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TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 16 - 22 September 2023

Via @WaterDisputes: Montana Lakes Conference is October 18-20 in Whitefish, MT @lodgewhitefish . It includes a #water conflict management & transformation workshop by @FourWorldsLLC Aaron Wolf & @H2OWonk See conference details & register here: https://tinyurl.com/32kkkkju

Enjoy!

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Links will not appear in more than two categories (excluding the very first category). I have also added two more 'Daily Water Newsletters' to increase coverage. These are the Midcontinent US Water News Daily (#MCUSwater) and the Southeast US Water News Daily (#SEUSwater). The former samples news media within 500 miles of Kansas City, KS and the latter within Knoxville, TN).  With the other seven dailies this affords pretty good daily coverage for the USA.

Scroll down to 'Positions Open' and 'Previous Weeks' 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. If a link does not work, paste the URL into your browser.
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Top Twenty-Five (More or Less)
From @TheJournalCO: Colorado Sens. @MichaelBennet, @SenatorHick call for multilevel government and agency action on tribal access to clean water. https://tinyurl.com/544u38r5 #cowater

The Nature of the SDGS at Midpoint: Snapshot of Progress https://bit.ly/467d7FG #water4climate

It's @USATODAY w/ @DinahVP: 'Climate Point' - 21 Sept 2023. Warming climate played huge role in Libyan floods and heat may contribute to New Yorkers' deaths. Smoke, air quality alerts descend on San Francisco Bay Area. A study explains why. More! https://tinyurl.com/a3h8cma5 #scicomm

In @PasStarNews: "It's an emergency!" Midwest towns scramble as drought threatens drinking water. https://tinyurl.com/bdeb4sav #MCUSwater

CRS InFocus Report: 'Environmental Reviews and the 118th Congress' https://bit.ly/3EJUPOw #scicomm

Via @OPB: @NASA imagery shows scale, impact of logging in drinking watersheds on Oregon Coast. Nearly 1/3 forests across 80 drinking watersheds serving coastal cities have been cut during last 20 years. https://tinyurl.com/mty3rbyk #PNWater

In @csmonitor: For safer drinking water, the ingenuity of simple solutions https://tinyurl.com/2b2wx47b

In @csmonitor With world distracted,Azerbaijan makes bold move. Russia has long maintained status quo in Armenian-populated region Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan But Moscow no longer appears willing to do so, & Azerbaijanis taking region by force. https://tinyurl.com/2ua54y77

From @KTLA: Push to drain Lake Powell gaining momentum https://tinyurl.com/379n6k98 #SWUSwater

Webinar from #AWRA2023: 'From Forests to Faucets: Resilient Forests and Water Supplies' 20 Sept 2023 1-2 PM ET w/ Christina Burri of @DenverWater Register (Free for @AWRA National Members) and view at leisure. https://tinyurl.com/ydkfd23k #AWRA20

From @csmonitor: Planning a trip to Europe? Don’t forget the paperwork. Starting in 2024 the EU will require travel authorizations from more than 60 visa-exempt countries, including US, Canada, and the UK. https://tinyurl.com/mrxszu6n #Travel

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 18 September 2023 https://bit.ly/44WXrTO #AWRA2023

It's @thewaterloop Episode #195: 'Adventures in Hydrology' with Chris Wolff. https://youtu.be/-8s5yMGJy0A?si=TiqHvUK7wHv1Rlqv

From @OPB: How ‘carbon farming’ could help Oregon reach its climate goals. https://tinyurl.com/2kbssxfv

CRS InFocus Report: 'Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate' https://bit.ly/45RB5EL

CRS InFocus Report: 'Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Status of Oil and Gas Program' https://bit.ly/48iA9un

From @grist: The American chestnut tree is coming back. Who is it for? As federal agencies prepare to deregulate transgenic chestnuts, Indigenous nations are asserting their rights to access and care for them https://tinyurl.com/2rktpa5d #chestnut

Books, Reviews and Related
Free PDF from @groundwaterproj: 'Urban Groundwater' by Ken Howard. https://tinyurl.com/pcbrrymz #groundwater #globalwater

Bottled Water, Tap/Drinking Water
In @PasStarNews: "It's an emergency!" Midwest towns scramble as drought threatens drinking water. https://tinyurl.com/bdeb4sav #MCUSwater

Via @OPB: @NASA imagery shows scale, impact of logging in drinking watersheds on Oregon Coast. Nearly 1/3 forests across 80 drinking watersheds serving coastal cities have been cut during last 20 years. https://tinyurl.com/mty3rbyk #PNWater

In @csmonitor: For safer drinking water, the ingenuity of simple solutions https://tinyurl.com/2b2wx47b

California
The @CA_DWR Water News--> 22 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/ys6wu3ch #cawater

The @CA_DWR Water News --> 21 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3meh3364 #cawater

The @CA_DWR - California Water Plan eNews --> 20 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/bdz4bwdj #cawater

The @CA_DWR Water News --> 19 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/a9z95jd9 #cawater

The @CA_DWR Water News --> 18 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yj3msarp #cawater

From @UCDavisWater: 'Future Ancestors of Freshwater Fishes in California' by Peter B. Moyle. https://tinyurl.com/5bzb5u

Canada
Canadian Climate Institute - News Update - September 2023. 'Heat Pumps Pay Off: Unlocking lower cost heating and cooling in Canada'; More! https://tinyurl.com/4fwprnpx #cdnwater

The @CanadianWater Newsletter - 18 Sept 2023. Land-Water Nexus: SOLUTIONSCAPES; Toxic Traces; Arctic Evolution; Climate Collaboration; Nature Defence; More! https://tinyurl.com/2p968ac7

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
Canadian Climate Institute - News Update - September 2023. 'Heat Pumps Pay Off: Unlocking lower cost heating and cooling in Canada'; More! https://tinyurl.com/4fwprnpx #cdnwater

It's @USATODAY w/ @DinahVP: 'Climate Point' - 21 Sept 2023. Warming climate played huge role in Libyan floods and heat may contribute to New Yorkers' deaths. Smoke, air quality alerts descend on San Francisco Bay Area. A study explains why. More! https://tinyurl.com/a3h8cma5 #scicomm

From @OPB: How ‘carbon farming’ could help Oregon reach its climate goals. https://tinyurl.com/2kbssxfv

Colorado
From @TheJournalCO: Colorado Sens. @MichaelBennet, @SenatorHick call for multilevel government and agency action on tribal access to clean water. https://tinyurl.com/544u38r5 #cowater

Conflict and Cooperation 
Via @WaterDisputes: Montana Lakes Conference is October 18-20 in Whitefish, MT @lodgewhitefish. It includes a #water conflict management & transformation workshop by @FourWorldsLLC Aaron Wolf & @H2OWonk. See conference details & register here: https://tinyurl.com/32kkkkju

In @csmonitor With world distracted,Azerbaijan makes bold move. Russia has long maintained status quo in Armenian-populated region Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan But Moscow no longer appears willing to do so, & Azerbaijanis taking region by force. https://tinyurl.com/2ua54y77

Disasters: Droughts, Floods, Wildfires and More
From @CNN: UN revises previous high Libya death toll. https://tinyurl.com/42b2b2hr

Daily Water Newsletters Each entry provides links to articles, videos, etc. on various aspects of water in the state/region indicated. Job openings are often found at the very bottom of each entry.

Oregon Water News Weekly
18 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4kj27525 #ORwater

California Water News Daily
22 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2p87nbhm #cawater

21 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/bdep2sxh #cawater

20 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4mc5swpt #cawater

19 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3s9d3cvr #cawater

18 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/48d8fenf #cawater

17 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yc9c7zr3 #cawater

16 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/fv9az8w4 #cawater

Colorado Water New Daily
22 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2sbzcpx5 #cowater

21 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3j7ytp2k #cowater

20 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yc3yp77j #cowater

19 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yc64vhd7 #cowater

 

18 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mu65sujf #cowater

 

17 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3938k5xh #cowater

Florida Water News Daily
22 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mr2sx9pf #FLwater

21 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yc8y6p9x #FLwater

20 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3fnfe5kb #FLwater

19 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4vuj7exp #FLwater

18 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/39k6b42m #FLwater

17 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5xdavk5n #FLwater

16 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/bdnensnf #FLwater

Midcontinent US Water News Daily
22 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mr4bt4ey #MCUSwater

21 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/54rf2tjt #MCUSwater

20 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4bctj67s #MCUSwater

19 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/379ae7bn #MCUSwater

18 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/y5hvtyra #MCUSwater

17 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/dzuhyc79 #MCUSwater

16 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2aphz6wm #MCUSwater

Northeast US Water News Daily
22 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/nhjjjmt5 #NEWater

21 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mtuxdpzr #NEWater

20 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/y625jjy7 #NEWater

19 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2p9msfma #NEWater

18 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5e76xr9s #NEWater

17 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5yhhacus #NEWater

16 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/45d96y7c #NEWater

Pacific Northwest Water News Daily
22 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3w86cafh #PNWater

21 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yc5ehh6u #PNWater

20 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2zw86vnu #PNWater

19 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/26u3bts5 #PNWater

18 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/448zu449 #PNWater

17 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/muyan6fc #PNWater

Southeast US Water News Daily
22 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mr6c4yud #SEUSwater

21 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yckfvr7d #SEUSwater

20 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2ekax5ze #SEUSwater

19 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2p88b2b2 #SEUSwater

Southwest US Water News Daily
22 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yc6vzyy5 #SWUSwater

21 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/dj9hntnb #SWUSwater

20 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/dtx7k7zb #SWUSwater

19 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/ycyh55zn #SWUSwater

18 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3usds4z2 #SWUSwater

17 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yckpt8wa #SWUSwater

Texas Water News Daily
22 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/33axssu6 #txwater

21 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5fm7rkjm #txwater

20 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/hbcc8v48 #txwater

19 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mu8d6bte #txwater

18 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2s4d4zck #txwater

17 Sept 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4ax9sym4 #txwater

Education, Events, and Opportunities
The PWQA 66TH ANNUAL TRADE SHOW & CONVENTION, OCTOBER 11 & 12, 2023. https://tinyurl.com/28ayfbc2 #cawater

E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers
The @WaterNetworkNewsletter - 22 September 2023. Trending Technology~Editors Choice~Knowledge Exchange~Featured Jobs~Featured Events~Questions~More! https://tinyurl.com/y2d9vh9e #scicomm #globalwater

It's @USATODAY w/ @DinahVP: 'Climate Point' - 21 Sept 2023. Warming climate played huge role in Libyan floods and heat may contribute to New Yorkers' deaths. Smoke, air quality alerts descend on San Francisco Bay Area. A study explains why. More! https://tinyurl.com/a3h8cma5 #scicomm

Ethics, Gender, Indigenous People, Rights
From @TheJournalCO: Colorado Sens. @MichaelBennet, @SenatorHick call for multilevel government and agency action on tribal access to clean water. https://tinyurl.com/544u38r5 #cowater

Global Water
The @WaterNetworkNewsletter - 22 September 2023. Trending Technology~Editors Choice~Knowledge Exchange~Featured Jobs~Featured Events~Questions~More! https://tinyurl.com/y2d9vh9e #scicomm #globalwater

The Nature of the SDGS at Midpoint: Snapshot of Progress https://bit.ly/467d7FG #water4climate 

From @grist: The American chestnut tree is coming back. Who is it for? As federal agencies prepare to deregulate transgenic chestnuts, Indigenous nations are asserting their rights to access and care for them https://tinyurl.com/2rktpa5d #chestnut

Groundwater and Hydrogeology
Free PDF from @groundwaterproj: 'Urban Groundwater' by Ken Howard. https://tinyurl.com/pcbrrymz #groundwater #globalwater

Personal, People, Interviews, and Quote
Today's Quote (@Nature 9/22/23) “Some of the agents started going to the bar at noon.I’m not blaming them b/c I’ve done that.” Some of the 25 AI-powered characters computer scientist Joon Park let loose in the virtual Smallville started showing some “subtle unexpected behaviors”.

Unless we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been." - @antonioguterres, @UN Secretary-General, referring to the @SDG2030

Quote of the Day (@Nature 9/21/23) “A betrayal of our children, of our international responsibilities, and scientifically illiterate.” - Physician-scientist Anthony Costello, a former director at @WHO (1/2)

Costello responds to news that @10DowningStreet Prime Minister RishiSunak will reverse some of the country’s carbon-cutting policies. (Twitter post) Read more: UK government’s climate U-turns put legally binding targets in jeopardy. (2/2)

Quote of the Day @Nature 9/20/2023- “Infants must learn about body they have not they were supposed to have.”Little twitches we & other animals make while sleeping aren’t echoes of dreams,says psychologist Mark Blumberg-they help us learn what it feels like to move our own bodies,

"Remember my work is OUR work. Your work is your work. Our first priority is getting our work done. Thanks!" - @ass_deans

Quote of the Day (@Nature 9/19/23) - “[Plant] breeding is like having a baby; the birth expectation & joy of watching them grow is amazing.” Geneticist Prince Matova says creating new crop varieties is an opportunity to make a significant contribution to the survival of humanity.

"Remember my work is OUR work. Your work is your work. Our first priority is getting our work done. Thanks!" - @ass_deans

From @csmonitor: Planning a trip to Europe? Don’t forget the paperwork. Starting in 2024 the EU will require travel authorizations from more than 60 visa-exempt countries, including US, Canada, and the UK. https://tinyurl.com/mrxszu6n #Travel

"Don't tell me what the law is, tell me who the judge is." - Roy Cohn (quoted in @slate via @TheWeek)

"People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day." - A.A. Milne (quoted in @theknowledgeldn via @TheWeek)

Quote of the Day (@Nature- 9/18/23) - “It’s kind of like the telescope signs its own art work like the telescope is an artist itself.” Conceptual artist Ashley Zelinskie, who works with Webb Space Telescope, discusses distinctive diffraction spikes on its groundbreaking images.

"Speak softly and carry a big stick - you will go far." - Teddy Roosevelt (1901)

"The dean has asked me to read this message expressing her enthusiasm over the board’s restructuring of the college. She had a 90-minute meeting at an airport this morning and couldn’t attend this event." - @ass_deans

PNW Water
Via @OPB: @NASA imagery shows scale, impact of logging in drinking watersheds on Oregon Coast. Nearly 1/3 forests across 80 drinking watersheds serving coastal cities have been cut during last 20 years. https://tinyurl.com/mty3rbyk #PNWater

From @OPB: How ‘carbon farming’ could help Oregon reach its climate goals. https://tinyurl.com/2kbssxfv

Policy, Planning, Law, Governance, Economics, IWRM, and Management
From @tiffdowell: Texas Ag Law Blog - 18 Sept 2023. @USDA NASS Publishes Cash Lease Data for 2023 https://tinyurl.com/ms27cpys #txwater

Positions Open    #JobWaWi
Position: King County (Maple Valley, WA) - Environmental Scientist I. Closes: 15 October 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2yp6awdy #JobWaWi

From IISD: Climate Change Job Vacancies - 13 September 2023 ~17 Jobs! https://bit.ly/3PE6NQa #ClimateAction

Josh's Water Jobs and More! 19 September 2023 >305 Jobs! https://bit.ly/3PLpnWg #JobWaWi

Previous Weekly Water Summaries - Go To #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 16 - 22 September 2023 https://bit.ly/464lEsE

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 9 - 15 September 2023 https://bit.ly/46bDMAA

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 2 - 8 September 2023 https://bit.ly/3sNwzZj

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 26 August - 1 September 2023 https://bit.ly/3Z2Iq1F #globalwater

Reports, Publications, and Journals
CRS InFocus Report: 'Environmental Reviews and the 118th Congress' https://bit.ly/3EJUPOw #scicomm

CRS InFocus Report: 'Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate' https://bit.ly/45RB5EL

CRS InFocus Report: 'Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - Status of Oil and Gas Program' https://bit.ly/48iA9un

Science, Medicine, Health, and Technology
The @Nature Briefing - 22 Sept 2023. Brainless box jellies learn from experience; Surprising start to Japan’s ‘Ivy League’ fund; Scientists ‘under attack for political gain’'; 5 criteria for higher-yielding crops; Futures: Would you still love me? https://tinyurl.com/53zzexk9 #scicomm

The @Nature Briefing - 21 Sept 2023. These logs could be earliest wood structure; What we know about India’s Nipah outbreak; Consciousness theory ‘is pseudoscience’; Consciousness theory ‘is pseudoscience’ World leaders recommit to better future. https://tinyurl.com/769uevvp #scicomm

The @Nature Briefing - 20 Sept 2023. Tasmanian tiger RNA recovered; Powerful laser will ‘film’ chemistry; AlphaFold tool pinpoints disease mutations; NIH upholds controversial plan; Delivery service for cells; We must bring back samples from Mars https://tinyurl.com/yc47h9ss #scicomm

The @Nature Briefing - 19 Sept 2023.Jawbone hints at new human species; Base-editing tool makes clinical-trial debut; How brain cells die in Alzheimer’s; Conservationist released-Iran prison; Cryo-ET catches proteins at play; Getting a promotion. https://tinyurl.com/583xmkc7 #scicomm

The @Nature Briefing - 18 Sept 2023. Octopuses might get ethics oversight; Who is doing ‘gain of function’ research?; War and weather made Libya floods worse; Researchers are honing in on long COVID; ‘I consider retirement tantamount to death’. https://tinyurl.com/52kbkw3z #scicomm

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 18 September 2023 https://bit.ly/44WXrTO #AWRA2023

Streams, Wetlands, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
From @KTLA: Push to drain Lake Powell gaining momentum https://tinyurl.com/379n6k98 #SWUSwater

From @UCDavisWater: 'Future Ancestors of Freshwater Fishes in California' by Peter B. Moyle. https://tinyurl.com/5bzb5u

Today's Tunes
Today's Tune - 22 Sept 2023. Bryan's cruisin' and he's gonna 'Run To You'. I love this guy's voice! https://youtu.be/nCBASt507WA?si=Icxl-hGuhYRXlAfS… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 21 Sept 2023. Remember Air Supply's hit by Russell Hitchcock 'Making Love Out Of Nothing At All'? Real tear-jerler, right? Listen to this version: https://youtu.be/ejbWxamWUjQ?si=w5Rw5ZdryO8J4zyu… #aquadocaudio Now this: https://youtu.be/DN12Emz4XfY?si=sLVI04-_BZEXJTCt… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 20 Sept 2023. Looks like a newer video of Don Henley's great 'All She Wants To Do Is Dance'. Mary Frances and I recall this song from the Flores Airport in Guatemala. https://youtu.be/eud5AurOxm0?si=IU8rolWGOWQnZR1Z… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 19 Sept 2023. Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh songstress with that wonderful husky voice, had a big hit (#3 in US) with 'It's A Heartache'. https://youtu.be/bEOl38y8Nj8?si=CVxDKBTMsvoO4Ls-…… #aquadocaudio 'Total Eclipse of the Heart (Turn Around)' https://youtu.be/lcOxhH8N3Bo?si=6X1go4yUsYVhfzxw… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 18 Sept 2023. This is a great Chuck Berry tune 'Tulane' (no, not the school): https://youtu.be/5LUu7geJqhA?si=n4WrTFG8bW0-WpkP… #aquadocaudio And here is a version by Joan Jett: https://youtu.be/hEb2rfME-xY?si=mrevxCUwgP76pQN9… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 17 Sept 2023. Enjoy this extended-play version of Nicolette Larson's 'Lotta Love'. I'm a sucker for saxophones and flutes. At @Chaminade_HS I occasionally had to put down the alto and pick up the flute. https://youtu.be/tdv69cR_d78?si=XtbXE7xu1JCrxhN4… #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 16 Sept 2023. Here's Stephen Bishop with 'On And On'. Speaking of which he was the one whose guitar was smashed by John Belushi in 'Animal House'. https://youtu.be/3oByMiF4hPg?si=zk8t58QePdB9E3Ja… #aquadocaudio

Visuals, Audios, Podcasts and Infographics
It's @thewaterloop Episode #195: 'Adventures in Hydrology' with Chris Wolff. https://youtu.be/-8s5yMGJy0A?si=TiqHvUK7wHv1Rlqv

Water/Land Quality and Contamination
In @PasStarNews: "It's an emergency!" Midwest towns scramble as drought threatens drinking water. https://tinyurl.com/bdeb4sav #MCUSwater

Water Supply and Infrastructure
From @KTLA: Push to drain Lake Powell gaining momentum https://tinyurl.com/379n6k98 #SWUSwater

WTF?
"We have approved a new endowed chair in White Manhood in the Gender Studies Department. The legislature provided an endowment match for this diversity initiative!" - @ass_deans

My Ten Cents From 2008: 'Twelve Alternatives to Colorado River Water?'

I published this blog post on 2 April 2008 - over 15 years ago. It describes a study produced by the Southern Nevada Water Authority. It was the day after April Fools' day. I added a question mark at the end of title, 

The 31 March 2008 Las Vegas Review-Journal reported on a study performed for the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) that identifed 12 alternatives to Colorado River water.

The accompanying map from the LVRJ article shows the various alternatives. Some are quite "exotic", such as diverting water from the Mississippi, Snake, or other rivers, towing icebergs or otherwise obtaining water from Alaska.

What, no water from Canada or the Great Lakes?

From the article by Henry Brean:

Bill Rinne, director of surface water resources for the SNWA, said he took two things away from the report: All options are still on the table, and none of them seem to provide the perfect solution.

"I don't see a real silver bullet," he said.

The $750,000 report, paid for by the Southern Nevada Water Authority and compiled by an outside panel of experts, was delivered to Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne last week.

Water managers in the seven Western states that share the Colorado will use the findings to help them decide which of the 12 options to pursue first and when.

Rinne said he expects those talks to begin before the end of the year.

What approach(es) did they employ?  

Enjoy!

"Academic arguments are the bitterest because the stakes are the lowest." - Henry Kissinger

My Ten Cents: National Groundwater Awareness Week, 5 - 11 March 2023 And More!

Thanks to to the National Groundwater Association we celebrate National Groundwater Awareness Week starting today. 

Here are some groundwater facts from NGWA:

• The Oglalla Aquifer (aka High Plains Aquifer System) stretches more than 450,000 square kilometers (174,000 square miles) through the United States, including parts of South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, according to National Geographic. The Oglalla Aquifer holds more than 3,000 cubic kilometers (2.4 billion acre-feet) of groundwater.
• The average household’s leaks can account for nearly 10,000 gallons of water wasted every year, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
• Ten percent of homes have leaks that waste 90 gallons or more per day, according to the EPA.
• Of the estimated 29 billion gallons of water used daily by households in the United States, nearly 9 billion gallons, or 30 percent, is devoted to outdoor water use, according to EPA’s WaterSense program. In the hot summer months, or in dry climates, a household’s outdoor water use can be as high as 70 percent.
• The United States uses 82.3 billion gallons per day of fresh groundwater for public supply, private supply, irrigation, livestock, manufacturing, mining, thermoelectric power, and other purposes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey

Here are Drilling Basics Online:

Here is my colleague Todd Jarvis with a video of groundwater flow showing a 'sandbox' model.Click here.

Learn some groundwater facts about your state from NGWA (click here)Finally, check out a webinar and some other materials I postef on 22 February 2023 on Oregon's Groundwater: 

Recording https://tinyurl.com/2r64bxt5

Passcode:$%hdw0^l

The links in the PPT/PDF are the correct ones.

PPT: Download NGWA_Oregon_GW_Campana_22Feb2023

PDF: Download NGWA_Oregon_GW_Campana_22Feb2023

Click here for the MAR Water Resource IMPACT magazine. 

Click here for the The Source magazine article.

And thanks to Todd Jarvis for his wonderful cross-sections in my webinar!

More...

Don't forget John Cherry's Groundwater Project. Free books - donations welcomed!

And American Aquifers!Donationsare welcomed!

Comments are welcomed. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

“When one man drinks while another can only watch, Doomsday follows.”
- Turkish Proverb

My Ten Cents: Hydrogeology of Oregon - Now with Zoom Audio/Video!

Hi, folks.

Today I had the pleasure of presenting a webinar on The Hydrogeology of Oregon. It was sponsored by NGWA, Bill Alley, the NGWA Science & Technology Director, asked me.

My presentation is below. Unfortunately I do not have the audio - 45 minutes of me and about 15 minutes of Q&A. I put the PDF and PPT up so you can access material by clicking on the links. You may have to paste the links into your browser.
I checked them  and they were working fine. 

Recording https://tinyurl.com/2r64bxt5

Passcode:$%hdw0^l

The links in the PPT/PDF are the correct ones.

PPT: Download NGWA_Oregon_GW_Campana_22Feb2023

PDF: Download NGWA_Oregon_GW_Campana_22Feb2023

Click here for the MAR Water Resource IMPACT magazine. 

Click here for the The Source magazine article.

Let me know if anything is missing or a link is broken. Comments are welcomed. 

Thanks for attending! And thanks to Todd Jarvis for his wonderful cross-sections!

“There are lies, there are damn lies, and there are hydrologists’ reports." - Texas legislative hearing, 2 February 2016 (thanks to Robert Mace)

IWRA Webinar: 'Don’t WASTE Time - Managing Sanitation Systems to Protect (Ground)water – Panamá and Honduras'

As a prelude to World Toilet Day on 19 November 2022 the International Water Resources Association (IWRA) presented a webinar earlier today (17 November 2022). I gave a presentation that addressed some of the topics covered.

Here is my presentation as a PPT and PDF. All links are live, but some may have to be pasted into your browser.

PPT:  Download IWRA_WTD_Campana   

PDF: Download IWRA_WTD_Campana

Unfortunately, the absence of the audio leaves a lot to be desired. But you will find a lot of access to resources.  

Enjoy!

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