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TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 18 - 24 February 2012

Here is your weekly water displacement behavior.

The Peter Gleick - Heartland Institute kerfuffle was in the news a lot so I have a separate category for that ongoing issue.

The cartoon (click to enlarge) is by Josh.

Note: to access a story, click on the link beginning with 'http://', 'is.gd', or 'bit.ly'. Clicking on a link beginning with '@' will take you to that person's Twitter account; clicking on a link beginning with '#' will take you to a Twitter list containing Tweets about a particular topic.

Some items may not have a hot link to a story, which is fine - it may have been just an informational item or a personal message to someone. Or, I may have screwed up and forgotten the link!
 

Books and Book Reviews
RT @NobleIdeas @daphnewysham: McKibben reviews new books on #fracking: http://ow.ly/1GFWAE

Via @ColumbiaUP Still time to win a free copy of "The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars." by Michael Mann http://bit.ly/ypbYRN

 

Bottled Water and Drinking/Tap Water
RT @circleofblue Bottled #water sales in #Mexico expected to reach $13B by 2015;world's biggest BW consumers: @Forbeshttp://su.pr/2Ddo2L

RT @peakwater Mexico’s Water War «:http://peakwater.org/2012/02/mexicos-water-war/#.T0ZlPSLK3DM.twitter via @AddThis

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
RT @jfleck Intriguing story on Fox News Latino on Latinos and climate change: http://bit.ly/x1XPJW

Global warming skeptics - chill out! Catch '2012: Ice Age' on SyFy today! http://is.gd/LhxpO7

RT @westcenter China's Air Pollution Brings Snowfall to Sierra Nevada by @johnupton @TheBayCitizen @NYTimes: ow.ly/99qv

RT @PNASNews James Hansen: There's no disagreement that the world has warmed by 8 tenths of a degree Celsius #AAASmtg

Video: Steroids, Baseball, &...Climate Change? http://bit.ly/wrU18cRecalls video on difference bet. climate & weatherhttp://is.gd/bF4fJ9

@deepseadawn Bootleg copy of @SylviaEarle #WorldOceansSummittalk on youtube? bit.ly/A4ELnk

RT @MichaelEMann "The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars" available now in NOOK http://fb.me/1s1VxcGS

This Video Hits a Home Run: Steroids, Baseball, and...Climate Change? http://bit.ly/wrU18c

RT @Revkin The Other False Balance in the Climate Fight:http://nyti.ms/zWSaxk

GWP Pub: Regional Approaches to Food and Water Security in the Face of Climate Challenges. http://is.gd/GeQk0Z (@GWPNews) 

 
Conferences, Workshops, and Calls for Abstracts/Papers 
AGWT Water Well & Pump Workshop, 29 February 2012, Pasco, WA. http://is.gd/fMnlAm

Water Technology Innovation Conference, 22-23 May 2012, Dayton, OH. http://is.gd/jbV0xo

Call for Student Posters! AWWA PNW Section Annual Conference, 4 May, Yakima, WA. Abstracts due 2 March. http://is.gd/IxvoGP

Intl. Conf. on FW Governance for Sustainable Devel, South Africa. 5-7 November 2012. Abstracts: 10 April. http://is.gd/5MRU5b

2nd International Conference on Hydropedology, 22-27 July 2012, Leipzig. Abstracts by 3 March. http://is.gd/rydYy2

Conference, New Delhi, 13-14 April 2012: Achieving Safe DW MDG by 2015: Balancing Ecological & Human Needs http://is.gd/gcpJZy

Alternative World Water Forum, 14-17 March, Marseille,@FAMEMarseille, http://www.fame2012.org

RT @USGS Heading to NYC for @theAAG Annual Meeting? Plan to vist USGS booth 227 in Exhibit Hall this weekend. #AAG2012

@UN_ECE Third Workshop on Water and CC Adaptation in Transboundary Basins, 25-26 Apr 2012, Geneva. is.gd/VCxVDv 

Conservation, Recycling, and Reuse
Ben Grumbles (@WaterAlliance) on 'Yuck Not' http://is.gd/qrqpOQ

Sarah Bates: 'Where Land and Water Meet' http://bit.ly/zThHG5

 
Earth Science and Science
RT @TheEarthScience New twist in Italian seismologists trialhttp://sns.mx/yshcy3

RT @NASAhistory #HappyBirthday Nicolaus Copernicus,born 1473. Saw that observations did not support Earth-centered universe & said so.

RT @sejorg @jebyrnes:#AAAS head says attacks paid for by big business are 'driving science into a dark era' at #aasmtghttp://bit.ly/yaLutK

Education
RT @ddimick Beyond the Controversy, an Effort to Rewrite Climate Change Curriculum: http://nyti.ms/yUcw1Z (via @nytimesgreen)

RT @sejorg @kzelnio: Climate skepticism moves to classroomshttp://wapo.st/yoO3qo feat @joshrosenau 

Via @ConsrvationGeog Neat video: steroids, baseball, and climate change. http://is.gd/eOX0hn

Water Governance and Conflict Management Course, OSU, 18-22 June 2012. http://is.gd/zYjSMI

Events
RT @WalkerNewsDesk @raybeckerman: drought summit as England's rivers dry up ~ #BBCScience http://vsb.li/pn7N9q

Via @EWBUSA This week is EWeek - National Engineers Week.http://fb.me/1JjB7wZOX

NOAA unveils National Water Center at UA-Tuscaloosa.http://is.gd/fC08xn

Via @columbiawater New Columbia Water Ctr site is up! News,info on CWC projects,#groundwater, #floods #climate.http://water.columbia.edu

RT @SuperWaterMan Friday TED Water Talks ... Water Worth Spreading ... http://fb.me/16pOKWb0g

Floods and Droughts
RT @MySAWS Already doing many of these: RT @txcaptonight: Exclusive: Lawmaker pushes for drought solutionshttp://bit.ly/A0Jtpw

Via @El_Climate North America could be hit with decades-long 'megadrought'. http://j.mp/yrPlLJ

RT @troutheadwaters Ancient Capital Wilted When Water Ran Lowhttp://nyti.ms/ubO4yv via NYTimes

Via @jwilliamsinpipe TX State Rpt on Dealing w/ Current & Future Drought Never Mentions CC http://bit.ly/wuMvH0 (@climateprogress)

RT @markgrossi Dry season: Central Valley west-siders cutting back on cotton acreage http://bit.ly/w7jVxk #cawater #farm

 
Gleick - Heartland Institute Affair
Say it ain't so, Peter! Via @jfleck @westcenter This whole Spy vs. Spy thing in climate change: http://nyti.ms/wIzu6v

The Heartland Institute affair: a stunner from @PeterGleick.http://is.gd/MghRZ3

L'affaire Gleick RT @chanceofraincom A Genius Caught Between Theft and Heroism. http://is.gd/e67lej

MT @markgrossi @agleader: What does Gleick's Heartland Inst admission do to his role in #cawater politics? | 89.3 KPCChttp://j.mp/zr9LDf

NYT story on Gleick,Heartland: Activist Says He Lied to Obtain Climate Papers. http://is.gd/J8rw8M

From @csmonitor: Climategate sequel? Scientist lies to get Heartland Institute documents. http://is.gd/E1DEGr

Surf's Up! The Web’s Best Reading of Heartland Scandal.http://is.gd/tknSiU

Zetland (@aguanomics) on Gleick and Heartland. http://is.gd/z1jBlC

RT @chanceofraincom Spy vs. spy: The Heartland Institute’s head-spinning hypocrisy http://grist.org/climate-energy/spy-vs-spy-the-heartland-institutes-head-spinning-hypocrisy/ via @grist

RT @agleader #caWater Leadership Up for Grabs as Deception Fells#Gleick http://bloom.bg/w64Mms via @BloombergNews

@PeterGleick Your voice is an extremely valuable asset, Peter. Enjoy your blogs & Tweets. You're one of the smartest people in the room.

@nprnews weighs in on the Gleick-Heartland affair. is.gd/WHQ0IT

RT @markgrossi @highcountrynews @insideclimate: Climate Scientist Peter Gleick in Fight to Save Job Over Heartland Leakhttp://bit.ly/xSfMAp

RT @sejorg @Sierra_Club: More on the Heartland Institute's climate denial push: http://ow.ly/98KE0

RT @markgrossi Heartland Institute posts Peter Gleick emailshttp://bit.ly/waF8uS #cawater

Good read. RT @BoraZ Should Global-Warming Activists Lie to Defend Their Cause? http://bit.ly/zTvoGz #SciAmBlogs 

Groundwater
The GEF and Global Groundwater Governance http://bit.ly/xicoSL

India May Spend $1 Billion to Map Aquifers, Avert Water Crisishttp://is.gd/ZGiqSw

USGS: Radium Testing of Groundwater Shows Most Susceptible Regions Are Central U.S. and East Coast. http://is.gd/jmZZ7C

RT @lovejacobswell Wimberley officials vote to protect balance of Trinity Aquifer http://fb.me/19JS7oKCP

Oh, boy..Via @jfleck @KateGalbraith writes about TX GW (Edwards Aquifer) pumping case. http://bit.ly/A8K1nu   (see court decision at http://is.gd/56BebR)

More on TX GW: State Supreme Court rules in groundwater case.http://is.gd/FKInrG

 
Hydrofracking and Shale Gas
RT @sciam Fracking Could Work If Industry Would Come Cleanbit.ly/yQk1F

Via @ProPublica New rules would require #fracking companies to disclose chemicals used, not "trade secrets." http://propub.ca/yspIlo

Via @SkyTruth Climate change vs. #fracking - via @eilperin: read about fractured ties b/w enviros and natural gashttp://wapo.st/wqJnkA

U of TX Study Shows No Evidence of Groundwater Contamination from Hydraulic Fracturing http://is.gd/wG5vsm

Alberta to make frack fluid disclosure mandatory this year.http://is.gd/0Ab1KV

RT @EPAregion3 to host a webinar for the public re #hydrofrackingdrinking water study Feb 27 3pm EST http://bit.ly/yqBwOs

RT @latimes Fight over fracking divides New York landownershttp://lat.ms/z5x8yj

RT @sejorg @environsecnews: Wastewater a key issue in NY's fracking debate -Wall St Journal: Wa... http://bit.ly/xDZ3XI [rss@humansecnews ]

Hydrophilanthropy
OSU-EWB Chapter: Is 'Beavers Without Borders' Better?http://bit.ly/zM4LtP

Water of Life Feb 2012 Newsletter (from Living Waters for the World).http://is.gd/t2rnh6

@LIfewater Intl. Spring News 2012: Modern Day Slavery, Thirst, Life, and more. is.gd/36rp2t

 
Law and Economics
RT @aguanomics Flashback: 16 -- 22 Feb 2011http://goo.gl/fb/T4TUy

Via @okwaterinst OK Speaker Steele supports $5M to AG Scott Pruitt if litigation over SE OK water continues. http://ow.ly/9aXwa

Via @okwaterinst Tribes fire latest volley in lawsuit over SE OK water.http://ow.ly/9aXUv

Via @KateGalbraith Here's the Edwards Aquifer/Day case opinion by TX Supreme Court http://is.gd/56BebR (see story at http://bit.ly/A8K1nu)

 Zetland: Cheap talk or walk the walk? (@aguanomics)http://is.gd/gZkG75

 

Miscellaneous
MT @waltonwater World's problem: we're really good at making things, not so good at changing existing behaviors/policies/structures #AAASmtg

RT @LPAWater #CA water "community" is really "Water-stan," w/ trust "about as abundant as #sacdelta smelt." http://goo.gl/HPeSU

What a concept! RT @aguanomics Anything but waterhttp://goo.gl/fb/iLToS

A Day In The Life: Gleick, Groundwater, Grads, Genocidehttp://bit.ly/A0xmcC

Via @geoffdabelko Video: Integrating #Climate, #Energy, #Food,#Water & #Health panel. #NCSE http://shar.es/gvhzR
@TheWilsonCenter

 

Opportunities
AWRA 2012 Scholarships: one G and one UG. http://is.gd/OrGVlm 

 

People, Prizes, and Personal Stuff
Thank you! @ellafb @InPipe_NClay @H2ODVA @sarah_e_link 

Tnx @HippyHickMoto @LPAWater @phixod @lockwooddewitt@GaythiaWeis @randyrichmond @CulliganMan @ManchurianDevil@SnowHydro @StormDiaries

RT @NRDC @OnEarthMag: Thought he’d live a nerdy,quiet life as climatologist.Then his “hockey stick”graph became famoushttp://bit.ly/xzQUmS"

RT @USGS_OR The curious case of Clarence King (1st @USGSdirector). [http://bit.ly/xkoQKe] & [http://n.pr/xT4U4N]#WhatILearnedToday

CWAA (@WaterAlliance) announces 2012 US Water Prize winners.http://is.gd/qEH9Tj

@KavehMadani, founder of @WaterSISWEB, named one of@ASCETweets's 2012 New Faces of Civil Engineering. is.gd/ztU0tT

Via @thegreengrok An introduction to the 2012 recipient of Duke’s LEAF award: filmmaker John Sayles http://bit.ly/wzeoBS #film

 
Policy, Planning, and Management
RT @peakwater Viewpoints: $11 billion #cawater bond should be repealed http://bit.ly/zuLbA

RT @ScienceNOW Podcast: Engineering Public Healthhttp://scim.ag/w2ZeH

RT @PrivateWaterLaw Changes to KS water policy continue to progress in Legislature http://bit.ly/wMQepn

RT @circleofblue #SouthAfrica #water demand projected to exceed supply by 2025 if better mgmt is not used. @TimesLIVEhttp://su.pr/9Xo208

 
Positions
Position Open: Spend the summer in Cali working for @livingwater? Apply here: http://water.cc/internships

Positions Open: Various available - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/MWVdqd

Position Open: Tenure-track Asst. Professor of Geography,NE State U. (OK) http://is.gd/hznYST

Position Open: @TRCA_Events Toronto and Region Conservation Authority is hiring a Marketing Coordinator. http://bit.ly/AmjxTb

Position Open: Sales Executive, WaterSmart Software.http://is.gd/Gm84f9

Positions Open: Government Youth Internships: USGS, NPS, BLMhttp://is.gd/xGGud8 and Youth Jobs. http://is.gd/tITQOS

Position Open: NOAA: Hydrologic Forecaster, NWS Lower MS River Forecast Center, Slidell, LA. http://is.gd/5rDUxd

Position Open: Regional Director, US Bureau of Reclamation, Lower CO Region (Boulder City, NV). http://is.gd/JzhVaZ

Position Open: Executive Director,Oregon Water Resources Congress (trade assn.) http://is.gd/zDEHlf

 

Previous Water News Summaries
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 11 - 17 February 2012http://bit.ly/wHGMzb

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 4 - 10 February 2012http://bit.ly/wxqQsX

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 28 January - 3 February 2012http://bit.ly/zdQXyW

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 21-27 January 2012 (Florida Edition)http://bit.ly/yw836U

 TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 14-20 January 2012 (AWRA Day!)http://bit.ly/wOAXFy

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 7-13 January 2012 (Triskaidekaphobia Day!)http://bit.ly/z8j8s2

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 31 December 2011 - 6 January 2012 http://bit.ly/xvMj3P

TGIF - Tweets Galore! It's Friday, 30 December 2011 - Special New Year's Edition! http://bit.ly/vFcxpz

TGIF - Tweets Galore! It's Friday, 23 December 2011 - Special "Season's Greetings" Edition! http://bit.ly/vCDOOE
 

Streams, Dams, and Ecosystems
RT @BCWaterNews An ancient species emerges from the depths of the Charles River. http://bo.st/zs09Jj

RT @highcountrynews @mitchtobin: Drought,CC, & nonnative species cause feds to reclassify 2 tiny SW fish as endangered.

NYT: Mutated Trout Raise New Concerns Near Mine Sites.http://is.gd/RYUzEv

RT @River_Restore Green and Soft - New Materials for River Restoration http://tinyurl.com/86zsgw

RT @aquatic_habitat Livestock impacts on riparian areas cannot be ignored http://ow.ly/8CdNS @troutheadwaters

 
Twitter, E-Newspapers, and Newsletters
RT @daviddavis The Poverty & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/htVHfn▸ Top stories today via @e4project @tptrust @food4thehungry

@OUWaTERCenter's first E-newsletter: WaTER Drops. is.gd/RyQ316

UNC Water Institute Newsletter. http://www.waterinstitute.unc.edu/

Water Ethics Network February 2012 Newsletter http://is.gd/JTjXP9

PERSPECTIVES, a new publication series from @UNEPandyouhttp://is.gd/xcHRaZ

RT @MtnHellfire Geo-Earth is out! http://bit.ly/xSVrwm ▸ Top stories today via @stressrelated @davely @geodiscussion @kwinkunks

The DEV @Development_UEA Daily is out! http://bit.ly/kQSbG8 ▸ Top stories today via @vote4africa

The @WaterStJournal Daily is out! http://bit.ly/haf8gw ▸ Top stories today via @letthedataflow @care2 @parvez1 @thewatercyclist

RT @LAAlciator Climate Daily is out! http://bit.ly/jYFnym ▸ Top stories today via @michellangais @waterwired @wecanwait @carbonunity

The @WaterStJournal Daily is out! http://bit.ly/haf8gw ▸ Top stories today via @rivrchik @columbiawater @rainsoft @watermissions

H2OSU Newsletter, 20 February 2012. http://is.gd/MWVdqd

RT @medindoagua The *Água & Water * Daily is out!http://bit.ly/hRCisK ▸ Top stories today via @oseagua @indiawater@anagovbr

Montana Water Newsletter, Feb 2012. Dr. Duncan Patten is new MT Water Center Director. http://is.gd/maQFnK

IRHA Newsletter No. 43 (February 2012): Rainwater Harvesting and the Private Sector http://is.gd/uTNdAX

AWRA Member (and others!) News. http://is.gd/fVAJEb

Via @agleader The #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸Top stories today via @acwawater @tomatopages @ocwdwaternews@salmonwaternow

RT @agleader The #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸ Top stories today via @river_partners @kpaymatt @foodbevsustain@aquafornia

RT @WaterStJournal Daily is out! http://bit.ly/haf8gw ▸ Top stories today via @defeatdd @tomasldb @endwaterpoverty

RT @pbroviak The PublicWorks Daily is out! http://bit.ly/d73Rbg ▸ Top stories today via @capitalalert @ecosmartewater@karenyjohnson 

WaSH and Development
RT @IWRMFellow Quickie on need for broader approach to combating tropical disease; lessons for #development sector?http://nyti.ms/xedJTG

WASH Advocates February 2012 Newsletter. http://is.gd/oQBrhJ

BPPLLC One-Pager: Philippines Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Work http://bit.ly/ysj0Kc

@UNICEF survey: India tops world in open defecation. is.gd/YikJxP

 
Water Quality
RT @columbiawater New York Plans Faster Sewage Alerts (now if we could find a way to make events less frequent)http://nyti.ms/yo17SN

Via @sejorg Coachella Valley,CA: Chromium-6 in some wells >1,000 times state goal; health implications unclear http://is.gd/ojpeWo

RT @sejorg @craigtimes: Federal judge upholds the new EPA water#pollution limits on fertilizer, sewage in FL http://newspr.es/yyUPWj

Via @jwilliamsinpipe @InPipe_NClay Why NJ's waterways are still polluted after 40 years & billions of dollars. http://bit.ly/A5UVCQ

 
Water Supply and Water Use
Via @jfleck @SnowHydro: Hard to deduce snowpack trends w/ only snow depth data w/ high error. http://bit.ly/z6p28A via @msanclem

RT @KateGalbraith Vulnerable to #climate disruption, Lubbock seeks a sustainable water supply http://is.gd/pk9VOK

In Hot Water: The 'Other' Global Warming http://is.gd/EzjRzW

FERC says Aaron Million's Flaming Gorge pipeline proposal is premature, denies application. http://is.gd/E1NiqQ

RT @UCDavisWater Latest issue of #CAWaterBlog is up! "Expanding Water Storage Capacity in CA" http://is.gd/Qu7UJV #cawater#sacdelta 

WTF?
Prove climate change doesn’t exist, get an awesome gunhttp://is.gd/WUPUeB (@grist)

"There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life." - Oscar Wilde

Sarah Bates: 'Where Land and Water Meet'

I've said this before and I will say it again - Sarah Bates is one of the best thinkers and writers on the Western land-water nexus. She doesn't rant and is always worth reading.

She just sent me this short piece she wrote for Saving Land (it's the cover story). Here is a one-liner description:

Water — an important link both in natural ecosystems and human communities in the West — provides the catalyst for innovative relationships in land conservation.

Download SL Spr12 Where Land and Water Meet

You can access the entire issue here. There are other good articles besides Bates' piece.

Enjoy!

“Where water is boss, the land must obey.” - African proverb

A Day In The Life: Gleick, Groundwater, Grads, Genocide

To that title I should probably add 'alliteration'.

I still have not completely processed the Peter Gleick - Heartland Institute affair. Had some interesting chats (live and online) with friends, colleagues, and Mary Frances. Despite all the buzz, my belief in Gleick's scientific 'chops' has not wavered: he's one of the smartest guys in the room and I hope his voice has not been stilled for long. 

As for groundwater, I gave my opinion to some about the 'groundwater agenda' at the upcoming 6WWF. 

But much of today was one of those quite remarkable days that reinforces my belief that I have the best job in the world: I met with six students. I will probably embarrass them by mentioning their names, but here is what (evapo?) transpired. 

1) Peggy Lee opining on water quality modeling in the Kura-Araks Basin in the South Caucasus and her impending summer in Japan after being awarded an NSF EAPSI fellowship.

2) Chatting with Maria Gibson about ASR and her research proposal.

3) Rachel Hausmann and Justin Quinn discussing the diffusion of innovations and schooling me on 'The Genocide of Water'. Say what? Think....Take a look at the images on the site. 

4) Kate Moran on transboundary water issues in Central America and the importance of grassroots organizations. 

5) Denise Costello discussing WaSH in Afghanistan, where she would like to do her thesis. Yes, you heard me, and yes, she's worked there before.

Time to go. The South Caucasus beckons...

Genocide? 

“With the possible exception of Tiger Woods, nothing has had a worse year than global warming. We have discovered that a good portion of the science used to justify “climate change” was a hoax perpetrated by leftist ideologues with an agenda.” —Todd Young, new congressperson from Indiana (2010)

This Video Hits a Home Run: Steroids, Baseball, and...Climate Change?

Last month I posted a simple video that elegantly explained the difference between weather and climate. It is worth reviewing.

This creative video uses baseball and steroids to explain global warming and why we can still have unusually cold weather even during a time of global warming.  

By the way, Alex Rodriguez approved this video.

 

Read more here. 

"Yesterday, a group of scientists warned that because of global warming, sea levels will rise so much that parts of New Jersey will be under water. The bad news? Parts of New Jersey won't be under water." --Conan O'Brien

BPPLLC One-Pager: Philippines Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Work

Friend and former graduate school officemate Barney Popkin has wrapped up his trip to Philippines for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Here is his one-pager:

Download BPPLLC News March 2012

He is back home in Tucson, Arizona. Here he is checking out a submersible pump.

A diagram of a Manila septage treatment plant he visited:

 

 In the short time we shared an office I probably learned more from him than from most of my professors. If you ever have a chance to go to a roast where he is the roaster, don't pass it up. He roasted mentor Sol Resnick at a UA reunion a number of years ago and had us all rolling in the aisles. And I suspect he would be a great roastee as well. He would not suffer in silence but would give as good (or better) as he got.

Barney also sent five 'seriocomic' reports that I have posted over at Campanastan. Read the first one, the second one, the third one, the fourth one and the last one. They showcase Barney's wit, sarcasm, and observational skills.

Talented guy.

"Life is like a wheel, sometimes you're up, sometimes down." - Filipino proverb