Time for your weekly water displacement behavior!
I apologize for any misspellings - I had my eye treatments yesterday (note the larger font) and I was watching and listening to this Phil Collins video as I assembled this. I had to switch to Phil after an Air Supply video lulled
me into a near-coma. I'm better now - eyes, too!
What am I doing listening to Air Supply? Long story...
Enjoy!
Books and Book Reviews
RT @YaleE360 Depictions of natural world declining in children's books, study findshttp://bit.ly/xkW6sT
Bottled Water and Tap Water
Via @AWWAACE Improving Slow Sand Filters for Water-Limited Communities (abstract; login for full pub) http://is.gd/N3NAGf
WHO/UNICEF Report (PDF) - Drinking Water: Equity, Safety and Sustainability. http://is.gd/Lcj07k
RT @Envirothink Drinking reclaimed wastewater - the pros and cons http://wp.me/piu2x-2Py
Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
WaPo Op-Ed: Dangerous shift in Obama's 'cimate change' rhetoric.http://is.gd/L5K3MW
RT @cgiarclimate National #climate change strategy proposed for wildlife is.gd/SC9bg
Via @climateprogress WSJ Letter: 36 Top Climate Scientists Slam Murdoch’s 16 Posers: “Dentists Practicing Cardiology”http://bit.ly/wLxgYq
RT @ClimateandWater UK Publishes Country's First National Climate Change Risk Assessmenthttp://bit.ly/yg53Kb #fb
RT @ClimateTreaty The Wall Street Journal and Climate Change: Where Are the Facts?http://bit.ly/wg0L6l
Fish, wildlife, & plants: national climate adaptation strategy - goal,vision, purpose...http://is.gd/Po7uAY
From @jfleck Graph shows breakdown between T increase and solar activity since c. 1970.http://is.gd/iVrGuT
RT @drgrist James Hansen et al: "Global Temperature in 2011, Trends & Prospects"http://is.gd/NQrooJ (PDF)
MT @PeterGleick #WSJ rejects climate essay from 255 Natl Acad Sci members, accepts anti-climate essay from 16 others.http://onforb.es/wv5rHU
RT @newscientist Global warming will have a bad effect on wheat, slashing yields even more than was originally fearedhttp://bit.ly/w2hUfx
Conflict and Cooperation
RT @ICareAboutWater Water Wars Flood L.A. Central Basin http://fb.me/1rfRK1xxW
Conferences, Workshops, and Calls for Abstracts/Papers
The Nevada Climate Change Portal Workshop! UNLV, 13 Feb, 3:30-5:30 PM. http://is.gd/Cyzog9
Conference (Canberra, 15-16 Nov 2012): Tapping the Turn - Water's Social Dimensions. Abstracts due 24 Feb http://tappingtheturn.org/
Upcoming Global Water Conferences and Events.http://is.gd/TxTVmV
Explore Water Quality At The 2012 National River Management Symposium, Asheville, NC, 24-26 April 2012. http://bit.ly/rms-nps
Updated Listing of Water-Related Conferences and Calls for Papers.http://is.gd/uc971e
Final Call for Abstracts (6 Feb) for 2 AWRA Summer Conferences: 1) Emerging Contaminants; 2) Riparian Ecosystemshttp://is.gd/Gy4M9v
Final Call (3 Feb) for Special Sessions - AWRA Annual Conference (JAX, FL - 12-15 Nov)http://is.gd/4xCsLE
AIPG/AGWT Shale-Gas Development and Water Issues Symposium-Presenters (22-23 March, Austin, TX)http://is.gd/cMET3c
NGWA Conference: Gulf Coast Groundwater Issues, 16-17 October 2012,Baton Rouge. Abstracts due: 23 April. http://is.gd/R7iyqJ
Economics
From @aguanomics: the link between cheap water and bad finances. http://is.gd/hH5vyQ
Rainwater Harvesting in the US: A 2010 Industry Analysis.http://is.gd/a6llYL
Via @aguanomics Panel (MP3): Environmental Economics, Policy, and Politice http://is.gd/AiAyyt
Lloyd Carter: Who needs a cost-benefit analysis? Not Southern California! http://is.gd/fbkcZj
@aguanomics does his speed blogging goo.gl/fb/ddwum
Events and Videos
Patti DiVita's Video: Three Minutes For Water http://bit.ly/xbQyt9
World Wetlands Day! http://is.gd/UttSfe
In Corvallis on 17 February? Attend EWB-OSU banquet/fundraiser. RSVP by 5 Feb.http://is.gd/5KpE7Z
Floods and Droughts
RT @jfleck California snowpack lousy, but carryover storage goodj.mp/yDQl9i #cawater
Rethinking the yard in drought-stricken regions.http://is.gd/9CDvZD
RT @BCWaterNews California’s second 2012 snow survey shows more dry conditions.http://bit.ly/xOEIX5
HRH (His Royal Hydrologist) Prince Charles opines on rainwater and flooding. http://bit.ly/wUtkG2
Groundwater
Via @jfleck Tony Davis piece on Tucson's succes (and sometimes not) in reducing aquifer drawdown:http://bit.ly/xdZPOk #WestWater
Via @StaciMatlock High Plains #aquifer declining due to #irrigation says #USGS. #NMshares aquifer. http://is.gd/EI4ovc
Zut Alors! 6WWF Session: Groundwater - Can We Put the 'Integrated' into Integrated Water Resources Management?http://bit.ly/zxU16Q
USGS Fact Sheet: Phosphorus & Groundwater: Establishing Links Between Ag Use & Transport to Streams. http://is.gd/9PqfHx
RT @AZGeology USGS interactive map groundwater levels in AZ AMAs. http://bit.ly/AAqS2i
Via @chanceofraincom Notes from Cadiz DEIR meetings including Shill of the Week award for Am Ground Water Trust.http://bit.ly/wNF1bc
Hydrofracking and Shale Gas
Via @oilgasTicker Are Marcellus Shale jobs 'booming'? - Charleston (WV) Gazettehttp://twthpr.co/fGCUM
RT @americanrivers Collateral damage from #fracking: runoff from roads surrounding hydrofracking wells tainting rivershttp://ow.ly/8L36W
EPA official defends Pavillion (WY) hydrofracking report before House panel. http://is.gd/VGXyuj
RT @columbiawaterEnvironmental Defense Fund: Improving New York’s Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Regulationshttp://bit.ly/wEx7y7
Via @ShaleGasExpert: graph shows 'game-changing' effect of shale gas. http://is.gd/EkPS9w
CRS finds 'no obvious concerns' with EPA's Pavillion (WY) hydrofracking report.http://is.gd/OiA3rZ
MT @AJEnglish Op-ed: If #NYapproves #fracking guidelines "there will be massive disillusionment", writes@ecantarow http://aje.me/xzZ43x
MT @americanrivers@potomacriver: MD bill would ban wastewater created by hydrofracking. http://shar.es/f7Xft #fracking
Hydrophilanthropy
RT @kaskadia @AnnaEvely: Water as a human right (it really should be!) http://ow.ly/8MjuV #water #sustainability
New hydrophilanthropy: Freshwater Project Internationalhttp://www.freshwaterintl.org/
Ann Campana Judge Foundation Winter 2012 Newsletterhttp://bit.ly/z0UJqq
Miscellaneous
RT @NRDC Today OnEarth: Begging for Nuclear Waste, God and Climate, a New Blue Marblehttp://trib.al/pBrFIU
MT @TualatinRiver 6 Things You Need to Know about (Western) Water Rights http://soc.li/iHVWlqP
RT @rivrchik A Planet in a Drop of Water: Amazing photos via@DiscoveryNewshttp://src.nu/z7cMca MT@SRCnews
People, Prizes, and Personal Stuff
Travels With, And A Tribute To, An Oregon Treasurehttp://bit.ly/wQPjJy
My appointment to Oregon WRD's Groundwater Advisory Committee (GWAC) has been approved. http://is.gd/hCAqEG
@AWWAACE My pleasure!
'Gasland' filmmaker Joshua Fox arrested filming at House panel hearing testimony on WY EPA report. http://is.gd/dQfdt6
Former OSU colleague.@OregonianEnviro Gail Achterman,Portland lawyer and lifelong public servant,dies of cancer at 62http://orne.ws/x26y97
Stone Prize for Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Water (apps close 22 March 2012).http://is.gd/83CQur
Will speak (via phone) to CWRA (http://www.cwra.org/) BoD meeting tomorrow re: collaboration with AWRA; USA water vision?
Policy, Planning, and Management
RT @NRDC Can Ontario deliver the continent's best land-use plan?http://trib.al/sxqnX0
Via @geoffdabelko China’s Game-Changing Water Policieshttp://on.cfr.org/yNmBIU by@LizEconomy Cheers:@TheWilsonCenter's Jennifer Turner
Publication from @Ecotrust: Resilience & Transformation: A Regional Approach.http://is.gd/17hEZo
MT @SusanLealH2O. Water systems need fixes, badly; customers don't want to pay.http://ow.ly/8LL80
RT @KQEDscience A Watered-Down CA Bond For Water System Improvements?http://ow.ly/8MMRF
RT @WaterAlliance Full Faith & Public Credit - check out Ben Grumble's latest Pipelinehttp://conta.cc/wnQK11
Via @TheWaterChannelDeveloping physical & social infrastructure of Upper Mandrare River Basin area @IFADnewshttp://ow.ly/8R4uP
Kansas water policy changes advance in Legislature.http://is.gd/AMBnTx
Positions
Position Open: USGS (Reston, VA) - Research Geologist for produced water project (closes 9 Feb) http://is.gd/M2dLk8
Position Open: Postdoctoral Scientist Position in Biogeochemistry @ U of AZ Biosphere 2 http://is.gd/o9s4lv
Position Open: Environmental governance in Indonesia http://post.ly/54gSP via@Development_UEA
Position Open: Aquatics Projects Manager, Siuslaw Watershed Council (Oregon). http://is.gd/JpsF9B
Position Open: Senior Soil Scientist, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bangor, UK. http://is.gd/t9jirK
Position Open: Leader/Coordinator of KS Geol. Survey's High Plains Aquifer Program. Priority to apps by 9 March. http://is.gd/r6lswu
Positions Open: H2OSU - IWW 30 January Newsletter. Scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'.http://is.gd/VVveWi
Position Open: Env. Defense Fund Director – Gulf & SE Oceans Program Austin, TX, Full Time.http://is.gd/Mxpjqq
Streams, Dams, and Ecosystems
RT @deschutesriver Telling story of #salmon and #steelhead reintroduction in Whychus Creek through quilting!http://ow.ly/8LB3K #inbend
EPA 'stymied' by sandy flow in MT's Prickly Pear Creek.http://is.gd/m0R5Kb
RT @BCWaterNews Plan to block Asian carp from Great Lakes carries $3 billion price tag.http://usat.ly/y1Ct35
Road Trip! North Platte River Snowmelt Runoff Tour - 12-14 June 2011 http://bit.ly/wMiXir
RT @WillSarni What Is Hydro Power? http://zite.to/zE6Org via@zite Very cool.
RT @YaleEnviro Restored wetlands no match for real thinghttp://lat.ms/wZfH13
Sustainability
Say what? RT @ClimateTreatyAmbitious UN Sustainability Conference in Rio to Avoid Climate Talk http://bit.ly/w7HIZH
Struggling to Define Sustainability? Try One of These 64 (More or Less)http://bit.ly/z3aead
Twitter, E-Newspapers, and E-Newsletters
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 21-27 January 2012 (Florida Edition)http://bit.ly/yw836U
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 14-20 January 2012 (AWRA Day!)http://bit.ly/wOAXFy
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 7-13 January 2012 (Triskaidekaphobia Day!)http://bit.ly/z8j8s2
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 31 December 2011 - 6 January 2012 http://bit.ly/xvMj3P
TGIF - Tweets Galore! It's Friday, 30 December 2011 - Special New Year's Edition! http://bit.ly/vFcxpz
TGIF - Tweets Galore! It's Friday, 23 December 2011 - Special "Season's Greetings" Edition! http://bit.ly/vCDOOE
TGIF - Tweets Galore! It's Friday, 16 December 2011 - Special 'The Scream' Edition!http://bit.ly/tWsJEz
TGIF - Tweets Galore! It's Friday, 9 December 2011 - Special 'World Soil Day' Edition!http://bit.ly/sMfafa
TGIF - Tweets Galore! It'sFriday, 2 December 2011 - Special School's Out Edition http://bit.ly/u18vyr
RT @WorldHygienePrg The Daily WASH is out! http://bit.ly/l3bFmq▸ Top stories today via@drgregallgood @water_climate
Groundwater eNews from IAH.http://is.gd/RP8u9w
RT @SuperWaterMan The Daily Water is out! http://bit.ly/snTLGO▸ Top stories today via@thirstygecko
RT @MtnHellfire Geo-Earth is out!http://bit.ly/xSVrwm ▸ Top stories today via @earthusgs @kwinkunks@cppgeophysics @geocastaway
RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out!http://bit.ly/f6ZJjL
Montana Water News, January 2012 edition. http://is.gd/lJkQoN
RT @dietvorst E-Source Sanitation News is out!http://bit.ly/ocHQQ2 ▸ Top stories today via @sharethemic@slim_lim @andynarracott@approp
The @WaterStJournal Daily is out!http://bit.ly/haf8gw ▸ Top stories today via @softwater123@badger_meter @desalwaterreuse
The @WalkerNewsDesk Daily is out! http://bit.ly/lWsMix ▸ Top stories today via@watershedwatch_ @waterwired@sciencewise
RT @agleader The #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸ Top stories today via @aquafornia@aglead
Connections - January 2012 AWRA E-Newsletter. http://is.gd/aiODPE
RT @biofriendlyblog The Enviro Daily is out!http://bit.ly/e38MmC ▸ Top stories today via @lighterfootstep@sgneist @jaymiheimbuch@altcon
HarvestH2O.com newsletter harvesth2o.com
The DEV @Development_UEADaily is out! http://bit.ly/kQSbG8
Water For The World & Other News - An Article by Jim Thebaut.http://is.gd/fsBNZC
RT @agleader The #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸ Top stories today via @middlebm@salmonwaternow@cmua_tweets @markgrossi
IWW @ OSU: H2OSU - 30 January Newsletter.http://is.gd/VVveWi
RT @SFWMD Water Watch for January 30, 2012.http://1.usa.gov/z8Owjx
RT @agleader The #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸ Top stories today via @wolcottpr@jfleck
RT @pbroviak The PublicWorks Daily is out! bit.ly/d73Rbg ▸ Top stories today via @london_on_job@tmj_vaf_transp @theisengineer
RT @theWaterWonk Today's Water is out! http://bit.ly/ecxM9a▸ Top stories today via @lpawater@farmwater @veoliawaterna@deschutesriver
WaSH and Development
From @NedBreslin The Cellphone that Keeps the Water, and Data, Flowing @mSolutionsUSAIDhttp://bit.ly/zI1lYr
Just joined my first society in 20+ years: IWA. It has a great journal on WaSH for Development.http://www.iwahq.org
New Report on Mobile Water Payment Innovations in Urban Africa http://is.gd/z5g699
RT @UNDP Amazing set of infographics, videos and data on the #futureofaidhttp://on.undp.org/ybvK8Q via@AlertNet
Water Quality
USGS study links algae growth in Snake River to Idaho cities, farms.http://is.gd/XEyKd9
ESA Report: Excess Nitrogen in the U.S. Environment: Trends, Risks, and Solutions. http://is.gd/3zgAAY
Conservation groups: Selenium pollution from Simplot phospate mine in SE ID causes fish deformities. http://is.gd/b9DNnq
Via @MnPCA Cities, industries have reduced their Mississippi River pollution -- now it's farmers' turn. http://bit.ly/AkWCjR
RT @YaleE360 @YaleEnviro Why every city should be planting rain gardens http://bit.ly/zBIYSG
Water Supply, Conservation, and Water Use
Oregon's snowpack makes a dramatic rebound, doubling in 16 days. http://is.gd/ltjJgj
RT @Aquafornia Infographic: Why Water Conservation Matters http://www.seametrics.com/blog/why-water-conservation-matters/
Time for Columbia compact? Via@deschutesriver @icaruskiddo: Oregon lawmakers push to divert 450 KAF from Columbia.http://bit.ly/yEnmyf
RT @GrokSurf San Diego regional water news roundup Jan 24-31, 2012 - http://bit.ly/xFMHAP
MT @Aquafornia Commentary: Putting Water to Beneficial Use: technical response to criticism of Cadiz Project. http://goo.gl/33jOJ
Water trucked to Texas town where wells ran dry. http://is.gd/12PoAS
Via @MGhydro RT @thirstygecko@CERC_Columbia: The history and ecology of NYC's remarkable water supply http://goo.gl/74B1b
WTF?
No. RT @markgrossi Seriously, are you really surprised 78% of Californians don't recognize the #sacdelta? http://ht.ly/8RcUu
No more this week! Except....
"And I know the roads to riches,
And I know the ways to fame.
I know all the rules and then I know how to break them.
And I always know the name of the game."
-- Making Love Out Of Nothing At All, by Air Supply, written by Jim Steinman
(great for karaoke)
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