Heading home from Stockholm in a few hours after an 'exhilarating' meeting of the Global Water Partnership Steering Committee. One sad moment was our bidding farewell to Dr. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, the SC's dynamic, intelligent, and dedicated SC chair.
As a memento of her service, she received home-country water samples from SC members, GWP staff, and GWP Regional Partnership members, which were commingled in a decanter. In this picture, Rudolph Cleveringa, GWP Executive Secretary, provides a sample. I provided the USA sample, a mixture of water from Oregon's Cascade Range and the Potomac River basin.
We will miss her leadership.
This bulletin comes from a good friend, Francesca Greco, of the World Water Assessment Program. Please help her if you can. Thanks.
Ends 30 Nov! @UNWWAP Download "water & gender" data collection pub. Gender equality is @UNESCO priority! Help us! Go here: http://thndr.me/FDkbim
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Terrific Twenty + Two
@EPA Study: 'Estimating Private Domestic Well Use in the US: A Pilot Study in Oklahoma' http://bit.ly/1PKsKIR @ngwatweets @AWRAHQ
Dude! @LosAlamosNatLab Happy #FibonacciDay! Favorite examples of Fibonacci sequence? Tweet us & we'll RT http://gph.is/1hHPmqj?tc=1 via @giphy
@AGU_Eos Buzz Newsletter - 27 November. The latest Earth & Space Science news! http://bit.ly/1TboWy6
Ends 30 Nov! @UNWWAP Download "water & gender" data collection pub. Gender equality is @UNESCO priority! Help us ! http://thndr.me/FDkbim
Paper: 'Methods of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus' (Open Access) http://bit.ly/1NjKcU4
Catch up on the weekly geoscience & environmental science news from Elaine J. Hanford! http://bit.ly/1Myuy3Y #EJHBB cc: @AWRAHQ @GWPnews
New Paradigm for PhD Training: @Cornell BEST Program - Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training http://bit.ly/1lKnyIo
@climatedepot Prominent Scientists: Climate Claims ‘Irrational’, ‘Based on nonsense’ & ‘Leading us down false path’ http://bit.ly/1P5brlD
RT @WASHadvocates Great article on how sanitation and hygiene strategies promote women's rights via @devex: http://bit.ly/1QwZZiN
@MavensNotebook Daily Digest-@GroundwaterAct faces tough opposition; solving #cawater woes will take more than rain http://bit.ly/1N6ewvf
You go, @wildweatherdan! @AGU_Eos 7 top sci societies tell Texas congressman to stop it http://ow.ly/V46tG
Yes! From @Alliance4Water: Check out http://climateiswater.org #climateiswater #COP21 cc: @GWPnews @AWRAHQ
Go Beavs! RT @jfleck Love @ben_a_goldfarb piece on beavers, our great hydraulic engineers. http://bit.ly/1MJ9Qw8 via @highcountrynews
@Sammy_Roth: @RyanSabalow in @sacbee_news-Tensions,threats as California’s new groundwater law takes shape http://bit.ly/1liPl24 #cawater
Giving Thanks for Open Access! Water 7 (11) - November 2015: Special Issues & Lots More! http://bit.ly/1MTFY04 cc: @GWPnews
By @Sammy_Roth at @MyDesert: 'The Current' - weekly guide to all things Water & Energy http://bit.ly/1R7uISS
Amazing - still there! 'Finite-state models of transport phenomena in hydrologic systems.' http://bit.ly/1Ibq30h
Surprised! Retiring @GWPnews SC Chair Dr Ursula Schaefer-Preuss gets commingled world waters http://bit.ly/1kPldvJ View this photo
From @jfleck: Five pieces of good news for water in the western United States http://bit.ly/1Odvk8M
RT @brainpicker How science brings humanity closer together—Einstein speaks in a rare 1941 recording http://buff.ly/1ObtLbr
@NatureNews: Sustainability- South-to-North transfer project cannot meet China's water needs http://bit.ly/1Xlxwvl (tnx @jfleck) @GWPnews
@TEDx Video via @MavensNotebook - Dr. @KavehMadani: 'Water – Think Again' http://bit.ly/1NdKbuP
Bullshit and Crap Detection
@climatedepot Prominent Scientists: Climate Claims ‘Irrational’, ‘Based on nonsense’ & ‘Leading us down false path’ http://bit.ly/1P5brlD
Register CC believers? Via @Alex_Verbeek No comment. @realDonaldTrump: climate change is just ‘weather’ and a ‘hoax’ http://ow.ly/2bwqrA
WTF? @united club near @Dulles_Airport Gate C-9 blocks my @WaterWired www site http://www.waterwired.org as a 'security threat'.
California
Via @GabrielEckstein from @CNBC: California's hot new commodity: Stormwater http://goo.gl/mJmAic #cawater
Seems early. From @resource643 in @business: California Needs Snow to Start Falling Now for Drought Relief http://bloom.bg/1IhbDXb
@Sammy_Roth: @RyanSabalow in @sacbee_news-Tensions,threats as California’s new groundwater law takes shape http://bit.ly/1liPl24 #cawater
Report from @PPICWater 'Allocating California’s Water: Directions for Reform' http://bit.ly/1XrCPtk #cawater
@CA_DWR #cawater Plan eNews 25 Nov: Climate Forum~Newsletter~Soil Index~Drilling Wksp~Draft Regs~Water Allocat~More http://bit.ly/1T4AX8K
@MavensNotebook Daily Digest-@GroundwaterAct faces tough opposition; solving #cawater woes will take more than rain http://bit.ly/1N6ewvf
@MavensNotebook: Tensions-CA's new GW law; SD’s desal plant launches; @mwdh2o Blythe land purchase rattles farmers http://bit.ly/1X6E6v6
@greenforyou from @nytimes: In California, Stingy Water Users Are Fined in #CAdrought, While the Rich Soak http://nyti.ms/1PT9kQp
Canada
@CdnWaterNetwork #ResearchSpotlight: Protecting groundwater from agricultural fertilizers http://bit.ly/1QWDa7F
@CanadianWater Droplet Interview with Ellen Schwartzel, Acting Environmental Commissioner of Ontario http://bit.ly/1SgXLC2
In @calgarysun Alberta increases water funding http://bit.ly/1Ysi9DK (via @WaterPortal)
@CTVNews: Understanding the first ministers' climate summit: what #COP21 is all about http://bit.ly/1lgaJFg via @WaterPortal
Oops! @globalnews: #MountPolley tailings pit within 6.5 metres of capacity http://bit.ly/1QGvmaQ (via @WaterPortal)
@CBCNews Oil spills' environmental impact: Knowledge gaps cited in new report. http://bit.ly/1T8lPXR
In @CanadianWater: The Royal Society of Canada Releases Report On Water And Oil Spills http://bit.ly/1Q3vsYo
Climate, Climate Change, Adaptation, and Meteorology
RT @UN_Water How can we adapt to climate change? Read our guide to the @UN climate negotiations: http://buff.ly/1PIucvl #COP21 @GWPnews
RT @japantimes 690 million children at risk from climate change: @UNICEF http://jtim.es/V0mrv
Oh, yeah - there is a #watergoal (#6) in the #SDGs http://bit.ly/1NJk8fv Maybe #COP21Paris will discuss water. Maybe not. #AWRA2015 #COP21
RT @EcoCentered: #China Wants Legally Binding Climate Agreement From Paris Talks http://ow.ly/UWbYb via @business
Via @Mdettinger: @grist If the #fracking boom fizzles, will climate action fizzle, too? http://bit.ly/1MyDSog
Register CC believers? Via @Alex_Verbeek No comment. @realDonaldTrump: climate change is just ‘weather’ and a ‘hoax’ http://ow.ly/2bwqrA
RT @UPI: @UN climate scientists say 2015 certain to be hottest year http://upi.com/6162183 View this photo
Yes! From @Alliance4Water: Check out http://climateiswater.org #climateiswater #COP21
You go, @wildweatherdan! @AGU_Eos 7 top sci societies tell Texas congressman to stop it http://ow.ly/V46tG
Conferences, Webinars, Workshops and Calls for Abstracts/Papers
Oh, yeah - there is a #watergoal (#6) in the #SDGs http://bit.ly/1NJk8fv Maybe #COP21Paris will discuss water. Maybe not. #AWRA2015 #COP21
Listening to regional partnership chairs at @GWPnews meeting. http://bit.ly/1Xq8TO5
Some common themes from @GWPnews regional partnership chairs: #SDGs, transboundary issues, leveraging resources. http://bit.ly/1Xq8TO5 View this photo
Q & A with the @GWPnews regional partnership chairs. Good discussion - even groundwater! http://bit.ly/1Xq8TO5 View this photo
@TheWaterChannel Webinar: 'Unleashing the Power of Data for Water' 3 Dec 2015, 0930 US EST, 1530 CET. http://bit.ly/1L40kVl
Conflict, Cooperation, and Security
Gila decision due today. See @jfleck's water news http://eepurl.com/bG6d99
By @waltonwater from @circleofblue: Gila River Diversion Reaches Decision Point http://bit.ly/1LuY2eQ (tnx @jfleck)
@ben_a_goldfarb in @highcountrynews: @DucksUnlimited fires writer over stream access fracas. http://bit.ly/1OkOQhN
Droughts, Floods, Fires, and Disasters
Seems early. From @resource643 in @business: California Needs Snow to Start Falling Now for Drought Relief http://bloom.bg/1IhbDXb
@TheWaterChannel Ethiopia has withstood the ongoing drought strongly http://goo.gl/OyPr1e
Education and Communication
New Paradigm for PhD Training: @Cornell BEST Program - Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training http://bit.ly/1lKnyIo
From @jfleck: Five pieces of good news for water in the western United States http://bit.ly/1Odvk8M
RT @kirkenglehardt Some common phrases trolls use to feed public uncertainty. Details in this week’s #SCICOMM 25 http://ow.ly/USHjR
@seattletimes 2 @Yale students from Pacific Northwest - one from Shoreline,one from Portland - are Rhodes scholars http://buff.ly/1XjbQA1
Want the best in science communications? Follow @kirkenglehardt and visit #SCICOMM
@kirkenglehardt How to present data to people who are scared of numbers. Details in this week’s #SCICOMM 25 http://ow.ly/USGQV
E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers
@IISDRS Natural Resources Update - 23 November 2015 http://bit.ly/1SfMlyc
@AGU_Eos Buzz Newsletter - 27 November. The latest Earth & Space Science news! http://bit.ly/1TboWy6
Catch up on the weekly geoscience & environmental science news from Elaine J. Hanford! http://bit.ly/1Myuy3Y #EJHBB cc: @AWRAHQ @GWPnews
@CA_DWR #cawater Plan eNews 25 Nov: Climate Forum~Newsletter~Soil Index~Drilling Wksp~Draft Regs~Water Allocat~More http://bit.ly/1T4AX8K
@IISDRS Natural Resources Update - 25 November 2015 - Natural Resources Policy & Practice http://bit.ly/1OsnVAS
By @Sammy_Roth at @MyDesert: 'The Current' - weekly guide to all things Water & Energy http://bit.ly/1R7uISS
Read @Sammy_Roth's 'The Current' - Your weekly guide to all things water & energy http://bit.ly/1lDO6ek @MyDesert
@UNIGRAC Newsletter November/December 2015 http://bit.ly/21iBsll
Congrats to @TiffDowell! Texas Ag Law Blog once again makes @ABAesq's Blawg 100 list! http://bit.ly/1NppBxV
The @WaterUtilities Daily is out! http://paper.li/WaterUtilities?edition_id=1c787d10-91d8-11e5-915c-0cc47a0d1609 … … Stories via @_Dirty_Water_ @WaterWired @Pehlay_Pakistan
The @WaterFootprints Daily is out! http://paper.li/WaterFootprints?edition_id=27129f70-9030-11e5-845e-0cc47a0d164b … … Stories via @WaterWired @LADWP @circleofblue
Ethics, Gender, Spirituality, and Rights
RT @japantimes 690 million children at risk from climate change: @UNICEF http://jtim.es/V0mrv
RT @WASHadvocates Great article on how sanitation and hygiene strategies promote women's rights via @devex: http://bit.ly/1QwZZiN
Ends 30 Nov! @UNWWAP Download "water & gender" data collection pub. Gender equality is @UNESCO priority! Help us! Go here: http://thndr.me/FDkbim
Events and Opportunities
Dude! @LosAlamosNatLab Happy #FibonacciDay! Favorite examples of Fibonacci sequence? Tweet us & we'll RT http://gph.is/1hHPmqj?tc=1 via @giphy
Groundwater and Hydrogeology
@greenforyou from @ScienceDaily High Plains Aquifer peak use by state, overall usage decline, study finds #green http://bit.ly/1N0Q5iG
@CdnWaterNetwork #ResearchSpotlight: Protecting groundwater from agricultural fertilizers http://bit.ly/1QWDa7F
If you think @water_undergrnd, @sjasechko et al. show that modern GW (< 50 years old) is minuscule, guess again! View this photo
@EPA Study: 'Estimating Private Domestic Well Use in the US: A Pilot Study in Oklahoma' http://bit.ly/1PKsKIR
Artisanal, too! @portlandwater Celebrating our Groundwater Source http://bit.ly/1SYPLpd
@MavensNotebook Daily Digest-@GroundwaterAct faces tough opposition; solving #cawater woes will take more than rain http://bit.ly/1N6ewvf
Amazing - still there! 'Finite-state models of transport phenomena in hydrologic systems.' http://bit.ly/1Ibq30h
@Sammy_Roth: @RyanSabalow in @sacbee_news-Tensions,threats as California’s new groundwater law takes shape http://bit.ly/1liPl24 #cawater
@UNIGRAC Newsletter November/December 2015 http://bit.ly/21iBsll
Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy
Via @Mdettinger: @grist If the #fracking boom fizzles, will climate action fizzle, too? http://bit.ly/1MyDSog
Personal, People, Interviews, Prizes, and Quotes
“Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem — in my opinion — to characterize our age.” - Albert Einstein, 1950 (tnx @brainpicker)
'For every complex and difficult problem there is a solution that is simple, easy, and wrong' - H. L. Mencken
"If climate is a shark, water is its teeth." - Gemma Boag #COP21 #COP21Paris
Headed to Stockholm tomorrow AM for @GWPnews Steering Committee meeting. http://bit.ly/1kPldvJ
@united 918 @Dulles_Airport > @HeathrowAirport was maybe 40% - 50% full. Had entire row to myself. Wonderful flight!
@onedrop CEO Catherine B. Bachand accepts @AWRAHQ IWRM award #AWRA2015 http://bit.ly/1WaOH7A @GWPnews View this photo
Congrats to @TiffDowell! Texas Ag Law Blog once again makes @ABAesq's Blawg 100 list! http://bit.ly/1NppBxV
'Alla sätt är bra utom de dåliga.' - Swedish proverb (Translation: 'All methods are good except for the bad ones.') cc: @GWPnews
Surprised! Retiring @GWPnews SC Chair Dr Ursula Schaefer-Preuss gets commingled world waters http://bit.ly/1kPldvJ View this photo
Policy, Planning, Law, Governance, Economics, IWRM, and Management
@tory_sarah in @highcountrynews: Will a new @COWaterPlan solve Colorado's water troubles? http://bit.ly/1lbgZOw #AWRA2015
Not doing anything today? Read @COWaterPlan: http://coloradowaterplan.com Or watch video: http://bit.ly/1X4Uk7L #AWRA2015
@GWPnews Integrated Water Resources Management in Central & Eastern Europe: IWRM vs EU Water Framework Directive http://tinyurl.com/o548es6
An #SDG Roadmap? Don't leave it in the glove box! @GWPnews View this photo
Positions Open #JobWaWI
Joshua Newton's Water Jobs & More (Lots of WASH!) - 24 November 2015 (Updated 27 November) http://bit.ly/1XcyZJI #JobWaWi
Positions: @EcologyWA - Current Openings - Updated every few days http://1.usa.gov/1evxlPd #JobWaWi
Check out @BCWaterNews Jobs. Click 'View Jobs' @ http://bcwaterjobs.com
Previous Positions Open #JobWaWI
@joshnewtonH2O's Water Jobs & More (Lots of WASH!) - 17 November 2015 (Updated 20 November) http://bit.ly/20ZPecv #JobWaWI#AWRA2015
Positions: @EcologyWA - Current Openings - Updated: 20 Nov http://1.usa.gov/1evxlPd #JobWaWi
Check out @BCWaterNews Jobs. Click 'View Jobs' @ http://bcwaterjobs.com
Previous Weekly Water Summaries - Go To #WaWiNews
Twitter: Click on 'Live' at #WaWiNews
On the WaterWired blog - click here
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 21 - 27 November 2015 - Jobs, Too! http://bit.ly/1SnYjGk #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 14 - 20 Nov 2015 http://bit.ly/1lzZgkg
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 7 - 13 November 2015 http://bit.ly/1N2fkHy
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 31 October - 6 November 2015 http://bit.ly/1laTu8o #
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 24 - 30 October 2015 http://bit.ly/1kh5Pr9 #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 17 - 23 October 2015 http://bit.ly/1hYCpMR #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 10 - 16 October 2015 http://bit.ly/1VWRBHM #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 3 - 9 October 2015 http://bit.ly/1GAvcJ8 #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 26 September - 2 October 2015 http://bit.ly/1OMMs62 #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 19 - 25 September 2015 http://bit.ly/1iAkgWh #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 12 - 18 September 2015 http://bit.ly/1V0h7eC #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 5 - 11 September 2015 http://bit.ly/1J41ps5 #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 29 August - 4 September 2015 http://bit.ly/1Ng6C7R #WaWiNews
Reports, Publications, and Journals
Giving Thanks for Open Access! Water 7 (11) - November 2015: Special Issues & Lots More! http://bit.ly/1MTFY04 cc: @GWPnews
@tory_sarah in @highcountrynews: Will a new @COWaterPlan solve Colorado's water troubles? http://bit.ly/1lbgZOw #AWRA2015
Not doing anything today? Read @COWaterPlan: http://coloradowaterplan.com Or watch video: http://bit.ly/1X4Uk7L #AWRA2015
Paper: 'Methods of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus' (Open Access) http://bit.ly/1NjKcU4 #AWRA2015 @GWPnews
Report from @PPICWater 'Allocating California’s Water: Directions for Reform' http://bit.ly/1XrCPtk #cawater
@EPA Study: 'Estimating Private Domestic Well Use in the US: A Pilot Study in Oklahoma' http://bit.ly/1PKsKIR @ngwatweets @AWRAHQ
In @CanadianWater: The Royal Society of Canada Releases Report On Water And Oil Spills http://bit.ly/1Q3vsYo
Paper: 'Methods of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus' (Open Access) http://bit.ly/1NjKcU4
RT @UN_Water How can we adapt to climate change? Read our guide to the @UN climate negotiations: http://buff.ly/1PIucvl #COP21 @GWPnews
Science, Medicine, and Technology
Want the best in science communications? Follow @kirkenglehardt and visit #SCICOMM
@AGU_Eos Buzz Newsletter - 27 November. The latest Earth & Space Science news! http://bit.ly/1TboWy6
@kirkenglehardt How to present data to people who are scared of numbers. Details in this week’s #SCICOMM 25 http://ow.ly/USGQV
RT @brainpicker How science brings humanity closer together—Einstein speaks in a rare 1941 recording http://buff.ly/1ObtLbr
Catch up on the weekly geoscience & environmental science news from Elaine J. Hanford! http://bit.ly/1Myuy3Y #EJHBB cc: @AWRAHQ @GWPnews
Streams, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
@AGU_Eos A debris flow of ice, water and sand? http://ow.ly/V6VBv @davepetley
View this photo
Go Beavs! RT @jfleck Love @ben_a_goldfarb piece on beavers, our great hydraulic engineers. http://bit.ly/1MJ9Qw8 via @highcountrynews
Via @TheWaterChannel Video: Freak hail stone river emerged in Arabian desert! What is this? http://goo.gl/3Z4uEA
@ben_a_goldfarb in @highcountrynews: @DucksUnlimited fires writer over stream access fracas. http://bit.ly/1OkOQhN
Visuals and Infographics
Folks @HeathrowAirport's @united club B-1 say it's supposed to be a model for US clubs. Pics don't do it justice! View this photo
@EcoCentered in @latimes:15 water conservation facts & figures for #CAdrought http://ow.ly/UTjfN via @mwdh2o View this photo
Somewhere over northern Idaho/western Montana on @united 250 @flyPDX > @Dulles_Airport. View this photo
RT @UPI: @UN climate scientists say 2015 certain to be hottest year http://upi.com/6162183 View this photo
@TEDx Video via @MavensNotebook - Dr. @KavehMadani: 'Water – Think Again' http://bit.ly/1NdKbuP
WASH and Development
@EcoCentered in @latimes:15 water conservation facts & figures for #CAdrought http://ow.ly/UTjfN via @mwdh2o View this photo
RT @WASHadvocates Great article on how sanitation and hygiene strategies promote women's rights via @devex: http://bit.ly/1QwZZiN
Water/Land Quality and Contamination
In @CanadianWater: The Royal Society of Canada Releases Report On Water And Oil Spills http://bit.ly/1Q3vsYo
Water Supply, Quantity, Reuse, Conservation, Infrastructure
@EcoCentered in @latimes:15 water conservation facts & figures for #CAdrought http://ow.ly/UTjfN via @mwdh2o View this photo
@audubonsociety by @LauraPaskus The Surprising Gift From New Mexico’s Pueblos That Might Save the Rio Grande http://bit.ly/1T6oUbA
From Net Zero Energy to Net Zero Water – A New Frontier in Sustainability http://bit.ly/1SbfrPh
@A4WE: Net Blue - Supporting Water-Neutral Community Growth http://bit.ly/1NINLNW
At #AWRA2015: New ag database helps tackle water conservation issues via @FarmFutures http://bit.ly/21barQO
@AzerNewsAz: Azerbaijan to address water supply issue. http://bit.ly/1Ti7Qze
@NatureNews: Sustainability- South-to-North transfer project cannot meet China's water needs http://bit.ly/1Xlxwvl (tnx @jfleck) @GWPnews
WTF?
@AGU_Eos A debris flow of ice, water and sand? http://ow.ly/V6VBv @davepetley View this photo
Via @TheWaterChannel Video: Freak hail stone river emerged in Arabian desert! What is this? http://goo.gl/3Z4uEA
'Das Glück hilft dem Kühnen.' - German proverb (Translation: 'Fortune favors the bold.')
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