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FAO Infographic: Water Scarcity

From the folks at FAO. Here is a link to the infographic and a PDF:

Download PpWater-scarcity

Last month I discussed the issue of how many actually have access to 'clean water'. The figure is likely more than shown below.

Scarcity and shortage are not synonymous, but I thought I would include these quotes about shortage from David Zetland.

"Water shortages are caused by water management institutions that ignore scarcity." - David Zetland, The End of Abundance, p. 3

"Nature creates droughts, but people create shortages." - David Zetland

Seapower Magazine Article: 'Drought Brings Focus to Inland Waterways Infrastructure'

No, I'm not 'going 'marine' on you, but the February 2013 issue of Seapower has a good article by Daisy R. Khalifa about drought and inland waterways on pages 10-13 (thanks to Steve Stockton).

The picture is from the article and shows barge traffic on the Mississippi River near St. Louis.

Following Khalifa's article is an interview with Coast Guard Vice Admiral Robert C. Parker about the CG's efforts in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.

Download Seapower_Feb2013

Enjoy!

“Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.” - Jean-Paul Sartre

List: Climate Change Politics Books for Freshmen

One of my former New Mexico colleagues, political scientist John Brown, posted this item to the MRG Water Assembly list from one of his political science lists. I thought it worth reposting. I suspect these books will be suitable for others besides college freshmen. I am guessing that most of these books are USA-centric.

I have not vetted the list, although I did delete an entry that repeated the name of a book with a different author - #10, listing David MacKay as the author. I could not find the book anywhere.

Brown suggested that William deBuys' book, A Great Aridness (Oxford University Press 2011), be included. No complaints from me. 

Here is what was requested by the original poster:

Last week, I queried the list with the following:"What's your recommendation for the best book, an intro reading for freshmen, on climate change politics and its recent history? I want something that will not only inform the students on the science & evidence behind climate change, but also about the politics of science & knowledge. And of course, it has to be a bit gripping and entertaining so that they'll actually read it."

Here is the liist, in no particular order. 

1) U.S. Politics and Climate Change by Glen Sussman and Byron W. Daynes (Lynn Rienner, forthcoming)

2) The Global Warming Reader by Bill McKibben (Penguin 2012)

3) Politics of Climate Change by Anthony Giddens 2nd edition (Polity 2011)

4) The Inquisition of Climate Science by James Powell (Columbia University Press 2011)

5) Global Warming Gridlock by David Victor (Cambridge University Press 2011)

6) The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You About Global Warming by Roger Pielke, Jr. (Basic Books 2010)

7) Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway (Bloomsbury Press 2010)

8) The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate (2nd Edition) by Andrew Dessler and Edward Parson (Cambridge University Press 2010)

9) Global Commons, Domestic Decisions: The Comparative Politics of Climate Change by Kathryn Harrison and Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom, (MIT Press 2010)

10) Mere Environmentalism: A Biblical Perspective on Humans and the Natural World by Steven F. Hayward (American Enterprise Institute 2011)

11) Global Warming: A Very Short Introduction by Mark Maslin (Oxford University Press 2009)

12) Why We Disagree About Climate Change by Mike Hulme (Cambridge University Press 2009)

13) The Suicidal Planet: How to Prevent Global Climate Catastrophe by Sudhir Chella Rajan, Mayer Hillman, and Tina Fawcett (Thomas Dunne Books 2007)

14) Sustainable Development by Susan Baker (Routledge 2006)

15) Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert (Bloomsbury 2006)

16) Dead Heat: Global Warming and Global Justice by Tom Athanasiou and Paul Baer (Seven Stories 2002)

17) The Heat is On: The Climate Crisis, the Cover-up, the Prescription by Ross Gelbspan (Perseus Books 1997)

18) Global Warming and Global Politics by Matthew Paterson (Routledge 1996)

Comments are welcomed, including additions and subtractions.

Enjoy!

"In America, the reason it's so important to determine which ten books college freshmen will read is that everyone knows they will never read another book again." - A French academic at a conference on political correctness (1990s?)

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 9 - 15 February 2013

Hope you all had a great Valentine's Day! Mary Frances and I had our pre-Valentine's Day celebration in the Reno-Lake Tahoe area, where we were married almost 20 years ago.

Here she is with about 122 MAF of freshwater behind her. 

Enjoy this week's summary!

California and Nevada
Delta Dialogues Final Report Now Available (64 MB PDF)http://is.gd/rNGiTP  #sacdelta

Via @markgrossi RT @jboren4507: Fresno Bee editorial: San Joaquin River must have easy access: http://tinyurl.com/aqm8uj8 

RT @matt_weiser City of Elk Grove will strip trees from a levee to comply with Army Corps policy. http://ht.ly/hCN6G  #caflood

Sunday at 'The Lake': Recalling the Bateman Plan for Water Supply; Groundwater Flow Follies http://bit.ly/XDAvSj 

RT @CMUA_Tweets Will California Get Fracked?http://tinyurl.com/au7e7zl 

MT @MavensNotebook Delta smelt take nears limit, triggering cutbacks in Delta water exports http://wp.me/p2XWwm-og 

MT @MikeLeeSanDiego Love Your Water Campaign! And win some cool prizes. http://ow.ly/hF6es 

Canada
RT @WaterPuppetry From headwaters to sea: float down the Fraser River in 25 dayshttp://twitter.com/RivershedBC/status/300389354273120257/photo/1pic.twitter.com/TOnnTqgH  
@RivershedBC

Call for Abstracts: @CWRA_Flows, CGU, & CMOS Joint Scientific Congress, 26-30 May, Saskatoon. Due: 16 Feb http://is.gd/Jtr2A1 

RT @CanadianWater THM troubles grow in Newfoundland water supplies (via CBC News) http://fb.me/INQSFWrb 

Vancouver/BC: Water-related project idea you need feedback on?@Waterlution ProAction Cafe 27 Feb http://ow.ly/hEs5m (@greenestcity)

Climate, Weather, and Climate Change
RT @350 Record snow in a warming world? The science is clear.http://bit.ly/Z1G7um 

WaPo editorial: Climate change and the presidenthttp://is.gd/NTFFER  (Via @NobleIdeas)

Via @thebrightblue RT @mrhrmichael: In last 150 years,oceans have become 30% more acidic http://huff.to/10LpRt3  via @HuffingtonPost

RT @DLeonhardt That last climate quote from @CoralMDavenport, of Natl Journal. Whole piece is worth reading: http://bit.ly/YdYoib 

RT @grist Can we blame climate change for the Northeast’s massive blizzard? http://bit.ly/Z5JWyE 

Via @carbonmeme A new Harvard report probes security risks of extreme weather and climate change http://is.gd/rFiGur 

RT @climateprogress GOP ‘Savior’ Marco Rubio Mocks Climate Change http://bit.ly/UfcG5e 

RT @KateGalbraith Fun fact: In 1891,El Paso & Midland tried blowing up clouds w/ explosives to create rain. http://is.gd/gAA201  @nblinks

RT @drgrist The Most Influential Climate Science Paper Today Remains Unknown to Most People http://bit.ly/12P1RdO 

 

Conferences and Calls for Abstracts/Papers
New abstract deadline 15 Feb for @AWRAHQ Summer Conference: Healthy Forests = Healthy Waters http://is.gd/5ZBW0J 

New abstract deadline 15 Feb for @AWRAHQ Summer Conference: Environmental Flows http://is.gd/FsR232 

@OUWaTERCenter 2013 Conference (23-25 Sept, Norman, OK) Call for Abstracts http://is.gd/8zN9ni 

Call for Abstracts: @CWRA_Flows, CGU, & CMOS Joint Scientific Congress, 26-30 May, Saskatoon. Due: 16 Feb http://is.gd/Jtr2A1 

Conflict, Cooperation, and Security
Water Cooperation 2013 brochure http://is.gd/cw9lMT  @UNW_WWD

Middle East Musings: 1) Cooperation, Domination & Colonization; 2) Hydro-Hegemony http://bit.ly/XvFMcC 

RT @pdykstra EHN's @Brianbienkowski on the global land/water grab by corporations, investors. http://bit.ly/12IPUGx 

MT @UN_Women Women do 71% of water collection in S-S Africa.Must increase women's role in #WaterCooperationhttp://owl.li/hEp75  @UNESCO 

RT @MySAWS South Americans Face Upheaval in Deadly Water Battles http://ow.ly/hGjva  via @BloombergNews

RT @newscientist Interstate water wars loom as US runs dry (and climate changes) http://ow.ly/hGDxB  (FREE REG)

RT @JayFamiglietti Water and the Slippery Slope to Conflict in the Middle East http://is.gd/qlLvhk 

Institutional adaptive capacity as a way towards water security? The case of Kyrgyzstan http://is.gd/WWCCyv 

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 

Droughts, Floods, and Disasters
RT @BCWaterNews Sandy was region's deadliest storm in 40 years, report says http://lat.ms/VenkIN 

MT @USGS_Idaho On this date in 1962, the Portneuf River flooded Pocatello; 2,990 cfs measured by @USGS gagehttp://on.doi.gov/hDijTz 

@kimmelman's NYT piece on Holland and post-Sandy lessons 'Going With The Flow' now online http://nyti.ms/XLQAWj  

RuralCONNECTIONS Magazine (PDF): 'Drought and Wildfire in the West' http://is.gd/OIFwxS  (@westernrural) 

 

Education
MT @paulzink 3 States (CO, AZ, OK) Push Bills to Require Teaching Climate Change Denial in Schools – http://bit.ly/XvXaQt  

 

Events and Opportunities
MT @WEForg Can't find clever date for your Valentine? Take him/her to a wastewater treatment plant! http://ow.ly/i/1wfYn 

RT @BCWaterNews Tucson hosts tours of landfill on Valentine's Day. http://bit.ly/YXBu0P 

@EPAgov:'Extreme Event Impacts on Air Quality & Water Quality w/ Changing Global Climate' 26-27 Feb Webinar, too!http://is.gd/exMqDs 

@UNEP picks Portland, Oregon, to host World Environment Day - 5 June 2013. http://is.gd/cFGhis 

Rain Garden App Webinar, 20 Feb, 2 PM EST http://is.gd/6Ng6A8 Rain Garden App: http://is.gd/U24DgW 

RT @teleseminarlive Webinar & Teleseminar Listings now out!http://paper.li/teleseminarlive/1337838495 … … … … ▸ Top stories today via @WaterWired

 

Groundwater
MT @WLE_CGIAR "Strategies for managing India's groundwater"@IWMI_Water_News shares policy insights @iwmitatahttp://bit.ly/VRtprX 

Hydrogeologists Without Borders - UK now online:http://is.gd/e3U8NP 

 

Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, Energy 
RT @OregonianEnviro Oregon's geothermal resources on display in new online interactive map http://orne.ws/XI4Dfw 

MT @greenroofsuk German environment minister: 'we want to limit fracking' http://ow.ly/hDoHe 

RT @WhoDat35 Can a small community throw a wrench into the global fracking machine? (WhoWhatWhy) http://bit.ly/12d5RoB 

RT @Revkin NRDC's Beinecke presses Congress to improve#fracking oversight:http://clmpr.gs/YrkkGL  via @thinkprogress

La Plata County (CO) looks at shale-oil timeout http://is.gd/rEaQWp (@DurangoHerald)

 
Infographics, Videos,  and Visuals
Video RT @columbiawater Top 10 most POLLUTED countries in the world - Youtube http://bit.ly/U4198N 

RT @HuffPostCanada Unbelievable 'fire splash' sunset photo gets world attention http://huff.to/W6tbiy  via@HuffPostBC

Via @SnowHydro RT @Cmdr_Hadfield Silt-laden glacier waters billow blue into sea at south of New Zealand. pic.twitter.com/4CtO3HUL

Incredible Valentine's Day video from US Department of @Interior:http://is.gd/LjYs05 

 

Journals, Reports, and Publications
@WorldBank Report: Renewable Energy Desalination - Middle East North Africa (MENA) Region http://bit.ly/XvSTfN 

Water Cooperation 2013 brochure http://is.gd/cw9lMT  @UNW_WWD

Pub from U of NM School of Law's Utton Center: Water Matters!http://is.gd/scrD6f 

Middle East Musings: 1) Cooperation, Domination & Colonization; 2) Hydro-Hegemony http://bit.ly/XvFMcC 

Via @jeffkart USGS Pub: Chemicals of Emerging Concern in Water & Bottom Sediment in Great Lakes Areas of Concernhttp://on.doi.gov/14CQg04 

Tuesday Twofer: 1) Climate Extremes & National Security; 2) Environmental Decisions Under Uncertainty http://bit.ly/YW8vKy 

Hydrogeology Journal, Issue 21:1 - February 2013http://bit.ly/XPKaVV 
 

People
@PeterGleick's new blog @NatGeo's Science Blogs: 'Significant Figures' http://is.gd/IXroGs 

Poor Marco Rubio: His 'Watergate Moment' http://bit.ly/YXBnCn 

 

Policy, Planning, Economics, and Management
Via @Improve_Intl Water utilities need help getting back to basics: metering, monitoring & money @OnTheSeeSaw http://is.gd/OJstf9 

Royal Society President Calls for Integration of Science and Policyhttp://is.gd/OPOIJq  (@thecrimson)

Check out this Program Sustainability Assessment Tool from Washington University in STL. https://sustaintool.org/ 

RT @CIFOR_forests Paying farmers to protect watersheds and forests in Vietnam and China: long-term prognosishttp://ow.ly/hD9hU 

Water issues on tap for NM state legislature. http://is.gd/JXcT1w (@stacimatlock and @thenewmexican)

RT @WSPWorldBank How do water supply, sanitation impact economics? WSP's Guy Hutton discusses 14 Feb, 2pm GMThttp://cot.ag/YdTq4Q 

Water Update - 14 February 2013 - Water Policy & Practicehttp://is.gd/iCPTRR 

 

Positions Open
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: @USDA_ARS Science Advisor - Aquaculture (Washington, DC) Closes: 5 March http://is.gd/dpZXzt

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: NM Env. Dept. SW Quality Bureau - Environmental Scientist (Santa Fe, NM). Closes: 19 Feb. http://is.gd/WQGwsZ 

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: NM Env. Dept - Mining & Geological Specialist, Petroleum Tank Bureau. Closes: 21 Feb http://is.gd/avDrmL 

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 

Position Open: @USGS Research Interdisciplinary Bio/Eco/Phys Sci - Climate Impacts (Raleigh, NC). Closes: 19 Feb http://is.gd/C8MOxz 

Positions Open (3): Various in Marine Science: Oceanography, Marine Ecology http://is.gd/1AyZRe 

Position Open: @usbr - Fisheries Group Manager (Boulder Cuty, NV) Closes: 21 Feb http://is.gd/F3mDDz 

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: Irvine Ranch Water District - Executive Director of Operations. Closes: 18 Feb http://is.gd/GIX8Ht 

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: Iowa State U - Postdoc - Drainage Water Quality OUF; Review: 8 Feb. Contact: Dr. Matt Helmers mhelmers@ iastate (dot) edu

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 

Positions Open: U of FL - 2 Postdocs in Eddy Flux; Wetland Hydrology & WQ. Contact: Dr. Sanjay Shukla [[email protected]] ASAP. OUF

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  

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

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/IxOJdN 

Position Open: Indiana Univ. of PA - TT faculty in Dept. Geog & Reg. Planning - Energy & Env. OUF; App rev: 1 Feb 2013.http://is.gd/OkTHri 

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: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/p3xv9t 

Positions Open: Western U. & U of Waterloo (Canada) - PhD & Postdocs in GW Hydrology,Biogeochemistry & Microbiology.http://is.gd/WS0URz 

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

Position Open: HDR - Hydrogeologist or Water Resources Engineer (Seattle area). Closes: not indicated http://is.gd/fKHBfx 

Positions Open: Various - Scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/KAb4yQ 

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, 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, 27 October - 2 November 2012 http://bit.ly/SjXAXc 

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, 22 - 28 September 2012http://bit.ly/V3UdqP 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 15 - 21 September 2012http://bit.ly/UwfWau  #iah2012

 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 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 18 - 24 August 2012 http://bit.ly/NkAseb 

 

Science, Technology and Medicine
From @NASciences Notes from NAP: State of the Union 2013http://is.gd/xfljRf 

RT @PeterGleick Accuracy, precision, and significance: The misery of cholera http://on.natgeo.com/X91ior 

MT @kaskadia #KarlPopper turning in grave? RT @100PctSolutions Genome paper 'conclusively proves' #Sasquatch's realhttp://r88.it/kp7a 

RT @Waternetwork1 Smart water technology to help Hawaii water utility optimize distribution system http://bit.ly/12Adb9e 

 

Streams, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
RT @watercrunch Power-hungry Brazil builds dams, and more dams, across the Amazon http://zite.to/151P4Ez  via @zite

RT @USACE_HQ Water panel stresses general lack of knowledge about inland navigation to reps from 23 states. http://ow.ly/hzly0 

@USGS Pub: WQ, Streamflow & Annual Flow-Duration Curves for SJC Project Streams, S. CO & N. NM, 1935–2010 http://is.gd/xhYFv0 

Utah Legislator wants to tweak 2010 law that lets property owners keep people out of riverbeds http://is.gd/GSOJnB  (@sltrib)

RT @deepseadawn Invisible War Rages in World's Oceanshttp://bit.ly/XCgzxc 

RT @OregonianEnviro Portland State researchers say Columbia River conditions suitable for invasive mussels http://orne.ws/XQOft7 

MT @EI_Water Sweden: Anxiety drug found in rivers changes fish behaviour. http://bit.ly/X9hpEf  (@guardian)

Twitter, E-Newspapers, and E-Newsletters
MT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking Water SVDs Daily ▸ via@OurWaterCounts @DrinkLocalTap @WaterWired @SavetheWater@Water ▸
http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … …

H2OSU Newsletter - 11 February 2013. Conferences, meetings, funding opps, jobs. http://is.gd/DUDO6L 

MT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking Water SVD Daily ▸ via @WaterWired@WaterTechOnline @SavetheWater @WaterforPeople @350▸
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@columbiawater▸
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RT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking #Water SVDs Daily ▸ @circleofblue@WaterWired @SavetheWater @UNDP @Oxfam @UN_Water▸
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RT @teleseminarlive Webinar & Teleseminar Listings now out!http://paper.li/teleseminarlive/1337838495 … … … … ▸ Top stories today via @WaterWired

@IRWDnews Liquid News Daily is out!http://paper.li/IRWDnews/1319054415 … … 
▸ Top stories today via@CanadianWater @PureWaterSD @solarfeeds

@OSUCEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 15 February 2013http://is.gd/1AyZRe 

RT @IWAPublishing On the WaterWiki this month: The Water-Energy-Food Security Nexus - http://eepurl.com/vh8Dr 

Check out lots of news at http://www.hydrology.nl/  the Dutch Portal to Intl. Hydrology.

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RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out!http://paper.li/WhoDat35/environmental … …

RT @WaterTanks Rainwater Harvesting is out!http://paper.li/WaterTanks/1294956885 … …

MT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking #Water SVDs Daily ▸ via@circleofblue @EcoEvaluator @savetheWater @WaterWired@Water▸ 
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RT @worldresources Climate change & energy daily is out!http://paper.li/worldresources/climate-energy … ▸ Top stories today via@atrembath @REFocusmag @climatereserve

WaSH and Development
RT @Improve_Intl Great resource of USAID #WASH evaluations but shouldn't there be more than 83? http://is.gd/O1hjfS 

To Matt Damon @Water - Wisdom from @johnwsauer: '$25 Can't Give Clean Water for Life' [But give $25 anyway]http://huff.to/vvNgdb 

WaPo: Water and faith: finding the ‘living waters' http://is.gd/jyzRoh (@washingtonpost)

 

Water Quality and Wastewater
Via @jeffkart USGS Pub: Chemicals of Emerging Concern in Water & Bottom Sediment in Great Lakes Areas of Concernhttp://on.doi.gov/14CQg04 

Crash spills deicing chemical into Clarks Fork River near Belfry, MThttp://is.gd/OHocfz  @billingsgazette

GWF Discussion Paper Highlights Role of Bark Beetle Infestations in Water Quality Decline http://is.gd/1XexYs 

@Intel aims to make matches for wastewater heavenhttp://is.gd/CdZBXD  @GreenBiz

 

Water Supply, Use, Reuse, and Conservation
@WorldBank Report: Renewable Energy Desalination - Middle East North Africa (MENA) Region http://bit.ly/XvSTfN 

MT @SnowHydro "I get to drink my beer twice" RT @krhodder Toilet-to-tap in 10d: Life in W Texas desert. Our future? http://bit.ly/W8L0xv 

Number of Navajo Nation homes left without water rises, but repairs are underway. http://is.gd/p2WwJM 

RT @JayFamiglietti: @NASA Satellites Find Freshwater Losses in Middle East http://is.gd/yk9Yur  via @KatalynVoss @UCCHM1

GWF Calls for Refining the Water Footprint Concept http://is.gd/BcYqtp 

@usbr says Wyoming reservoirs have enough water this year.http://is.gd/jsZnAF  (@CSTribune)
 

WTF?
The @AWRAHQ - @UNESCO - @WorldBank - @USACE_HQ Conspiracy: Using IWRM to Control the USA's Water!http://bit.ly/Z9ENFT 

“To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.” – G.K. Chesterton

Hydrogeology Journal, Issue 21:1 - February 2013

Not open access, but you will be able to view abstracts here. 

Published by the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), to which I belong.

Enjoy!

Contents of Hydrogeology Journal Issue 21:1

Preface
Preface: Hydrogeology of cold regions
Larry D. Hinzman, Georgia Destouni, Ming-ko Woo
Pages: 1 - 4

Paper
Permafrost and groundwater on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and in northeast China
Guodong Cheng, Huijun Jin
Pages: 5 - 23

Paper
Review: Groundwater in Alaska (USA)
J. B. Callegary, C. P. Kikuchi, J. C. Koch, M. R. Lilly, S. A. Leake
Pages: 25 - 39

Paper
Regional groundwater flow in an area mapped as continuous permafrost, NE Alaska (USA)
Douglas L. Kane, Kenji Yoshikawa, James P. McNamara
Pages: 41 - 52

Paper
Hydrogeological processes in seasonally frozen northern latitudes: understanding, gaps and challenges
A. M. Ireson, G. van der Kamp, G. Ferguson, U. Nachshon, H. S. Wheater
Pages: 53 - 66

Paper
Inferring groundwater contributions and pathways to streamflow during snowmelt over multiple years in a discontinuous permafrost subarctic environment (Yukon, Canada)
Sean K. Carey, Jessica L. Boucher, Celina M. Duarte
Pages: 67 - 77

Paper
Noble gas and isotope geochemistry in western Canadian Arctic watersheds: tracing groundwater recharge in permafrost terrain
Nicholas Utting, Bernard Lauriol, Neil Mochnacz, Werner Aeschbach-Hertig & Ian Clark
Pages: 79 - 91

Paper
Rapid runoff via shallow throughflow and deeper preferential flow in a boreal catchment underlain by frozen silt (Alaska, USA)
J. C. Koch, S. A. Ewing, R. Striegl, D. M. McKnight
Pages: 93 - 106

Paper
Simulation of subsurface heat and water dynamics, and runoff generation in mountainous permafrost conditions, in the Upper Kolyma River basin, Russia
Olga Semenova, Liudmila Lebedeva, Yury Vinogradov
Pages: 107 - 119

Paper
Using streamflow characteristics to explore permafrost thawing in northern Swedish catchments
Ylva Sjöberg, Andrew Frampton, Steve W. Lyon
Pages: 121 - 131

Paper
Spatial and seasonal variability of polygonal tundra water balance: Lena River Delta, northern Siberia (Russia)
Manuel Helbig, Julia Boike, Moritz Langer, Peter Schreiber, Benjamin R. K. Runkle, Lars Kutzbach
Pages: 133 - 147

Paper
Quantifying and relating land-surface and subsurface variability in permafrost environments using LiDAR and surface geophysical datasets
S. S. Hubbard, C. Gangodagamage, B. Dafflon, H. Wainwright, J Peterson, A Gusmeroli, C Ulrich, Y Wu, C Wilson, J Rowland, C Tweedie & SD Wullschleger
Pages: 149 - 169

Paper
Shallow groundwater systems in a polar desert, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Michael N. Gooseff, John E. Barrett, Joseph S. Levy
Pages: 171 - 183

Paper
Sensitivity analysis of lake mass balance in discontinuous permafrost: the example of disappearing Twelvemile Lake, Yukon Flats, Alaska (USA)
S. M. Jepsen, C. I. Voss, M. A. Walvoord, J. R. Rose, B. J. Minsley, B. D. Smith
Pages: 185 - 200

Paper
The active-layer hydrology of a peat plateau with thawing permafrost (Scotty Creek, Canada)
W. L. Quinton, J. L. Baltzer
Pages: 201 - 220

Essay
Modeling challenges for predicting hydrologic response to degrading permafrost
S. L. Painter, J. D. Moulton, C. J. Wilson
Pages: 221 - 224

Paper
Exchange and pathways of deep and shallow groundwater in different climate and permafrost conditions using the Forsmark site, Sweden, as an example catchment
Emma Bosson, Jan-Olof Selroos, Martin Stigsson, Lars-Göran Gustafsson, Georgia Destouni
Pages: 225 - 237

Paper
Modeling of groundwater flow at depth in crystalline rock beneath a moving ice-sheet margin, exemplified by the Fennoscandian Shield, Sweden
Patrik Vidstrand, Sven Follin, Jan-Olof Selroos, Jens-Ove Näslund, Ingvar Rhén
Pages: 239 - 255

Paper
Impact of permafrost development on groundwater flow patterns: a numerical study considering freezing cycles on a two-dimensional vertical cut through a generic river-plain system
Christophe Grenier, Damien Régnier, Emmanuel Mouche, Hakim Benabderrahmane, François Costard, Philippe Davy
Pages: 257 - 270

Paper
Permafrost degradation and subsurface-flow changes caused by surface warming trends
Andrew Frampton, Scott L. Painter, Georgia Destouni
Pages: 271 - 280

Paper
Impacts of climate, lake size, and supra- and sub-permafrost groundwater flow on lake-talik evolution, Yukon Flats, Alaska (USA)
Tristan P. Wellman, Clifford I. Voss, Michelle A. Walvoord
Pages: 281 - 298

Paper
Permafrost thaw in a nested groundwater-flow system
Jeffrey M. McKenzie, Clifford I. Voss
Pages: 299 - 316

Some have asked me why I post some water journals' contents and not others (especially ones from my own professional societies). It's mainly expediency; some journals send around e-mail announcements that are easily pasted into a blog post while maintaining all formatting. Most don't, and it is a pain to reformat.

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