TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 2 - 8 December 2023

Surprise!

In @Fla_Pol: ‘Never seen a group of substances’ like these: House lawmakers told of the perils of PFAS https://tinyurl.com/4xd8ekx4 

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NOTE:

The format for these weekly summaries has been changed.

Enjoy!

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Starters
New look! TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 18 - 24 November 2023 Robert T. Lackey Opines: Columbia River Basin - How Would Ending Fishing and Closing Hatcheries Change Salmon Abundance? https://bit.ly/3RtPMsU #globalwater

Via G. Tracy Mehan III: @awwa - Government Affairs Overview and More! https://bit.ly/3N6TZzP #globalwater

From @AZWRRC: 'Weekly Wave' Newsletter - 8 Dec 2023. IN THIS ISSUE: Photo Contest, ADWR, Seminar Recap, APW, #COP28, NVIS Recap. https://tinyurl.com/4s4c9bm5 #scicomm

By @USATODAY & @janetwilson66: 'Climate Point' 8 Dec 2023. 'Massive' storm: Watch out for snow and rain this weekend; Deadly atmospheric river: 2 deaths blamed on flooding; EPA proposes removing hazardous lead water pipes; Energy guzzling crypto mine! https://tinyurl.com/y27f3vn3

By @Taylor_Luck in @csmonitor ‘My responsibility to be hopeful’: The Climate Generation at COP28 https://tinyurl.com/29drw73d #COP28

 

In @csmonitor: Climate gaps and gains, as world meets in Dubai https://tinyurl.com/y3nfevad #COP28

 

From @KVIAABC7News New Mexico Governor

@GovMLG looking to establish new ‘first-of-its-kind’ water supply https://tinyurl.com/3mz2ej79 #SWUSwater 

 

From @csmonitor: In Gaza’s shadow, a climate summit on war and peace https://tinyurl.com/mtn8jk4w #COP28

 

Donate to the Women in Water Scholarship Fund! https://tinyurl.com/bepnpxy8 #womeninwater

 

Via @pelhamplus: Kona Low Storm Threatens East, West Coasts, And Hawaii With Torrential Rainfall And Flood Risks. https://tinyurl.com/4rx2ueap #PNWater

 

From @WUFTNews and @NPR: Iran-linked cyberattacks threaten equipment used in U.S. water systems and factories https://tinyurl.com/3yjjpv

 

Via @pelhamplus: Kona Low Storm Threatens East, West Coasts, And Hawaii With Torrential Rainfall And Flood Risks. https://tinyurl.com/4rx2ueap #PNWater

 

It's Water-MDPI, Volume 15, Issue 23 (December -1 2023) – 168 articles

https://bit.ly/48exnFX

Books and More!
New book from @groundwaterproj: 'Introduction to Fluid Mechanics for Groundwater Scientists' https://tinyurl.com/uk56jbr2 #groundwater

From @groundwaterproj: 'Groundwater Storage in Confined Aquifers'. Also in Farsi, Arabic, Italian and Portuguese. https://tinyurl.com/yc3d7sxj #groundwater

Drinking Water/Contaminants
In @washingtonpost: To protect children, @EPA wants total removal of lead pipes for the first time. https://tinyurl.com/y257mv9f #lead

In @Fla_Pol: ‘Never seen a group of substances’ like these: House lawmakers told of the perils of PFAS https://tinyurl.com/4xd8ekx4

Canada
The @CanadianWater Newsletter - 4 December 2023; Seasonal Stewardship; Wastewater Win; Freshwater Virus Detection; Canada's Fishery Crisis; PFAs Removal Funding; More! https://tinyurl.com/4cd3yeh9 #cdnwater

Today's Tunes
Today's Tune: 8 Dec 2023. So who sang 'Cinnamon'? It was Derek in 1968. https://youtu.be/ulUtTC4HfN4?si=VsDMB-kSTeIx028V… #aquadocaudio. Now who did 'Mr. Bass Man'? Johnny Cymbal (1963). https://youtu.be/nZr8iReEqMQ?si=GLZ9qo2kGP82A4z0… #aquadocaudio Same person - born in Scotland!

Today's Tune - 7 Dec 2023. Kyu Sakamoto's worldwide hit 'Sukiyaki'. It reached #1 in the USA and elsewhere, selling >13M! Beautiful tune, but sad. He died in a plane crash in Japan in 1985. https://youtu.be/n2I75ZOGl5g?si=QUcBY7-_c3yWw512… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 6 Dec 2023. These guys were a Top 40 hit-making machine for about 10+ years. The Grass Roots with one of their best - 'Sooner Or Later'. https://youtu.be/A3-ATRs99_M?si=pOE1kBpdtjhIaBLw… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 5 Dec 2023. From Bristol, PA, comes 'The Bristol Stomp' (1961) with The Dovells featuring Len Barry (who did '1-2-3' in 1965) https://youtu.be/z9i6FzIFAvM?si=ySeQn5qPVHWaO40o… #aquadocaudio https://youtu.be/4OIulHYOH74?si=np26w3-Ss3PQxNGe… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 4 Dec 2023. From Robert John comes his 1979 composition 'Sad Eyes'. It was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. https://youtu.be/NTxKjzDJMqQ?si=xLiTmqAqMKheV_DC… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 3 Dec 2023. Yesterday I did his brother Lewis; today, it's Frankie Lyman and The Teenagers: 'Why Do Fools Fall in Love'. Frankie co-wrote this tune, (1956) which reached #1. He died at 25 - married to 3 women. https://youtu.be/lU9Q7hEhQjY?si=WZw9FC04581TyTyU…… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 2 Dec 2023. Love this 1956 tune by Lewis Lymon and The Teenchords - 'I'm So Happy'. Lewis was Frankie's younger brother who didn't have his success but did not die of a heroin OD in 1968. He did oldies shows & lived to 2013. https://youtu.be/J9uwnx7VO3k?si=QvmICvEpLrJXfw5e… #aquadocaudio

Weekly News Media Water Reports\Daily News Media Water Reports
California Water News Daily
California Water News Daily - 8 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/pk9j8je6 #cawater

6 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4mhrz27v #cawater

5 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yyr8f3y5 #cawater

4 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/wwfu6ar5 #cawater

3 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5n83tef8 #cawater

2 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/223x5ksu #cawater

Colorado Water News Daily
Colorado Water News Daily - 8 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2f6z23yj #cowater

7 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/y3fav8vv #cowater

6 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5f24vf27 #cowater

5 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/43td7u8v #cowater

4 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2c9h479h #cowater

3 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yc7ass2d #cowater

2 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yc4upnpr #cowater

Portland Water News Daily
Portland Water News Daily - 8 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2xe6zpd5 #PDXwater

7 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/32j2bx6c #PDXwater

4 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/ytc4n2zx #PDXwater

3 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yzdn7kf7 #PDXwater

2 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/42uskcp8 #PDXwater

Florida Water News Daily
Florida Water News Daily - 8 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/37frb28u #FLwater

7 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yc58sr3n #FLwater

6 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yubde2f3 #FLwater

5 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4anznhpx #FLwater

3 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2mkvzmb5 #FLwater

2 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/h3d3xz8k #FLwater

Midcontinent US Water News Daily
Midcontinent US Water News Daily - 8 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mpzu3n2m #MCUSwater

7 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3juyx7e4 #MCUSwater

6 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4rfn87w3 #MCUSwater

5 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yb4yw5cb #MCUSwater

3 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yw7fvkrc #MCUSwater

2 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/j4hvcvm6 #MCUSwater

Southeast US Water News Daily
Southeast US Water News Daily - 8 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3dbekvxj #SEUSwater

7 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5n7ur8ez #SEUSwater

6 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mcdusrvw #SEUSwater

5 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/36kmf67a #SEUSwater

3 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4vfv62pt #SEUSwater

2 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2jsxh3ke #SEUSwater

Southwest US Water News Daily
Southwest US Water News Daily - 8 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mw85kw9p #SWUSwater

7 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4zb9zfr5 #SWUSwater

5 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/42zkatxc #SWUSwater

3 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yc3kvart #SWUSwater

2 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/38uerutt #SWUSwater

Northeast US Water News Daily
Northeast US Water News Daily - 8 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2mj7v37m #NEWater

7 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3t7k2e2w #NEWater

6 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5y738kxr #NEWater

5 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mkxcmsza #NEWater

3 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2p9vapp4 #NEWater

2 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5n89kfav #NEWater #NEWater

Pacific Northwest Water News Daily
Pacific Northwest Water News Daily - 8 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/y6y9zvmt #PNWater

7 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4wfy7xft #PNWater

6 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3x38d946 #PNWater

4 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/ytc4n2zx #PDXwater

3 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mr2av5fw #PNWater

Texas Water News Daily
Texas Water News Daily - 8 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/37eb2966 #txwater

7 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3ds73388 #txwater

6 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/y36p944 #txwater

5 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4znfzucu #txwater

3 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4sfxcdm2 #txwater

2 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/247k4bk5 #txwater

Hawaii Water News Weekly - 4 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/d2jjekvr #HAwaii

Oregon Water News Weekly - 4 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3a8x2t6h #ORwater

Eugene Water News Weekly - 4 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/238jjwfh #EUGwater

California-Centric Stuff
The @CA_DWR Water News--> 8 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3bney4zt #cawater

The @CA_DWR Water News-->7 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4ujwwjpt #cawater

The @CA_DWR Water News-->6 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3x6prrwk #cawater

The @CA_DWR Water Plan eNews-->6 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5295u5kk #cawater

The @CA_DWR Water News--> 5 Dec 2023. https://tinyurl.com/bdcmuht7 #cawater

From @UCDavisWater 'Retirement – an optimal stopping problem' by @JayLund113. https://tinyurl.com/n4ucu43y #cawater

Nature Briefings

The @Nature Briefing - 8 Dec 2023. ‘Tweezers’ hold quantum molecule; CRISPR comes of age; NIH grad students/postdocs form union; Method of the Year: in vitro embryo models; Podcast: World’s smallest light trap; Futures: science fiction from Nature https://tinyurl.com/26mv366m #scicomm

 

The @Nature Briefing 7 Dec 2023. Prematurely old organs linked to disease;What India wants from COP28; Self-copying RNA vaccine wins approval; Journals: embrace ‘frugal innovation’;Clinical trials to watch for; Evelyn Keller: fresh view of science https://tinyurl.com/mth8ycc6 #scicomm

 

It's @Nature Briefing - 6 Dec 2023. How to stave off climate ‘tipping points’; Scientists bring climate protests home; Climate science needs communicators; Combat greenwashing with better science; Ill-informed AI use fuels irreproducibility; More https://tinyurl.com/me7duj2m #scicomm

 

The @Nature Briefing - 5 Dec 2023. First ever 1,000-qubit quantum chip; Earliest mosquito was bloodsucking male; Wobbly space-time theory of everything; Why I launched a science newspaper; Great natural-history hoaxes;mysterious nutrient collapse https://tinyurl.com/4fvjv5ks #SciComm

 

It's @Nature Briefing - 4 Dec 2023. Colliding black holes ring like bells; Scientist’s disability lawsuit reaches court; Ring detects sex hormone in sweat; Mighty: microbes & climate; Climate theory of everything; Dolphins & electric fields; https://tinyurl.com/2rntyw4h #scicomm

Nature Quotes
Today's Quote (@Nature 12/8/23) “If you can manage 30 angry players, it’s a lot easier to manage a group of students in front of a classroom or deal with your colleagues in the lab.” (1/2)

Mathematician Federico Fioravanti, who worked as a rugby referee before taking up a postdoctoral position in social choice theory, is just one of the scientists who told @Nature about their first jobs and what they learnt from them. (2/2)

Today's Quote (@Nature 12/7/23) “The deeper I’ve fallen down this rainbow-colored rabbit hole, the more I’ve come to understand my shock at the breadth of queerness in nature is a symptom of a horrible miseducation of centuries of science bullying the abundance of queerness (1/2)

Interntl homophobia still whispers in my ear that I, a queer woman, don't belong on tree of life. 25 years ago,biologist & artist J. Megahan illustrated book about animal sexual behavior that would influence @SCOTUS & helped shatter belief homosexuality ‘crime agst nature’ (2/2)

Today's Quote (@Nature12/6/23) “Done right, grant writing can reconnect you with the joy that led you to become a scientist in the first place. (1/2)

”By reframing grant writing as a way to rediscover your purpose, practice your writing and build community, the ‘necessary evil’ can actually become fun and fulfilling, say trainers Courtney Peña, Amber Moore and Crystal Botham. (2/2)

Today's Quote (@Nature12/5/23) “I started to experience things I had only dreamt of: boundless energy & ability to recover by merely sleeping.” Jimi Olaghere participated in gruelling,months-long clinical trial for a new gene-editing drug to treat his sickle cell disease (1/1).

Today's Quote (12/4/23) “Science provides great reason to go to Mars- just not for a permanent settlement.” In space-ethics literature for settling large # of people on Mars don’t survive scrutiny,argue astrobiologist Kirsi Lehto & philosophers Oskari Sivula & Mikko Puumala (1/1)

Other Quotes
"Our philosophy - it’s better to be slow and wrong than fast and right." - @ass_deans

"This is your end of semester reminder that we can’t lose any enrollments. So try to retain the freshman and add a fifth year to the seniors." - @ass_deans

A man's character isn't his fate; a man's fate is the joke his life plays on his character." - @Philip_Roth quoted in @Harpers via @TheWeek

"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule." - Friedrich Nietzsche (quoted in @ThePrintIndia via @TheWeek)

 

We call it “dead week” so you have time to mourn your lost ambitions for the semester. How is that R&R coming?" -

@ass_deans

 

"If the salmon and steelhead are running, then as far as I am concerned, God knows that all is well in His world...the health of the environment is good if the salmon and steelhead are around. It is that simple." - Former Oregon Governor Tom McCall

Water/Climate Jobs
From IISD: Climate Change Job Vacancies (8) -29 November 2023 https://bit.ly/46EZD34

Josh's Water Jobs & More! 5 December 2023 ~258 Jobs https://bit.ly/3uLHuDI

Josh's PhD Water Jobs! 7 December 2023 - 227 Jobs! https://bit.ly/47PFGIy #globalwater

Journals, Newsletters, Podcasts

The @WaterNetwork Newsletter - 8 December 2023. Trending Technology~Editors Choice~Knowledge Exchange~Featured Jobs~Featured Events~Questions~More! #scicomm https://tinyurl.com/29nfnb3p

 

From @thewaterloop Episode #203: 'From Engineers to Volunteers' with Boris Martin https://youtu.be/bK-6RPCsorM?si=tU_RUJbVTVllLEMS…

 

Paper: 'Water Rights and Water Wrongs' https://tinyurl.com/2p92et5k #SWUSwater

 

Colorado/Columbia/Other River Basins

CRS Report: 'Columbia River Treaty Review' https://bit.ly/3GoUi5B #Columbia #Treaty

 

Robert T. Lackey Opines: Columbia River Basin - How Would Ending Fishing and Closing Hatcheries Change Salmon Abundance? https://bit.ly/3RtPMsU #globalwater

 

In @thecolumbian: Latest ‘Voices of the River’ highlights dams: Confluence Project aims to revive tribal history along river https://tinyurl.com/bdd465cm #PDXwater

 

In @NevadaCurrent: CA farmers agree to conserve 100,000 acre-feet of Lake Mead water in exchange for compensation. https://tinyurl.com/2a38zhun #cawater #SWUSwater

 

From @fox5sandiego: Sinkholes in Amistad Dam threaten international border water reservoir https://tinyurl.com/36psuzxr #SWUSwater

 

From @spokanepubradio Feds consider removing Snake River dams in leaked agreement with plaintiffs in lawsuit https://tinyurl.com/mvtn46jn

 

In @Missoulian: Western Montana co-ops wary of Snake River dam removal https://tinyurl.com/pv2hwskn

 

From Sibley's Rivers 'Romancing the River: What Am I Talking About?'https://tinyurl.com/mryapdpp #cowater

 

Webinars and Events

'Central Asia’s Aral Sea: Lessons for Today’s Climate Crisis'. Hybrid Meeting Monday, 11 Dec 2023 9:00–10:30 AM (EST) Zoom meeting: https://tinyurl.com/3nee9jtc #globalwater

 

Congressional Research Service (CRS) and Other Reports

CRS Insight Report: 'Atmospheric Rivers - Background and Forecasting'; My AR (Pineapple Express) Recollections https://bit.ly/3uLRXiu

 

'Farm Bill Primer: Support for Native Agricultural Producers' https://bit.ly/3sItBWf #FarmBills

 

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 4 December 2023 https://bit.ly/3Ru4wrF #globalwate

 

CRS InFocus Report: 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) FY2024 Budget Request and Appropriations' https://bit.ly/3QTLw4q

 

CRS Insight Report: 'Corps Water Infrastructure Financing Program (CWIFP)' https://bit.ly/3sxOhzX

 

Humor?

Really?

 

"You can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave!" - 'Hotel California' by Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Don Felder.