There are still two days left to celebrate Drinking Water Week, 1 -7 May.
In light of the Flint water problems, we should be more cognizant and appreciative of high-quality tap water most of us enjoy. But we must remain vigilant and get involved. Don't
assume that everything will be taken care of.
Here is the City of Corvallis 2016 Water Quality report, hot off the press:
Download Corvallis_WQ_2016_Report
No complaints from me about the Corvallis drinking water.
I have reinstated a category for Florida. I am tempted to start one for Texas.
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User's Guide - if you are new to this summary: each of the items here is a Tweet from my WaterWired Twitter account for the week ending today, arranged by category. It is not a comprehensive summary of the week's water news; it is my summary.
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 '#' (hashtag) 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!
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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.
Top Twenty + Three
It's all a blur! Why I Love Western USA Water: CO,NE,KS,Republican River, Ogallala Pumping http://bit.ly/1NKJYGn
RT @GroundwaterMike: Will water exports from Russia to China become reality? http://tass.ru/en/economy/873831 …
From @UN_Water & @UNESCO: World Water Development Report: 'Water and Jobs' http://bit.ly/1rdt4Wu
@jfleck's Water News: Can this Colorado River water-saving deal work? More! http://eepurl.com/bZ_WAT
Mulling 'Moses' Mulroy: Of Water Buffaloes & Czars, The Law of the River & Other Anachronisms http://bit.ly/1SS8272
RT @WaterPortal Compare and Contrast: 'China’s #water hegemony' http://wtrpr.tl/1TfKh8b via @japantimes
@nationalpost Going to great heights for water: United Arab Emirates ponders building a mountain to make it rain http://bit.ly/1NjX3pX
Wonderful water tidbits from @chanceofraincom: The Week That Was (in Water) 24 - 30 April 2016 http://bit.ly/1NeSfCj
Via @txawwa in @HuffPostGreen: Water Scarcity Could Shrink Economies By Mid-Century: @WorldBank http://huff.to/23ny4DW
CRS Report: 'Legislative Options for Financing Water Infrastructure' http://bit.ly/1VJXyfJ @opencrs
From @AWWAACE Happy Drinking Water Week, 1 - 7 May 2016! http://bit.ly/1o6PeTg
From @EawagResearch: Online Platform for Estimating Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination http://bit.ly/1SIyjEF (tnx @thewatercyclist)
In @sacbee_news (tnx @jfleck): @CarlyFiorina doubles down on Delta smelt http://bit.ly/1NfguQN
Wow! 77 AF/year! RT @MarkRuffalo Tell @forestservice: Stop @NestleWatersNA water extraction from San Bernardino NF http://bit.ly/1VR7B2W
Resettling the first American ‘climate refugees’ http://nyti.ms/1TtSNAO via @BCWaterNews
@matt_weiser La Niña is coming. More drought for Calif? Think again. http://ht.ly/4nsSep #cawater #cadrought View this photo
Via @watercanary in @guardian When in drought: California farmers who don’t water their crops http://bit.ly/1TuNDo8 #cadrought #cawater
In @elpasotimes Texas flooding sweeps oil, chemicals into rivers http://bit.ly/1TlBvWE (tnx @TDSIanJames)
Catch up! Elaine Hanford's Geosciences & Enviro-Sciences Bulletin Boards! 2 May 2016 http://bit.ly/1SEuUdv
In @latimes Borrego Springs water crisis begins and ends with farming http://lat.ms/1TLPZlo #cawater
@WorldBank Report 'High and Dry: Climate Change, Water, and the Economy' http://bit.ly/1rXee7n
Our Myanmar Groundwater Workshop, 25 July - 5 August 2016 http://bit.ly/1TccjS3
@AGU_Eos Buzz Newsletter - 6 May 2016: The Latest Earth and Space Science News http://bit.ly/1SRU08I
Books, Films and Reviews
@IWAPublishing book: 'Mitigating Droughts & Floods in Ag: Policy Lessons & Approaches' http://bit.ly/1Y9s00B
Short film by @bluemayfly - 'What You Take Away - A Colorado River Reflection' https://vimeo.com/164929241
Bottled Water, Drinking Water/TapWater, and Flint Water Crisis
Washington governor directs health officials to step up focus on lead risks http://bit.ly/26PJBjY via @BCWaterNews
Via @Law360 Flint City Official Cops Plea In Tainted Water Case http://bit.ly/1SP5QRe #FlintWaterCrisis
Water shut offs resume in Detroit http://bit.ly/1UqoL5N via @CouncilofCDNS
Wow! 77 AF/year! RT @MarkRuffalo Tell @forestservice: Stop @NestleWatersNA water extraction from San Bernardino NF http://bit.ly/1VR7B2W
California
@latimes "You know the saying,'I'm here from the government.I'm here to help you.'That's usually not a good thing." http://lat.ms/1TLPZlo
In @latimes Borrego Springs water crisis begins and ends with farming http://lat.ms/1TLPZlo #cawater
@CA_DWR #cawater Plan eNews 4 May 2016: New Website~GW Replenishmnt~Green Projects~Fm Grants~Delta Cmte~Spring Conf http://bit.ly/1T2jWR8
@breakingweather: #CAdrought: Stormy El Niño winter has some calling for end to strict water usage restrictions http://bit.ly/1Z0XAxH
Wow! 77 AF/year! RT @MarkRuffalo Tell @forestservice: Stop @NestleWatersNA water extraction from San Bernardino NF http://bit.ly/1VR7B2W
@matt_weiser La Niña is coming. More drought for Calif? Think again. http://ht.ly/4nsSep #cawater #cadrought View this photo
Via @watercanary in @guardian When in drought: California farmers who don’t water their crops http://bit.ly/1TuNDo8 #cadrought #cawater
In @sacbee_news (tnx @jfleck): @CarlyFiorina doubles down on Delta smelt http://bit.ly/1NfguQN
Canada
Oh, no, Canada! @CanadianWater: @munkschool of Global Affairs' Program on Water Issues (@powi_munk) Disbanded http://bit.ly/1rFickY
In @westernproducer Water limitations affect Alberta food potential http://bit.ly/1SSqBYD (via @WaterPortal)
From @CBCNews First Nations teen solves remote community's drinking water problems http://bit.ly/1riZO0w (tnx @WaterPortal)
In @TheCrag Online tool seeks to engage Albertans with water usage http://bit.ly/1UD2vpq (tnx @WaterPortal)
In @metrocalgary Calgary not predicting any water shortages this summer http://bit.ly/1T43Nuo (tnx @WaterPortal)
RT @AlbertaVenture Is Alberta heading for another drought? http://ow.ly/4naHw7
@edmontonjournal Mass influx of #FortMacFire evacuees:'The emergent need has now turned into a housing project' http://bit.ly/1s0EEVL
From @WaterPortal Infographic: Types of Reservoirs - On-Stream or Off-Stream http://bit.ly/1rxcfWS
Climate, Climate Change, Adaptation, and Meteorology
@WEForg Learn how Australian cities are responding to population growth & climate change at Great Water Cities 2016 http://bit.ly/1SZaN5Y
Awesome @Mdettinger involved! 2016 Intl Atmospheric Rivers Conference, 8-11 Aug,La Jolla,CA http://bit.ly/1X5z8N4
@LauraPaskus in @NMInDepth: @LosAlamosNatLab studies impact of ‘climate-driven disturbances’ on water supplies http://bit.ly/1VHtC3Q
@nationalpost Going to great heights for water: United Arab Emirates ponders building a mountain to make it rain http://bit.ly/1NjX3pX
Resettling the first American ‘climate refugees’ http://nyti.ms/1TtSNAO via @BCWaterNews
@matt_weiser La Niña is coming. More drought for Calif? Think again. http://ht.ly/4nsSep #cawater #cadrought View this photo
Conferences, Webinars, Workshops and Calls for Abstracts/Papers
@WEForg Learn how Australian cities are responding to population growth & climate change at Great Water Cities 2016 http://bit.ly/1SZaN5Y
Conference: 'Institutional Constraints to Water Management in New Mexico' 20 May 2016 @UNM, Albuquerque http://bit.ly/1SBWhF6
Awesome @Mdettinger involved! 2016 Intl Atmospheric Rivers Conference, 8-11 Aug,La Jolla,CA http://bit.ly/1X5z8N4
@AWRAHQ Webinar: 'Use & Abuse of Science in Water Resource Policy & Mgmt',4 May, 1 PM EDT http://bit.ly/1otHkJl
Webinar: '#SDGs & Water - Significance for Global Water Mgmt in Next Decades' 18 May, 9 AM EDT http://bit.ly/1SMaWdp cc: @GWPnews @AWRAHQ
Conflict, Cooperation, and Security
@GWPnews Water security project seeks inputs to guide next steps http://tmsnrt.rs/1pUfl5Z via @TR_Foundation
RT @WaterPortal Compare and Contrast: 'China’s #water hegemony' http://wtrpr.tl/1TfKh8b via @japantimes
Via @txawwa in @HuffPostGreen: Water Scarcity Could Shrink Economies By Mid-Century: @WorldBank http://huff.to/23ny4DW
Droughts, Floods, Fires, and Disasters
RT @WaterPortal Compare and Contrast: 'China’s #water hegemony' http://wtrpr.tl/1TfKh8b via @japantimes
@IWAPublishing book: 'Mitigating Droughts & Floods in Ag: Policy Lessons & Approaches' http://bit.ly/1Y9s00B
Flood-related spill risks subject of debate in Texas http://bit.ly/1TtSANY via @BCWaterNews
@edmontonjournal Mass influx of #FortMacFire evacuees:'The emergent need has now turned into a housing project' http://bit.ly/1s0EEVL
In @elpasotimes Texas flooding sweeps oil, chemicals into rivers http://bit.ly/1TlBvWE (tnx @TDSIanJames)
E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers
From @WEForg: WEFLeader, April 2016 http://bit.ly/1VZyilA
@pacificstandard Coming: 'The Water Issue' http://bit.ly/1W4MuKJ
@jfleck's Water News: Can this Colorado River water-saving deal work? More! http://eepurl.com/bZ_WAT
@FLWaterDaily Digest for 3 May 2016 - http://eepurl.com/b0iNh1 #FLwater
@FLWaterDaily Digest for 5 May 2016 - http://eepurl.com/b0DYV5 #FLwater
Mountain West News Daily Newsletter - 5 May 2016 http://bit.ly/23teYwj
Via @IISDRS Natural Resources Update - 4 May 2016 - Natural Resources Policy & Practice http://bit.ly/1Zd7ooj
Wonderful water tidbits from @chanceofraincom: The Week That Was (in Water) 24 - 30 April 2016 http://bit.ly/1NeSfCj
@CA_DWR #cawater Plan eNews 4 May 2016: New Website~GW Replenishmnt~Green Projects~Fm Grants~Delta Cmte~Spring Conf http://bit.ly/1T2jWR8
@ASA_CSSA_SSSA Science Policy Report - 4 May 2016 http://bit.ly/1Y8YnMX
@TWASnews Plus - Vol 2, No. 2 - May 2016 http://bit.ly/1QSj0am
Mountain West News Daily Newsletter - 2 May 2016 http://bit.ly/1W34PqJ
Mountain West News Daily Newsletter - 29 April 2016 http://bit.ly/1QG5xCr
@IISDRS Natural Resources Update - 2 May 2016 http://bit.ly/1Y3Rso9
@AWRAHQ Florida Section Newsletter - 'The Watershed' - April 2016 http://bit.ly/26Mxjci #FLwater
Mountain West News Daily Newsletter - 4 May 2016 http://bit.ly/26UV7uG
Mountain West News Daily Newsletter - 3 May 2016 http://bit.ly/1NjBeqG
Catch up! Elaine Hanford's Geosciences & Enviro-Sciences Bulletin Boards! 2 May 2016 http://bit.ly/1SEuUdv
@AGU_Eos Buzz Newsletter - 6 May 2016: The Latest Earth and Space Science News http://bit.ly/1SRU08I
Mountain West News Daily Newsletter - 6 May 2016 http://bit.ly/1SUo9Rp
@OSUCEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 6 May 2016 http://bit.ly/1WvLQ7C
@FLWaterDaily Digest - 6 May 2016 http://bit.ly/1rypPcH #FLwater
Texas Ag Law Blog Weekly Round Up - 6 May 2016 http://bit.ly/1NmQz9U (tnx @TiffDowell)
Education and Communication
Our Myanmar Groundwater Workshop, 25 July - 5 August 2016 http://bit.ly/1TccjS3
@AZWater_org Whether a student or a professional - @WEForg's Knowledge Center for educational & training materials http://ow.ly/4n8hrS
Via @Lone_Star_Water Perfect day for some #groundwater education out here with @MISDNews #txwater View this photo
Ethics, Gender, Rights and Indigenous Peoples
From @CBCNews First Nations teen solves remote community's drinking water problems http://bit.ly/1riZO0w
South Africa’s First Female-Owned Airline Goes International http://bit.ly/1WebPC0
@H20Efficiency Women in Water: An Interview With Kirsten deVette of the @IWAHQ http://bit.ly/26U18aO
From @World_Waters Fetching Water on a Saturday Morning in Tanzania http://bit.ly/1T2KHBO
Events and Opportunities
From @AWWAACE Happy Drinking Water Week, 1 - 7 May 2016! http://bit.ly/1o6PeTg
@OregonState 'Talk for Water: Cross-Disciplinary Discussion of Clean Water Access in World Today' 17 May 2016, 4 PM Download Talk_for_Water_2016
Florida
@AWRAHQ Florida Section Newsletter - 'The Watershed' - April 2016 http://bit.ly/26Mxjci #FLwater
@palmbeachpost: Locals press feds for more money to shore up Lake Okeechobee dike http://bit.ly/21ojmNz
This Week's Water Opinions - @FLWaterDaily http://bit.ly/1VH0w4C #FLwater
@FLWaterDaily Digest for 2 May 2016 http://eepurl.com/bZ-mXb #FLwater
U.S. Senate panel approves Everglades funding http://bit.ly/1TtS8zs via @BCWaterNews
@FLWaterDaily Digest - 6 May 2016 http://bit.ly/1rypPcH #FLwater
@FLWaterDaily Digest for 3 May 2016 - http://eepurl.com/b0iNh1 #FLwater
@FLWaterDaily Digest for 5 May 2016 - http://eepurl.com/b0DYV5 #Flatter
Groundwater and Hydrogeology
Our Myanmar Groundwater Workshop, 25 July - 5 August 2016 http://bit.ly/1TccjS3
Via @Lone_Star_Water Perfect day for some #groundwater education out here with @MISDNews #txwater View this photo
In @latimes Borrego Springs water crisis begins and ends with farming http://lat.ms/1TLPZlo #cawater
Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy
RT @ClimateCentral The U.S. has the most gas flares in the world, @NOAA map shows http://buff.ly/1OasCgQ View this photo
Personal, People, Interviews, and Quotes
Nominate Someone Today! @AWRAHQ Award Deadline Approaching http://conta.cc/1qTJGlU Congrats, @LISABEUTLER!
My COKANE Odyssey, Part 2: Sprinkler System Salvation, Republican River Redemption http://bit.ly/1NKJYGn
Mulling 'Moses' Mulroy: Of Water Buffaloes & Czars, The Law of the River & Other Anachronisms http://bit.ly/1SS8272
"Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science." - E.O. Wilson
'But New York City has 528 miles of coastline, and so to ignore the water seemed like ignoring the city’s largest public space.'- @rkaufman
"As God is my witness, I will never be thirsty again." -- apologies to Scarlett O'Hara & Margaret Mitchell
@OregonState's Dr. Bob Lackey: Polling data on mistrust of science exist for 4 issues: GMOs,climate change, fluoridation, child vaccination
The Principle of Parsimony: "As simple as possible, but not too simple." - Ty Ferré. Sounds like Occam's razor.
"Whoever has the best lawyers has the best model." - Ty Ferré
Policy, Planning, Law, Governance, Economics, IWRM, and Management
From @UN_Water & @UNESCO: World Water Development Report: 'Water and Jobs' http://bit.ly/1rdt4Wu
@AWRAHQ Webinar: 'Use & Abuse of Science in Water Resource Policy & Mgmt',4 May, 1 PM EDT http://bit.ly/1otHkJl
Texas Ag Law Blog Weekly Round Up - 6 May 2016 http://bit.ly/1NmQz9U (tnx @TiffDowell)
Positions Open #JobWaWi
Joshua Newton's Water Jobs & More - 3 May 2016 (Updated: 5 May) http://bit.ly/1TiXiOd #JobWaWi
Positions: @CA_DWR - Various locations and types: enviro science, geology, engineering, restoration, etc. http://bit.ly/1XaG4sw #JobWaWi
Positions: @SeaGrant - Various positions across the USA. Updated regularly. http://1.usa.gov/1SYL5RQ #JobWaWi
@BCWaterNews Jobs Click 'View Jobs' at http://bcwaterjobs.com
@EcologyWA - Current Openings - Updated every few days http://1.usa.gov/1evxlPd
Previous Positions Open #JobWaWi
@joshnewtonH2O's Water Jobs & More - 26 April 2016 (Updated 29 April) http://bit.ly/233IBEo #JobWaWi
PhD Positions (12): University of Bremen (Germany) - Earth & Env Sciences. OUF. App review: 1 June http://bit.ly/24piCcQ #JobWaWi
Previous Weekly Water Summaries - Go To #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 30 April - 6 May 2016 http://bit.ly/1Yc0r6Q #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 23 - 29 April 2016http://bit.ly/1VXKbbE #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 16 - 22 April 2016http://bit.ly/212KJwx
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 9-15 April 2016 http://bit.ly/23t9Dal
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 26 March - 8 April 2016 http://bit.ly/23t9Bzh
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 19 - 25 March 2016 http://bit.ly/1T9iT0i
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 12 - 18 March 2016 http://bit.ly/1UntTYV #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 5 - 11 March 2016 http://bit.ly/1LhfRVO
Catch up! Weekly Water News Summary, 27 February-4 March 2016 http://bit.ly/1LYv6hg
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 20 - 26 February 2016. http://bit.ly/1RsNfIc
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 13 - 19 February 2016 http://bit.ly/1RcHlen #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 6 - 12 February 2016http://bit.ly/1TgxB5Z #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 30 January - 5 February 2016 http://bit.ly/1USjXDH
Reports, Publications, and Journals
From @UN_Water & @UNESCO: World Water Development Report: 'Water and Jobs' http://bit.ly/1rdt4Wu
CRS Report: 'Legislative Options for Financing Water Infrastructure' http://bit.ly/1VJXyfJ @opencrs
@WorldBank Report 'High and Dry: Climate Change, Water, and the Economy' http://bit.ly/1rXee7n
Science, Medicine, Health, and Technology
Catch up! Elaine Hanford's Geosciences & Enviro-Sciences Bulletin Boards! 2 May 2016 http://bit.ly/1SEuUdv
@AGU_Eos Buzz Newsletter - 6 May 2016: The Latest Earth and Space Science News http://bit.ly/1SRU08I
Streams, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
From @WaterPortal Infographic: Types of Reservoirs - On-Stream or Off-Stream http://bit.ly/1rxcfWS
In @sacbee_news (tnx @jfleck): @CarlyFiorina doubles down on Delta smelt http://bit.ly/1NfguQN
By @Kelly_M_House in @Oregonian Judge rejects feds' Columbia River salmon plan, calls for a rewrite http://bit.ly/24yJOpC
Visuals and Infographics
From @WaterPortal Infographic: Types of Reservoirs - On-Stream or Off-Stream http://bit.ly/1rxcfWS
WaSH and Development
From @World_Waters Fetching Water on a Saturday Morning in Tanzania http://bit.ly/1T2KHBO
@OregonState 'Talk for Water: Cross-Disciplinary Discussion of Clean Water Access in World Today' 17 May 2016, 4 PM Download Talk_for_Water_2016
Water/Land Quality and Contamination
From @EawagResearch: Online Platform for Estimating Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination http://bit.ly/1SIyjEF (tnx @thewatercyclist)
@finleybruce in @denverpost Cadmium, lead, copper levels in Animas headwaters exceed Colorado limits http://dpo.st/1TgoDkl
Water Supply, Quantity, Reuse, Conservation, Infrastructure
Researchers look to the sky for water solution http://bit.ly/26PLFse via @BCWaterNews
@nationalpost Going to great heights for water: United Arab Emirates ponders building a mountain to make it rain http://bit.ly/1NjX3pX
In @guardian Baths to washing machines: welcome to the (almost) waterless home of the future http://bit.ly/1YW1zvr (tnx @WaterPortal)
Mulling 'Moses' Mulroy: Of Water Buffaloes & Czars, The Law of the River & Other Anachronisms http://bit.ly/1SS8272
@jfleck's Water News: Can this Colorado River water-saving deal work? More! http://eepurl.com/bZ_WAT
RT @GroundwaterMike: Will water exports from Russia to China become reality? http://tass.ru/en/economy/873831 …
WTF?
@BBCNewsNI Irish politician denies human impact on climate change, says 'God above' controls weather http://bbc.in/1ZhOLzP
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