Still trying to fathom the difference between nerds and geeks. More proof that I have too much time on my hands. Or not.
Don't forget to check out groundwater geek.
PhD oral exam this morning, then off to Salem for my first 'live' meeting of the GWAC (Groundwater Advisory Committee), and then a late-afternoon meeting with Brenda Bateman of OWRD.
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Enjoy!
Books, Movies, Videos, and Reviews
RT @H2ODVA Last Call at the Oasis. In select theaters on May 4th.http://www.takepart.com/lastcall
Video: 'Rethink Sustainability' http://is.gd/H0v5VT
Bottled Water and Drinking/Tap Water
RT @MySAWS Still drink bottled water? read this: "4 Surprising Secrets About Bottled Water" http://ow.ly/avzlk via @EatThisNotThat
Sunlight, Lime Juice Make Drinking Water Safer, Study Says.http://is.gd/3jJ7hi
Via @SaveTheWater What is the truth about fluoridehttp://bit.ly/JlGVkU
California
RT @agleader Deal-cutting time comes for California water.http://goo.gl/YPL6o #cawater
Phil Isenberg: California Bumps up Against Hard Facts: Water and the #SacDelta http://bit.ly/JXOvOB #cawater
Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
Countries Losing Steam On Climate Change Initiatives http://is.gd/8p42Nz @nprnews
RT @sejorg Climate Goals Require $5 Trillion Investment by 2020http://bloom.bg/I8RVm3 via @BloombergNews
RT @KQEDscience World's glaciers 'out of balance'http://ow.ly/ax91b
RT @cgiarclimate Lessons from #CBA6: Growing more #rice with less #water in a changing #climate http://bit.ly/Jp2n99
'Rogue' UK weather forecaster caught in media storm; calls Met Office 'lying scum'. http://is.gd/jDXA4h
Via @Earth_News New climate threat as methane rises from cracks in Arctic ice. http://bit.ly/Jn4R7I @TheIndyNews
RT @cgiarclimate Gendered responses to #climate change in South Asia http://bit.ly/I2ylZL #climate #food
RT @ClimateTreaty On Religion and Climate Changehttp://bit.ly/IetT5T
Via @El_Climate Himalayan mountaineers call for unity in battle against climate change: Xinhua http://j.mp/I9gr1m
Conferences, Calls for Abstracts/Papers
Via @waterlaws Conference: a Low-Carbon Energy Blueprint for American West, 6-8 June, U.. of CO Law Schoolhttp://bit.ly/JVOAm2
Updated Listing of Water-Related Conferences and Calls for Papers.http://is.gd/uc971e
UNC 2012 Water & Health Conference: Abstracts & Side Events Proposals due 30 April. http://whconference.unc.edu/
IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition – Advance programme available. http://is.gd/Ker5XG
Conflict and Cooperation
RT @watersecurity Impacts of global #landgrab on transboundary#water #SIWI: http://goo.gl/LCpUm
Will Water Be the Cause of a Future War in the Middle East?http://is.gd/iLrnjL
Via @newscientist China seizing control of Asia's water tower sparking dispute w/ downstream neighbors http://bit.ly/KdHc4T (free reg)
RT @disturbedwater Water scarcity to drive conflict, hit food and energy, experts say - AlertNet: http://bit.ly/K0amo7
Conservation, Recycling, and Reuse
Via @MassBaykeeper Want to reduce #stormwater? Check out@americanrivers tool to calculate your own green roof!http://green.americanrivers.org/
NYT: Taking the Waste Out of Wastewater http://is.gd/NClS4J
RT @HuffPostGreen The true costs of "hidden water" revealedhttp://huff.to/I5fqHX
Earth Day
Happy Earth Day From An Erstwhile Dam Builder Who Helped Save A Lake - Really! http://bit.ly/I3r5wv
RT @sacbee_news Earth Day then & now: How things have changed in 40 years http://sacb.ee/JgpYrn
RT @pourmecoffee Earth Day is over. Too soon to tell if tweeting "Happy Earth Day!" reversed climate change.
RT @grist Denis Hayes, founder of the first Earth Day in 1970, chats about where the action is today: http://bit.ly/JeEZX2
Education
RT @deepseadawn AAAS Webinar 24 Apr, noon EDT - Education Renovation: Overhauling Undergraduate STEM Pgmshttp://bit.ly/I0yPJR
RT @EPAresearch Students test their knowledge of environmental science #SCIFEST http://yfrog.com/obcztyoj (photos)
Via @projectwet @WaterWorldMag: Project WET's awesome work educating kids about water earned a US Water Prize!http://pic.twitter.com/0LbNESF1
Events
Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES) formed; Bonn to host. http://is.gd/6V1RSM
RT @ngwatweets Upcoming NGWA webinars http://ow.ly/aalPi
Webinar: "Restore-Adapt-Mitigate: Responding to CC thru Coastal Habitat Restoration', 15 May 3-4:30 PM EDT http://is.gd/TdOLPb
Via @EPAwater Check out DEA's annual Nat'l Pharmaceutical Take-Back Day 4/28 http://go.usa.gov/mWb Turn in expired drugs to protect water
Floods and Droughts
Via @USGS_Idaho You can know when and where the water is rising with @USGS WaterAlert: http://water.usgs.gov/wateralert/
Lingering drought threatens to dry up main river in Mongolia.http://is.gd/2LpFLa
Wyoming snowpack below average; experts predict hot, dry summer. http://is.gd/CIs0L6
RT @MySAWS San Antonio schools Lubbock on drought: "Long term water conservation requires citywide teamwork" http://ow.ly/atVYn
Via @USGS_Idaho NWS: "...river levels on the rise across the Inland Northwest through the week..." http://1.usa.gov/JpFcfJ
RT @cgiarclimate Capturing floodwater for dry-season irrigation in#Indian Punjab http://bit.ly/JfWl9x #climate #food
New Mexico Off to 10th Driest Start in 2012. http://is.gd/63tu8W
Groundwater
Euro GW friend: 'Apparently there are aquifers below the soil of Africa!! And there is WATER in the aquifers!! Who would have suspected?'
Mississippi v. Memphis Redux: Who's Stealing Water From Whom? http://bit.ly/IqPKpu
Help @groundwatergeek with her class project on Aquifer Storage & Recovery (ASR) - just 8 questions. http://is.gd/E60EML
Goodness Gracious! Groundwater Geek Gibson, ASR Aficionado!http://bit.ly/Icwzou
Appeals filed over NV State Engineer's Las Vegas water decision.http://is.gd/b2tazM
RT @NedBreslin Quick thoughts on news of vast reservoirs of water underground in Africa http://bit.ly/Iz6SLw @IWMI_Water_News@circleofblue
Hydrofracking and Shale Gas
Via @oilgasTicker Study: Fracking requires a minimum distance from sensitive rock strata - R & D Magazine. http://bit.ly/IuUg9z
Via @USGS Mark your Calendars! @theIOM Shale Gas Extraction Workshop http://bit.ly/HWxR2q April 30-May 1, 8AM EDT #fracking
RT @climateprogress Private Water Companies Join Forces With Fracking Interests http://bit.ly/JKRjyJ
RT @ShaleGasExpert NYT: Shale Gas Search Divides Romania http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/business/global/shale-gas-search-divides-romania.html
RT @ShaleGasExpert Russia's Fracking Hell http://www.nohotair.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2485:russia-s-fracking-hell&catid=115:shale-oil21&Itemid=171
RT @columbiawater Water v. Energy: The Marcellus Shale Saga http://bit.ly/IJqzzX
Law and Economics
NAS report: Ecosystem Services: Charting a Path to Sustainability (PDF free) http://is.gd/vXI8NO
@aguanomics does groundwater...Green tax or greeenwash? http://goo.gl/fb/WFhaQ
Oregon Water Markets: IWW and INR White Paper http://bit.ly/JP0nCJ
People, Prizes, and Personal Stuff
2012 US Water Prize winners http://is.gd/ScR4iR @WaterAlliance
Richard Nixon, who created the EPA, died on Earth Day, 1994. (tnx@WestWingReport)
Shout-Out to Hydrophilanthropist Joe Troester (Thanks to@aguanomics) http://bit.ly/I1NmKQ
Zetland's (@aguanomics) 16-minute interview with hydrophilanthropist Joe Troester. http://is.gd/3ywQ8u
Nice! RT @SuperWaterMan Our CEO's new license plate :-)http://fb.me/1NJmghhzb
Policy, Planning, and Management
Via @ifpri Global Food Policy Report #GFPR released.http://bit.ly/I0fbxE
Positions Open
Position Open: EPFL: Postdoc in Geomicrobiology - U bioremediation in deep anoxic aquifer. http://is.gd/QWiuKi
Position Open: EPFL: Postdoc in Geomicrobiology - U bioremediation in deep anoxic aquifer. http://is.gd/QWiuKi
Position Open: USFWS: Fish Biologist (Lakewood,CO)http://is.gd/H69yBX
Position Open: Member - #SacDelta Independent Science Board (ISB of @DeltaCouncil). http://is.gd/TC7oIR
Position Open: U of WY: Postdoc for study of adsorbed nanoparticles on oxide substrates. http://is.gd/Fz3vSB
Position Open: USACE:Chief, River Engineering Branch (Vicksburg,MS) http://is.gd/ft3TnO
Position Open: USACE: Chief, Regulatory Branch (Memphis,TN)http://is.gd/quQJuk
Position Open: BLM - Environmental Protection Specialisthttp://is.gd/YflYQ6 #Jobs
Postions Open (2): National Park Service - GIS Specialisthttp://is.gd/SrUQXL and Cultural Resources Pgm. Mgr.http://is.gd/oqJCIb
Position Open: City of Santa Fe (NM) - GIS Analyst.http://is.gd/kqo1fo
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/B7RWpr
Position Open: Colgate University - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Security. http://is.gd/BDSq33
Position Open: Gates Foundation - Program Officer, Sanitation Innovation Market Readiness http://bit.ly/JWCE2X @bryancallahan#Jobs
Previous Weekly Water Summaries
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 21 - 27 April 2012http://bit.ly/Jv2MTJ
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 14 -20 April 2012 http://bit.ly/JdmnHZ
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 7 -13 April 2012 (Triskaidekaphobia Day!) http://bit.ly/ILE3JC
TGIF - Weekly Water News Summary, 31 March - 6 April 2012http://bit.ly/HmCNlk
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 24 - 30 March 2012http://bit.ly/H7fEkw
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 17 - 23 March 2012 http://bit.ly/GRLsGe
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 10 - 16 March 2012 http://bit.ly/xeD89Z
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 3 - 9 March 2012 http://bit.ly/xXluYG
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 25 February - 2 March 2012 http://bit.ly/yEY43C
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 18 - 24 February 2012. http://bit.ly/w6elbW
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 11 - 17 February 2012 http://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
Streams, Wetlands, Ecosystems, and Dams
Colorado rivers, streams may get boost from lease of water rights.http://is.gd/UZoDXJ
Judge James Redden (no longer on case): take down 4 dams on lower Snake River. http://is.gd/MdDhKn @EarthFixMedia
RT @TualatinRiver Saving Urban Creeks: This is how we do it.http://fb.me/wR95qiA6
RT @troutheadwaters Planning for Effective Wetland Enhancement and Management #restoration http://tinyurl.com/7rptklv
Twitter, E-Newsletters, and E-Newspapers
RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out! http://bit.ly/f6ZJjL ▸ Top stories today via @thebti
RT @agleader The #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸ Top stories today via @placercoonline @acwawater @aquafornia@thewallner
National Water Monitoring News - Spring 2012 newsletter.http://is.gd/FPm7Sn
@WaterAlliance Presidential Pipeline: Forests & Faucets, Wetlands & Waterworks http://is.gd/JpUKvI
RT @medindoagua *Água & Water * Daily is out! http://bit.ly/hRCisK▸Top stories today via @columbiawater @circleofblue @t0tb@waterwired
GeoHealth: @USGS Environmental Health Newsletterhttp://is.gd/Yeqnu5
H2OSU Newsletter 23 April 2012 http://is.gd/B7RWpr
RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out! http://bit.ly/f6ZJjL
RT @medindoagua The *Água & Water * Daily is out!http://bit.ly/hRCisK ▸ Top stories today via @anagovbr@endwaterpoverty @WaterWired
The DEV @Development_UEA Daily is out! http://bit.ly/kQSbG8
The @WaterTreatment_ Daily is out! http://bit.ly/rhsrB1 ▸ Top stories today via @melbournewater @waterwired @desal_response @solteramining
Water Ethics Newsletter - April 2012. http://is.gd/dJU7bv
RT @WorldHygienePrg The Daily WASH is out! http://bit.ly/l3bFmq ▸ Top stories today via @nytimesfixes @luciahenry @opwellfound@soasradio
RT @AlwaysH2OSmart Get the latest and greatest news on #IRWDLiquid News blog. http://ow.ly/9XYOj
OSU CEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 27 April 2012.http://is.gd/1AyZRe
WaSH and Development
RT @global_water To join our webinar on Equity, Inclusion & Sustainability in WASH, click here at 11 EDT: http://bit.ly/IkhT1k
RT @sejorg @WHO: Why defeat #malaria? Because half of the world’s population is at risk of the disease http://goo.gl/hcoaY #T3
Via @JohnforWASH Bill Frist: 5 reasons deficit hawks should lay off global health initiatives http://is.gd/5Y1ONp
Via @JohnforWASH UK to double commitment on water. At least 60m to access #water & or #sanitation http://is.gd/JhdiFi @DFID_UK@DFID_Press
Via @JohnforWASH Care about #Bangladesh? Inadequate#sanitation costs the equivalent of 6.3% of GDP in 2007 #unrealhttp://is.gd/uV7LaP
Column: Matt Damon talks toilets, access to safe drinking water in the developing world. http://is.gd/KBBa4y
Publication: 'On the Right Track: Good Practices in Realising the Rights to Water & Sanitation'. http://is.gd/O2efUJ
Water Quality
RT @lesommer In CA - How Making Food Safe Can Harm Wildlife And Water http://n.pr/HXlm5P @nprnews
Water Supply and Water Use
RT @circleofblue Arab uprisings strain Jordan's delicate water system http://su.pr/2lwaiK #Jordan #water
Via @dambisamoyo China's $22B water diversion project - but govt. can't do much if it doesn't rain http://econ.st/IXyHzu @TheEconomist
RT @theADIWAS Deal with UAE's future water scarcity now!! http://tinyurl.com/bsqdpkv #water #uae #abudhabi
Via @EPAwater Water & energy consumption are interdependent – more water we use,more energy we need & vice versahttp://go.usa.gov/ywG
RT @waltonwater Those century-old NYC photos the internet is crushing on? Here's the link to the water supply section.http://bit.ly/Iaau4w
WTF?
Via @HeidiCullen RT @sciencemagazine: Tired of explaining your research? Dance it! The 2012 Dance Your PhD contest! http://scim.ag/JDj3cK
Geohumor from @lockwooddewitt Q: Where do geologists dispose of broken thumb drives? A: In usbduction zones.
"Differential equations are like deodorants. More people who don't use them should." - Steve Wheatcraft
"Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it." - Terry Pratchett http://is.gd/N7U0tL
"There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don’t." - Unknown
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