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Spent a delightful evening at the annual banquet of the Oregon State University student chapter of Engineers Without Borders.
Here is the official trailer of the current Lela, Kenya, project. The full-length KEL WER ("to bring song" in the native Dholuo language) film was to be shown tonight but I was unable to stay to see it.
"We have not inherited this land from our ancestors; rather we have borrowed it from our children." - Kenyan proverb
Hard to believe Matthew bought the farm.
Bummer!
Enjoy this week's news - if you can!
Books, Films, and Reviews
New book-'The Colorado Doctrine: Water Rights,Corporations, & Distributive Justice on American Frontier' http://is.gd/RSw8y1
Climate Change Politics Books for Freshmen http://bit.ly/XcxDhb
New Book: 'International Watercourses Law in the Nile River Basin: Three States at a Crossroads' http://is.gd/oilSkw
See @LastCallOasis in Portland, OR, 22 March, 7-9 PM Reserve tickets (need 60): http://is.gd/2VxZTb Sponsored by @ElPorvenir
Bottled Water and Tap/Drinking Water
MT @IndiaWater Protestors demand immediate release of drinking water from Palkhed dam & permanent solution in Manmadhttp://bit.ly/WF1L3v
Paper (abstract): 'Regional variability of disinfection by-products in Canadian drinking water' http://is.gd/258wMv
RT @WaterOnline After China's multibillion-dollar cleanup, water still unfit to drink @Reuters http://ow.ly/hXlKK
California
RT @GrokSurf San Diego regional water news roundup Feb 11-17, 2013 - http://bit.ly/ZatObE
MT @dillonliam Nearly 75% of San Diegans favor sewage recycling as part of drinking supply http://vosd.org/15z6V5X Was 25% < decade ago.
Canada
Just submitted my abstract (due 22 Feb) to @CWRA_Flows, CGU,CMOS Joint Congress http://is.gd/Jtr2A1 See you in Saskatoon, late May!
Paper (abstract): 'Regional variability of disinfection by-products in Canadian drinking water' http://is.gd/258wMv
One year later, federal-provincial oilsands monitoring plan still shows no public results http://is.gd/OBG0f9 (@calgaryherald)
RT @Letthedataflow Op-Ed: Fresh water the future of British Columbia.New laws needed for new challenges http://bit.ly/WX1gDD @VancouverSun
Metro plan impasse leads to water supply issues. Rural projects tap distant reservoirs http://is.gd/tLT0RV (@calgaryherald)
Extended Call for Abstracts: @CWRA_Flows, CGU, & CMOS Joint Scientific Congress, 26-30 May, Saskatoon. Due: 22 Febhttp://is.gd/Jtr2A1
TransCanada: Pipeline would not affect climate http://is.gd/Wt23AD
Duh...RT @SnowHydro Surprise! Waste in oilsands tailings ponds is leaking into groundwater http://bit.ly/VxywCZ via @john__bennett
Alberta @WaterPortal News - 20 February 2013 http://is.gd/P79gFS
Pipeline industry urged overhaul of Canada's waters protection lawhttp://is.gd/7Omkxa (@calgaryherald)
RT @LivingLakesCA @CanadaWaterWeek We Love the Columbia Wetlands! pic.twitter.com/DdjPq8ZNTU
RT @WaterTAPOntario PPP Canada Publishes Water and Wastewater Study via @CanadianWater http://ow.ly/hQy96
Moi! MT @WaterPuppetry Who's coming to Connecting Water Resources 2013 Conference,Ottawa 18-21 Mar? http://bit.ly/YJgWaj @CdnWaterNetwork
@WaterPuppetry @MeganKot @CdnWaterNetwork Wouild love tp connect. I don't land @ #YOW till 7 PM Monday
@AENV_SRD 1-800-222-6514 @WaterPortal: There is a hot line you can phone if you think you see people illegally taking water.#abwater
Climate, Climate Change, and Weather
RT @ClimateTreaty Statistics help clear fog for better climate change picture http://bit.ly/12uKrU5
RT @DavidSuzukiFDN Will Obama's climate change talk galvanize action in Canada? http://ow.ly/hMfKM
RT @YaleEnviro Tom Steyer uses wealth, connections to fight global warming http://wapo.st/W5zAIU
RT @ClimateTreaty Global Warming Consensus Looking More Like A Myth - Topix http://bit.ly/12C4vns
MT @HeidiCullen Call for Gov. Christie (R-NJ) to consider climate change in Jersey Shore rebuilding: http://bit.ly/WROk25
Wyoming study finds state's record warming in 6,000 years tracks carbon emissions http://is.gd/XQrP5K (@CSTribune)
RT @deepseadawn Past the point of no return? Should we learn to just adapt to climate change? http://bit.ly/Yn5obZ (@KPCC)
RT @sierraclub Kerry comes out swinging on #climatechange:http://sc.org/WRgPLD (via @thehill)
RT @AWRAHQ Climate change, snow and ice, and water resourceshttp://on.natgeo.com/ZjDnoy via @PeterGleick
RT @the_wrangler “Why has adaptation been such a dirty word?”http://ow.ly/hV6Mh @ThePublicSquare
RT @worldresources Florida Hosts Town Hall on National Climate Report. http://bit.ly/12SuwPv
Conferences and Calls for Abstracts/Papers
Extended Call for Abstracts: @CWRA_Flows, CGU, & CMOS Joint Scientific Congress, 26-30 May, Saskatoon. Due: 22 Febhttp://is.gd/Jtr2A1
Just submitted my abstract (due 22 Feb) to @CWRA_Flows, CGU,CMOS Joint Congress http://is.gd/Jtr2A1 See you in Saskatoon, late May!
Conflict, Cooperation, and Water Security
Conclusions of Zaragoza International @UN_Water Conference on Water Cooperation http://is.gd/J5WSdO
Securing water and land in the Tana Basin, Kenya: a resource book for water managers and practitioners http://is.gd/tTK3nm
Institutional adaptive capacity as a way towards water security? The case of Kyrgyzstan http://is.gd/WWCCyv
RT @jfleck Here's a nice look from @spogburn at the reality behind Oliver's Tarrant spin http://bit.ly/YePUGQ
Supreme Court decision could lead to 'water anarchy' in the West:http://flpbd.it/KaoDJ RT @DianeN56 @troutheadwaters
Who Owns the Nile? Egypt, Sudan, & Ethiopia’s History-Changing Dam http://is.gd/lGYuNW Podcast: http://is.gd/13qDbi
RT @worldresources Aqueduct Metadata Document: Orange-Senqu River Basin Study http://bit.ly/XYJMX4
@TxWaterJournal Paper - 'The Edwards Aquifer Water Wars: The Final Chapter?' http://is.gd/QHXF2N
New Book: 'International Watercourses Law in the Nile River Basin: Three States at a Crossroads' http://is.gd/oilSkw
Droughts, Floods, and Disasters
Seapower Magazine Article: 'Drought Brings Focus to Inland Waterways Infrastructure' http://bit.ly/XebJdz
MT @RiverLifeUMN Farmland auction reveals direct cost of 2011 Missouri River floods http://bit.ly/YzXUTC Some land = 50% former value
Free Webinar: 'Adaptation & Flood Mitigation in Netherlands', 27 Feb, 12-1 PM EST, 6-7 PM CET. Register @ http://is.gd/Lae78J
Another Dry Year? Wyoming anchers prepare for potential droughthttp://is.gd/b7lmfe (@CSTribune)
RT @ClimateCentral Time is running out to avert third straight summer of drought, feds warn http://bit.ly/W6tRIj
Via @highcountrynews Drought forces a new era of agricultural water conservation http://is.gd/k4HJqe
Worst Drought in 1,000 Years Could Begin in Eight Yearshttp://is.gd/CQtQSZ (tnx @jfleck)
@matt_weiser @waterwired To be clear, the eight year thing in that piece is wrong. Not what the Seager paper says.
RT @WinnipegNews High risk of major flooding in Fargo, moderate for Grand Forks http://wfp.to/US9
Education
Climate Change Politics Books for Freshmen http://bit.ly/XcxDhb
@AWRAHQ 2012 Annual Conference Student Presenter Competition Winners http://is.gd/kWgllx
@deepseadawn @LizNeeley @DrJanthina: Grad Student's Guide to Necessary Skills for Nonacademic Conservation Careershttp://is.gd/PrXvhx
RT @Evolutionistrue Oklahoma joins the benighted, tries to pass antiscience bill http://wp.me/ppUXF-lEL
RT @TheWeek The undercover effort to get God into biology class:http://bit.ly/Y1QFag
FACE Time, Crap Detection, Ecohydrology, First Nations, and Morehttp://bit.ly/Xosdjj
Events and Opportunities
RT @DaniNierenberg 4 Grand Challenges to Energy, Food, and Water http://ow.ly/hzAUe @worldresources
RT @ngwatweets Free NGWA Summit Preview Webinars - Get the inside scoop on some of this year's presentations http://ow.ly/hIQyz
Free Webinar: 'Adaptation & Flood Mitigation in Netherlands', 27 Feb, 12-1 PM EST, 6-7 PM CET. Register @ http://is.gd/Lae78J
arpe Diem West Academy Webinar: 'Watershed Vauation: A Closer Look' 26 Feb, 1-3 PM PST (US West Coast) http://is.gd/WDlbvt
See @LastCallOasis in Portland, OR, 22 March, 7-9 PM Reserve tickets (need 60): http://is.gd/2VxZTb Sponsored by @ElPorvenir
Duh...RT @SnowHydro Surprise! Waste in oilsands tailings ponds is leaking into groundwater http://bit.ly/VxywCZ via @john__bennett
Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, Energy
La Plata County (CO) looks at shale-oil timeout http://is.gd/rEaQWp (@DurangoHerald)
Wave energy company trying to locate buoy anchor off Oregon coast http://is.gd/k9kyU3 (@Oregonian)
Colorado's new drilling regulations are nothing new for La Plata County http://is.gd/4z9pwX
Geologist’s provocative study challenges popular assumptions about ‘fracking’ http://is.gd/MxrT3R (@globeandmail)
RT @DrSuRu Fracking Our Farms: A Tale of Five Farming Families –@EcoWatch http://bit.ly/UMVxQI
Drilling for answers: Ecologist says he has questions despite fracking's benefits http://is.gd/KVlnqA
@SigFigs_Gleick: The Keystone XL Pipeline: Red herring, symbol, or a piece of a puzzle? http://is.gd/oSMwKI
Infographics, Videos, and Visuals
RT @columbiawater Top 10 most POLLUTED countries in the world - Youtube (video)http://bit.ly/U4198N
MT @FAOnews Infographic on Water Scarcity http://bit.ly/Ym2vZu @faoknowledge
Picture from @zenrainman Rock and water ...http://twitpic.com/c4p0ou
MT @columbiawater Achieving Sustainable Water, Energy and Agriculture in Gujarat, India (VIDEO) http://bit.ly/12I8eA8
Summary, video of @YaleEnviro's webinar on#shalegas,#renewableenergy & electricity w/ @NREL's Jeff Loganhttp://bit.ly/WQR51W
MT @highcountrynews Going from Page, AZ, to Lees Ferry? Boat, don't drive: Geology has gotten best of US HWY 89http://bit.ly/Zx72P4
MT @LauraPaskus RT @bberwyn Still loving this airliner view of the Colorado Plateau. More aerial shots: http://bit.ly/WCG0RF
@AGI_Updates Releases 'Faces of Earth' Series in HD on YouTubehttp://is.gd/XEvSlx
Journals, Reports, and Publications
Via @MikeTaylor For @jackandraka's own take, see his post 'Why Science Journal Paywalls Have To Go' http://is.gd/7uS2Vs @PLOS
Water International 38 (1) - January 2013 (@iwra_water)http://bit.ly/11Tlxyd
Colorado College's 'State of the Rockies' project: state reports & polls - AZ, CO,WY,NM,UT, MT http://is.gd/qVM1St (tnx @jfleck)
People
@AWRAHQ President's Message - February/March 2013http://is.gd/3TVZLE
RT @HuffPostGreen As Salazar heads back to Colorado, friends and foes reflect on his time at Interior http://huff.to/12Xl4do
@PeterGleick's Twitter feed for 'Significant Figures' blog:@SigFigs_Gleick Blog: http://is.gd/IXroGs
Policy, Planning, Economics, and Management
Water Update - 14 February 2013 - Water Policy & Practicehttp://is.gd/iCPTRR
RT @grundfosusa: @AWWAACE Applauds Introduction of WIFIA Water Infrastructure Legislation in Senate http://bit.ly/12YF9Aj
MT @waterlaws Water Law and Policy Monitor, a new service ($$) from @BloombergBNA http://is.gd/1Ft9TA
MT @WEForg @waters4wef: @PeterGleick article on jobs created by water investment: Smart Water; New Jobshttp://on.natgeo.com/15s0fXq
@WaterAlliance's Presidential Pipeline: 'Cut and Dry'http://is.gd/nIayES
RT @CleanWaterNews If Green Roofs And Rain Gardens Are So Great, Why Aren’t There More? - http://bit.ly/Xtu5Ws via @OPB
Via @ELDaily: More than 3.7 Million Sustainable Water Jobs by 2020, Pacific Predicts http://is.gd/kteSoQ
RT @AWRAHQ 5 Steps to Mitigate Water Risk and Manage Water Resources http://is.gd/uvnAoT
MT @Katchinoff Green or Grey Infrastructure? @worldresourcesinvestigation in @SolutionsMag might provide answershttp://bit.ly/XAJmFf
Positions Open
Position Open: @WorldBank - Urban Specialist, Islamabad, Pakistan. Closes: 11 March http://is.gd/mLBIQk
Position Open: Pact - Capacity Development Advisor for WaSH Program (Juba. South Sudan). Closes: 22 March http://is.gd/zSBJms
Position Open: @USDA_ARS - Science Advisor, Natural Resources Mgmt. (Washington, DC). Closes: 12 March http://is.gd/ubKNM5
Position Open: Tasman Regional Council (NZ) - Environmental Monitoring Officer Closes: 7 March http://is.gd/HSNeAJ
Position Open: UC-Santa Barbara - Postdoc, Mtn Hydrology & Water Chemistry. Apply by 1 April, then OUF. http://is.gd/JmPUH8
Position Open: @USDA_ARS Science Advisor -Aquaculture (DC). Closes: 5 March http://is.gd/dpZXzt
Position Open: @USDA_ARS Interdisciplinary-Research: Ecologist/Rangeland Mgmt Specialist (CO) Closes: 15 Marchhttp://is.gd/zaQ9dq
Position Open: Wisconsin DNR - River Hydrologist (2 years). Modeling expertise. http://is.gd/BU0ZF1
Position Open: @usbr - Bend Field Manager (Bend, OR). Closes: 25 Feb http://is.gd/FGJEmD
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/PNfpcV
Position Open: Otago Regional Council (NZ) - Environmental Officer (Hydrology). Closes: 25 Feb.http://is.gd/a2Lguk
Position Open: Snohomish County - Project Specialist IV - SW Management (Everett, WA) Closes: 1 March http://is.gd/TJpOGh
Position Open: @USDA_ARS Science Advisor - Aquaculture (Washington, DC) Closes: 5 March http://is.gd/dpZXzt
Position Open: @USFWSHQ - Administrator (Sacramento, CA). Closes: 25 Feb. http://is.gd/qw9boW
Position Open: @NOAA - Senior Hydrologist (Fort Worth, TX). Closes: 22 Feb http://is.gd/7diwxH
Position Open: GNS Science (NZ) - Groundwater Scientist - Numerical Modeller. Closes: 26 Feb. http://is.gd/QYJQti
Positions Open: Various - Scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/DUDO6L
Position Open: @USFWSPacific - F&W Administrator (Arcata, CA). Closes: 5 March http://is.gd/2f7n8w
Position Open: @EPAgov - Environmental Engineer (Cincinnati, OH). Closes: 27 Feb. http://1.usa.gov/12w3RDt (@EPAjobs)
Position Open: @IUCN - Head, @IUCN Caucasus Cooperation Centre (Tbilisi). Closes: 28 Feb http://is.gd/YFDJRx
Get Hydrology Jobs: The Hydrology Job Finder (02-04-13) <-- Get your copy here: http://bit.ly/WrUDqW
Position Open: U of Hawaii (Oceanography) - Postdoctoral Researcher in Wetland Hydrology & Biogeochemistry; 2 years. http://is.gd/LXvCrX
Positions Open (2-3): Canada-wide - Postdoctoral positions in applied geochemistry research. Closes: 28 Feb http://is.gd/ZHqN0F
Position Open: U of MD - Agriculture & Natural Resources Librarian. Closes: 6 March. http://is.gd/DKajPt
Position Open: @GannettFleming -Environmental Engineer/Geologist (Irvine, CA) http://bit.ly/12iLZ30
Position Open: City College of NY (CCNY) - Dean, Grove School of Engineering. http://bit.ly/Uovxfu @PhysicsToday
Positions Open: Various - Scroll down to 'Job Opportunities' http://is.gd/w0a6rN
Positions Open: Virginia Tech - 7 T-T Asst Prof. in Water (Policy, Modeling, Ecology, etc.). Close: 20 March http://is.gd/BCE2tO
Position Open: @chesapeakebay Senior Scientist (Harrisburg, PA). Closes: 22 Feb http://is.gd/0sNMy4
Position Open: Illinois State Water Survey - Sediment Transport Scientist. Closes: 1 March http://is.gd/mmZ60E
Positions Open: Various - Scroll Down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/BxQfFG
Position Open: State of Alaska - Senior-Level Geohydrologist. Closes: 15 March http://is.gd/J3zvgA
Position Open: OSU T-T Asst. Prof, Forest Hydrology & Watershed Mgmt. Full consideration: 28 Feb Closes: 30 Mar http://is.gd/1URj1M
Positions Open (3): Various in Marine Science: Oceanography, Marine Ecology http://is.gd/1AyZRe
Position Open: @NRCgov Hydrologist/Hydraulic Engineer (Rockville, MD). Closes: 28 Feb http://is.gd/pXUlYg
Positions Open: Numerous - Scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/Bt3x5U
Position Open: U of WY - T-T Asst. Professor in Hydrogeophysics. OUF; App review: 28 Feb http://is.gd/aeRSCC
Position Open: U of SC - Coastal Training Program Assistant (Georgetown, SC). OUF. http://is.gd/fNh78t
Positions Open: @Heifer - Three openings - Grant writer, Web developer, Assoc. Dir. of Philanthropy http://is.gd/wp4tC2
Position Open: U of Lausanne - Lecturer, Biogeosciences. Apply by 15 April http://is.gd/KlPPl3
Position Open: Water Witness (UK) - Fair Water Futures Project Mgr (Tanzania). Closes: 1 Mar. Contact [email protected]
Position Open: @WaterJobsUK (headhunter firm) - Senior Consultant Hydrologist (Scotland) ASAP http://bit.ly/VHlmP1
Position Open: @WaterJobsUK (headhunter firm) - Principal Hydrologist (Scotland). ASAP. http://bit.ly/VHlo9A
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/i6osNW
Position Open: UCLA Inst of Environ & Sustainability - Postdoctoral researcher, water policy in CA. 2 years. http://is.gd/GJoqDX
Positions Open: @USAID - Foreign Svc Population/Health/Nutrition. Many vacancies (US citizens only) http://is.gd/sNhUyk
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/B1IeSD
Position Open: Penn State U - EESI - Res. Assistant, Data Visualization & Drupal Website Management. Closes: 1 Marchhttp://is.gd/AHK2hI
Position Open: Penn State U - EESI - Cyberspecialist. Closes: 1 March. http://is.gd/ZhwqVS
Positions Open: @USDA - Various Postdoctoral positionshttp://is.gd/tdRr5Y
Positions Open: Several - @wwrglobal, @UNICEF, @oxfamgb, U of Nebraska, UNC. Scroll down to 'Opportunities' http://is.gd/etHOTM
Positions Open: Inter-Fluve - Engineer or Geomorphologist (Cambridge, MA) OUF. http://is.gd/vMovfO & Madison, WIhttp://is.gd/q5xiYu OUF
Position Open: @ORISEconnect @EPAgov - Post-Graduate Internship, Healthy Watersheds Project. Renewable,up to 3 yearshttp://is.gd/u4DSEM
Position Open: Stockholm Environment Institute - Sr. Research Fellow, Land & Water Reso. for Sus. Dev. (Bangkok). OUFhttp://is.gd/wgUlk2
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities' Many new! http://is.gd/o3ZxvJ
Position Open: @CGIAR Vacancy: Communications Specialist I/II (Washington, DC) http://dlvr.it/2Zw8r7
Position Open: @environmentca (Burlington, ONT) - Postdoc - Impacts of shale gas on GW. Contact: [email protected]
Positions Open - Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/gO4HXh
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/R1UIMi
Positions Open: Various - Scroll down to opportunities'http://is.gd/wmJAKf
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/oVVDz7
Positions Open: Western U. & U of Waterloo (Canada) - PhD & Postdocs in GW Hydrology,Biogeochemistry & Microbiology.http://is.gd/WS0URz
RT @WorldBank Check out our new World Bank #jobs website, now easier to use: http://bit.ly/S9WEqT
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'.http://is.gd/nJjnAT
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/xtLe3o
Previous Weekly Water Summaries (Last Six Months)
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 16 - 22 February 2013 http://is.gd/2l6rdA
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 9 - 15 February 2013http://bit.ly/11LUu7H
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 2 - 8 February 2013http://bit.ly/XtBQJx
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 26 January - 1 February 2013http://bit.ly/YJGdXk
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 12 - 18 January 2013http://bit.ly/XKcDNk
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 5 - 11 January 2013http://bit.ly/XYdOfM
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 29 December 2012 - 4 January 2013 http://bit.ly/Z5M9F6
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 22 - 28 December 2012http://bit.ly/V8d8yW
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 15 - 21 December 2012http://bit.ly/WCFfer
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 8 - 14 December 2012http://bit.ly/W7IE4F
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 1 - 7 December 2012http://bit.ly/SMQOfz
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 24 - 30 November 2012http://bit.ly/UxJRzR
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 17 - 23 November 2012http://bit.ly/UyUmRn
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 10 - 16 November 2012http://bit.ly/101rx37
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 3 - 9 November 2012http://bit.ly/SK09lK
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 20 - 26 October 2012http://bit.ly/Y4OG3H
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 6 - 12 October 2012http://bit.ly/UQbpCH
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 29 September - 5 October 2012 http://bit.ly/VD5uyq
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 8 - 14 September 2012http://bit.ly/PfIWjM
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 1 - 7 September 2012http://bit.ly/Os0nML
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 25 - 31 August 2012http://bit.ly/NAAA9q
Science, Medicine, and Technology
@johnmcquaid Until 200 years ago,few Western scientists believed rocks fell from sky.Then some did http://bit.ly/ZiEIQe @acronymrequired
RT @DebbySchade Trolls Are Ruining Science Journalismhttp://zite.to/YtPdeM via @zite @MichaelEMann
RT @SnowHydro H: most abundant element in universe. Did you know a woman figured that out? http://bit.ly/YjeYg0 http://twitter.com/Fp7cQs8O
Streams, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
A plea from @aguanomics: what do you think of 'The Economy Owes Ecology An Apology' http://is.gd/00QIMY
RT @APrippleeffect Riverkeeper: Tappan Zee mitigation fund paltry vs. similar project http://fb.me/2q1vDEukJ
RT @alexbreitler @lesommer: Huh? Giant goldfish? - Researchers concerned about goldfish in Lake Tahoe http://sacb.ee/15wQibh
Twitter, E-Newspapers, and E-Newsletters
H2OSU Newsletter - 17 February 2013: events, opportunities, conferences, etc. http://is.gd/PNfpcV
@WatCitSay Conferences, Fly-Ins & World Water Day! Check out Water Citizen News http://ow.ly/hP2mO
MT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking #Water SVDs Daily ▸ via@B4ESummit @WEForg @WaterWired @savetheWater@PurificWaterUSA
▸http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … …
@H2OEthics Newsletter - February 2013. http://is.gd/ILNTf0
MT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking #Water SVDs Daily ▸ via@TheWaterChannel @SureAqua @SavetheWater @Waterwired@SureAqua ▸
http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 …
RT @Alwi_Eisner Tales from the Trenches▸ top stories via@MarylandNow @MDEnvironment @waterwired @eliashinckley
▸http://paper.li/Alwi_Eisner/1337004130 …
bRAINstorming - International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance Newsletter No. 50 - February 2013 http://is.gd/sdPK0N
The @RMS_Rainwater Daily is out!http://paper.li/RMS_Rainwater/1344964394 … … ▸ Top stories today via @WaterWired
Alberta @WaterPortal News - 20 February 2013 http://is.gd/P79gFS
@WASHadvocates February 2013 Newsletter http://is.gd/pafGPY
@OSUCEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 22 February 2013.http://is.gd/1AyZRe
Water Update - 21 February 2013 - Water Policy & Practice Newsletter http://is.gd/80yovV
MT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking #Water SVDs Daily ▸@OurWaterCounts @WorkWithWater @5gyres @SavetheWater@WaterWired
▸ http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … …
The @WaterStJournal Daily is out! http://paper.li/WaterStJournal ▸ Top stories today via @generositywater @TasteTheWater@WaterWired
MT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking #Water SVDs Daily ▸ via@UN_Water@WaterWired @SavetheWater @CircleofBlue @UNEP
▸http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … …
From Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies: ORSAM Water Bulletin 115 http://bit.ly/UKcvPM
RT @IWAPublishing On the WaterWiki this month: The Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus - http://eepurl.com/vh8Dr
MT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking Water SVDs Daily via @WaterWired@SavetheWater @OurWaterCounts @theWaterProject
http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 …
MT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking Water SVDs Daily via @waterwired@SavetheWater @Connect4Climate
@UNDPhttp://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … …
The @WaterTreatment_ Daily is out!http://paper.li/WaterTreatment_/1313650670 … … ▸ Top stories today via @WaterAidUK @WaterWired @GetMiningJobs
RT @worldresources Climate change & energy daily is out!http://paper.li/worldresources/climate-energy … … ▸ Top stories today via @agentGav @ClimateBuzz @drgrist
@Alwi_Eisner's Tales from the Trenches: http://ow.ly/hQwQw @waterwelljournl @americanrivers @WEForg
@waterwired @mysaws@allbmoremd
RWSN February 2013 Newsletter http://tinyurl.com/bvs8set (@thewatercyclist)
WaSH and Development
EWB-USA Oregon State University Chapter - 17 February 2013 Newsletter http://is.gd/U4iD67
Via @WASHadvocates MT @nickkristof: Nightmare on US cruise ship for past few days is roughly what 1+ billion people daily endure
@UnlockDemocracy: One Million Europeans Petition for a Universal Right to Water and Sanitation http://bit.ly/12JzWYr
@WASHadvocates February 2013 Newsletter http://is.gd/pafGPY
Water Quality
GWF Discussion Paper Highlights Role of Bark Beetle Infestations in Water Quality Decline http://is.gd/1XexYs
@EPAgov proposes stricter water standards for Floridahttp://huff.to/12ZAB8e (via @HuffPostGreen)
Via @WellIntel Concerns Grow About ‘Severely Polluted’ Water in China’s Cities http://is.gd/4ZJ9AC
Wyoming DEQ objects to Encana's plan to dispose of wastewater in Madison aquifer http://is.gd/BFyfgm (@CSTribune)
RT @AWRAHQ After China's multibillion-dollar cleanup, water still unfit to drink http://reut.rs/ZhwlRk via @reuters
Water Supply, Use, Reuse, and Conservation
@usbr says Wyoming reservoirs have enough water this year.http://is.gd/jsZnAF (@CSTribune)
GWF Calls for Refining the Water Footprint Concepthttp://is.gd/BcYqtp
MT @jfleck "Where's Waldo" of western water: find single watershed in #ColoradoRiver Basin with above-avg snowpackhttp://j.mp/XIKYNm
NM state engineer allocates water in hard hit area: MRG Conservancy District gets 20,000 AF. http://is.gd/goqfT0
@Oregonian Gov. Kitzhaber, farmers, environmentalists sign deal to add more water for Umatilla Basin irrigation http://is.gd/5zRUsp
RT @YaleEnviro Seawater desalination plant might be just a drop in the bucket http://lat.ms/W5ygFW
RT @KateGalbraith New watering rules let San Antonio homeowners sleep in. http://is.gd/Gv6M6D
Infographic from @FAOnews: Water Scarcity http://bit.ly/Xg0i5d
MT @dillonliam Nearly 75% of San Diegans favor sewage recycling as part of drinking supply http://vosd.org/15z6V5X Was 25% < decade ago.
RT @ASCETweets German technology for wastewater treatment goes global http://ow.ly/hVnOl
WTF?
Rocking the Boat: The Wife of Pi http://bit.ly/11XOg4Z
My teaching is being evaluated this term so naturally I have to write a narrative about my teaching philosophy. After some thought, here is what rolled off my keyboard late last night (no, it's not a joke):
As an undergraduate in the late 1960s I became enamored with the educational dictum, ‘crap detection’, promulgated by Neil Postman. Although I had not yet decided to be an educator, I decided that if I did, I would focus on teaching my students to be crap detectors, which these days, is known as ‘critical thinking’. I have tried to instill that concept in my students, along with another one: ethical behavior. If you add to these two an emphasis on fundamentals and altruism, you have my philosophical principles: (1) fundamentals; (2) altruism; (3) crap detection; and (4) ethics. The mnemonic is ‘FACE’.
Prior to OSU most of my teaching at the Universities of Nevada-Reno and New Mexico was in the sciences and engineering: hydrogeology; physical hydrology, groundwater hydraulics, environmental science, geological and environmental fluid mechanics, subsurface contaminant fate and transport, etc. It was relatively easy to follow principles (1) and (3), and (2) and (4) were generally not very relevant. In the mid-1990s I added policy and management courses to that mix and now, I teach P&M courses almost exclusively. In P&M courses I have found it more challenging to define (1) and (3), whereas (2) and (4) are generally more relevant than in the S&E courses. That’s what makes teaching P&M courses more fascinating; they really force me to stretch myself.
In all my courses I like to use case studies, especially those in which I have participated. Students tend to like ‘real-world’ examples.
So that's about it.
I do miss teaching the quantitative stuff, so next year I will teach a 4XX/5XX (UG/G) course in Hydrogeography, a course in physical hydrology for non-engineers. It will be a version of a course I developed and taught at UN-Reno and UC-Santa Cruz I called Hydrologic Fluid Dynamics. I used Larry Dingman's excellent Fluvial Hydrology, long since out-of-print. It's the best water book I have. Full of information, it is designed to teach fluid mechanics to Earth scientists. It was ahead of its time (1984), which is probably why it went out of print so quickly. He has since written another great book, Physical Hydrology.
But I am enjoying teaching Water
Resources Management in the US this term:
Download GEO_425_Syllabus_Winter2013
Twenty sharp undergraduates keeping me on my toes.
And after class today, I set an enthusiastic undergraduate straight on ecohydrology, which he had never heard of, as a field for graduate study. I also gave him some schools and professors' names (Desiree, Mark, John, and Bill - get ready!).
And after that, one of my GEO 425 undergrads came in to talk about doing a Bachelor's thesis (Environmental Science) on aspects of Canada's First Nations. He left my office with a thesis advisor.
Doesn't get much better than today. I am even looking forward to reviewing our college's draft strategic plan tonight!
And watch out for crap. I've heard it's all over the Internet.
"I want to remind you that murder for murder, General Westmoreland makes Vito Genovese look like a Flower Child...Another way of saying this is that all ideologies are saturated with bullshit, and a wise man will observe Herbert Read’s advice: 'Never trust any group larger than a squad.' " - Neil Postman
From ORSAM's [Turkish acronym for Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies] Water Research Programme here is Water Bulletin 115:
Download 2013219_orsamwaterbulletin115
This looks very good, especially since the countries of the South Caucasus - Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, (Caucasus Middle East) - are included. I am very interested in these countries.
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Water International
Volume 38 - Issue 1, January 2013
WI is not open-access. Click here to access the issue - you will be able to see the first page/and/or the abstract of each article.
Published by IWRA.
Letter from the president:
Dogan Altinbilek
pages 1-2
Editorial:
Philippus Wester & James E. Nickum
pages 3-5
Miscellany:
IWRA XIV World Water Congress Keynote Speeches
James E. Nickum & Philippus Wester
page 6
No universal remedies: design for contexts
Helen Ingram
pages 6-11
Water-related disaster management and adaptation to climate change: bridges and challenges?
Guéladio Cissé
pages 11-16
Articles:
The Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement: a peacefully unfolding African spring?
Salman M.A. Salman
pages 17-29
International river basin organizations: variation, options and insights
Jonathan Lautze, Kai Wegerich, Jusipbek Kazbekov & Murat Yakubov
pages 30-42
Using GPS and recall to understand water collection in Kenyan informal settlements
Ben Crow, James Davies, Susan Paterson & Julio Miles
pages 43-60
Regional variability of disinfection by-products in Canadian drinking water
Shakhawat Chowdhury
pages 61-77
Water quality assessment at a global scale: a comparison between world regions
Gabriela da Costa Silva & Monique G. Dubé
pages 78-94
Viewpoint:
ABCDE+F: a framework for thinking about water resources management
Chris Perry
pages 95-107
In Memoriam: Aly Shady
Aly Shady
page 108
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"And Allah has created from water every living creature: so of them is that which walks upon its belly, and of them is that which walks upon two feet, and of them is that which walks upon four; Allah creates what He pleases; surely Allah has power over all things." - Qur'an 24.45 (M. H. Shakir's translation)
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