My introduction to the Water Resources IMPACT issue:
I had a dream about this third 'Hydrophilanthropy' issue of Water
Resources IMPACT - a bad one! Why? Because we've had two
previous issues on Hydrophilanthropy (HP for short) - January 2010 and 2016. Had we lost our mojo? NO! I got a few old authors with new ideas. Dave Kreamer on HP and sustainability; Peter Wampler (with Roderick Morgan) on potable water; and yours truly. I may have little new to say but I am looking back to see how I got here. Stuart Smith and Laurra Olmsted both discuss Africa - with different but complementary approaches. John Cherry, one of the world's great hydrogeologists has a new program that is especially attractive to the developing world (Stuart and Laurra). Kabir Thatte of DigDeep has a very novel concept to consider. Maria Daugherty-Gibson has a 501(c)(3) approach to groundwater. She might find synergy with Brown et al. working on Oregon Water Futures! Jim F. Chamberlain and Becky Svatos have something to say about important elements in development work. So why have we not lost our mojo? SYNERGY! That is what I want to see! I'm talking about 2028!
Here is the July-August 2022 issue as a PDF:
Download AWRA JulyAug 2022_IMPACT
and a flipping-book version: click here.
The first two paragraphs of my article:
This issue of Water Resources IMPACT is the third to feature the topic of hydrophilanthropy.. I have edited all three of these issues—in 2010, 2016, and 2022—and this will likely be my last. The cover of the 2010 issue introduced me to the concept of “poverty porn,” as some call it. (Notice that the current issue's cover avoids that type of imagery.) So the title of this article is my tongue-in-cheek definition of hydrophilanthrop taken from former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart. In the early 1960s, the Supreme Court was dealing with cases related to pornography and protected speech. Stewart wrote that even though he could not define hard-core pornography pornography “I know it when I see it.”
Despite the title of my article, here is my definition of hydrophilanthopy. You may have your own.
- Altruistic concern for the water, sanitation, and related needs of humankind, as manifested by donations of work, money, or resources.
- Use of water to express kindness or benevolence, such as the healing of psychological, spiritual, and other wounds.
It was not until 2005 that I heard the term “hydrophilanthropy” in a phone conversation with Dave Kreamer, who did not define it at the time but has written articles for all three hydrophilanthropy issues of Water Resources IMPACT. But my interest in hydrophilanthropy started long before that conversation.
Here is the PDF if my article:
Download MEC_Water Resources IMPACT July-August 2022
Enjoy!
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