So sad to hear that Davy Jones, who rode the Monkees to fame in the mid-1960s and beyond, died on 29 February 2012 at the age of 66.
Listen to Davy's best-known vocal as a Monkee, and arguably the group's most beloved song, Daydream Believer: For decades, intelligentsia and hoi polloi alike have pondered and debated the song's meaning. No matter, it's one of my all-time favorites.
Now, do some daydreaming of your own with today's water displacement behavior!
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Bottled Water and Drinking/Tap Water
Probably men's, too. RT @sciam Dehydration Affects Women's Moods http://bit.ly/yonv5O
Been There, Done That: The Philomath Fluoride Fighthttp://bit.ly/w6w0oQ
Via @circleofblue: @cfishman op-ed in @NatGeo argues that bottled#water is silly, but banning it is too: http://su.pr/1uz0Ut
RT @SuperWaterMan Juneau, Alaska, Says No To Fluoridehttp://bit.ly/b9E8M2 #water #eco #green
RT @peakwater What’s Inside: Tap Water «: http://bit.ly/yG8aqQ via@AddThis
Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
Via @NobleIdeas Rev. Jim Ball: @RickSantorum is wrong on global warming. http://ht.ly/1H5RbR
Via @columbiawater rainfall saps so much energy from sky that it may slow down circulation if climate continues to warmhttp://bit.ly/yCTaB6
RT @rivrchik @carbonmeme: Ancient Arabic writings help scientists piece together past climate http://bit.ly/zXDpSo
RT @SteveMirsky @nybooks: Why the Global Warming Skeptics Are Wrong http://j.mp/Apzmq0
RT @MichaelEMann Thanks to Eric Berger (aka @chronsciguy) of Houston Chronicle for great Q&A on "The Hockey Stick.."
RT @KavehMadani @WaterSISWEB Louisiana officials establish formula for anticipating sea-level rise http://is.gd/rYPu7C
Conflict and Cooperation
Via @capitalpress Klamath dams adviser claims firing unjustified.http://bit.ly/xPMSam
A Bioregional Approach to Adaptive Governance: Assessing the Feasibility of the KBRA http://bit.ly/xwbrAK
RT @mySAWS Express-News Editorial Board: Court ruling doesn't end water fights http://ow.ly/9oPih /via @mySA
Conferences, Workshops, and Calls for Abstracts/Papers
Virtual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, 27-29 February 2012.http://is.gd/CpEXR2
@theAAG Meeting Update - 25 Feb. is.gd/dH4VVt
@theAAG Meeting Update - 26 Feb. is.gd/FHVZ8K
@theAAG Meeting Update- 27-28 February. is.gd/7YToNo
Nifty onliine interactive programme for Sixth World #WaterForumhttp://is.gd/WYmW04 (@WorldWaterForum
Via @RecycleWater The Future of Water in Southern California: PowerPoints, podcasts, etc. http://bit.ly/wgZMll via @addthis
Free! Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, U of OR, Eugene, 1-4 March. http://is.gd/IhvY8N
10th Annual Truckee River (NV-CA) Field Study Course, 3-4 May 2012. http://is.gd/0LCp8Q
Upcoming global water conferences. http://is.gd/mwsyeZ
RT @Water_Education AGWT is hosting Shale Gas Development and Water Issues conference in Austin, 22-23 March.http://fb.me/1Dl5edS6X
Zut Alors! Double Your Fun in Marseille: Alternative World Water Forum, 14-17 March 2012 http://bit.ly/xZBgpH
Zut alors! @WorldWaterForum unveils its full programme!http://is.gd/tYNsQO
Final Program, Lake Mead Symposium, 5-6 March 2012, Las Vegas.http://is.gd/LvOdvq
Updated Listing of Water-Related Conferences and Calls for Papers.http://is.gd/uc971e
Education and Communication
RT @Waterandfood Devising and sustaining agri-water research communication efforts over time http://wp.me/p15mMm-bO via@wordpressdotcom
One can dream...From @aguanomics Blogging, ideas, academic output and society. http://is.gd/iiVH21
Events
RT @sSylviaEarle My take on the World Bank's launch of the Global Oceans Alliance via The Telegraph: http://tgr.ph/w7Tg9e
#WaterForum concall. Talking about lack of @WorldWaterForumoutcomes assessment - work from 6WWF will be forgotten by 7WWF in 2015.
Floods and Droughts
Via @afreedma Texas Drought Eases, But It’s Too Late for Some.http://bit.ly/yDvpR8
RT @chanceofraincom Hosepipe bans likely as UK gripped by drought http://gu.com/p/35ypg/tw via @guardian
Via @KateGalbraith Texans welcome rains. Parts of TX got more rain in 1st 6 wks of 2012 than in all of 2011 http://is.gd/6DMzeR
RT @afreedma Nice @TomNiziol blog post on worsening California drought situation http://ht.ly/9mzok
RT @RuralWest Bay Citizen: Dry Conditions Persist in Sierra http://j.mp/xWOmKM
Gleick - Heartland Institute Affair
RT @danfagin This guy has it right:http://bit.ly/yTX3Zr These guys don't: http://bit.ly/ADGp5D andhttp://bit.ly/ytHq5u
Without Gleick: Whither water leadership? http://is.gd/oYwsNQ (tnx@johoma)
RT @chinawaterrisk Water expert Peter Gleick standing up for science admits he leaked documents-did he do right thing?http://bit.ly/yzHObz
RT @johoma Peter Gleick, double standards, and faith in science: Lessons for communicating climate. http://goo.gl/fb/gP4Mr
RT @chanceofraincom Michael Hiltzik is so Hoover dam(n) good, this time on the Gleick-Heartland affair http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120229,0,1163347.column #cawater
Groundwater
More comments from Todd Jarvis, Chris Brooks on EAA v.Day: unitization of GW resources. http://bit.ly/A9vPZv
Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Day Case: Jesse J. Richardson Summarizes and WaterWired Opines http://bit.ly/A9vPZv
RT @cbdawson Nice site with interactive map for Mojave River and Morongo groundwater basins http://ca.water.usgs.gov/mojave/#cawater
My IWRM & GW session at Sixth @WorldWaterForumhttp://is.gd/f1K6xw #WaterForum
Great comments by Gabriel Eckstein, Todd Jarvis, and Chris Brooks on Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Day post. http://bit.ly/A9vPZv
RT @chanceofraincom Just Say 'No!' to Cadiz Stock Tease.http://bit.ly/ySebm0
Will EAA v.Day bite back? @KateGalbraith in NYT: If Conservation Fails, Texas Industry May Try Groundwater. http://is.gd/cWsIAd
Hydrofracking and Shale Gas
RT @Chesapeake Study finds that hydraulic fracturing does not pollute groundwater http://bddy.me/xu36MO #naturalgas #fracking
RT @oilgasTicker Shale exploration holds promise for PA and the country Commentary:Wilkes Barre Times-Leader.http://twthpr.co/c7aA4
Surprise! RT @Chesapeake MUST READ: @HoustonChron editorial board supports UT #fracking study http://bit.ly/xiL6Hm
Commerce City (CO) panel on fracking disbanded - unwieldy and ineffective. http://is.gd/vbvH1o
Via @rebootingfuture PDC suspends #MarcellusShale drillinghttp://ow.ly/9p0oQ Another drilling operation bites the dust
Some Pavillion residents rue being caught in fracking controversy.http://is.gd/bOdbzU
RT @guardianeco Fracking plans provoke claims of pollution threat to UK's water reserves http://gu.com/p/35mba/tf
Journals and Reports
Free downloads of articles! Open Journal of Modern Hydrology 2(1) - January 2012 http://bit.ly/z4FBPR
Current issue of J. of Environmental & Analytical Toxicology: free article access. http://is.gd/UH8Vb4
New pub from @GWPnews: 'Water Security for Development' - free download http://is.gd/Dfy9Gn
Law, Legislation, and Economics
Client Advisory: TX Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision Addressing Landowners’ Right to Underlying GW http://is.gd/K6L2mL
Via @cfishman 448 cups water makes 1 cup coffee. What's that got to do w/ ur 401k? @Fidelity uses h2o to sell saving.http://is.gd/oB6tyf
Water sales to drilling companies green up Colorado cities' bottom lines. http://is.gd/7iUxrk
RT @agleader #sacDelta groups urge defeat of #cawater rights revamp http://j.mp/zJeFv5
Via @MikelPak #cawater legislation heads for U.S. House vote tomorrow. http://is.gd/9dIrR9 #westerngrowers #agriculture
RT @markgrossi "Nunes’ water bill sails for the shoals of Obama" (just a clever headline) http://bit.ly/yzCkp6 #cawater
Colorado ag water may be undervalued. http://is.gd/O8D5pd
From @aguanomics Mike Young on water rights. http://is.gd/qxtOyL
RT @matt_weiser @michaeldoyle10: Nunes #cawater bill now flows to uncertain future in Senate: http://bit.ly/zJvEEl #sacdelta
RT @agleader Capitol Alert: Competing forces line up on California#cawater bill http://j.mp/wx5e2A #hr1837
Miscellaneous
RT @CERC How can sea water be used to predict forest fires? -http://ow.ly/8UkTL
RT @DrMicrobiology US researchers build 'waste water generator' (electricity) http://bbc.in/zqVgHZ via @DrAlexConcorde @ShiCooks
RT @matt_weiser @highcountrynews: Env. movement hasn't won any big US policy battles since '80s.Funders to blame?http://bit.ly/x0yvFw #eco
Salty soil can suck water out of atmosphere. Could it happen on Mars? http://is.gd/lw1aue
Opportunities
Opportunities: Scholarship for UG/G students interested in CA water related issues. Check these out! http://bit.ly/wg3WAA(@ACWAWater)
Opportunities: Pacific WQ Assn. offering two $1000 scholarships.http://is.gd/1eUXk5 WWW site: http://www.pwqa.org/
Opportunity: RFP from NM Environment Dept, SW Quality Bureau: Watershed-Based Planning http://is.gd/MGFbUJ
Opportunity:10 PhD students fr non-Japan schools: Sustainability for coupled human & nature pgm, Japan, 25 June- 3 Julyhttp://is.gd/HnRjjL
People and Personal Stuff
RT @matt_weiser @markgrossi: Peter Gleick seeks short leave in wake of Heartland flap http://bit.ly/y1QmEn #cawater #climate
RT @tcktcktck Canada's top science & engineering prize awarded to Toronto #climate scientist http://ow.ly/9kdYA
Amen - see http://is.gd/Ze5wWk But she's a sweetheart! Via@watersecurity Maude Barlow,activist,not engineer.http://goo.gl/7khcr #water
RT @agleader Article: @DevinNunes has our #cawater on the brainhttp://j.mp/w1qq4I #hr1837
@Esri chief scientist and OSU professor @deepseadawn receives@theAAG's Presidential Achievement Award! is.gd/cpBb7W
@MichaelEMann on @scifri is.gd/E8kPeD
http://Iwmi.org: IWMI board announces new director general, Jeremy Bird. goo.gl/ugCu4 #IWMI
Policy, Planning, and Management
RT @agleader Article: @DevinNunes has our #cawater on the brainhttp://j.mp/w1qq4I #hr1837
RT @KQEDscience California Water Project Won't Be Decided At Poll http://ow.ly/9m0ew
Dynamic Duo Deux: The Brenda & Alyssa Show - Oregon's Integrated Water Resources Strategy http://bit.ly/yvoUsP
RT @NordicAfrica Water control in African cities http://bit.ly/zLLlqt
Positions
Position Open: NOAA-NWS: Hydrologist (State College, PA)http://is.gd/i1im5p
Position Open: NOAA: Director, Office of Habitat Conservationhttp://is.gd/USSHCQ
Positions Open: Social Sci, USFS http://is.gd/fnQ96c NPS, Sup., Inventory & Monitoring Network Pgm Mgr. http://is.gd/4PPWC7
Positons Open: Civil Engr. (@usbr) http://is.gd/t3HIrD Interdisc. General phys. sci/engr/biologist,Dept. of Army http://is.gd/ZeI32c
Positions Open: All w/ US govt. NPS: Supervisory Hydrologisthttp://is.gd/HyJRFI & Water Reso. Pgm Mgr http://is.gd/6MIRY2
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/YF5va4
Positions Open: NMED DW Bureau: Water System Spec. (ID# 30603); Capacity Devel Coord. (ID #30326). Search on ID#.http://is.gd/yqV8kK
Previous Water News Summaries
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 25 February - 2 March 2012 http://bit.ly/yEY43C
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 18 - 24 February 2012. http://bit.ly/w6elbW
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 11 - 17 February 2012 http://bit.ly/wHGMzb
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 4 - 10 February 2012http://bit.ly/wxqQsX
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 28 January - 3 February 2012http://bit.ly/zdQXyW
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
Streams, Dams, and Ecosystems
RT @Ecotrust Big fall salmon run forecast for Klamath Riverhttp://ow.ly/9pMaD
Amen! RT @USGSNeb The challenges of maintaining a national streamgage network http://bit.ly/xy3g2U
RT @troutheadwaters New Data Show Chesapeake Streams in Poor Health http://tinyurl.com/7snk2c4
RT @NRDC A Victory for Central Valley Salmon http://j.mp/wKoRcZ
RT @gravelbar Bold Plan to Reshape the Central Valley Flood Plain http://nyti.ms/x0TVU8
Twitter, E-Newspapers, and Newsletters
RT @WorldHygienePrg The Daily WASH is out! http://bit.ly/l3bFmq ▸ Top stories today via @approp @heardatunsw
RT @daviddavis The Poverty & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/htVHfn▸ Top stories today via @worldrelief @brkthru @liaint @watercharity
RT @agleader The #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸ Top stories today via @gwrsnews @flowinguphill @middlebm
RT @medindoagua The *Água & Water * Daily is out!http://bit.ly/hRCisK ▸ Top stories today via @foodandwater @txawwa@praveenasridhar
The DEV @Development_UEA Daily is out! http://bit.ly/kQSbG8
The @WaterStJournal Daily is out! http://bit.ly/haf8gw ▸ Top stories today via @letthedataflow @wallywaterdrop @tod_johnston
H2OSU Newsletter - 27 February 2012. http://is.gd/YF5va4
RT @medindoagua The Água & Water *Daily is out!http://bit.ly/hRCisK ▸Top stories today via @saveourwater@cynthiabarnett @water @peakwater
RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://bit.ly/9xYfCB ▸ Top stories today via @greenmomentum@johnffarrell @todddavies
RT @WorldHygienePrg The Daily WASH is out! http://bit.ly/l3bFmq ▸ Top stories today via @watercharity @c_l_t_s @gavialliance@rosegeorge3
The @WaterUtilities Daily is out! http://bit.ly/gPIkJ2 ▸ Top stories today via @waterwired @centralbasin @missouripsc @waterkeeper
Read Tuesday's @farmwater News: News articles and links from Feb. 28, 2012 http://su.pr/2OVliz #cawater #agchat #sacdelta#HR1837
RT @agleader The #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸ Top stories today via @restorethedelta @middlebm @alexbreitler @edf_ca
RT @pbroviak The PublicWorks Daily is out! http://bit.ly/d73Rbg ▸ Top stories today via @cantala59 @pbclinear @ryebutler @sfdpw@oregondot
RT @medindoagua The *Água & Water * Daily is out!http://bit.ly/hRCisK ▸ Top stories today via @greenplumbers@digdeeph2o @waterintel
Well Owners Network News. http://is.gd/YDno8X
RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://bit.ly/9xYfCB ▸Top stories today via @alertnetclimate@openclimate
RT @MtnHellfire Geo-Earth is out! http://bit.ly/xSVrwm ▸ Top stories today via @volcano_news @flimsin @geopdx
Connnections - AWRA February 2012 Newsletter http://is.gd/Sdm10t
RT @daviddavis The Poverty & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/htVHfnTop stories today via @food4thehungry @projectlivnwell@nethope_org
RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out! http://bit.ly/f6ZJjL ▸ Top stories today via @macmcclelland @californiawatch@birdgarden
WaSH and Development
From WASHCost - http://is.gd/o1DDCZ - @IRCWASH - Lots of WaSH resources, including free pubs! See also http://is.gd/ztDcDM
Via @AmbassadorRice @rajshah from @USAID to launch women's ag empowerment index,new way to show how women fare in global ag sector. #CSW56
Water Quality
Via @USGS_OR Check out video http://on.doi.gov/An1g53@USGS_Idaho New podcast about water quality.http://gallery.usgs.gov/audios/437
Water Supply and Water Use
Collecting rainwater could save U.S. residents $90 million a year.http://is.gd/j4Gmxw
RT @agleader Some other #cawater news: Central Valley's providers of irrigation, hydro power upset by flow proposalhttp://j.mp/xxqxna
Via @guardianeco Soak the English: Welsh want payment for any water piped across the border http://gu.com/p/35zmb/tf
Cadiz Advances Plans To Convert 300 Miles Of Natural Gas Pipelines For Water Conveyance http://is.gd/2N3lXP (tnx
Via @chanceofraincom Monthly check on Lake Mead level plus a rigged teaching game. (hat tip @WaterWired) http://bit.ly/wMuYFB
Utah stands firm on decision to allocate water to proposed nuclear power plant. http://is.gd/6D9Z07
Texas rice farmers won't get irrigation water. http://is.gd/kyZq8m
RT @columbiawater Modesto Bee opinion: #desalination costs way too much! http://bit.ly/x0ZFQr
RT @agleader Peripheral canal, Delta will be discussed at sustainability forum. http://j.mp/wymJqe #cawater
WTF?
RT @NedBreslin Love this initiative by @CaseFoundation - fearless#nonprofit video contest http://bit.ly/yJps9B Thinking "Naked Truth"
RT @lockwooddewitt Science Laboratory rules: http://is.gd/oRb3hv
RT @EvolutionIsTrue Amazing video: bald eagle acts like a duckhttp://wp.me/ppUXF-eUK
Via @gayleleonard I wish @watercrunch: Love Water towers? Like to live in one? 7 Converted Watertower Houses http://j.mp/xD8kc1
Billable hours? RT @ASCETweets From our friends over at@HDR_Inc "Stuff Engineers Say" http://ow.ly/9pE6x
RT @HuffingtonPost Armored Texas gunboats to begin patrolling Rio Grande http://huff.to/yUV4dN
Great cartoon from @aguanomics Monday funnieshttp://goo.gl/fb/9n9Ja #funny #politics
"Cheer up, sleepy Jean,
Oh what can it it mean
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen?"
-- Daydream Believer written by John Stewart
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