Running late today - jet-lagged from yesterday's trip from Budapest to Corvallis, Oregon. Had a great first meeting as a Steering Committee member of the Global Water Partnership.
Here is a picture of my Dutch GWP Sterring Committee colleague Alice Bouman-Dentener enjoying a glass of water from the Budapest Waterworks, which we toured on 26 November. Alice is an Honorary Founding President of the Water for Women Partnership.
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Scroll down to 'Positions Open' to see the jobs. All my individual job Tweets are archived at #JobWaWi. Previous weekly summaries are archived at: #WaWiNews or click here.
Featured Five
Sarah Bates' Presentation: 'Addressing Water Issues in Private Land Conservation Planning' http://bit.ly/1HH2JEm
Robert T. Lackey Redux - Again! 'The Role of Science in Water Resource Policy' http://bit.ly/1CcmKlW
@UNIGRAC video: 'Groundwater, The Hidden Resource' http://is.gd/4jZth1 Note: GW most abundant source of LIQUID FW http://is.gd/g9BAY6
Republicans party of pollution? @NYTimeskrugman Op-Ed in @nytimes: Pollution & Politics http://is.gd/o3Uoas via @KateGalbraith
Excellent! From @cdnsciencepub Rick's Rant (@rickmercer) on #PureScience... http://fb.me/6Uw9ZHYXU
Books, Films, and Reviews
@bruceritchie's review of 'Thirsty City' - traces history of Atlanta's water crisis and fight with Florida http://is.gd/LM2PfV #FLwater
Book: 'Business Strategy for Water Challenges: From Risk to Opportunity' http://is.gd/thYFS6 @DoShorts @GWPnews
Sounds like a fascinating book: 'FORE and the Future of Practically Everything' (FORE = First-Order Rate Equation) http://is.gd/Ynebyx
Bottled Water, Drinking Water/TapWater, and Source Water Protection
.@GWPnews Steering Committee member Alice Bouman-Dentener enjoys delicious Budapest tap water! http://vizmuvek.hu/en/ View this photo
California
@MavensNotebook #cawater events Public Workshop on Instream Flow in Delta Tribs, Sac & San Joaquin Basins Study Mtgs http://is.gd/Rn6lre
@MavensNotebook: CA ski resorts face brown future, small Placer dam big barrier to salmon & more http://is.gd/gMdXFp #cawater #CAdrought
@CA_DWR #cawater Plan eNews-Wednesday,26 Nov 2014-Regional Rpts~Oz Dialog~@EPA Indicators~Storage~Basin Strategies http://is.gd/9uQZGq
@CA_pesticides #DPR scientists collect about 1,400 samples from CA waterways each year for testing: http://bit.ly/1rkJ2gR #cawater
Via @wattsupwiththat Worst #CAdrought in history? Not really. http://is.gd/AhDrH8 #cawater View this photo
RT @LADWP Keep conserving water, LA! Get free H20 conservation items. http://bit.ly/1tTL7PN
@MavensNotebook #CAdrought bill dries up? Hope for winter precip; Hearing on streamlining GW rights disputes; more http://is.gd/3biEwp
Via @agleader: California water wars: Man vs. fish (and fish are winning) | http://fxn.ws/1vlTrZg @fxnopinion #cawater #CAdrought
Canada
MT @CanGeographers In @motherboard: @Harvard Scientists Say It's Time to Think About Engineering the Climate http://zite.to/1xhIHI8
Excellent! From @cdnsciencepub Rick's Rant (@rickmercer) on #PureScience... http://fb.me/6Uw9ZHYXU
@CdnWaterNetwork MT @CunsoloWillox: It's such a privilege & honour to be part of @NatureCanada 75 Women for Nature: http://shar.es/1XJtMX
Climate, Climate Change, Adaptation, and Meteorology
MT @CanGeographers In @motherboard: @Harvard Scientists Say It's Time to Think About Engineering the Climate http://zite.to/1xhIHI8
In @nytimes Climate Change Threatens to Strip the Identity of Glacier National Park http://is.gd/5M1kZL
No Daffy Duck? @HeartlandInst 58 Experts Who Don't Think Global Warming is Crisis http://bit.ly/1F8iGB6 Free Poster! View this photo
Conferences, Webinars, Workshops and Calls for Abstracts/Papers
@GWPnews Steering Cmte & staff meet with Hungarian government & Hungarian and Central & Eastern European partners. View this photo
Conference (Kiel,Germany): 'Environmental Ethics between Action & Reflection', 23-25 July 2015. Abstacts due: 14 Dec http://is.gd/KJZ26i
Chatham House Conference: 'Food Security: Mapping Risks,Building Resilience', London 1-2 Dec. @AniaGrobicki1 on panel http://is.gd/HzgIvc
November 28 Webinar from @ODI_development 'Groundwater, poverty and development' http://is.gd/gEVTzb @UPGro
Conflict, Collaboration, Cooperation, and Security
@USDA_ARS Opens VIVO Research Networking Tool to Public http://is.gd/etwbtC
@bruceritchie's review of 'Thirsty City' - traces history of Atlanta's water crisis and fight with Florida http://is.gd/LM2PfV #FLwater
Via @bruceritchie: SCOTUS apponts Maine lawyer as special master to oversee Florida-Georgia water dispute http://is.gd/4yCs7f #FLwater
MT @greenroofsuk Polar code agreed to prevent Arctic environmental disasters http://ow.ly/EJFgf
Via @agleader: California water wars: Man vs. fish (and fish are winning) | http://fxn.ws/1vlTrZg @fxnopinion #cawater #CAdrought
Droughts, Floods, Fires, and Disasters
RT @CBCNews Buffalo prepares for flooding as temperatures rise after historic snowfall http://ift.tt/1v8gDdi
In @nytimes: As Temperatures Warm in Buffalo Area, Melting Snow Raises Fears of Flooding http://is.gd/RrjLNP
RT @GWPnews What are the effects of severe #drought across Central and Eastern Europe? Watch video! http://fb.me/3JOYfEtko
In @globeandmail from @Reuters: Brazil edges to brink of epic water crisis http://is.gd/s77mxB (tnx @WaterPortal)
Education and Communication
New, free online course 'Blue is the New Green' from @DrKarenBakker via @Harvard-@MIT @edXOnline : http://bit.ly/1xtWgX7
Just got my free 'I'm A Geoscientist' lapel pin from @AGI_Updates You can, too: http://is.gd/SBlmiM
From @TheWaterChannel: Pitching water in the newsroom http://is.gd/BHsOBQ
E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers
MT @TxWRI Nov 2014 issue of 'Conservation Matters' - #txwater graduate research RFP, natural resources news & more: http://ow.ly/EGEw8
@UN_Water Newsletter - Water Decade's Issue 54, 28 November 2014 http://is.gd/yQgDBJ
The @WaterUtilities Daily is out! http://paper.li/WaterUtilities Stories via @WaterWired @MarkPenny1 @WillSarni
RT @wateraus The Water EngineeringAus Daily is out! http://paper.li/wateraus Stories via @WaterAidAmerica @circleofblue @earthinstitute
Catch up! Weekly geoscience & environmental science (incl Ebola) news - Elaine Hanford's BBs: - 24 Nov 2014 http://bit.ly/1vGA6U2 #EJHBB
RT @SoilWaterPlant Systems is out! http://paper.li/SoilWaterPlant/1357042931 … … Stories via @chrismartenson @FARAinfo @IAgrE
Help @TiffDowell & her Texas Ag Law Blog win in the 'Niche' law blog category! Vote here: http://is.gd/xcN0UP @txwater
National Water Quality Monitoring Council Newsletter, Vol 9, Fall/Winter 2014 http://is.gd/gl60mq
@UNIGRAC Newsletter - November/December 2014 http://is.gd/L2wqki
Ethics, Gender, and Rights
MT @gravitate_to_me Rachel Carson: marine biologist,writer,naturalist - 20th century icon http://rachelcarson.org View this photo
Conference (Kiel,Germany): 'Environmental Ethics between Action & Reflection', 23-25 July 2015. Abstacts due: 14 Dec http://is.gd/KJZ26i
@CdnWaterNetwork MT @CunsoloWillox: It's such a privilege & honour to be part of @NatureCanada 75 Women for Nature: http://shar.es/1XJtMX
WatSan and Women @HuffPostImpact Why We Can't Ignore The Outliers http://is.gd/f4m3xM
Groundwater and Hydrogeology
'Groundwater: The Water Budget Myth' http://is.gd/niURHr lives on in @NatGeo http://is.gd/UPo0LM @SustainWater33
Sent by @AniaGrobicki1 from @IWMI_Water_News: Video on flood & drought management - recharging S. Asia monsoon waters http://is.gd/UcJjaV
@UNIGRAC video: 'Groundwater, The Hidden Resource' http://is.gd/4jZth1 Note: GW most abundant source of LIQUID FW http://is.gd/g9BAY6
Amen! @UNIGRAC debuts new video, 'Groundwater, The Hidden Resource' http://is.gd/QABP1o
November 28 Webinar from @ODI_development 'Groundwater, poverty and development' http://is.gd/gEVTzb @UPGro
Personal, People, and Quotes
Thanks @united & @lufthansa made it to Budapest uneventfully & on time. @GWPnews events start 23 Nov @ 1500 hours. @DanubiusHotels Gellert
50 Years of @AWRAHQ: OWAGs Galore, History, and Other Great Stuff! http://bit.ly/154aeq1 #AWRA2014 View this photo
From @AWRAHQ's 'Windows on Water Management': Interview w/ Jim Wigington,ex-@EPA & new Editor-in-Chief of JAWRA http://is.gd/MZVtPk
@GWPnews Budapest meeting: Mr. József Gayer, chair of GWP-Hungary, describes the excellent work it is doing. View this photo
@GWPnews in Budapest: Szilvia Szalóki on integration of Hungarian water utility sector by Energy & Public Util Auth View this photo
Susanne André of @GWPnews explains her group's approach to a planning exercise by @DalbergTweet View this photo
@MGHydro forces me to come clean,act as shill for @HeartlandInst. Free global warming denial poster: http://is.gd/9XaWaJ cc @tmeixner
Off to bed now (12:30 AM in Budapest) after poring over this complicated flip chart all night. Later.....@GWPnews View this photo
Help @TiffDowell & her Texas Ag Law Blog win in the 'Niche' law blog category! Vote here: http://is.gd/xcN0UP @txwater
Returning from @GWPnews meeting. BRU > @Dulles_Airport UA 951 < 50%. On to @flyPDX? Probably not as empty. Fair # people in Concourse D.
Nice chat with @AniaGrobicki1 en route to & in BUD airport. She's heading to Paris, then to UK. We promised to keep in touch. Smart person!
Hey! WiFi on @united 1087 @Dulles_Airport to @flypdx. Two levels of service: $1/hour or $2/hour. We'll see how this works.
Enjoyed swapping jokes with Hungarian scientist about his country's 'secret police' and my country's NSA/CIA monitoring. SOS,for sure!
New slogan for Budapest's WWT facility? 'Flush twice, it's a long way to Belgrade'. Maybe not.
Policy, Planning, Law, Governance, Economics, and Management
@tmtall: Statewide water planning in Kansas, Colorado, California. Why not Florida? http://is.gd/Bo4ik8 #FLwater
At @GWPnews meeting my statement of US water policy drew perplexed looks: 'The US water policy is to have NO US water policy.'
Robert T. Lackey Redux - Again! 'The Role of Science in Water Resource Policy' http://bit.ly/1CcmKlW
Ben Grumbles wants 'Forty More Years!' @WaterAlliance http://is.gd/ET1q8z
Via @TX Ag Law blog by @TiffDowell: Overview of the Endangered Species Act http://is.gd/oPCZKq Free download: http://is.gd/8ByJE7
Sarah Bates' Presentation: 'Addressing Water Issues in Private Land Conservation Planning' http://bit.ly/1HH2JEm
From @IISDRS Water Policy & Practice - Water Update - 27 November 2014 http://is.gd/OjMCCl
Positions Open #JobWaWi
Joshua Newton's Water Jobs (over 50!) & More - 26 November 2014 http://bit.ly/15yKcLS #JobWaWi
Positions (15): Various in Seattle area: engineers, biologists, planners, hydros, etc. Scroll down to (42) http://bit.ly/15yKcLS #JobWaWi
Position: @UCBerkeley - Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Wildland Watershed Hydrology. Closes: 5 Jan http://is.gd/v0aZMe #JobWaWi
Position: @usfs (Wenatchee, WA) - Hydrologist. Closes: 22 December http://is.gd/tptzNs #JobWaWi
Position: @RiceUniversity (Houston) T-T Faculty: Water in an Energy Constrained World. App rev: 1 Jan 2015 http://is.gd/PW1obG #JobWaWi
Position: @USGS (Menlo Park, CA) - Biological Science Laboratory Technician. Closes: 28 Nov http://is.gd/yMvwYI #JobWaWi
Position: @USGS (Menlo Park, CA) Research Microbiologist/Chemist. Closes: 11 Dec http://is.gd/tCvxyi #JobWaWi
Position: @oregonstateuniv - Exec Director, INTO OSU ('internationalization' -students,etc.). Closes: 5 Jan http://is.gd/iTwRTU #JobWaWi
Position: @IWMI_Water_News (New Delhi) - Senior Researcher, Water Economics. Closes: 15 Jan http://is.gd/RMrWhx #JobWaWi
Position: @UW (Seattle, WA) - Research Scientist/Engineer -SW Hydrology Modeling & WQ. OUF. http://is.gd/bhAQ3o #JobWaWi
Position: @WSUPullman -T-T Asst/Assoc/Full Professor - Water Resources/Hydrologic Engr App rev: 1 Jan 2015 http://is.gd/ZTZoSU #JobWaWi
Position: @WSUPullman -T-T Asst/Assoc/Full Professor - Infrastructure Materials & Engr App rev: 1 Jan 2015 http://is.gd/Z6zhOX #JobWaWi
Position: @WSUPullman -T-T Asst/Assoc/Full Professor in Civil & Env Engr - Environ Chem. App rev: 1 Jan 2015 http://is.gd/EnR9d6 #JobWaWi
Postdoc Position: @UArkansas (Fayetteville) - Landscape Flux Group. Closes: 13 December http://is.gd/Vy9nVm #JobWaWi
Position: @waterforpeople (Denver, CO) - Director of Program Quality. Closes: 8 December http://is.gd/zcTQO8 #JobWaWi
Previous Weeks' Positions Open - Go To #JobWaWi
Then click on 'All' below 'Results for #JobWaWi'
Joshua Newton's Water Jobs & More - 11 November 2014 http://bit.ly/1zhbdMT #JobWaWi
Over 30! Joshua Newton's Water Jobs and More! - 12 October 2014 http://bit.ly/1z2vkly #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, 22 - 28 November 2014 http://bit.ly/1vv5ySE #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 15 - 21 November 2014 http://bit.ly/1xUpE9C #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 8 - 14 November 2014 http://bit.ly/1yFensT #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 1 - 7 November 2014http://bit.ly/10zvDEy #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 25 - 31 October 2014. Scroll down to see 'Positions Open' http://bit.ly/1wN40CK #WaWiNews #JobWaWi
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 18 - 24 October 2014http://bit.ly/1rtnyIT #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 11 - 17 October 2014http://bit.ly/1sx5YGz #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 4 - 10 October 2014http://bit.ly/1sqN99p #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 27 September - 3 October 2014 http://bit.ly/1r9dB1K #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 20 - 26 September 2014http://bit.ly/1v6LW7G #WaWiNews
Reports, Publications, and Journals
New Report from @Hidropolitik: 'Peace River to Cyprus From Turkey' http://is.gd/XlSLv2
Paper: 'Fresh Water, Fresh Choices' http://is.gd/C8RQ1B
Water, Volume 6, Issue 11 (November 2014), Pages 3247-3574 http://is.gd/L8x7zz @MDPIOpenAccess
Science, Medicine, and Technology
Excellent! From @cdnsciencepub Rick's Rant (@rickmercer) on #PureScience... http://fb.me/6Uw9ZHYXU
RT @sciam Science team returns to the Antarctic to visually record a landscape in transition. http://ow.ly/EJBfD View this photo
Catch up! Weekly geoscience & environmental science (incl Ebola) news - Elaine Hanford's BBs: - 24 Nov 2014 http://bit.ly/1vGA6U2 #EJHBB
MT @geostuff From @CBSNews Earthquake (magnitude = 3.3) shakes North Texas http://bit.ly/1vBr4rb
Streams, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
MT @EricHolthaus: Upper MS River closed to shipping traffic due to ice this week-earliest winter closure since 1969.http://is.gd/ieXe1H
RT @WaterlooSci Why do rivers almost never flow in a straight line? Find out in this new segment of #MinuteEarth: http://ow.ly/EFEJ7 View this photo
Budapest: Danube River from my @DanubiusHotels Gellert room. Flow: to right (south). Here for @GWPnews Steering Cmte mtg View this photo
Danube Days, Discoveries, Dinners, Dreams & Delights @GWPnews http://bit.ly/1utzR8j
Via @TX Ag Law blog by @TiffDowell: Overview of the Endangered Species Act http://is.gd/oPCZKq Free download: http://is.gd/8ByJE7
Visuals, Music, and Infographics
Awesome! From @tmtall: @BabaBrinkman's 'Rap Guide to the Wilderness' http://is.gd/6r3pTU
From @AWRAHQ's 'Windows on Water Management': Interview w/ Jim Wigington,ex-@EPA & new Editor-in-Chief of JAWRA http://is.gd/MZVtPk
@UniofOxford panel discussion: 'Africa, Dams and Development' - Live webcast on 24 November, 4 PM GMT http://is.gd/JbfvkK
Robert T. Lackey Redux - Again! 'The Role of Science in Water Resource Policy' http://bit.ly/1CcmKlW
Off to bed now (12:30 AM in Budapest) after poring over this complicated flip chart all night. Later.....@GWPnews View this photo
Sarah Bates' Presentation: 'Addressing Water Issues in Private Land Conservation Planning' http://bit.ly/1HH2JEm
Sent by @AniaGrobicki1 from @IWMI_Water_News: Video on flood & drought management - recharging S. Asia monsoon waters http://is.gd/UcJjaV
@UNIGRAC video: 'Groundwater, The Hidden Resource' http://is.gd/4jZth1 Note: GW most abundant source of LIQUID FW http://is.gd/g9BAY6
WASH and Development
@UniofOxford panel discussion: 'Africa, Dams and Development' - Live webcast on 24 November, 4 PM GMT http://is.gd/JbfvkK
WatSan and Women @HuffPostImpact Why We Can't Ignore The Outliers http://is.gd/f4m3xM
Spoke w/ young @USAID worker on BRU > @Dulles_Airport (from Zaire). Topic: WatSan issues. She used to work for @braimaha at @WorldVision
Water/Land Quality and Contamination
Via @sejorg MT @CivilEats: Des Moines again struggling with nitrate levels in water http://dmreg.co/1qKhjGb by @AP in @DMRegister
In @nytimes: Despite Persecution, Guardian of Lake Tai Spotlights China’s Polluters http://is.gd/HSvR5O
Ben Grumbles wants 'Forty More Years!' @WaterAlliance http://is.gd/ET1q8z
National Water Quality Monitoring Council Newsletter, Vol 9, Fall/Winter 2014 http://is.gd/gl60mq
Republicans party of pollution? @NYTimeskrugman Op-Ed in @nytimes: Pollution & Politics http://is.gd/o3Uoas via @KateGalbraith
Water Supply, Quantity, Reuse, Conservation, Infrastructure
RT @TxWRI Report: EPA Power Plan Would Save Texas Water - @TexasTribune http://ow.ly/ECML2 #txwater #energy
New Report from @Hidropolitik: 'Peace River to Cyprus From Turkey' http://is.gd/XlSLv2
By @jfleck in @ABQJournal: NM Interstate Stream Commission approves Gila River diversion http://is.gd/k2KFD7
How much water to prepare TG feast? One 2013 estimate from @CBSPhilly http://is.gd/kZYHhs @ElinSilveous @PeterGleick
WTF?
Duhhh...RT @HeartlandInst "Carbon pollution" is a nonsense word. CO2 is good for every plant and aminal on Earth. #p2 http://bit.ly/1fp3NOY
"So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we have the key."
-- Already Gone, by The Eagles, written by Jack Tempchin and Robb Strandlund
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