Another one of those '36 hours in (fill in the blank)' meetings. This one comes to you from 'The Biggest Little City in the World': Reno, Nevada.
That moniker is getting a bit old, as Reno is pushing 250,000 residents and the metro area is nearing 500,000. When I came here in 1976 the numbers were substantially less - maybe 90,000 and 150,000.
The Planning Committee for AWRA's IWRM Conference is here today to set the preliminary program. We received about 100 abstracts. Fun!
I am now archiving (only since 21 February 2014) these posts on Twitter at: #WaWiNews Once you go to the site, on the right, click on 'All' just below 'Results for #WaWiNews'. All (since 18 March 2011) of them can also be found on the WaterWired blog - click here.
Note - if you are new to this summary: This is a weekly summary of my water-related Tweets (Twitter feeds) categorized by topics. Most entries contain a hot link. To access a story, click on the link beginning with 'http://', 'is.gd', or 'bit.ly' (usually).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!
Enjoy!
Books and Reviews
Interesting...Book: 'Military Aspects of Hydrogeology' http://is.gd/TXXSEB
Thursday Treat: 'Military Aspects of Hydrogeology' - All In For Honduras? http://bit.ly/1ihjgoI
Bottled Water and Tap/Drinking Water
RT @HuffPostGreen San Francisco Moves Closer To Ban On Plastic Water Bottles http://huff.to/1g0dtjX via @SanFrancescan @disturbedwater
California@CA_DWR #cawater Plan eNews -Wednesday Update - 5 March 2014 - Sustainability Presentation - @USACEHQ Report - More http://is.gd/6eLp5r
MT @MavensNotebook Legislators to State Water Bd: reject proposals that would eliminate ag water allocations http://is.gd/LuBjCN #cawater
MT @PacificInstitut California drought linked to polluted winter air http://is.gd/MdQlaC via @latimes #cadrought #cawater
MT @cynthiabarnett 7 March 1977: Luna Leopold's "Reverence for Rivers" keynote on #cadrought. http://ow.ly/uln4i
@PeterGleick: Clarifying the Discussion about California Drought and Climate Change http://is.gd/rHZXM2 @ScienceBlogs #cadrought
RT @BVWater RT @ACWAWater Know a remarkable water leader? Nominate them for an ACWA award by March 3! http://bit.ly/1i3IOSu #cawater
MT @alexbreitler 28 Feb one of wettest days in decades,giving #Stockton 7x more rain than Jan. Still drought http://ow.ly/3hGplH #cawater
RT @UCLAIoES L.A. City Council takes step toward #fracking ban: http://ow.ly/u8pgP @LATimesemily
Neither does Maven! MT @MavensNotebook #cawater news never goes home for the weekend. What's happening today? http://is.gd/rJTC90
MT @LPAWater NV water officials try to quell locals' fears of @MWDSC taking more banked water from Lake Mead http://goo.gl/9GrAaA #cawater
Via @MavensNotebook Daily Digest of #cawater: farmers turn to dowsers, citrus farmers, water in canals, more http://is.gd/5uHm6U
Drought cure? California farmers hire dowsers http://is.gd/WAMb9a (@sltrib via @MavensNotebook) #cawater
MT @mercnews More rain in forecast for this week, but not enough to break #cadrought http://bit.ly/1pWg1Ut @MarkMgomez #cawater
In @highcountrynews Living with less water: Lessons for Californians–and the rest of us–from a NM village http://is.gd/60TzMv #cawater
Canada
MT @Can_Limnology Canadian students: Check out WatIF Conference 2014, 4-6 May, Queen's U., Kingston, ON http://is.gd/OzFgsR
Academic Programs in IWRM - @McGillU , University, Canada - http://www.mcgill.ca/iwrm/
Concordia’s Global Engineering Week to Discuss Sustainable Approaches to Engineering http://is.gd/VcgVQw @Linknewspaper
@WaterWired on @CdnWaterNetwork: 'Social Media Opportunities for Water Leaders' 23 April, 2 PM ET http://is.gd/ySbwvk @tmeixner
Climate, Weather, and Climate Change
MT @MichaelEMann "This Wicked Winter and Climate Change" by Larry O'Hanlon of @DNews http://fb.me/72NGYC0zm
MT @ClimateGroup Europe+14 nations account for about 80% of world's GHG emissions http://ow.ly/ul1do @natgeogreen pic.twitter.com/xbg7V4bZrT
RT @CoyoteGulch The latest ENSO discussion is hot off the presses http://wp.me/p9nEF-duY
@USGAO Testimony: 'Extreme Weather Events - Limiting Federal Fiscal Exposure & Increasing the Nation's Resilience' http://bit.ly/1g17GqC
Via @johnupton: Low-lying islands are going to drown,so should we even bother trying to save their ecosystems? http://is.gd/apuW6s @grist
MT @tveitdal Apple CEO to Global Warming Deniers: We Don’t Want Your Money http://is.gd/RJKs6Y via @slate
RT @HuffPostGreen This incredible ice cap in Peru is melting, thanks to climate change http://huff.to/1fTKG0o
MT @HeartlandInst Period Of No Global Warming Soon Be Longer Than That of Actual GW http://bit.ly/1kj3rOb See http://bit.ly/1pQbsuY
From @NASciences PDF Booklet: 'Climate Change: Evidence and Causes' http://is.gd/4qpO8o
MT @EuroGeosciences: EGU Div on Climate: Past, Present & Future has just joined Twitter! Follow @EGU_Climate for latest climate science news
MT @MichaelEMann & @TheScienceGuy Explain Difference Between Climate & Weather on @MSNBC via @Ecowatch http://fb.me/18B9TEj2z
Communications and Journalism
RT @PLOS Standards in Science Blogging http://is.gd/ztuT9a #scioStandards at #Scio14 Via @jalees_rehman
By @KateGalbraith in @CJR: Why aren't there more water reporters? http://is.gd/dMyWBA via @EricaGrieder
MT @EuroGeosciences: EGU Div on Climate: Past, Present & Future has just joined Twitter! Follow @EGU_Climate for latest climate science news
Not many Tweets today. In Reno planning @AWRAHQ #AWRASum14 #AWRAIWRM14 meeting, 30 June - 2 July. http://is.gd/JfqMAs
Conferences, Webinars, Symposia, and Calls for Abstracts/Papers@AWRAHQ GIS & Water Resources Conference - SuperSaver Registration Deadline is 10 March http://is.gd/w3e0u1 #AWRAGIS14 #AWRASpr14
Via @ASDWAorg Community Engineering Corps Schedules Webinars http://is.gd/0g7zLI
@CUAHSI Cyberseminar 7 March: 'Snow Hydrology' 3-4 PM EST http://is.gd/t2cnMN
From @SloanConsortium Spatial Thinking and Web Mapping Mastery Series http://is.gd/LK2Avq
Back to Las Vegas in 2014! Groundwater Expo & Annual Meeting, 9-12 Dec @ngwatweets http://is.gd/Pwq6kh
First African Water Integrity Summit, 29-30 April, Lusaka, Zambia: http://is.gd/QruwTL
Via @raulpacheco Just checking in? @UnescoIHE's #WomensDay conference is webcast via http://ow.ly/ukVq2 Send & follow updates: #IWDC
@WaterWired on @CdnWaterNetwork: 'Social Media Opportunities for Water Leaders' 23 April, 2 PM ET http://is.gd/ySbwvk @tmeixner
Conflict, Cooperation, and Security
Utah Supreme Court hears hotly contested water war on oil sands development http://is.gd/Zb7sQb @deseretnews
MT @waterlaws via @EarthFixMedia Klamath Tribes, Ranchers Seek Water Solutions In New Agreement http://is.gd/7wcDFY @nytimes Op-Ed: Israeli Water, Mideast Peace? http://is.gd/yci12l
MT @CanGeographers Crop diversity decline 'threatens food security' http://is.gd/DqdEZ8 @BBCWorld
Jennifer Veilleux: Nile River Basin Human Development & Human Security Indices Compared @World_Waters http://bit.ly/1g8lQWR
Droughts, Floods, Fires, and Disasters
Williams, AZ, imposes water restrictions. http://is.gd/DgL63u @AP via @azcentral
RT @MySAWS America’s Axis of Drought http://ow.ly/ueOeW via @thedailybeast & @KateGalbraith
@KateGalbraith @jfleck @TDSIanJames How you define drought depends upon your perspective: ag? economics? hydrology? meteorology? etc.
Education
RT @Sierra_Magazine Why is this Professor Living in a Dumpster?: "I'm tired of kids falling asleep in class." http://bit.ly/1qbBOrv
Cat Shrier of @WatCitSay MT @OurWaterCounts [VIDEO] Adults need #water education too http://ar.gy/5fVL
MT @Can_Limnology Canadian students: Check out WatIF Conference 2014, 4-6 May, Queen's U., Kingston, ON http://is.gd/OzFgsR
Grad & Undergraduate Students! @AWRAHQ Scholarships! Due 22 April http://is.gd/gIXZ2j
@EPA Water Quality Standards Academy, 28 April - 2 May, DC. Free, but must apply by 21 March http://is.gd/fgEruB
@oregonstateuniv Summer 2014 courses: Field EcoHydrology & Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing http://is.gd/iJyh4l
Academic Programs in IWRM - @McGillU , University, Canada - http://www.mcgill.ca/iwrm/
Concordia’s Global Engineering Week to Discuss Sustainable Approaches to Engineering http://is.gd/VcgVQw @Linknewspaper
E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers
The @WaterFootprints Daily is out! http://paper.li/WaterFootprints Stories via @BeingWaterWise @WaterWired @amwater
Catch up on the weekly Geosciences and Environmental Sciences news from Elaine J. Hanford https://bitly.com/OTuoLs #EJHBB
MT @H2OTrust Muddy Monday Clean DW SVD Daily ▸ via @DigDeepH2O @DEWA_Official @SavetheWater @WaterWired @WEForg @350 http://is.gd/a80yie
@SoilWaterPlant Systems is out! http://paper.li/SoilWaterPlant/1357042931 … … Stories via @WaterWired @SnowHydro
RT @h2oMatters Read The Water Matters Weekly stories via @peakwater @A4WE @WUIW @TXwri http://bit.ly/1jKR9LW
@OSUCEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 7 March 2014 http://is.gd/e0e2tz
RT @SoilWaterPlant Systems is out! http://paper.li/SoilWaterPlant/1357042931 … … Stories via @WaterWired @ecologyWatkins
Ethics, Gender, and Human Rights
Via @raulpacheco Just checking in? @UnescoIHE's #WomensDay conference is webcast via http://ow.ly/ukVq2 Send & follow updates: #IWDC
First African Water Integrity Summit, 29-30 April, Lusaka, Zambia: http://is.gd/QruwTL
@UNWomenWatch "The evidence is clear: equality for women means progress for all." - @UN Chief Ban Ki-moon http://ow.ly/ucx0C #IWD2014
Groundwater and Hydrogeology
New Wyoming groundwater testing rule doesn't include punishment for pollution http://is.gd/3fZ2Yd @CSTribune
Hydrofracking, Energy, and Shale Gas
Denton (TX) Group Seeks Local #Fracking Ban. http://is.gd/wkIFeg (@TexasTribune (via TX Ag Law blog)
UT study: Gas drilling used 4 percent of water in Barnett Shale in 2011. http://is.gd/KeyrUU @startelegram via TX Ag Law blog
RT @Earth_News Massive desert solar plant opens, already a threatened species http://bit.ly/1bVlerW @latimes
RT @UCLAIoES L.A. City Council takes step toward #fracking ban: http://ow.ly/u8pgP @LATimesemily
In @Forbes Colorado Has Been #Fracking For 40 Years; Why All The Fuss? http://is.gd/wnLhor
Infographics, Videos, and Visuals@NatGeo Pictures: Photographer Who Shot Bristol Bay Celebrates Halt of Pebble Mine http://is.gd/TpW11H
MT @ClimateGroup Europe+14 nations account for about 80% of world's GHG emissions http://ow.ly/ul1do @natgeogreen pic.twitter.com/xbg7V4bZrT
Journals, Reports, and Publications@USACEHQ Report: 'Understanding Integrated Water Resources Management' http://bit.ly/1lzJzGX
@USGAO Testimony: 'Extreme Weather Events - Limiting Federal Fiscal Exposure & Increasing the Nation's Resilience' http://bit.ly/1g17GqC
From @NASciences PDF Booklet: 'Climate Change: Evidence and Causes' http://is.gd/4qpO8o
People, Personal, Prizes, Events, Opportunities, and Quotes@USGS Happy 502nd b-day to Gerardus Mercator,creator of map projection still used today b/c directions are accurate pic.twitter.com/tubVYGSxaG
@ABQjournal: @BarackObama to nominate New Mexico’s Estevan López to lead @usbr http://is.gd/4XJrI9
RT @BVWater RT @ACWAWater Know a remarkable water leader? Nominate them for an ACWA award by March 3! http://bit.ly/1i3IOSu #cawater
Q: When Is the USA's First Hydrology PhD a Climate/Nuclear Physics Expert? A: When He Says He Is http://bit.ly/1pQbsuY
MT @earthinstitute Climate scientist @moraymo @LamontEarth joins Charles Darwin to win Wollaston Medal: http://bit.ly/1kO6Vp9
RT @Lifewater This month we're celebrating #WorldWaterMonth in honor of World Water Day on March 22! pic.twitter.com/khacQ2eEwf
Barrett Foundation Business Concept Challenge from @NationalForests: Innovation in Nat Reso Mgmt. Apps due 17 March http://is.gd/woJgr9
Policy, Planning, Law, and Management
Texas Ag Law Weekly Round Up - 5 March 2014 http://is.gd/4naOn0
@IISDRS Water Policy & Practice - Water Update - 6 March 2014 http://is.gd/Ds2F3o
Positions Open #JobWaWi
Position Open: Nevada Tahoe Conservation District (NV) - P-T Staff Engineer/Engineering Tech. OUF. http://is.gd/r2JiQT #JobWaWi
Position Open: Bureau of Indian Affairs (Portland,OR) - Hydrologist (Water Rights). Closes: 28 March http://is.gd/wNTtQS #JobWaWi
Position Open: U of Free State (SA) - Geohydrologist/Researcher. Closes: 17 March http://is.gd/6ch7Ay #JobWaWi
Position Open: @NOAA - Director, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. Closes: 7 April http://is.gd/cmhlyu #JobWaWi
Position Open: @usfs (MN) - Supervisory Natural Resource Specialist. Closes: 10 March http://is.gd/LtH5n4 #JobWaWi
Position Open: @NOAA (Juneau, AK) Research Fishery Biologist. Closes: 10 March http://is.gd/NMh94k #JobWaWi
Position Open: Chalmers U of Tech (Sweden) - Asst Prof - Modeling Microbial WQ in DW sources Closes: 6 March http://is.gd/W43x2v #JobWaWi
Volunteer Postion Open: HoverAid (Madagascar) - Hovercraft Engineer. OUF. http://is.gd/eaqE9I #JobWaWi
Positions Open: King Cty (Seattle) - Reclaimed Water Mgr 12 Mar http://is.gd/277xMc WW Cap.Proj Mgr 14 Mar http://is.gd/sMyUtL #JobWaWi
Position Open: Port of Seattle - Environmental Mgmt Specialist. # 6038 Closes: 21 March http://is.gd/OvWAJL #JobWaWi
Position Open: @ebmud (CA) - Hydrographer III. Closes: 14 March http://is.gd/gT7zQr #JobWaWi
Position Open: Snohomish Cty (WA) -Planner - Surface Water Mgmt. Closes: 20 March http://is.gd/IycGLo #JobWaWI
Position Open: @EPA (Ada, OK) - Student Services Contract - work in Yakima Basin, WA. Closes: 28 March http://is.gd/aPy31J #JobWaWi
Positions Open (3): @WatSanCollabCou (Geneva) - Senior Programme Officers, Sani & Hygiene. Closes: 30 March http://is.gd/9uW6Wi #JobWaWi
Position Open: @WatSanCollabCou (Geneva) - Senior Programme Development Officer. Closes: 30 March http://is.gd/wNyEa6 #JobWaWi
Position Open: @WatSanCollabCou (Geneva) - Financial & Systems Advisor Closes: 30 March http://is.gd/D67UJd #JobWaWi
Previous Weeks' Positions Open - Go To #JobWaWi
Click on 'All' below 'Results for #JobWaWi'
Previous Weekly Water Summaries - Go To #WaWiNews
Twitter: Click on 'All' just below 'Results for #WaWiNews'
On the WaterWired blog - click here
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 1 - 7 March 2014 #WaWiNews http://bit.ly/1lE4p80
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 22 - 28 February 2014 #WaWiNews http://bit.ly/1fYZ97E
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 15 - 21 February 2014 http://bit.ly/Oh6QQs #WaWiNews
Science, Medicine, and Technology
MT @grobbins Can you pass the @NSF science quiz? http://bit.ly/1mHpeB7
Catch up on the weekly Geosciences and Environmental Sciences news from Elaine J. Hanford https://bitly.com/OTuoLs #EJHBB
In @highcountrynews ($): Fallon, Nevada’s deadly legacy of childhood cancer http://is.gd/Yp8GOb
Streams, Lakes, Wetlands, Dams, and Ecosystems
North Fork Flathead River (MT) Watershed Protection Act Passes U.S. House http://is.gd/Fqcs6L @FlatheadBeacon
@EPA Says It Will Fight Mine Project in Alaska's Bristol Bay Watershed http://is.gd/mBO70f @nytimes
RT @UCLAIoES Divers Find 65-Foot Crack In Columbia River Dam: http://ow.ly/ueEnh @publicbill @NPR
WaSH and Development
RT @MySAWS High-tech toilet seats: no hands or paper required http://ow.ly/ueQx5 via @HoustonChron
Disingenuous. Via @improve_intl '$25 will give a person water”…for a little while... http://is.gd/LyI54R
Volunteer Postion Open: HoverAid (Madagascar) - Hovercraft Engineer. OUF. http://is.gd/eaqE9I #JobWaWi
@World_Waters compares Nile River Basin Human Development and Human Security Indices http://bit.ly/1kTHoL8
Water and Land Quality/Contamination
RT @WaterPollution9 Coal company fined record $27.5M for water pollution - @DispatchAlerts http://dlvr.it/54s8jS
MT @StroudCenter Great news series in @delawareonline - Dirty Delaware Water http://ow.ly/uhzgv
Sen. @RonWyden (D-OR) Expresses Concerns About Hanford Nuclear-Waste Tanks http://is.gd/nqk96n @nytimes
Water Supply, Use, Reuse, Conservation, and Infrastructure
RT @MySAWS High-tech toilet seats: no hands or paper required http://ow.ly/ueQx5 via @HoustonChron
RT @UN_Water All you need to know about Water & Energy Efficiency http://bit.ly/1b8Bi9D
Survey finds lack of knowledge about US water use, supply. @latimesscience http://is.gd/tmquYw
In @thenewmexican Reader View: Water too precious to waste in mining http://is.gd/1zUT89
@TCEQNews Rejects Suggested Trigger Level for Water Release to Texas Rice Farmers http://is.gd/iroGSL
MT @PrivateWaterLaw More on @TCEQNews decision re releases from Highland Lakes to farmers on CO River,TX http://bit.ly/1dZ3ozD @farmpress
MT @TJFWingspread Untapped potential in alternate water sources for water scarcity says C. Lane of @AWWAACE: http://bit.ly/1jAgWpW
RT @WaterPuppetry "That's a river?" Water diversion in China begets more water diversion http://qz.com/158815 HT @lilkuo @qz
WTF?
Maybe He Isotopes? RT @TheScienceGuy At Oscar Party in Beverly Hills. No one knew atomic number (let alone mass) of Helium. Just weird...
On @drshow: Caracas now most dangerous city in Latin America. So my 'favorite' LA city, San Pedro Sula, now #2.
“The greatest risk is not taking one.” - Tim Fargo
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