Talk about a 'blast from the past' that is not a 'golden oldie'! Earlier this week I heard a reference to the venerable Kaypro II 'portable' (in your dreams) computer from the early 1980s. I never owned one - I had a desktop Leading Edge Model D - but used one. I did have a Star 13-pin dot matrix printer.
Oh, that MS-DOS! The nightmares return...
Enjoy!
Bottled Water & Tap/Drinking Water
RT @Earth_News: @portlandwater's boil-water notice lifted; E. coli test comes back clean http://bit.ly/1m7Fgzm @latimes
The deadly facts about water! From http://www.iflscience.com pic.twitter.com/46LTDjjg2Q
By @MNT_David in @mnt: NZ study says water fluoridation 'does not lower IQ' http://is.gd/8ZT1my
California
RT @PacificStand California’s orchard-nursing fog is withering away. Is it because of climate change or pollution? http://ow.ly/xcenI
Jay Lund (@UCDavisWater) schools @NPR on prior appropriation in #cawater http://is.gd/l1HN0j
@CA_DWR Water Plan eNews - Wed. Update - 28 May 2014 Land Subsidence~Environ. Data~ Rangeland Workshop-More http://is.gd/LIyKDE #cawater
MT @MavensNotebook Friant Water Authority on TRO denial, last of Chinook salmon to hit the road, more! http://is.gd/oGPvTx #cawater
MT @MavensNotebook Sustainable GW Management Workshop examines proposals,1/3: CA @WaterFdn presents proposal http://is.gd/VH2OFk #cawater
@MavensNotebook Sustainable Groundwater Mgmt Workshop examines proposals, 2/3: @ACWAWater presents proposal http://is.gd/Pv4ugH #cawater
@MavensNotebook Sustainable GW Mgmt Workshop,3/3: Valley Ag Water Coalition; Planning & Conserv League speak http://is.gd/z53ZJo #cawater
@WaterEdFdn Thursday’s Top of the Scroll: California Senate Vote Falls Short for Moratorium on Oil #Fracking http://is.gd/bHFZAe
Via @rjpayne California's water rights records riddled with errors http://is.gd/YAwj0l @AP #cawater
@AP: California's flawed water system can't track usage. http://is.gd/NG5c1N @hereandnow #cawater
@AP: Old California Law Gives Unlimited Free Water To Some http://is.gd/6ZbGB3 @hereandnow #cawater
RT @RWLWater Drought-plagued farmers won't get much relief this summer: http://bit.ly/1gvI6At via @BW #cawater #CAdrought
Canada
RT @AQualityEnv Alberta flood victims mostly out of luck with insurance http://fw.to/Oj8zMil @CBCNews #ABflood
RT @AqualityEnv City report breaks down Calgary flood by the numbers http://fw.to/E87PoLe @CBCNews #ABflood
MT @ICLRCanada Flood protection remains a Wild West in Calgary http://fw.to/MKsxHZY @globeandmail #abflood
RT @WaterPortal Watches & advisories for Alberta rivers: there’s an app for that http://wtrpr.tl/1jqcDuD #abwater #abflood @GlobalEdmonton
Via @WaterPortal Athabasca glacier melting at 'astonishing' rate of more than five metres a year http://is.gd/EPyBea @calgaryherald
Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
How @EPAwater is working to help #water utilities across the United States adapt to #climate change impacts. http://go.usa.gov/2HYd
Via @americanrivers More snow from the ski industry http://ow.ly/xrThx
From @usbr: Climate Change and Variability Impact Video Available http://is.gd/rmC8AD
RT @EI_Water Babbling brooks adding to climate change? @ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/S4VMHm pic.twitter.com/37Iy7V8w32
RT @TDSIanJames Report: climate change threatens food, agriculture needs to adapt http://fw.to/sUZk6NB
MT @Surfrider Antarctica loses about 160,000,000,000 tons of ice every year. - enough to raise sea level 0.45 mm http://bit.ly/1ogoaEv
Why New Mexico’s Climate Future Has Already Been Decided – and What Can Be Done - http://is.gd/dIcYYd @NMMercury
MT @CFigueres Monthly average CO2 levels topped 400 ppm in all northern hemisphere in April http://goo.gl/b3RyIL
Via @WaterPortal Athabasca glacier melting at 'astonishing' rate of more than five metres a year http://is.gd/EPyBea @calgaryherald
RT @UCLAIoES US Industry Gears Up To Fight Obama's Climate Change Rules: http://ow.ly/xlBfw @robertarampton @Reuters
RT @TheEarthScience Geologist in the trenches of climate change http://www.snsanalytics.com/yvnHy9 @MiamiHerald
Conferences, Webinars, Workshops and Calls for Abstracts/Papers
Miss 23 May abstract deadline for @AWRAHQ 2014 annual meeting in DC? Site still open! http://is.gd/gaYTNq #AWRA50 #AWRA2014
ABQ, KiMo Theater, 29 May,7 PM, Panel: 'Water Law in SW' in series: 'Water Crisis in West:Thinking Like a Watershed!' http://nmhum.org
IWRM in Reno! @AWRAHQ Early Bird Registration for #AWRASum14 Expires 9 June! http://is.gd/3yb6XD #AWRAIWRM14
Abstracts Sought! GSA Topical Session 'Water Contamination & Treatment in Developing Countries' http://bit.ly/1jslITJ
MT @blueeconomyca Live: #POWI2014 webcast on water risks of #fracking http://bit.ly/1oxyqZ9 @powi_munk @munkschool
One week remains to register for the @AGUSciPolicy conference online! http://bit.ly/1jFLIig @theAGU
Conflict, Cooperation, and Security
Paper: 'Another Cup at the Nile's Crowded Spigot - South Sudan and Its Nile Water Rights' http://bit.ly/1ihbdmx
Attorneys: NM state engineer lacks authority to OK Aamodt water-rights settlement http://is.gd/rKYY9E @thenewmexican
MT @PeterGleick: 'Risks to U.S. Water Resources from Climate Change' http://is.gd/hml7nh @ScienceBlogs
Dr. Stephen McCaffrey: The Entry Into Force of the 1997 @UN Watercourses Convention http://is.gd/aj86xs
TX Railroad Commission Sides with Oil Company Against Groundwater Conservation District http://is.gd/iM4dL4 (TX Ag Law blog)
Droughts, Floods, and Disasters
RT @NWSFlagstaff Pyrocumulus from #SlideFire this morning, seen from Flagstaff. pic.twitter.com/6tZNTlAgav
Feds Designate 5 Idaho Counties As Drought Areas http://is.gd/cuENPm @EarthFixMedia
MT @climateprogress Avalanches in the Himalayas could increase with global warming http://thkpr.gs/S0KfZO
Will big snowpack bring floods to Colorado Front Range? http://is.gd/HlxO3V @highcountrynews
RT @AWRACO MT @ChrisCBS4: Still 15" of water in S. Platte snowpack. Worst may be yet to come http://cbsloc.al/SLEJuI pic.twitter.com/73wGuocxEI
Oh, that pesky groundwater! @waltonwater Ogallala Water Use Climbs as Drought Intensifies in S. Plains http://is.gd/1W4Vth via @jfleck
Colorado: lake forming behind Grand Mesa mudslide poses more danger. @dailycamera http://is.gd/0VMP7M
RT @ClimateCentral Dramatic satellite images show the extent of the Balkans floods: http://bit.ly/1rkbdvj pic.twitter.com/3vHHx7WFwY
RT @jfleck Lake Mead: lowest end-of-May levels in history http://is.gd/dNCzDm (tnx @matt_weiser)
Education
MT @deborahblum RT @mdichristina: Nobel Laureate explains why top universities are "pretty terrible" teaching science http://bit.ly/1lQjrEA
RT @NASciences Watch the White House Science Fair live today! http://www.whitehouse.gov/science-fair #WHScienceFair @whitehouseostp
Position Open: @USACEHQ (IWR) Student Internship - Technology & Water Resources. Closes: 30 May http://is.gd/5SeF9D #JobWaWi
Position Open: @USACEHQ (IWR-VA) Student Internship - Collaboration in Water Resources Mgmt. Closes: 30 May http://is.gd/ioaPp0 #JobWaWi
Via @LakeScientist Michigan's top 3 universities pour $300M into water research over 5 years @detroitnews http://is.gd/gAOvPK
E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers
The @WaterFootprints Daily is out! http://paper.li/WaterFootprints Stories via @WUIW @WaterWired @SaulMontoyaH
From @TxWRI 'Conservation Matters' May 2014 http://is.gd/Ee0TRL
@OSUCEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 30 May 2014 http://is.gd/scgwIy
@UN Water for Life Decade's Weekly Newsletter - Issue 38, 30 May 2014 http://is.gd/Yjpz9Z
Intl Assn of Hydrogeologists US National Chapter Spring 2014 Newseltter http://usa.iah.org/spring14.pdf
@FAOnews Water Bulletin No. 23 - 26 May 2014 http://is.gd/0qRWbm
The @WaterFootprints Daily is out! http://paper.li/WaterFootprints Stories via @H2OBuildingServ @WaterWired @Spill911
@ADB_HQ 'Waves' Newseltter - No. 19, May 2014. 'Can Asia Beat the MDG Deadline for Sanitation?' http://bit.ly/1nPZZJq
H2OSU Newsletter - 27 May 2014 - Events, Conferences, Announcements, etc. http://is.gd/RbU1yt
@PNWclimate The Climate CIRCulator - May 2014 Issue 5 http://is.gd/AHH7rL
The @WaterFootprints Daily is out! http://paper.li/WaterFootprints Stories via @WaterWired @NEPADWater @dcwater
Groundwater and Hydrogeology
RT @circleofblue: On the neglect of #groundwater in definitions of global freshwater supply, from @waterwired http://bit.ly/1nQirVA
@TxWRI Awesome Summer 2014 issue of txH2O - GROUNDWATER! http://is.gd/QGPyPI
A Wild and Scenic Underground River In Southern Oregon? http://is.gd/LNEsNC @OPB
NYC's plan to pump water from Queens wells worries Nassau County http://is.gd/y9ppKW @Newsday
Intl Assn of Hydrogeologists US National Chapter Spring 2014 Newseltter http://usa.iah.org/spring14.pdf
Oh, that pesky groundwater! @waltonwater Ogallala Water Use Climbs as Drought Intensifies in S. Plains http://is.gd/1W4Vth via @jfleck
MT @MavensNotebook Sustainable GW Management Workshop examines proposals,1/3: CA @WaterFdn presents proposal http://is.gd/VH2OFk #cawater
@MavensNotebook Sustainable Groundwater Mgmt Workshop examines proposals, 2/3: @ACWAWater presents proposal http://is.gd/Pv4ugH #cawater
Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy@oregonstateuniv Lecture: 29 May, 6:30 PM, Dr. Sheila Olmstead, 'Fracking & Surface Water Quality' @ LaSells Stewart http://is.gd/JoKNHD
Sheila Olmstead Paper & More! 'Shale Gas Development Impacts on Surface Water Quality in Pennsylvania' http://bit.ly/1gCbHIC
Colorado: Oil and gas industry building giant walls to try to ease impact http://is.gd/AFa1Pc @denverpost
Study by @nature_org: 'Medium development' scenario: 60K shale-gas wells in PA Marcellus Shale by 2030 (via Sheila Olmstead) http://is.gd/JoKNHD
MT @blueeconomyca Live: #POWI2014 webcast on water risks of #fracking http://bit.ly/1oxyqZ9 @powi_munk @munkschool
Opportunities
Young water professionals! Sustainable Water Management Prize from @fundacionbotin Apps due: 31 July http://is.gd/eocn32
NM @Gov_Martinez Announces Opening of River Stewardship Program Request for Proposals http://is.gd/0crVVe
Policy, Planning, Law, Economics, and Management
Positions Open
Postdoctoral Position Open: McMaster U (Hamilton,ON) - Interdisciplinary Water Policy. Closes: 20 June http://is.gd/0VjJv0 #JobWaWi
Position Open: @KLJeng (Billings, MT) - Planner II (Municipal). Closes: 15 June http://is.gd/0ddNn1 #JobWaWi
Position Open: @usbr (Klamath Falls, OR) - Water and Lands Specialist. Closes: 9 June http://is.gd/Nsvp6H #JobWaWi
Position Open: @USIP (Washington, DC) - Senior Program Manager - MENA operations http://is.gd/wIZb9Y #JobWaWi
Position Open: @USACEHQ (Vicksburg, MS) Supervisory Interdisciplinary. Closes: 11 June http://is.gd/KpTbdL #JobWaWi
Position Open: MA Dept of F & G (Boston) - Stream Continuity Specialist. Closes: 10 June http://is.gd/loBT15 #JobWaWi
Position Open: @USGS (Norman, OK) - Ecologist Closes: 4 June http://is.gd/x4fBai #JobWaWi
Positions Open (5): @GetWaterSmart (4 in SF) Client Svcs Mgr; 2 Sales (SF & TX); VP Sales; Graph Des Intern http://is.gd/aAnBHa #JobWaWi
Position Open: @usbr (Denver) - Director, Security, Safety & Law Enforcement (Engineer) http://is.gd/w3aFzk #JobWaWi
Positions Open (2): @IIDEnergy (El Centro, CA) - Principal Engineer (Energy). Closes: 27 June. http://is.gd/waYM0N #JobWaWi
Position Open: Powder Basin (Baker City,OR) Watershed Council-Outreach Coordinator (0.6 FTE). Closes: 30 May http://is.gd/0SJDr8 #JobWaWi
Positions Open (2): @IIDEnergy (Imperial, CA) - Water Conservation Data Technician I. Closes: 4 June http://is.gd/oFarDV #JobWaWi
Almost 50! Joshua Newton's Water Jobs! 24 May 2014 http://bit.ly/1jgxXCB #JobWaWi
Position Open: Dickinson Coll (PA) - ALLARM-Asst Dir-Outreach (Env Stud) App rev: 16 June; Closes: 30 June http://is.gd/rLIRcf #JobWaWi
Position Open: @USACEHQ (IWR) Student Internship - Technology & Water Resources. Closes: 30 May http://is.gd/5SeF9D #JobWaWi
Position Open: @USACEHQ (IWR-VA) Student Internship - Collaboration in Water Resources Mgmt. Closes: 30 May http://is.gd/ioaPp0 #JobWaWi
Position Open: Water Stewardship (Annapolis, MD) - Technical Specialist. Closes: 22 June. Scroll to #42 http://bit.ly/1jgxXCB #JobWaWi
Position Open: Water Stewardship (Martinsburg,WV) - Soil/Water Conserv Spec. Closes: 27 June. Scroll to #43 http://bit.ly/1jgxXCB #JobWaWi
Position Open: NM Env Dept (Santa Fe) - Environ Specialist - GW Quality Bureau Closes: 5 June. Scroll to #44 http://bit.ly/1jgxXCB #JobWaWi
Position Open: @NichInstitute (Duke U) Director, Ocean & Coastal Policy Program. Apps due: 1 August http://is.gd/BjusfS #JobWaWi
Position Open: @nature_org (VA) - Wetlands Restoration Specialist (Job ID# 42189) Expires: 22 June http://is.gd/UF8cn6 #JobWaWi
Position Open: Dept. of the Army (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD) - Aquatic Biologist. Closes: 2 June http://is.gd/GkWtbc #JobWaWi
Position Open: U Oregon (Eugene) Research Asst/Assoc, Institute for Sustainable Environment. Closes: 30 June http://is.gd/N3hL8s #JobWaWi
Position Open: Straub Env Learning Center (Salem, OR) - F-T Env Educ Pgm Coord. Start: 1 July. CV & Letter to fselc @ fselc . org #JobWaWi
Previous Weeks' Positions Open - Go To #JobWaWi
Click on 'All' below 'Results for #JobWaWi'
Almost 50! Joshua Newton's Water Jobs! 24 May 2014 http://bit.ly/1jgxXCB #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, 24 - 30 May 2014 http://bit.ly/1roJoSA #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 17 - 23 May 2014 http://bit.ly/1m1Bxn9
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 10 - 16 May 2014 http://bit.ly/1iSYpSG
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 26 April 2014 - 2 May 2014 https://bitly.com/1rVx9tD #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 19 - 25 April 2014 #WaWiNews http://is.gd/PszVpy
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 12 - 18 April 2014#WaWiNews http://bit.ly/1hUuo93
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 5 - 11 April 2014http://bit.ly/1n13u2k#WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 29 March - 4 April 2014 - Jobs, too! http://bit.ly/1j7LTSv #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 22-28 March 2014. https://bitly.com/1myX5eB #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 15 - 21 March 2014 https://bitly.com/1dv5ZRW #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 8 - 14 March 2014https://bitly.com/PzcePA #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 1 - 7 March 2014#WaWiNews http://bit.ly/1lE4p80
Reports, Publications, and Journals@TxWRI Awesome Summer 2014 issue of txH2O - GROUNDWATER! http://is.gd/QGPyPI
J of @AWRAHQ (JAWRA) Highlights for June 2014: Featured Collection - Riparian Ecosystems and Buffers II http://is.gd/n3MBAA
Paper: 'Another Cup at the Nile's Crowded Spigot - South Sudan and Its Nile Water Rights' http://bit.ly/1ihbdmx
Via @BoraZ @gregladen Publishers withdraw more than 120 gibberish proceedings papers http://is.gd/dnO1Os @NATUREmag
Water, Volume 6, Issue 5 (May 2014) - Open Access http://bit.ly/1joutOD
R. Costanza paper:'Changes in the global value of ecosystem services' Builds upon classic 1997 @naturemagazine paper http://is.gd/s5vDGk
MT @EWBphilly Spr 2014 DEMAND issue - ASME's Global Development Review of effective strategies & innovative solutions http://is.gd/lu98qj
Water, Volume 6, Issue 5 (May 2014), Pages 1100-1481 - Open access http://is.gd/SCRjP3 @MDPIOpenAccess
Science and Technology
MT @seismo_steve Quick illustration showing complex tectonic setting in region of today's magnitude 6.9 EQ in Greece pic.twitter.com/IgrpL84hx9
Heard a word I had not heard in years: Kaypro - as in the 1980s computer company. pic.twitter.com/N78GESRPmd
Catch up on the week's geoscience and environmental science news with Elaine Hanford's Bulletin Boards! https://bitly.com/1gvoHji #EJHBB
Via @deepseadawn Awesome GIS resource: @USGS Stream Gages,Precipitation,Winds, Temperature http://bit.ly/1owiiqB via @josephkerski
RT @USGSLandCover Science Feature: Getting the Dirt on Soil http://on.doi.gov/1koVR3w pic.twitter.com/pODK2xJjYA
Streams, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
@highcountrynews Op-Ed: The Colorado River’s reunion with its usually bone-dry Delta http://is.gd/j02dyd
@WLE_CGIAR We asked, you answered: Should we build more large dams? http://is.gd/dUZxPw
J. of @AWRAHQ (JAWRA) Highlights for June 2014: Featured Collection - Riparian Ecosystems and Buffers II http://is.gd/n3MBAA
@AQUARIUSinfo Hydrology Whitepaper: '5 Best Practices for Building Better Stage-Discharge Rating Curves' http://is.gd/0KFgrM
RT @HuffPostScience Melting glacier reveals 'fish lizard' graveyard http://huff.to/1muU8YW
R. Costanza paper:'Changes in the global value of ecosystem services' Builds upon classic 1997 @naturemagazine paper http://is.gd/s5vDGk
Via @LakeScientist Michigan's top 3 universities pour $300M into water research over 5 years @detroitnews http://is.gd/gAOvPK
RT @IntlRivers Beautiful shot of the #Tapajós #River in the Brazilian #Amazon http://instagram.com/p/ogOEytg4EJ/
Visuals, Videos, and Infographics
MT @seismo_steve Quick illustration showing complex tectonic setting in region of today's magnitude 6.9 EQ in Greece pic.twitter.com/IgrpL84hx9
From @usbr: Climate Change and Variability Impact Video Available http://is.gd/rmC8AD
RT @NWSFlagstaff Pyrocumulus from #SlideFire this morning, seen from Flagstaff. pic.twitter.com/6tZNTlAgav
RT @EI_Water Babbling brooks adding to climate change? @ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/S4VMHm pic.twitter.com/37Iy7V8w32
The deadly facts about water! From http://www.iflscience.com pic.twitter.com/46LTDjjg2Q
RT @ski_wall Meanwhile in Abiquiu (last night) #nmwx #rainbowsarepretty #AtmosphericOptics pic.twitter.com/9UFRswc4S7
MT @CFigueres Monthly average CO2 levels topped 400 ppm in all northern hemisphere in April http://goo.gl/b3RyIL
RT @IntlRivers Beautiful shot of the #Tapajós #River in the Brazilian #Amazon http://instagram.com/p/ogOEytg4EJ/
Heard a word I had not heard in years: Kaypro - as in the 1980s computer company. pic.twitter.com/N78GESRPmd
RT @AWRACO MT @ChrisCBS4: Still 15" of water in S. Platte snowpack. Worst may be yet to come http://cbsloc.al/SLEJuI pic.twitter.com/73wGuocxEI
@AWRAHQ Windows on Water Management Interview: Dr. Denise Reed, Chief Scientist, Water Institute of the Gulf http://youtu.be/tsjX4BnrOfs
RT @ClimateCentral Dramatic satellite images show the extent of the Balkans floods: http://bit.ly/1rkbdvj pic.twitter.com/3vHHx7WFwY
RT @USGSLandCover Science Feature: Getting the Dirt on Soil http://on.doi.gov/1koVR3w pic.twitter.com/pODK2xJjYA
RT @jfleck Lake Mead: lowest end-of-May levels in history http://is.gd/dNCzDm (tnx @matt_weiser)
WASH and Development
MT @WaterNetwork1 Call for more funds for water, sanitation in rural areas http://bit.ly/1oiJs4h
RT @DigDeepH2O In developing countries, the average distance people walk to get water is 3.7 miles. Quite a hike.
MT @EWBphilly Spr 2014 DEMAND issue - ASME's Global Development Review of effective strategies & innovative solutions http://is.gd/lu98qj
Abstracts Sought! GSA Topical Session 'Water Contamination & Treatment in Developing Countries' http://bit.ly/1jslITJ
Water/Land Quality and Contamination
Sheila Olmstead Paper & More! 'Shale Gas Development Impacts on Surface Water Quality in Pennsylvania' http://bit.ly/1gCbHIC
Black globs have formed in Snake River and no one seems to know what they are. http://is.gd/QJEG3q @twinfallstn
@oregonstateuniv Lecture: 29 May, 6:30 PM, Dr. Sheila Olmstead, 'Fracking & Surface Water Quality' @ LaSells Stewart http://is.gd/JoKNHD
Water Supply, Quantity, Reuse, Conservation, Infrastructure
RT @jfleck Water is different than other industrial raw materials, but how, and why?http://is.gd/b7mLqL
Kansas: Hog farm expansion raises questions about water use http://is.gd/eGGgdt @NorthWestKansas
Detroit Plan to Profit on Water Looks Half Empty http://nyti.ms/1guPHiQ @nytimes
Via @PacificInstitut Companies address acute water challenges in CA & CO River Basin http://is.gd/sMcGvw #waterhub @globalcompact
WTF?
RT @SciencePorn I tried telling my friends some chemistry jokes but I didn't get any reaction #TheStruggle
A Wild and Scenic Underground River In Southern Oregon? http://is.gd/LNEsNC @OPB
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