I had a delightful meeting last night with Kerry Freek, the impressive young editor of Water Canada and associate editor of ReNew Canada.
It was nice finally to meet her and talk about water issues in Canada and the USA - similarities and differences. I mentioned that a Canadian Twitter follower told me the LaRouche folks (here is a tongue-in-cheek post) were pushing the NAWAPA project to her group. We both agreed that promoting a project to export lots of Canadian water to the USA would be a very tough sell to Canadians!
She was in Oregon visiting Next Gen Turf Research LLC to learn of the advances being made in the area of drought-proof and low-water turf. About 100 people - not all Canadians - were on this trip, so it was a big deal.
She clued me in on the Canadian Water Network's meeting, Connecting Water Resources 2013: Changing the Water Paradigm. It's the water meeting in Canada. I think I will try to make it.
In October 2012 she will be part of a Canadian team climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise money for the water charity WaterCan (she did not mention this to me).
A most enjoyable time - just two WaterWonks chatting about water stuff at a Denny's in Albany, OR.
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Enjoy!
Bottled Water and Drinking Water
Via @BottledH2OBabe @PurificWaterUSA By federal law,BW must be 'at least as' protective of public health as tap water.http://is.gd/1X0VX7
Fluoride group secures second vote on Portland (OR) City Council for $5 million project. http://is.gd/kQyUXg
California
New @PacificInstitut Report - Urban Water Demand in California to 2100: Incorporating Climate Change. http://is.gd/GiK3Wx
MT @InvasiveNotes UC Davis study: Climate affecting Lake Tahoe ecosystem. http://bit.ly/P7UbLK
Caltech wins Toilet of the Future Award from @gatesfoundationhttp://is.gd/fwgdL6
Canada
MT @SaveLakeWpg Walking for water in waterpic.twitter.com/TU7mXM5t
Calgary hail storm: Cloud seeding credited for sparing city from worse disaster. http://is.gd/d7TmjM
Hope to meet Kerry Freek,Water Canada editor today (@CanadianWater). She's in OR for a few days. Sorry about the heat, Kerry!
@CanadianWater Thanks, Kerry. I enjoyed it as well.http://bit.ly/PyOQPp We in the USA can learn a lot from you folks. Safe Travels!
RT @BlueEconomyca The Living Waters Rally | Ottawa: Sept 21-24 http://bit.ly/StOM04 @RBC @WWFCanada @CanadianWater
Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
MT @ClimateHealthCx Study finds a new compound, a type of carbonyl oxide, tied to climate change, human health.http://is.gd/xkGGbb
MT @highcountrynews Research shows reservoirs may be source of a potent GHG methane http://hcne.ws/OguBTC
RT @sciam Climate Change Turns into Money Problems for Florida Keys http://bit.ly/RLHN53
Check out TNC's (@nature_org) Climate Wizard http://www.climatewizard.org/ (@climatewizard)
RT @ClimateTreaty Crop scientists seeking hardier breeds for drought, climate change http://bit.ly/Ttx0wn
MT @kjmcguire Climate Change Will Have Profound Effects On Northeast U.S. Forests. http://is.gd/LiHemM
Conferences and Call for Abstracts/Papers
River Restoration Northwest Annual Symposium, 5-7 Feb 2013, Skamania Lodge, WA. Abstracts due 15 Sept. http://is.gd/hg4QaS
Intl. Conference on Pathogen Fate, Transport & Risk - 23-26 Sept 2012 (Banff, AB) http://is.gd/hKynd4 (@CdnWaterNetwork)
AWRA WA State Section Conference: Columbia River,Basin & Treaty 11-13 Sept, Ellensburg,WA. Early bird reg. ends 17 Aug.http://is.gd/DFHNKr
National Mitigation & Ecosystem Banking Conference, 7-10 May 2013 (NO,LA) Call for Presentations: Due 1 Oct 2012.http://is.gd/8i283F
Call for Papers: @AWWAACE 2013 Sustainable Water Management Conference, 7-10 April, Nashville. http://is.gd/aP8Ti9
2012 AWRA Annual Conference (JAX, 12-15 Nov) Preliminary Program Online! http://is.gd/r3kVJi
RT @waterlaws Conference: Western U.S. Water Law, Las Vegas, 15-16 Nov http://bit.ly/OB4eeh
@CdnWaterNetwork Meeting - Connecting Water Resources 2013: Changing the Water Paradigm,18-21 March 2013,Ottawa.http://is.gd/9wHHyA
Conflict and Cooperation
Indus treaty honored,even during shooting. RT @AntoniaZ Water wars between India and Pakistan? http://bit.ly/RM0Ex2
Education
MT @williamandmary RT @wmnews: Checking FB & Twitter in class?@bjkingape issues a challenge to students - http://n.pr/PtJjK2 via@NPR
Via @bill_easterly The revolt against TED. http://bit.ly/SiwbnL @TEDtalks @TEDnews
Floods and Droughts
MT @RiverLifeUMN Video: CNN Explainer on engineering, economics of shrinking Mississippi River http://bit.ly/Par9N5
RT @Agriculturenew1 Slow Barge Traffic on Mississippi River Causing Agriculture Backup - WREG http://bit.ly/NNEQ3d
RT @climateprogress Drought And The Climate Change Freeloaders http://bit.ly/NxTuJO
RT @jfleck@BCAppelbaum Farmers seek pork from Washington, frustrated that government spending is in a drought, too.http://nyti.ms/OkD0Iw
RT @MGhydro Hydro-Logic blog post: "A double-shot for the Philippines" http://hydro-logic.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-double-shot-for-philippines.html …
MT @H2OEthics 100-Year Forecast: Drought - @NYTimeshttp://awe.sm/c2ob8 via @climatehawk1
RT @KavehMadani @WaterSISWEB Armenia To Help Iran Save Drying Lake. http://is.gd/0qHDJ2
Forecast: US drought lingering but leveling off http://is.gd/lDSoJL
MT @highcountrynews @TheBack_40: Washington Post talks drought improvements - science paired with mgmt.http://buff.ly/N2zinr
Groundwater
Many well users find their faucets are running dry. http://is.gd/p8giVn
RT @WaterCharity Case Study: The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer http://ow.ly/cVJEl
Global Groundwater Gamboling (tnx @chanceofraincom)http://bit.ly/NsQlez
RT @Earth_News Green Blog: Stressed Aquifers Around the Globe http://nyti.ms/RJ5QBE @nytimes
Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy
RT @UnivTexas Study links fracking and earthquakeshttp://sns.mx/gEniy5
Via @TXsharon Fracking and academic freedom: 'Absence of proof is not proof of absence'. http://is.gd/vPaSwu
Opinion
Great NYT Op-Ed from @cfishman: Don't Waste the Droughthttp://is.gd/dBcB0Z
MT @State_IO You can apply for the #UN Young Professionals Program Exam until September 12th. http://ow.ly/cVLWd
AWRA Student Awards: 1) Scholarship Recipients; and 2) 2012 Summer Conference Presenters http://bit.ly/NuNbHd
People
Abby Brown's Back Blogging at Water For The Ages! (@waterfortheages) http://bit.ly/N1ytLm
She's back! Follow Abby Brown @waterfortheages & her bloghttp://waterfortheages.org/ Great insight! (okay,former OSU student)
@STahoeWarner Hi, Scott. We are seeing 'Animal Crackers' today then 'Henry V' tonight.
Policy, Planning, and Management
Oregon now has an Integrated Water Resources Strategy! http://is.gd/bqG5GM Press release: http://is.gd/W80qNZ
Tuesday Trifecta: 1) ClimateWizard - View 2080; 2) PacInst - CA CC Social Vulnerability; 3) USAID & ArcGIS http://bit.ly/PkGE5l
Positions Open
Position Open: BLM - Environmental Protection Assistant (Las Cruces, NM). Closes: 17 Aug http://is.gd/SRzD87
Position Open: KY Geological Survey,U of KY - Water Resources Section Head (Req # SC541199) http://is.gd/SGGy6Y #jobs
Position Open: National Park Service - Environmental Protection Specialist (Page, AZ). Closes: 20 Aug http://is.gd/sC1SaW
Position Open: AAAS - Editor-in-Chief, Science. Closes: 15 Sept.http://is.gd/FWQJ9z
Position Open: Eugene (OR) Water & Electric Board - Water Operations Manager. Closes: 31 Aug. http://is.gd/7LwZ4l
Position Open: WA State Univ, WA Stormwater Ctr (Puyallup) - Municipal Pgm. Specialist. Closes: 27 Aug. http://is.gd/uzRe4l
Position Open: Oregon Health Authority - Regional Engineer - Drinking Water (Springfield, OR). Closes: 23 Aug http://is.gd/TwpNJ3
Positions Open: @usbr - Variety of positions in ID, MT, NV, WY, NE, CO. http://1.usa.gov/MrFWjb (@USGS_Idaho)
Position Open: Arab Water Academy - Director (Abu Dhabi, UAE). Closes: 1 Sept. http://is.gd/ZFxNet
Position Open: @UnescoIHE - Assoc. Professor, Water Service Manaagement, (Delft, NL). Closes: 28 Sept http://is.gd/oCxM2C
Positions Open (4): ICHARM - Research Specialists, Water-Related Disaster Res. Group (Japan) Close: 31 Aug http://is.gd/j0bwvP
Position Open: U of WY - Post-doctoral Research Scientist in Hydrology. App. review begins 30 Aug. http://is.gd/ITACYB
Position Open: U of OR - Asst. Professor, Earth Surface Process Modeling. App review begins 15 Nov 2012. http://is.gd/DqGLxP
Position Open: @USGS - Hydrologic Technician, F-T, 13 months (Central Point, OR). Closes: 17 August http://is.gd/jjXKyW
Position Open: U of WY: Surface and Subsurface Hydrology Lab Manager (Job ID 5138) http://is.gd/fFO1nc
Position Open: Calapooia Watershed Council (OR) - Communications & Development Dir. (0.8 FTE; Temporary) Closes: 7 Sept http://is.gd/R0lAUG
From Last Week
Position Open: ICIMOD (Nepal) - Theme Leader - Water. Apply before 19 Aug 2012. http://bit.ly/MXD4Op (via @SnowHydro)
Position Open: Portland (OR) Water Bureau - Groundwater Protection Program Manager. Closes: 20 August http://is.gd/juLrMF @portlandwater
Position Open: KS Wild - Membership/Outreach Coordinator (Ashland, OR). 6 Aug (check - may still be open) http://is.gd/sCg5Df
Position Open: WY Outdoor Council - Water Protection Specialist (attorney or scientist; Lander, WY). App review: 1 Aughttp://is.gd/gZBxX2
Position Open: Western Watersheds Project - Director of Development (Hailey, ID). Closes: 20 Aug http://is.gd/BJeExr
Position Open: Western Watersheds Project - Executive Director (Hailey, ID). Closes: 1 Oct http://is.gd/BJeExr
Position Open: PNW Salmon Center - Executive Director (Belfair, WA) . Closes: 7 Sept. http://is.gd/ieHjq6 #jobs
Position Open: USDA-NRCS - State Conservationist (Davis, CA). Closes: 7 Sept http://is.gd/9sxeDY
Position Open: RD River Watershed Alliance (@RDRWA) - Outreach Coordinator,WS Education & Stewardship http://lnkd.in/6nqynx Apps thru 17 Aug
Position Open: Red Deer River Watershed Alliance (Alberta) - Executive Assistant. Apps thru 17 August. http://lnkd.in/SWXXxw (via@RDRWA)
Position Open: NOAA - Supervisory Fishery Biologist (Seattle,WA or Newport, OR). Closes: 17 August http://is.gd/SBpoDQ
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 11 - 17 August 2012 (@CanadianWater) http://bit.ly/NJhwBK
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 21 - 27 July 2012
It's Baaack! TGIF! Biweekly Water News Summary, 16 - 29 June 2012
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 12 - 18 May 2012http://bit.ly/L4hAsj
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 5 -11 May 2012 http://bit.ly/J2dkik
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 21 - 27 April 2012http://bit.ly/Jv2MTJ
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 14 -20 April 2012 http://bit.ly/JdmnHZ
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 7 -13 April 2012 (Triskaidekaphobia Day!) http://bit.ly/ILE3JC
TGIF - Weekly Water News Summary, 31 March - 6 April 2012http://bit.ly/HmCNlk
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 24 - 30 March 2012http://bit.ly/H7fEkw
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 17 - 23 March 2012 http://bit.ly/GRLsGe
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 10 - 16 March 2012 http://bit.ly/xeD89Z
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 3 - 9 March 2012 http://bit.ly/xXluYG
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 2012 http://bit.ly/wxqQsX
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 28 January - 3 February 2012 http://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
Science and Technology
RT @theAGU This week in Eos, The 2011 Virginia earthquake: What are scientists learning? http://bit.ly/MueALF
Via @deepseadawn USAID Development Data Available on ArcGIS Online. http://is.gd/NpU3sh
RT @DrMicrobiology First evidence for photosynthesis in insectshttp://bit.ly/NNywW2
Dude! RT @lockwooddewitt Aw, man, look at that layer-cake geology... on MARS! From @MarsCuriosityhttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/pia16068.html …
Streams, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
Wyoming Game & Fish Department urges ranchers to water wildlife.http://is.gd/jlr1ib
Climate 'Weirdness' Throws Ecosystems 'Out Of Kilter'http://is.gd/zuMCXy (@nprfreshair)
Lake Tahoe now open for commercial fishing since 1930s - crayfish. Could improve WQ. http://bit.ly/ODjaEj
North American Fish Extinctions Could Double by 2050.http://is.gd/XO511q
Via @circleofblue Work has resumed on Mekong River dam in Laos.http://is.gd/4S8QTU
Twitter, E-Newsletters, and E-Newspapers
OSU CEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 17 August 2012 http://bit.ly/IRMANu
RT @medindoagua The Água & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/hRCisK ▸ Top stories today via @TheWaterChannel @projectwet @ChasWaterkeeper
The @Water_Supply Daily is out! http://bit.ly/i1Ca7r ▸ Top stories today via @ABCRural @CareNews @WaterWired
WaterWiki August 2012 Newsletter. http://is.gd/qPTk13
The @WaterTanks Daily is out! http://bit.ly/h2YEQb
MT @H2OTrust Great Monday Morning read in Clean Drinking Water SVDs Daily http://is.gd/1jXXCq @SavetheWater @SIWI_media@WaterWired
RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://bit.ly/9xYfCB ▸ Top stories today via @glbarry @JesseJenkins@citizensclimate
@PacificInstitut August 2012 Online Update. http://is.gd/MBLPkS
RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://bit.ly/9xYfCB ▸ Top stories today via @EnergyPerson@MarkMuro1 @timbales
MT @H2OTrust News Clean Drinking Water SVDs Dailyhttp://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … … with @oxfam @waterwired@epagov @glowasis http://www.facebook.com/Calm4Water
RT @H2OTrust Solution Saturday news Clean Drinking Water SVDs Daily http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … Thx 2 @CleanWaterNetwork @WaterWired @SavetheWater
OSU CEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 10 August 2012.http://is.gd/1AyZRe
MT @H2OTrust Clean DW Water SVDs Daily Newshttp://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … thx 2 @care @waterwired@foodandwater @siwi_media @MiaFarrow
The @WaterStJournal Daily is out! http://bit.ly/haf8gw ▸ Top stories today via @defeatDD @givemetap @GrowingBlue
@ADB_Manila Water Sector News - Issue 54: Tinkering with Technology (August 2012) http://is.gd/BzGr2O
RT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking Water SVDs Daily is out!http://bit.ly/JBG68R ▸ Top stories today via @WaterWired
RT @medindoagua The Água & Water Daily is out!http://bit.ly/hRCisK ▸ Top stories today via @ArroioDiluvio @johnwsauer @VaWaterCenter
WaSH and Health
Andrei Jouravlev Presentation: Water and Sanitation MDGs in Latin America & Caribbean - Advances & Challenges http://bit.ly/NGPLdb
Via @NedBreslin - @PeterGleick plots last 50 years of global cholera cases. Not good news. http://is.gd/1CFoqw
MT @H2OEthics @PeterGleick Distressing, embarrassing, totally preventable: 85% increase in cholera cases from 2010-2011http://is.gd/yJM34I
RT @TheRainCatcher Water and Sanitation for the World: Not a Pipe Dream http://ow.ly/cUi59
@tysonchandler posts up. Learning about clean drinking water -@UNICEFTanzania @ - pic.twitter.com/FzyOsaN4
MT @AlertNet Abuzz over malaria on World Mosquito Day (20 August) http://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/health-and-science/abuzz-over-malaria-on-world-mosquito-day/ …
Water Quality
Wyoming DEQ director plans to retire; search begins for replacement. http://is.gd/tlktQF
RT @Earth_News Superfund Efforts to Clean Waterways Come With a Risk http://nyti.ms/RIil0t @nytimes
From Canada! NAWQA Report: The Americans Get It -- We Should, Too. http://is.gd/DnysWv (tnx @CanadianWater)
RT @americanrivers Agriculture is nation's biggest water polluter but usually goes unpunished http://ow.ly/d2x9Q
MT @WEForg Expert Look at CWA http://ow.ly/d2NeG @EPAwatercleanwater Clean Water Act issues will be a hot topic at #WEFTEC12
Water Supply, Conservation, and Water Use
RT @WorkWithWater Chinese desalination capacity continues to risehttp://bit.ly/O2lLvu
Canadian billionaire's plan for cattle ranch sparks Florida water-use debate. http://is.gd/mn82aU
MT @NedBreslin Math not good: new study shows rainfall, GW recharge not keeping up with water use/demandhttp://tinyurl.com/cg9lezf
Does It Take 66,000 Gallons of Water per Year for Home Newspaper Delivery? http://bit.ly/MN6jDR
MT @EcoCentered Food-water-energy nexus already at forefront of political, scientific debate. Ecocentric-cutting edge!http://ow.ly/d1HgN
Great discussion on @scifri Aging City Pipes in Need of a Plumber’s Touch. http://is.gd/kScjs5
@Rache_La Here is my 1 April 2011 send-up of LaRouche and NAWAPA: http://is.gd/zriqWj One of my serious posts:http://is.gd/NVXBIZ
@Rache_La I have posted about NAWAPA & LaRouche folks athttp://www.waterwired.org . Search on NAWAPA, NARA, LaRouche. It's a dumb idea.
18 Little-Known Facts That Will Motivate You to Cut Back on Food Waste. http://is.gd/5KkjIW (via @EcoCentered)
"Through other people’s faults, wise men correct their own." - Canadian proverb
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