Alberta's water conservation plan http://bit.ly/niiyGK
Education
Hooray! RT @KeepVABeautifulWhat is #groundwater? And what is its importance to the #environment? http://ow.ly/6iWUw
CU-Boulder planning $100M geosciences complex.http://bit.ly/nd3B1V
Energy
RT @Earth_News Canada-US Oil Pipeline Poses Few Environmental Risks -- State Dept. http://nyti.ms/nwRf5n @nytimes
RT @grist Wind power breakthrough: Carbon nanotubes make strongest, lightest blades ever: http://bit.ly/ooOf9s
RT @future500 A Moore's Law for renewable energy.http://bit.ly/nawQip
Events
RT @jhue2shi Workshop: Nature & Use of New Socioeconomic Pathways for Climate Change Research,Boulder, CO,Nov 3-4 http://bit.ly/o5KyDm
Via @PortlandPHLUSH @global_water: Missed #WWWeek? See “Running Thru Stockholm: Nearly 200 Sessions in Under 400 words” http://j.mp/odUsaD
Community event at NGWA GW Expo: shoot a machine gun or handgun of your choice. Gotta get AWRA on board. http://bit.ly/n9LGd1
RT @GannettFleming World Water Week and Urban Water Infrastructure http://ow.ly/6iJ3fRT @burnsmcdonnell
NV WRA 2012 Conference 7-8 March - Desert Gold: Water in the West. Call for Abstracts. http://bit.ly/qQdSvt
Boost Your Conference Attendance: Stage a Machine Gun Community Event! http://bit.ly/oZYdkS
2011 OU WaTER Conference: More Presentations, Reduced Registration Extended to 7 September http://bit.ly/qcrUly
SOS? Via @MGHydro @circleofblue CoB sums up #WorldWaterWeek in Stockholm http://bit.ly/oCmowp
Symposium: Climate change,conflict & migration: the water context. The Hague, 21 Sept 2011.http://bit.ly/pTqZ35
Floods and Droughts
RT @rachaelgleason @TexasTribune Is the #Texasdrought the result of — wait for it — climate change? http://bit.ly/porVoA
RT @highlyanne Incredible collection of Vermont #Irene flood photos http://on.fb.me/o9lERW via @afreedma
RT @nytimes With Shocking Speed, Floods Turn Deadly http://nyti.ms/ou70Bu
RT @jfleck via @chanceofraincom- Drought's over! Back to planting lawns! http://bit.ly/o0jaUM #cawater
RT @USGS [PUB] Large #Floodsin the US: Where They Happen and Why: http://on.doi.gov/pZeeI6
RT @USGS River Levels Set Records in 10 States http://bit.ly/mZbKK8 #usgsnew
Via @chanceofraincom State Climatologist: Likely Much of TX Still Be in Severe Drought Next August. http://clmpr.gs/p4qfU9via @thinkprogress
RT @USACE_HQ @armyengineers @dhsjournal: Find a shelter: Text SHELTER + your ZIP code to 43362. Pass this msg via text to friends/family
10 Ways to Conserve Water in a Drought (or any time)http://bit.ly/pDMXWL
Via @fastcompany IBM testing new system that can predict floods days in advance: http://bit.ly/q1mGRh
National Committee on Levee Safety has all new WWW site,newsletter.http://bit.ly/qOhbjM
MT @MGhydro @gravelbar: Corps study finds that trees can strengthen leveeshttp://bit.ly/qtkZFY
Funny Stuff
Shout-Out to Snooki: Global Warming Gobbledygookhttp://bit.ly/pzH7yb
Jersey Snore? RT @grist Our prayers have been answered! Snooki has a call to action on global warming http://bit.ly/r9fNw7
Hurricane Irene
RT @WhoDat35 Irene Poised to Strike a Nation Seemingly Content to Worry Less About #ClimateChange (NYTimes)http://nyti.ms/qV5gXa
Via @hydro_intl Live Hurricane Tracking Map: ESRI has created a mash-up of Hurricane Irene.http://bit.ly/qx3YZ3
RT @nytimesscience As Climate Changes, Scientists See Irene as a Harbinger http://nyti.ms/qoS83R
RT @ClimateTreaty Irene, Climate Change, Flooding and Public Health http://bit.ly/mVj7AE
Via @CoolWaterGuys Want to help people of #Vermont recover from #Irene? Here's where you can: http://bit.ly/pFvSJl #VT
Hurricane Katrina
Via @WhoDat35 I'll post this & I will get some grief from tweeple. Yes, I think it's good to remember & grow from it. http://bit.ly/pyX2EU
RT @WhoDat35 Recovery in New Orleans still spotty (USAToday) http://usat.ly/nXctoB #Katrina #NOLA
Hydrofracking and Shale Gas
RT @chesapeakebay WV’s new emergency regulations for #Marcellusshale drillinghttp://buswk.co/pdWFaa
Diane Rehm Show: Growing Concerns Over Fracking - Joe Romm, et al. Listen at http://bit.ly/op2ORN
Via @zizzyphus @USRealityCheck: Joe Romm on NPR’s Diane Rehm Show Monday at 10 am EDT on Fracking: Details at bit.ly/qYYYJV
A shift in the natural gas debate - more oversight for fracking? http://bit.ly/puXhjq
Via @WaterCurrents @petergleick: A Fracking Mess. op-ed on risks of hydrofracking from PacInst #pacificinstitut. http://bit.ly/ptduao
Hydrophilanthropy
Agua Para La Vida's Ojo de Agua Newsletter No. 2 - en Españolhttp://bit.ly/mZQkEk
Land and Water
Pub from the Dutch: Transforming Landscapes & Transforming Lives:the Business of Sustainable Water Buffer Management. http://bit.ly/o7PvSx
Miscellaneous
RT @NickKristof @JPBarlow: Jaron Lanier just said to me: "Tweeting is like sex. Writing a book is like raising a child."
RT @globeandmail Environment has lost its status as one of top 5 issues facing Canadians.http://tgam.ca/CqrS
Via @drgrist Conservatives grapple w/ ‘anti-science’ charge,flailhttp://bit.ly/pKEPeh @jonathanchait @richlowry @jonahnro @davidharsanyi
Peter Gleick: Why Anti-Science Ideology is Bad for America. http://onforb.es/pKyex6
Blue Planet Network 2010 Annual Report http://bit.ly/oSzG0r
Thanks for RTs! @CarolineJuhlin @SnowHydro @rivrchik @SEAlbertawaters @CorkEnvForum @StraussGroup @trazle_kulshar @lapeltz @perrykid
Michele Bachmann says natural disasters in East are warnings to DC. What about TX drought? http://politi.co/qnsAFd
RT @NYTimeskrugmanRepublicans Against Science http://nyti.ms/pcR0vW
Database of water, wastewater pipeline infrastructure systems to be launched 1 Sept.http://bit.ly/qNtuYC
CWAA now accepting nominations for its US Water Prize.http://www.uswaterprize.org/
MT @jfleck fluid dynamics in action RT @SchwartzNow: Epic. US water-vapor 12-hour time lapse. http://1.usa.gov/g4emz9 #Irene
@plutoniumpage Stuck on 'Come On Eileen' is bad, but worse is 'Beach Baby' or 'Hitchin' a Ride'.
Opportunities
Position: Deputy Regional Administrator, EPA, Kansas City, KS http://go.usa.gov/0aS
Position open: Water Quality Analyst (#7866), City of Durham, NC. http://bit.ly/cpf7Vq
RT @MGhydro National Academies/NRC Research Associateship Programs (RAP) call for applications:http://bit.ly/7xgTYB
50 Best Engineering Job Sites.http://bit.ly/n3Q8xa
Post-doc at CSM w/ Reed Maxwell: Water Mgmt Modeling.http://bit.ly/okEmMh
People
Via @chanceofraincom Range Magazine profiles rancher Dean Baker, symbol of rural opposition to Las Vegas pipeline.http://bit.ly/nEKagr
RT @PacificLegal Judge Wanger, who has been presiding over most of the #delta #smelt litigation, announces resignation.http://bit.ly/n3TO65
I'll say! RT @jfleck This is promising - @Laurie_Garrett has a blog: http://bit.ly/ojTXMV
RT @Water Candid interview, Matt Damon talks water [9 min]http://bit.ly/hxwO1i
Streams
Via @NEMWIUpperMiss Just published: "Mississippi River Basin Water Resource News for the Week" http://bit.ly/o8pnLJ
CO's Animas River getting sicker by the day. http://bit.ly/qJOrYg
Out East, too! RT @kjmcguire Who owns river bed? Trespass case brings important issues to lighthttp://bit.ly/q1N9bq (via @rtdnews)
Twitter and E-Newspapers
The @WaterStJournal Daily is out!http://bit.ly/haf8gw ▸ Top stories today via @H2ODVA
RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://bit.ly/9xYfCB Top stories today via @jeff_schotzko @climatejustice1 @berkeleylab
The @WalkerNewsDesk Daily is out! http://bit.ly/lWsMix ▸ Top stories today via @newspapervideo @qrpower @foodandwater @bloodwater
RT @WaterUtilities Daily is out!http://bit.ly/gPIkJ2 ▸ Top stories today via @masterchris11 @centerforwater @lpawater @ocsd_pio
The @WaterUtilities Daily is out!http://bit.ly/gPIkJ2 ▸ Top stories today via @waterwired @centralbasin @waterlution @watertan
RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out!http://bit.ly/f6ZJjL ▸ Top stories today via @drgrist @meghangordon @grnlifestyl
RT @dietvorst E-Source Sanitation News is out!http://bit.ly/ocHQQ2 ▸ Top stories today via @wspworldbank @worldhygieneprg @aspendentaljobs
RT @CorkEnvForum The Cork Environment Daily is out!http://bit.ly/hPfcHN ▸ Top stories today via @tveitdal @corkpolitics @littlegreenblog
RT @WaterTanks Take a look at today's Water Treatment Daily onhttp://paper.li/WaterTreatment_/1313650670 Top stories via @WaterCharity @WaterIsLife @WaterWired
RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out!http://bit.ly/f6ZJjL ▸ Top stories today via @lcvoters @envirothink @scottdodd @dpoulson
RT @MTHellfire Geo-Earth Daily is out! http://bit.ly/bEcOOs ▸ Top stories today via @real_earth @esri
The @WalkerNewsDesk Daily is out! http://bit.ly/lWsMix ▸ Top stories today via @wiredmousev
RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out!http://bit.ly/f6ZJjL ▸ Top stories today via @drgrist @agahran @greencartoons @timmytink
RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://bit.ly/9xYfCB ▸ Top stories today via @jeffwiedner @climatewonkster @ei_climate
RT @agleader The #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸ Top stories today via @elsinoreeddie @markgrossi
RT @MTHellfire Geo-Earth Daily is out! http://bit.ly/bEcOOs ▸ Top stories today via @sfoxx @earthusgs @westcenter @cresis
RT @Halmawater Daily is out!http://bit.ly/pLTxFq ▸ Top stories today via @wiautocntrl @ittwatermark @waterwired @bcc_watersaving @awwaace
TGIF - Tweets Galore! It's Friday, 26 August 2011 - Special Shakespeare Editionhttp://bit.ly/onxg6a
Virginia Earthquake
Via @cbdawson Take a look: how some #groundwater levels were affected by the #VAquakehttp://on.doi.gov/nHRwbd #water
Great VA EQ info from Callan Bentley's 'Mountain Beltway' blog.http://bit.ly/pXRZiH
RT @USGS And we're live!http://doi.gov/live #vaquake #dcquake
WaSH
RT @sciam The fight against dengue fever continues http://bit.ly/qkHQK7
Water Quality and Ecosystems
MT @gravelbar I thought this stuff was supposed to quickly biodegrade: Roundup Found in MS Basin Water,Soil.http://bit.ly/q5j83Y
USGS announcement on Roundup in MS Basin water.http://on.doi.gov/onC5iU
RT @LPAWater PLF on Wanger's X2 ruling: He lambasted Feds for still trying to act based on sloppy science. http://goo.gl/4Z9Vx #CAwate
Via @matt_weiser New #UCDavisstudy: Warming streams will mean the end for CA spring-run Chinook #salmon. http://ht.ly/6iZ4Q #cawater
Review of the Use of Science & Adaptive Management in California's Draft BDCPhttp://bit.ly/qjQmKM
Via @chanceofraincom CA Water Blog/Peter Moyle: 83% of California’s FW fishes are extinct or at risk. http://bit.ly/nSTpdk
USGS study on 23 trace elements and radon in groundwater across USA http://on.doi.gov/riIm6F
Water Supply and Use
OK! RT @JD_Strong Final draft of#OKWaterPlan posted @OKWaterBoard website. Please review & let us know what u think! http://www.owrb.ok.gov/ocwp
RT@Heroinc BBC News - Libya water shortages: 'The price we have to pay for liberation' http://bbc.in/p4gKvP.
Future of water use is focus of 'Changing Planet' town hall at ASU http://bit.ly/n3CZRy
RT @loticwater Thanks @jaytrutyNorges Bank sounds warning on water risk. http://bit.ly/r1zxNg
RT @chanceofraincom Utahns oppose Las Vegas' Snake Valley water grab -http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/utahns-oppose-las-vegas-snake-valley-water-grab @highcountrynews
RT @GrowingBlue @water: Facts About the #Water Crisis http://bit.ly/9ET5Fk
Via @waterforpeople Malawi offers women bigger role in water management. http://bit.ly/qUYTnJ
Via @highcountrynews California desal plant irks enviros .http://bit.ly/p5hSaL
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