Finally getting this week's water news summary out.
A blessed Easter to my Christian friends and a wonderful Passover to my Jewish friends. All of you have a happy weekend!
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April Fools' Day
@USACE_HQ and @USBR: CRAP (Colorado River Access Project) Will Revitalize Las Vegas http://bit.ly/H7ZABn
RT @UCDavisWater This week's #CAWaterBlog: "Recent News Stories You May Have Missed--A Compilation" http://is.gd/T1YBxV#ucdavis #cawater
RT @USACE_HQ #USArmy #AprilFool's 2011 story: Stetson hat to be new Army standard headgear http://ow.ly/a0Cef
Books and Book Reviews
Video: Cynthia Barnett Speaks on 'Blue Revolution' at The Clinton School http://bit.ly/Hb4Vrq
Bottled Water and Tap/Drinking Water
Oldie but goodie: Drinkable water for America's cities.http://is.gd/IXWvnC
RT @markgrossi New law may be needed to force action from state pub. health for drinking #cawater cleanup http://bit.ly/zToLLI
Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
RT @AlexStubbings James Hansen: Why I must speak out about climate change http://on.ted.com/BI82 #TED
EPA Draft National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change. Comments before 17 May 2012. http://is.gd/Eckttf
RT @ClaraJeffery What is the cryosphere and why its disappearance will make you cry: http://bit.ly/HoulPe
Southwest (USA) Climate Assessment Report now available for download and review http://is.gd/5LqKLo
RT @guardianscience Rick Perry criticises UK initiative to influence US climate sceptics http://gu.com/p/36jcj/tf
Portland, OR: 7.77" of precip in March 2012, wettest March on record,over double average precip. http://is.gd/QBComI
RT @columbiawater J Masters: A tale of two winters - Lake Superior choked with ice 2009, bare today http://bit.ly/HPEr9z
Ice age thaw may serve as global warning: First greenhouse gas spiked, then temperatures rose. http://is.gd/99CIFZ
RT @YaleEnviro via @nprnews: Pollution Playing A Major Role In Sea Temperatures http://n.pr/Hevd6I
RT @ClimateTreaty Impact of warming climate doesn't always translate to streamflow http://bit.ly/HZ1xyI
RT @highcountrynews Using Navajo memories to track a changing climate http://bit.ly/Hg61yg #usgs
Conflict and Cooperation
RT @jfleck "Leave it to something like levee vegetation to unite California lawmakers." http://bit.ly/Hx7kX0 #cawater
Is There a Coming Power Struggle for Water? http://bit.ly/HXTZbc
Conferences, Proceedings, and Calls for Abtracts/Papers
Proceedings - AWRA GIS & Water Resources VII Conference.http://is.gd/5faZc8
What Do We Talk About Most? Word Count Analysis: AWRA's GIS Conference Papers http://bit.ly/I1Pj4a
Call for Abstracts (30 April): GRAC's Salt & Nitrate in GW Conference, 13-14 June 2012, Fresno, CA. http://is.gd/R87TBa
Have to wash my hair. @HeartlandInst hosting 7th Intl Conference on#Climate Change, 21-23 May 21-23,Chicago http://bit.ly/lvd4qO
Call for Abstracts - due 14 May - 2012 AWRA Annual WR Conference, 12-15 November, Jacksonville,FL http://is.gd/IN8lwi
Education and Science
Video: The Mpemba Effect and Other Water Mysterieshttp://bit.ly/HaDYCg
RT @GlobalPost Study links rise in US earthquakes to oil and gas production in Midwest http://bit.ly/Hkh345
RT @KateGalbraith @cfishman in WashPost: Five Myths About #Water http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-water/2012/04/06/gIQAS6EB0S_story.html
RT @history_geek Teaching Future Scientists to Talk -- Chronicle of Higher Education http://ow.ly/a7UDM #scio13
RT @Evolutionistrue Stanley Fish misunderstands science; makes it a faith equivalent to religion http://wp.me/ppUXF-fCz
RT @NACWA Test Your Water IQ: http://shar.es/pVctn
@CERC_Columbia APPLY for Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates - http://ow.ly/9LFsv
Long-Standing Erosion Calculator (USLE) Enters 21st Centuryhttp://is.gd/HkOYwB
EPA Environmental Education webinars. http://is.gd/jrU8Ok
RT @InvasiveNotes @rivrchik: One Step closer to predicting large volcanic eruptions? (ScienceDaily) http://bit.ly/H5OCMQ
Events
Amen, Gayle! RT @gayleleonard World Water Day Hangoverhttp://is.gd/26Z91G #DAWWD
The #DAWWD: My World Water Day Hangover (@gayleleonard)http://bit.ly/HqHCbk
Floods and Droughts
RT @tcktcktck 98% of Colorado in drought http://bit.ly/HFuTQp as frackers outbid farmers for water rights http://bit.ly/HIYlUQ
98 percent of Colorado in a drought, say CSU climatologists.http://is.gd/DhHnq8
Via @circleofblue Q&A about N. Korea's environment woes—major deforestation> drought & food insecurity: @nytimesgreenhttp://su.pr/2epJmk
RT @MySAWS Great question. The answer may surprise you. "Are we (San Antonio, TX) still in drought?" http://ow.ly/a3aH5 /via@News4WOAI
Via @circleofblue Spain's drought: depleted reservoirs & hurting hydropower, agriculture;rain was 14.5% avg: @Reuters http://su.pr/89m5uc
Via @circleofblue CC aggravates water shortages in Cuba, where most supplies come from rain: @ipsnews http://su.pr/493xZ1
Groundwater
From WHYMAP: Map of world river and groundwater basins.http://is.gd/VIjA5z
RT @YSIinc Chinese Cities Are Sinking Due to Excess #GroundwaterUse and Rapid Growth. http://is.gd/4xi9KX
Hydrofracking and Shale Gas
RT @ProPublica Our next Tenement Talk: The perils and promise of#fracking. RSVP here: http://propub.ca/Hux3ST
Via @oilgasTicker Ohio geologists map estimate of Utica Shale yields. http://twthpr.co/vT3aN
Fracking bidders top farmers at Colorado water auction.http://is.gd/01uVkD
Via @oilgasTicker @FareedZakaria: Shale gas could fuel a global energy revolution http://twthpr.co/ZkP8h
RT @CindyFrancine @FrackingBan: Gas companies blamed for spate of earthquakes in four days http://fb.me/1z21uQvcB
RT @ProPublica Nine of the best pieces of watchdog journalism on #fracking: http://propub.ca/I3xFOr
Hydrophilanthropy
Video of my VaTech talk, 'Hydrophilanthropy: Quo Vadis?'http://is.gd/lu7CfK
RT @EWP_MAP @DDB_Worldwide did some wonderful work for#WorldWaterDay on behalf of @WaterIsLife http://is.gd/P1nPzK
Miscellaneous
RT @highcountrynews Face it: All forests are sluts. An essay on the problems with the term "virgin" forests http://bit.ly/HifJSU
Surface Water Associate Editor, J. American Water Reso. Assn. Email Editor Dr. Ken Lanfear: editor @ http://awra.org.
People and Personal Stuff
@SusanLealH2O Thank you for the kind words, Susan!
Montana Water News: Interviews with William Woessner (U of MT) and John LaFave (MT Tech). http://is.gd/2atEtD
Policy, Planning, and Management
Via @jerryyudelson #Water management's deep #carbon #footprint. Water/energy nexus is not abstract. http://j.mp/HuvUNl
@NRDC - States' Prep for CC & Water Planning. ExecSum:http://is.gd/Zfmprt Full: http://is.gd/NZFQQM Map:http://is.gd/RcPX1d
A home run! Via @chanceofraincom Water runs uphill to the report-writers. Thoughts on NRDC's CC- water report. http://bit.ly/HRj7CA
Positions Open
Position Open: USFS-Umpqua NF (OR): Forest WS Pgm Mgr as hydrologist http://is.gd/ixYiEF or soil sci. http://is.gd/nyjkVn (ext. to 16 Apr)
Positions Open (3): Oregon DEQ, Water Quality Monitoring Technicians (close: 11:59 PM 4 April 2012) http://is.gd/WFjqIE
Position Open: Asst. Prof, Forest Hydrology & WS Management, U of MN Twin Cities. http://is.gd/NLwtEL
Positions Open (2): USDA-ARS - Senior Science Advisor (DC area) - closes 6 April. http://is.gd/Y4NBmK
Position Open: Santa Clara Valley WD Senior Management Analyst. Others, too. http://tinyurl.com/7bvwknu @valleywater
Position Open: Executive Director, Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) - Geneva. http://is.gd/AsdVgi
Positions Open: OSU UG Env Sci Program: Search postings w/ numbers: 0008828; 0008792; 0008679 http://is.gd/rmNBd0
Position Open: NM Env Dept - SW Quality - TMDLs. Closes 13 April.http://is.gd/emeOCQ
Positions Open: NOAA: Research Fishery Biologist (multiple vacancies) http://is.gd/SfsRIv
Positions Open - Various (10). Scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/yULDmB
Previous Weekly Water Summaries
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, Ecosystems, and Dams
New publication: Environmental Flows Bulletin http://is.gd/nTxfg8 - from UNM Utton Center http://is.gd/qfj39T
Perspective: SCOTUS EPA wetlands decision: pre-enforcement judicial review of admin. compliance orders? http://is.gd/HlS0zl
RT @aguanomics That dam zombie is back. http://is.gd/SyJuFV
New group @NuestroRio speaking for Latinos along the Colorado River (SW USA). http://is.gd/FEh0Io
Via @sejorg @americanrivers: Ohio River tops nation in pollution discharges. http://ow.ly/a64li
Twitter, E-Newspapers, and E-Newsletters
@AWRAHQ March Newsletter 2012 http://is.gd/BiDiVJ
H2OSU Newsletter - 2 April 2012. http://is.gd/yULDmB
RT @worldresources Climate-energy Daily is out! http://bit.ly/9xYfCBTop stories today via @edison_electric @windsector @sustainable2050
The Environmental Daily is out! http://bit.ly/f6ZJjL ▸ Top stories today via @dbiello @mothernaturenet
OSU CEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 6 April 2012http://is.gd/V7T2Ji
RT @RotaryWWI Rotarians for Water News is out! http://bit.ly/uigx65▸ Top stories today via @beaseachanger @waterwired@tappedthemovie
The DEV @Development_UEA Daily is out! http://bit.ly/kQSbG8 ▸ Top stories today via @gavialliance
RT @agleader #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸ Top stories today via @ewastedirect @waterwired @jfleck @matt_weiser@markgrossi
RT @agleader The #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸ Top stories today via @sierraclubca @dalecox @flowinguphill@ucdaviswater
The @WaterTreatment_ Daily is out! http://bit.ly/rhsrB1 Top stories today via @skindestination @nationalfarmers @umainewater@waterislife
Jim Thebaut March/April 2012 Newsletter. Article: The Elephant in the Corner. http://is.gd/HqgCii
The @Water_Supply Daily is out! http://bit.ly/i1Ca7r ▸ Top stories today via @ocwdwaternews @lpawater @waterwired@yourlifechoices
RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out! http://bit.ly/f6ZJjL ▸ Top stories today via @flsert @earthshare
The @Water_Supply Daily is out! http://bit.ly/i1Ca7r ▸ Top stories today via @yourlifechoices @lpawater @wafarmers @waterwired
WaSH and Development
RT @WaterCanCharity Our Executive Director's thoughts regarding the Water and Sanitation Crisis: http://bit.ly/HaKMho
RT @bryancallahan INDIA: Private toilets for women continue to transform lives. http://is.gd/XscyLh
RT @JohnforWASH Inadequate Sanitation Costs India the Equivalent of 6.4 Percent of GDP http://is.gd/5B2bYc #water #sanitation #wash
RT @HEDprogram @WHO is hosting a live Twitter chat today in honor of #WorldHealthDay on April 7. http://bit.ly/HJ9LLN#AddHealth2Life
Via @DropInTheBucket Africa: Safe Water Access Goal Further Away Than Previously Thought http://is.gd/S5lz9j
#5thBDay RT @USAIDGH @UNFPA Please retweet: when women and newborns survive, families, nations and communities thrive!
Water Supply and Water Use
Download 4th ed. of UN World Water Development Report (WWDR4). http://is.gd/Sd8yDL
RT @SnowHydro Water & the Western Canadian economy - new report from Canada West Foundation http://bit.ly/GJeISI#watersupply
Casper Star-Tribune editorial: Wyoming should have cut its losses on cloud seeding. http://is.gd/Xg8fzc
RT @ShaunMcKinnon On the blog: Amid protests, Kyl, McCain talk water with Navajo, Hopi leaders. http://bit.ly/HlrAyb
RT @MySAWS Where is San Antonio's NEXT water supply coming from? Four proposals being considered: http://ow.ly/a7Xnw
WTF?
RT @Evolutionistrue Kodak's April Fool's joke http://wp.me/ppUXF-fH9
Via @LPAWater Britney Spears & Brad Pitt talk water issues.http://goo.gl/moivE #CAwater
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke
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