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NAWAPA Comments Redux - Numbers 1 - 5

I have probably made more posts on NAWAPA than any other subject - the North American Water and Power Alliance. Here is my first NAWAPA post. 

Here's more information on NAWAPA.

Comments by various readers are below. Your comments are welcomed. Each comment is numbered. More may be coming.

1) I am pleased to see that there are at least some positive comments re NAWAPA. I didn't know those positive views existed. All I have heard about NAWAPA is how horrible it is and how BAD for the environment it would be. But hardly ever a balanced view. If NAWAPA had been built when it was first proposed we would benefit from it today as it would have been completed in the 90s. One might criticise China in many areas but they would have pushed through such a project and made themselves more prosperous in the process.

2) What the hell is everyone going on about> There are literally hundreds of thousands of people living in towns and cities in the Rocky Mountain trench. You can't just evict and destroy/flood hundreds of thousands of peoples' homes, farms and history. America can build reservoirs on its own land. A lot of the water already flows down there anyway. Just build your reservoirs and dams south of the border.

3) North Americas depleted water resource extends from a criminal occupation of lands belonging to Americans, forcefully taken by Caucasians for Empire. This ongoing criminality makes efficient management of adjustment to unfortunate outcomes for all humans virtually impossible. Central and southern stable and saturated aquifers are now below 5,000 feet under surface (not able to provide surface uptake, desert lands without irrigation). Northern Shield has 70 years of water remaining at present consumption levels. When that goes, Empire goes. We are left with a 10,000 year wait for the aquifers to refill at historical intake levels... however, history no longer applies: its all been turned to desert. NAWAPA was never gone: Keystone is a crude piggyback of water channels. WAY 2 GO EMPIRE! Goodbye. Don't come back.

4) As a Canadian you wonder what the right thing to do is. Canada has the largest supply of water and we won't run out of it any time soon. We can help people and make money to support our system. It seems like a win-win situation to me although many would disagree.

5) My understanding of the NAWAPA plan isn't to suck Canada dry of its fresh water sources; instead much water would be diverted from Alaska. Yes there are ecological implications of building aqueducts throughout the continent. However, I'm betting that the ecological cost of the hydroelectric energy gained and overall water supply boost for all 3 countries involved would be much less harmful than the oil sands projects currently operating in Canada.

Enjoy!

 

"Ralph Parsons looked at the map of North America and said, ‘The water’s in the wrong spot. So how can we move the water to the right spot?’" - Virginia Grebbien

Ethics and Water Revisited - A Mea Culpa?

I wrote this post in January 2007.

How often have you thought about ethics and water? If you are like me, probably not very often, and I am supposed to be a professor on the "cutting edge of thinking" in water. Sure, I have read articles about some ethical issues, such as our approach to water issues in the developing world, water pricing issues, location of waste disposal sites, professional practices, etc., but I never thought much about them. What's worse, in over 30 years of teaching I never really introduced many ethical considerations into my classes, except in a very cursory manner. 

All that changed about five years ago, when I came across a book that enlightened me about water and ethics: Navigating Rough Waters: Ethical Issues in the Water Industry, edited by Cheryl K. Davis and Robert E. McGinn (2001, published by the American Water Works Association). The book is a collection of 24 articles about - you guessed it - ethics and the water world. Davis, McGinn, and the AWWA have done us all a great service. Over the years there have many articles and books about ethical issues in water; what's different about this one is that it is the first in-depth treatment with a number of thoughtful articles and case studies. It covers water treatment, planning and management, international work, water privatization, manufacturing, consulting, "fear-mongering", sustainability, intergenerational equity, and more. It broaches issues that I probably would not have considered "ethical" questions.

The book has some excellent discussion topics at the end of the articles. Some of them deal with trying to decide what you should or should not tell the public about their water supply. For example,if you are a water utility manager and your water-quality testing identifies a "hot-button" chemcial (hexavalent chromium, arsenic, TCE, whatever) in the water but at concentrations well below the MPC or any known health risk, are you obligated to tell your customers, knowing full well there will be a demand to remove it from the water supply when there is no compelling evidence it is harmful? What if the customers want it removed, at an additional cost that will impact low-income customers? What are your obligations?

Let's try this one. Is it ethically incumbent upon water officials from developing countries to adopt and use less rigorous but affordable wastewater reuse standards geared to their countries instead of "importing" those that prevail in the developed world?

The conversion of wastewater into drinking water presents some interesting dilemmas. The book has an excellent little study about NDMA (N-nitrosodimethylamine) in the Orange County Water District's water supply and the praiseworthy approach taken by the OCWD.

What about a foreign, multinational firm that partners with a local firm to present a facade of "local control" to win a contract for a project in a developing country?

The book also discusses the Principle of Intergenerational Equity and the current generation's obligations to the ones following. 

I'm sure you can think of many other situations. I was so impressed with the book that I started broaching these topics in my classes and will continue to do so. I only wish I had some formal training in ethics.

The book costs about $150 and is well worth it. If you are an AWWA member there is a discount.

By the way, would it be ethical to get a friend who is an AWWA member to buy it for you? Just thought I would ask.

So what's the deal with the 'mea culpa'? Practicing my high-school Latin? It's my lack of incorporation of a significant ethical component into my years of teaching. That is all the more inexcusable when you consider the water and environmental focus of my work at all the universities where I've taught. Not much time left - a couple of months. And when I look at all my blog posts dealing with ethical themes, it's more puzzling and inexcusable.

The possible exception might be the University of New Mexico, where I co-developed an Environmental Science degree and developed a Master of Water Resources program. I actually used parts of the Davis-McGinn book in a few classes  

But I did write a short article on 'MAD about an Ethical  Approach to Unsutainable Groundwater Extraction. In this case 'MAD' means 'Managed Aquifer Depletion'

I'd say I let my students down.

"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn." -- John Cotton Dana

I wrote this post in January 2007.

How often have you thought about ethics and water? If you are like me, probably not very often, and I am supposed to be a professor on the "cutting edge of thinking" in water. Sure, I have read articles about some ethical issues, such as our approach to water issues in the developing world, water pricing issues, location of waste disposal sites, professional practices, etc., but I never thought much about them. What's worse, in over 30 years of teaching I never really introduced many ethical considerations into my classes, except in a very cursory manner. 

All that changed about five years ago, when I came across a book that enlightened me about water and ethics: Navigating Rough Waters: Ethical Issues in the Water Industry, edited by Cheryl K. Davis and Robert E. McGinn (2001, published by the American Water Works Association). The book is a collection of 24 articles about - you guessed it - ethics and the water world. Davis, McGinn, and the AWWA have done us all a great service. Over the years there have many articles and books about ethical issues in water; what's different about this one is that it is the first in-depth treatment with a number of thoughtful articles and case studies. It covers water treatment, planning and management, international work, water privatization, manufacturing, consulting, "fear-mongering", sustainability, intergenerational equity, and more. It broaches issues that I probably would not have considered "ethical" questions.

The book has some excellent discussion topics at the end of the articles. Some of them deal with trying to decide what you should or should not tell the public about their water supply. For example,if you are a water utility manager and your water-quality testing identifies a "hot-button" chemcial (hexavalent chromium, arsenic, TCE, whatever) in the water but at concentrations well below the MPC or any known health risk, are you obligated to tell your customers, knowing full well there will be a demand to remove it from the water supply when there is no compelling evidence it is harmful? What if the customers want it removed, at an additional cost that will impact low-income customers? What are your obligations?

Let's try this one. Is it ethically incumbent upon water officials from developing countries to adopt and use less rigorous but affordable wastewater reuse standards geared to their countries instead of "importing" those that prevail in the developed world?

The conversion of wastewater into drinking water presents some interesting dilemmas. The book has an excellent little study about NDMA (N-nitrosodimethylamine) in the Orange County Water District's water supply and the praiseworthy approach taken by the OCWD.

What about a foreign, multinational firm that partners with a local firm to present a facade of "local control" to win a contract for a project in a developing country?

The book also discusses the Principle of Intergenerational Equity and the current generation's obligations to the ones following. 

I'm sure you can think of many other situations. I was so impressed with the book that I started broaching these topics in my classes and will continue to do so. I only wish I had some formal training in ethics.

The book costs about $150 and is well worth it. If you are an AWWA member there is a discount.

By the way, would it be ethical to get a friend who is an AWWA member to buy it for you? Just thought I would ask.

So what's the deal with the 'mea culpa'? Practicing my high-school Latin? It's my lack of incorporation of a significant ethical component into my years of teaching. That is all the more inexcusable when you consider the water and environmental focus of my work at all the universities where I've taught. Not much time left - a couple of months. And when I look at all my blog posts dealing with ethical themes, it's more puzzling and inexcusable.

The possible exception might be the University of New Mexico, where I co-developed an Environmental Science degree and developed a Master of Water Resources program. I actually used parts of the Davis-McGinn book in a few classes  

But I did write a short article on 'MAD about an Ethical  Approach to Unsutainable Groundwater Extraction. In this case 'MAD' means 'Managed Aquifer Depletion'

I'd say I let my students down.

"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn." -- John Cotton Dana

Lake Abert Online Symposium - Recording Available!

Below the video is the info I posted on 19 January 2023. The symposium was sponsored by Oregon State University and the Oregon Lakes Association.

Link to video: https://youtu.be/r3jbwvaS8hk (c. 3:23:00 long)

Embedded. Click on the lower right to expand. 

Colloquium program

1:00 Theo Dreher, OSU & OLA: Introduction

1:10 Ron Larson, OLA, formerly US-FWS: An Introduction to the Recent Ecology, Hydrology and Conservation Status of Lake Abert

1:30 Susan Haig, OSU, formerly USGS: Bird dependency on Lake Abert and nearby wetlands

1:50 Stan & Nathan Senner, formerly National Audubon & Univ. Massachusetts: Saline lakes and the birds that depend on them in the Pacific Flyway

2:10 David Herbst, UC-Santa Barbara: Invertebrate productivity in hypersaline lakes 2:10-2:30 Break and/or Discussion

2:40 Larry O’Neill, OSU & Oregon State Climatologist: Climate predictions for SE Oregon and future scenarios for the Chewaucan Watershed

3:00 Erica Fleishman, OSU & Oregon Climate Change Research Institute: Ecological responses to climate change in the northwestern Great Basin

3:20 Adam Hudson, USGS, Denver: Paleoclimate effects on tui chub populations and lake levels in the Chewaucan basin for the past 15,000 years

3:40 Discussion

Theo Dreher

Emeritus Professor of Microbiology
President, Oregon Lakes Association
226 Nash Hall
Oregon State University
541-231-9883

I am glad to see the above being presented. I have been interested in Lake Abert and its 'partners' whose fate appears to be desiccation - a natural outcome due to the drying of the climate in the Interior West.  

 

Here are links to some of my blog posts on the topic. Each contains more links.  

 

Lake Abert's Desiccation: Natural or Not? Why Not Find Out?  7/20/2014

 

Paper: 'Recent Desiccation of Western Great Basin Saline Lakes: Lessons from Lake Abert, Oregon, USA'    6/22/2016

 

Here is an article by my colleague Dr. Elaine J. Hanford, published in Water Resources IMPACT, March-April 2022, Pluvial Lakes of the Great Basin. 

 

Download Water Resources IMPACT March:April 2022

 

 

Enjoy!

 

"The more requests you say yes to, the more you get! The first request you say no to, you get punished severely on your annual review!" - @ass_deans

 

Water-MDPI, Volume 15, Issue 2 (January-2 2023) - 162 Articles

It's Water-MDPI, Volume 15, Issue 2 (January-2 2023) - 162 Articles

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Cover Story

Article: Identifying Alpine Lakes in the Eastern Himalayas Using Deep Learning

Jinhao Xu, Min Feng, Yijie Sui, Dezhao Yan, Kuo Zhang and Kaidan Shi

Water 2023, 15(2), 229; DOI: 10.3390/w15020229

Featured Papers Review: Advances in Chemical Conditioning of Residual Activated Sludge in China Yankai Liang, Rui Wang, Wenquan Sun and Yongjun Sun Water 2023, 15(2), 345; DOI: 10.3390/w15020345 Review: Groundwater Management and Allocation Models: A Review Khadijeh Norouzi Khatiri, Banafsheh Nematollahi, Samira Hafeziyeh, Mohammad Hossein Niksokhan, Mohammad Reza Nikoo and Ghazi Al-Rawas Water 2023, 15(2), 253; DOI: 10.3390/w15020253 Article: Hydrogeochemical Characteristics, Water Quality, and Human Health Risks of Groundwater in Wulian, North China Min Wang, Wenxiu Zhang, Peng Yang, Jianguo Feng, Ruilin Zhang, Zongjun Gao, Hongjie Jin, Xiaoyu Song and Xiaobing Gao Water 2023, 15(2), 359; DOI: 10.3390/w15020359 Article: Short-Term Meteorological Conditions Explain Cyanobacterial Blooms in a Tropical Reservoir Florencia Soledad Alvarez Dalinger, Verónica Laura Lozano, Claudia Nidia Borja, Liliana Beatriz Moraña and Salusso María Mónica Water 2023, 15(2), 302; DOI: 10.3390/w15020302 Article: A Novel Approach to Avoiding Technically Unfeasible Solutions in the Pump Scheduling Problem Gustavo Marini, Nicola Fontana, Marco Maio, Francesco Di Menna and Maurizio Giugni Water 2023, 15(2), 286; DOI: 10.3390/w15020286 Article: Assessing Groundwater Evolution with a Combined Approach of Hydrogeochemical Modelling and Data Analysis: Application to the Rhodope Coastal Aquifer (NE Greece) Evangelos Tziritis, Ekaterini Sachsamanoglou and Vassilis Aschonitis Water 2023, 15(2), 230; DOI: 10.3390/w15020230 Article: Research on the Uplift Pressure Prediction of Concrete Dams Based on the CNN-GRU Model Guowei Hua, Shijie Wang, Meng Xiao and Shaohua Hu Water 2023, 15(2), 319; DOI: 10.3390/w15020319 Article: Groundwater Vulnerability and Delineation of Protection Zones in the Discharge Area of a Karstic Aquifer—Application in Agyia’s Karst System (Crete, Greece) Emmanouil Steiakakis, Dionysios Vavadakis and Ourania Mourkakou Water 2023, 15(2), 231; DOI: 10.3390/w15020231 Article: Extending the Overlay and Index: A Simple Method for Assessing Aquifer Vulnerability in a Combined Vadose Zone—Groundwater Flow System Aldo Fiori, Irene Pomarico, Antonio Zarlenga, Vittorio Catani and Guido Leone Water 2023, 15(2), 364; DOI: 10.3390/w15020364 Article: Assessment of Heavy Metal Distribution and Health Risk of Vegetable Crops Grown on Soils Amended with Municipal Solid Waste Compost for Sustainable Urban Agriculture Pallavi Bhardwaj, Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Abhishek Chauhan, Anuj Ranjan, Vishnu D. Rajput, Tatiana Minkina, Saglara S. Mandzhieva, Usha Mina, Shikha Wadhwa, Prakash Bobde and Ashutosh Tripathi Water 2023, 15(2), 228; DOI: 10.3390/w15020228 Article: Analyzing the Soil Microbial Characteristics of Poa alpigena Lindm. on Bird Island in Qinghai Lake Based on Metagenomics Analysis Lingling Li, Zihan Che, Yanhong Cao, Lulu Qi, Kelong Chen and Hengsheng Wang Water 2023, 15(2), 239; DOI: 10.3390/w15020239 Article: Characterization of Sub-Catchment Stream and Shallow Groundwater Nutrients and Suspended Sediment in a Mixed Land Use, Agro-Forested Watershed Kaylyn S. Gootman and Jason A. Hubbart Water 2023, 15(2), 233; DOI: 10.3390/w15020233 Article: Regionalizing Streamflow Regime Function through Integrations of Geographical Controls in Mountainous Basins Shuang Yang, Mengzhu Gao, Jintao Liu, Pengfei Wu and Yaqian Yang Water 2023, 15(2), 280; DOI: 10.3390/w15020280 Article: Investigation of the Leachate Effect on Permeability and Geotechnical Characteristics of Fine-Grained Soil Modified Using Nanoclay–Nanofiber Composites Mehdi Nikbakht, Fariba Behrooz Sarand, Rouzbeh Dabiri and Masoud Hajialilue Bonab Water 2023, 15(2), 294; DOI: 10.3390/w15020294 Article: Identification of Potential Landslide Hazards Using Time-Series InSAR in Xiji County, Ningxia Jia Zhang, Yongfeng Gong, Wei Huang, Xing Wang, Zhongyan Ke, Yanran Liu, Aidi Huo, Ahmed Adnan and Mohamed EL-Sayed Abuarab Water 2023, 15(2), 300; DOI: 10.3390/w15020300 Article: Impact of Dense Water Formation on the Transfer of Particles and Trace Metals from the Coast to the Deep in the Northwestern Mediterranean X. Durrieu de Madron, D. Aubert, B. Charrière, S. Kunesch, C. Menniti, O. Radakovitch and J. Sola Water 2023, 15(2), 301; DOI: 10.3390/w15020301 Article: Time-Lapse ERT, Moment Analysis, and Numerical Modeling for Estimating the Hydraulic Conductivity of Unsaturated Rock Lorenzo De Carlo, Mohammad Farzamian, Antonietta Celeste Turturro and Maria Clementina Caputo Water 2023, 15(2), 332; DOI: 10.3390/w15020332 Article: Zeolite Adsorbents for Selective Removal of Co(II) and Li(I) from Aqueous Solutions Eduardo Díez, Cinthya Redondo, José María Gómez, Ruben Miranda and Araceli Rodríguez Water 2023, 15(2), 270; DOI: 10.3390/w15020270 Article: Water Disappearance and Manure Production at Growing–Finishing Commercial Pig Farms in Brazil—A Simplified Model Approach Jorge Manuel Rodrigues Tavares, Janice da Conceição Lopes, Paulo Belli Filho, Arlei Coldebella and Paulo Armando Victória de Oliveira Water 2023, 15(2), 278; DOI: 10.3390/w15020278 Article: Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Polyphenols from Eucalyptus Bark—A First Step for a Green Production of Tannin-Based Coagulants Isabella T. Tomasi, Sílvia C. R. Santos, Rui A. R. Boaventura and Cidália M. S. Botelho Water 2023, 15(2), 317; DOI: 10.3390/w15020317 Article: Analysis of the Infiltration and Water Storage Performance of Recycled Brick Mix Aggregates in Sponge City Construction Bowen Qi, Peilong Xu and Chengzhao Wu Water 2023, 15(2), 363; DOI: 10.3390/w15020363 Article: Assessment of Microbial Contamination in the Infulene River Basin, Mozambique Clemêncio Nhantumbo, Nídia Cangi Vaz, Mery Rodrigues, Cândido Manuel, Sífia Rapulua, Jéssica Langa, Hélio Nhantumbo, Dominic Joaquim, Michaque Dosse, José Sumbana, Ricardo Santos, Silvia Monteiro and Dinis Juízo Water 2023, 15(2), 219; DOI: 10.3390/w15020219 Article: Citizen Science for Water Quality Monitoring in the Meki River, Ethiopia: Quality Assurance and Comparison with Conventional Methods Wudinesh Zawuga Babiso, Kinfe Kassa Ayano, Alemseged Tamiru Haile, Demissie Dawana Keche, Kishor Acharya and David Werner Water 2023, 15(2), 238; DOI: 10.3390/w15020238 Article: Use of Meltblown Nonwoven Fabric Filter for Stormwater Runoff Treatment Jaime A. Cárdenas Sánchez, Hunter Szewczyk, Judy Assaad, Carlos Zimeri, Eunkyoung Shim, Xiaomeng Fang and Kyana R. L. Young Water 2023, 15(2), 242; DOI: 10.3390/w15020242 Article: Equation Chapter 1 Section 1 Techno-Economic Analysis for the Selection of Cost-Effective Treatment for Algae Removal in Drinking Water Treatment Plants Mingmeng Liu, Lili Li, Muhammad Mubashar, Xuhui Su, Yangchun Liang, Haiyang Zhang and Xuezhi Zhang Water 2023, 15(2), 243; DOI: 10.3390/w15020243 Article: Using Single-Species and Whole Community Stream Mesocosm Exposures for Identifying Major Ion Effects in Doses Mimicking Resource Extraction Wastewaters Christopher T. Nietch, Nathan J. Smucker, Leslie Gains-Germain, Christopher P. Peck, Stefania Guglielmi, Susanna DeCelles, James Lazorchak, Brent Johnson and Paul Weaver Water 2023, 15(2), 249; DOI: 10.3390/w15020249 Article: An Investigation on the Effect of Leakages on the Water Quality Parameters in Distribution Networks Daniel Barros, Isabela Almeida, Ariele Zanfei, Gustavo Meirelles, Edevar Luvizotto and Bruno Brentan Water 2023, 15(2), 324; DOI: 10.3390/w15020324 Article: Experimental Study of Geometric Shape and Size of Sill Effects on the Hydraulic Performance of Sluice Gates Rasoul Daneshfaraz, Reza Norouzi, Parisa Ebadzadeh, Silvia Di Francesco and John Patrick Abraham Water 2023, 15(2), 314; DOI: 10.3390/w15020314 Article: River Diatoms Reflect Better Past than Current Environmental Conditions Raquel Viso and Saúl Blanco Water 2023, 15(2), 333; DOI: 10.3390/w15020333 Article: Duration, but Not Bottle Volume, Affects Phytoplankton Community Structure and Growth Rates in Microcosm Experiments Rita B. Domingues, Benjamin A. Mosley, Patrícia Nogueira, Inês B. Maia and Ana B. Barbosa Water 2023, 15(2), 372; DOI: 10.3390/w15020372 Article: Variations in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Contamination Values in Subtidal Surface Sediment via Oil Fingerprinting after an Accidental Oil Spill: A Case Study of the Wu Yi San Oil Spill, Yeosu, Korea Byeongkyu Min, Huiho Jeong, Juhye Oh, Kyejin Paek, Woohyun Paeng, Jonghyeok Lee, Chonrae Cho and Hyeonseo Cho Water 2023, 15(2), 279; DOI: 10.3390/w15020279 Article: Hydro-Environmental Sustainability of Crop Production under Socioeconomic Drought Samira Salari, Fatemeh Karandish, Parviz Haghighat jou and Maite M. Aldaya Water 2023, 15(2), 288; DOI: 10.3390/w15020288 Article: Carotenogenic Activity of Two Hypersaline Greek Dunaliella salina Strains under Nitrogen Deprivation and Salinity Stress Xanthi Chantzistrountsiou, Alexandros Ntzouvaras, Sofia Papadaki, Amersa Tsirigoti, Ioannis Tzovenis and Athena Economou-Amilli Water 2023, 15(2), 241; DOI: 10.3390/w15020241 Article: Impact of Elastic Diaphragm Hardness and Structural Parameters on the Hydraulic Performance of Automatic Flushing Valve Hao Gao, Yan Mo, Feng Wu, Jiandong Wang and Shihong Gong Water 2023, 15(2), 287; DOI: 10.3390/w15020287 Water and One Health Article: Pollution Characteristics and Risk Assessment of Typical Antibiotics and Persistent Organic Pollutants in Reservoir Water Sources Chunwei Li, Yuan Xu and Weiwei Song Water 2023, 15(2), 259; DOI: 10.3390/w15020259 Article: Human Oncogenic Epstein–Barr Virus in Water and Human Blood Infection of Communities in Phayao Province, Thailand Sutida Pongpakdeesakul, Tipaya Ekalaksananan, Chamsai Pientong, Niti Iamchuen, Surachat Buddhisa, Khwanruedee Mahingsa, Arunee Pingyod, Wanwipa Sangsrijun, Supaporn Passorn, Peechanika Chopjitt, Sureewan Duangjit and Sureewan Bumrungthai Water 2023, 15(2), 323; DOI: 10.3390/w15020323 Water-Energy Nexus Article: Hydrodynamics of the Vadose Zone of a Layered Soil Column Ioannis Batsilas, Anastasia Angelaki and Iraklis Chalkidis Water 2023, 15(2), 221; DOI: 10.3390/w15020221 New Sensors, New Technologies and Machine Learning in Water Sciences Article: Long-Term Shoreline and Islands Change Detection with Digital Shoreline Analysis Using RS Data and GIS Girish Gopinath, Muhamed Fasil Chettiyam Thodi, Udayar Pillai Surendran, Pranav Prem, Jesiya Nalukudi Parambil, Abed Alataway, Ahmed A. Al-Othman, Ahmed Z. Dewidar and Mohamed A. Mattar Water 2023, 15(2), 244; DOI: 10.3390/w15020244 Article: Comparative Analysis of Metagenomic (Amplicon and Shotgun) DNA Sequencing to Characterize Microbial Communities in Household On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems Jacob de Vries, Faizan Saleem, Enze Li, Alexander Wing Yip Chan, James Naphtali, Paul Naphtali, Athanasios Paschos and Herb E. Schellhorn Water 2023, 15(2), 271; DOI: 10.3390/w15020271 Article: Characterization of Relative Movements between Blocks Observed in a Concrete Dam and Definition of Thresholds for Novelty Identification Based on Machine Learning Models Juan Mata, Fabiana Miranda, António Antunes, Xavier Romão and João Pedro Santos Water 2023, 15(2), 297; DOI: 10.3390/w15020297 Article: Retrieving Eutrophic Water in Highly Urbanized Area Coupling UAV Multispectral Data and Machine Learning Algorithms Di Wu, Jie Jiang, Fangyi Wang, Yunru Luo, Xiangdong Lei, Chengguang Lai, Xushu Wu and Menghua Xu Water 2023, 15(2), 354; DOI: 10.3390/w15020354 Hydrogeology Review: Triggering of Rain-Induced Landslides, with Applications in Southern Italy Antonino D’Ippolito, Valeria Lupiano, Valeria Rago, Oreste G. Terranova and Giulio Iovine Water 2023, 15(2), 277; DOI: 10.3390/w15020277 Article: Assessment of Groundwater Quality Using APCS-MLR Model: A Case Study in the Pilot Promoter Region of Yangtze River Delta Integration Demonstration Zone, China Zi Chen, Quanping Zhou, Jinsong Lv, Yuehua Jiang, Hai Yang, Hui Yang, Shijia Mei, Zhengyang Jia, Hong Zhang, Yang Jin, Lin Liu and Rujia Shen Water 2023, 15(2), 225; DOI: 10.3390/w15020225 Article: Analysis of the Formation Mechanism of Medium and Low-Temperature Geothermal Water in Wuhan Based on Hydrochemical Characteristics Zhibin Yin, Xuan Li, Changsheng Huang, Wei Chen, Baoquan Hou, Xiaozhe Li, Wenjing Han, Pingping Hou, Jihong Han, Chonghe Ren, Jin Zou, Shan Hua, Liansan Xu and Ziliang Zhao Water 2023, 15(2), 227; DOI: 10.3390/w15020227 Article: A GIS-Based Probabilistic Spatial Multicriteria Roof Water Inrush Risk Evaluation Method Considering Decision Makers’ Risk-Coping Attitude Dangliang Wang, Chengyue Gao, Kerui Liu, Junling Gong, Yafei Fang and Shijie Xiong Water 2023, 15(2), 254; DOI: 10.3390/w15020254 Article: Simulation Study on the Environmental Impact of Rare Earth Ore Development on Groundwater in Hilly Areas: A Case Study in Nuodong, China Hongqiu He, Huimei Shan, Deke Mo, Yunquan Liu, Sanxi Peng, Yaping Cheng, Meng Chen and Zhiwei Yan Water 2023, 15(2), 263; DOI: 10.3390/w15020263 Article: Analysis of Groundwater Storage Fluctuations Using GRACE and Remote Sensing Data in Wadi As-Sirhan, Northern Saudi Arabia Fahad Alshehri and Ahmed Mohamed Water 2023, 15(2), 282; DOI: 10.3390/w15020282 Article: Presentation of DeMa (Decision Support Software and Database for Wellfield Management) and Its Application for the Wadi Al Arab Wellfield Mohammad Alqadi, Ala Al Dwairi, Pablo Merchán-Rivera and Gabriele Chiogna Water 2023, 15(2), 331; DOI: 10.3390/w15020331 Article: Spatial Mapping of Groundwater Potentiality Applying Geometric Average and Fractal Models: A Sustainable Approach Fatima Zahra Echogdali, Said Boutaleb, Mohamed Abioui, Mohamed Aadraoui, Amine Bendarma, Rosine Basseu Kpan, Mustapha Ikirri, Manal El Mekkaoui, Sara Essoussi, Hasna El Ayady, Kamal Abdelrahman and Mohammed S. 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Should It Go or Should It Stay? Lake Abert's Fate - Free Online Symposium - 23 January 2023, 1-4 PM

Here's the info:

You are invited via Zoom to a Colloquium on the exceptional hypersaline ecosystem at Oregon’s Lake Abert 1-4 pm, Monday, January 23^rd… sponsored by Oregon State University and Oregon Lakes Association. No cost, just pre-register:

Download 2023 Lake Abert Colloquium program

Lake Abert was dry during the summers of 2021 and 2022, thereby denying vital habitat to hundreds of thousands of shorebirds that feast on the bounty of the lake’s exceptional hypersaline habitat. This is an ecological calamity with potential dire consequences for the survival of some bird populations.

Discussions that involve conservation groups and Chewaucan Valley residents and farmers are proceeding, with the goal of finding a way to share water between human uses and the lake’s needs. Acknowledging the fact that all saline lakes in the western US are at risk of going dry, President Biden recently signed the Saline Lakes Act charging the USGS with conducting research and monitoring to understand and conserve our saline lakes such as Lake Abert. 

With these activities ongoing, this Colloquium aims to present current knowledge on the lake and its ecology. We will hear about its amazing capacity to produce shrimp and fly invertebrates that birds feast on, and about the birds that visit Lake Abert. We will also hear about how climate is changing and how we think those changes will affect the landscape in the Chewaucan Valley surrounding Lake Abert. We present the science of Lake Abert as information to be used for decisions that we hope will help preserve the lake ecosystem.

Use this registration link https://oregonstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErdO6vpjgsEtRlQ6IVGEixVP0iNqfSWMxyto obtain the Zoom link (also provided on the flyer)

Colloquium program

1:00 Theo Dreher, OSU & OLA: Introduction

1:10 Ron Larson, OLA, formerly US-FWS: An Introduction to the Recent Ecology, Hydrology and Conservation Status of Lake Abert

1:30 Susan Haig, OSU, formerly USGS: Bird dependency on Lake Abert and nearby wetlands

1:50 Stan & Nathan Senner, formerly National Audubon & Univ. Massachusetts: Saline lakes and the birds that depend on them in the Pacific Flyway

2:10 David Herbst, UC-Santa Barbara: Invertebrate productivity in hypersaline lakes 2:10-2:30 Break and/or Discussion

2:40 Larry O’Neill, OSU & Oregon State Climatologist: Climate predictions for SE Oregon and future scenarios for the Chewaucan Watershed

3:00 Erica Fleishman, OSU & Oregon Climate Change Research Institute: Ecological responses to climate change in the northwestern Great Basin

3:20 Adam Hudson, USGS, Denver: Paleoclimate effects on tui chub populations and lake levels in the Chewaucan basin for the past 15,000 years

3:40 Discussion

Theo Dreher

Emeritus Professor of Microbiology
President, Oregon Lakes Association
226 Nash Hall
Oregon State University
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I am glad to see the above being presented. I have been interested in Lake Abert and its 'partners' whose fate appears to be desiccation - a natural outcome due to the drying of the climate in the Interior West.  

 

Here are links to some of my blog posts on the topic. Each contains more links.  

 

Lake Abert's Desiccation: Natural or Not? Why Not Find Out?  7/20/2014

 

Paper: 'Recent Desiccation of Western Great Basin Saline Lakes: Lessons from Lake Abert, Oregon, USA'    6/22/2016

 

Here is an article by my colleague Dr. Elaine J. Hanford, published in Water Resources IMPACT, March-April 2022, Pluvial Lakes of the Great Basin 

 

Download Water Resources IMPACT March:April 2022

 

Enjoy!

 

 

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