Enjoy this week's water news.
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Books
New Book: Water Diplomacy: A Negotiated Approach to Managing Complex Water Networks. http://is.gd/dQjxRo
Via @IWAPublishing New this week: Sustainable Water Ecosystems Management in Europe http://is.gd/ztD24w
Bottled Water and Tap/Drinking Water
Washingtonian: What's In The Water We Drink? http://is.gd/efNSIJ
RT @foodandwater The Olympics, London Taking Back the Tap http://bit.ly/PlDMje
California
Did Cadiz Have a 'Secret' EIR Hearing War Room?http://bit.ly/M7Ejoh
RT @chanceofraincom Voice of OC on Cadiz project vote tonight http://bit.ly/OkTKLw @VoiceofOC
RT @BigBearWater Jerry Brown's water plan is more than policy -http://latimes.com http://lat.ms/Ofu0Ts
RT @NRDC Jury Still Out on the Bay Delta Conservation Plan http://j.mp/MHq3bE
Via @chanceofraincom Wonderful piece of video journalism @ Cadiz EIR hearing. Final vote 7/31. http://is.gd/X2Pf2K
I voted for Peripheral Canal in 1982 (lived in Truckee). In 30 years,it's gone underground: Peripheral Pipes. http://is.gd/nl03Jy
Moron - Oops, I Mean 'More On' - California Groundwater http://bit.ly/OBZAIS #cawater
John Laird Op-Ed: Science drives Delta water plan. http://is.gd/4TtT1I #cawater #sacdelta
David Nahai: The Future of Water in Los Angeles; What the Israeli Experience Can Show Us. http://is.gd/cMAEpH
Santa Margarita Water District (@SMWDwater) votes to advance Cadiz water project. http://is.gd/F3wgTB
RT @grist Along the L.A. River, new signs of life in an industrial wasteland http://bit.ly/Osrppx
MT @PeterGleick Why would some CA farmers ask Feds to remove some whales from endangered species list? Read why:http://is.gd/Wtg9ji
Canada
MT @EthicalOil Provinces hold Cdn national projects hostage? St. Lawrence Seaway and Northern Gateway pipeline.http://fb.me/DXaGgtbG
Via @SnowHydro Religion’s fair game if it impacts Canadian politics and policy http://bit.ly/QThUNv
RT @CdnWaterSummit Canadians thirsty for a national water strategy http://bit.ly/OiGB8D
RT @CdnWaterSummit @kaitlynndodge: Canada Should Lead Clean Water Economy http://is.gd/ugt0rT @huffingtonpost
@A_m_watanabe @InnovolveGroup
RT @rivrchik @GaryM: Via @SEAlbertawaters - News from SE Alberta Watershed Alliance: http://bit.ly/Mnzv47
@rivrchik My pleasure, Maggie!
Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
RT @drgrist As temperatures rise, cities are getting hotter, fasterhttp://is.gd/tqFmuT
RT @tveitdal Global warming is due to humans: US ex-skeptichttp://bit.ly/MfOddv
Via @enviroeagle NYT: 200 million climate refugees by 2050?http://nyti.ms/19gZCh
RT @rebootingfuture @carbonmeme Scientists unlock ocean CO2 secrets key to climate: study http://bit.ly/QVRGOP
MT @rebootingfuture NYT: Conversion of a Climate Change Skeptic: New analysis convinces Berkeley scientist. http://nyti.ms/MTciD8
RT @tveitdal “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math” Gets Half a Million Views…http://bit.ly/Nd1M7r
SacBee editorial: Presidential contenders can't duck climate change. http://is.gd/IqhVP4
MT @tveitdal Newsday (LI, NY) editorial: Severe weather gives a taste of a warmer planet http://bit.ly/Mrqoe5
RT @kate_sheppard Study: Bigger, Badder Storms Are the New Norm http://bit.ly/QWJY2r
RT @ClimateTreaty Climate Change Impacts Linked to Ozone Depletion http://bit.ly/OFHAAE
RT @camanpour The frozen history of climate changehttp://on.cnn.com/R9i5c3
RT @carbonmeme Conversion of climate change skeptic not likely to sway GOP - David Horsey LAT http://lat.ms/M5ILIM
Via @MichaelEMann How many fibs can Rich Muller tell in one interview (@DemocracyNow)? Go to: #RichMullerFibs http://fb.me/1ToriQGco
Changing Views About a Changing Climate: Richard Muller on @scifri http://is.gd/jV5naO
Conferences and Calls for Abstracts/Papers
Call for Abstracts: AWRA Spring 2013 Conference: Ag Hydrology & Water Quality II (St. Louis,MO): http://is.gd/Z901Jy
Preliminary Program! AWRA 2012 Annual Conference (JAX, FL):http://is.gd/CfoauS Registration: http://is.gd/4tTVFG
Conference registration now open: 50 Years of Watershed Modeling, 24-26 September, Boulder, CO http://is.gd/pM02v0
MT @EWBUSA Save the Date for a EWB-USA Regional Conference near you. Visit http://conference.ewb-usa.org/
Regional, National (USA), and International Conferences: Scroll to bottom of: http://is.gd/ntIG5u
32nd Intl. Symposium: NA Lake Management Society, 7-9 Nov 2012, Madison, WI. http://is.gd/Lixxx4 Agenda: http://is.gd/KX8oi9
Conflict and Cooperation
RT @InvasiveNotes @gemswinc @timrote: Maps spark concern over corporate water grab http://reut.rs/Ol1Yn9
RT @carinavr @EcoConflict: #Water scarcity leads to conflict? Not a foregone conclusion http://bit.ly/M2BRiK
Full Film: 'Blue Gold - World Water Wars' http://is.gd/KLUO0l
Drought
RT @Agriculturenew1 US Drought Disaster Depression Agricultural Commodities Crops Report - The Market Oracle http://bit.ly/NAO5ov
USDA Drought Info - Monitoring & Tools: http://is.gd/r0kn0e Weather: http://is.gd/nFTnTq
Pubs: http://is.gd/DVvy4S State & Regional Info: http://is.gd/YzuiAc
RT @climateprogress 2002-04 western 'mega-drought' was worst in 800 years. Will be 'new normal' unless we act ASAP.http://bit.ly/QOr8ul
RT @ClimateComms Are you ready for a western megadrought?
http://wp.me/pJ91e-bXw
RT @DianeN56 NOAA scientists: Midwest drought brings fourth smallest Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone' since 1985:http://1.usa.gov/LZQzXO
RT @Alwi_Eisner India: Drought delivers fresh blow to reeling#economy on the sub-continent http://ow.ly/cIdKp
RT @OKWaterBoard Crop-withering drought intensifies in Oklahomahttp://okne.ws/Ovo1tO
Economics, Rights, and Law
RT @HuffPostGreen House passes Camp Lejeune water billhttp://huff.to/PscHLe
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) Introduces Water Protection and Reinvestment Act http://bit.ly/MdXXig
Via @siemenswater The @WEForg aims to raise awareness about the value of water. http://www.waters-worth-it.org/
RT @WaterNetwork1 NGO says international tourism compromises water rights of poor communities http://bit.ly/N4PMqY
Introduction of priced electricity on GW use produces significant policy change in West Bengal, India. http://is.gd/9pPlEy
Groundwater
MT @rimapaw That Sinking Feeling About Groundwater in Texas http://on.natgeo.com/M03itw via @NatGeoNewsWatch
Hand Drilling Operation For Deep Well Installation – Bangladeshhttp://bit.ly/O88csT
Western States Water Council position on state primacy over groundwater. http://is.gd/8W1ZXL
Got my copy of Tolman's 1937 classic, 'Ground Water'. Displacement behavior: turbulent flow in porous media.http://is.gd/ZyDBc7
U.S. government sues New Mexico for damages in groundwater case. http://is.gd/ZX4M2L
RT @rivrchik A Race Against Time - The Ogallala Aquifer of the Texas High Plains http://j.mp/QikD6j RT @WaterNetwork1
Via @thewatercyclist Huge new aquifer found in Namibia - good news...if used wisely. http://is.gd/N6YSpP
Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy
MT @nytimesscience Can Universities Credibly Probe Gas Impacts When Industry Foots the Bill? http://nyti.ms/OmEcKY
MT @Alwi_Eisner EPA: Water safe in PA town in drilling region;citizens maintain GW has been polluted by gas drilling http://ow.ly/cz27e
RT @wiredscience Is the fracking industry paying off scientists to say nice things about fracking? http://bit.ly/R01Yxv
Ecology Law Currents: Hydrofracking & GW Contamination: Can Disclosure Rules Clarify What's In Our GW? http://is.gd/E3N91P
RT @ShaleGasExpert The true 'Controversy' of "Controversial Shale Gas http://is.gd/5Ft7uk
Infographic: The Energy-Water Collision http://is.gd/Xecyqv (@UCSUSA)
Journals, Reports, Books, and Papers
RT @MGhydro J. Blah post: The unsustainable trend of natural hazard losses in the United States http://tmblr.co/ZhhITwQI-Afc
NRC Report: Review of the USGS NAWQA Program's Third Decade (Cycle 3) http://bit.ly/O7DUUy
Report: Climate change, water stress, conflict and migrationhttp://bit.ly/MwGK5d Full: http://is.gd/hYJSmL
RT @edwardjolmos Waterkeeper Magazine goes Interactive & Digital! http://is.gd/oBBkk8
@UN_Water thematic fact sheets: CC, water scarcity, sanitation, water & urbanization, water quality http://is.gd/fp163j
Opportunities and Events
MT @CANVAWWA Interested in Desalination? 1-Day Workshops available in NorCA & SoCA. Info: http://bit.ly/On1qib
People and Personal
25 Water Heroes: @NedBreslin, @PeterGleick et al.http://is.gd/pwqnxw (via @ngwatweets)
@dontgetcaught @jfleck You're welcome, Denise. Very helpful; I am going back to the old days (sans PPT) when I REALLY gave talks!
@HippyHickMoto Hi,Justin. Good to hear from you. I am sure there are good articles about water use at Olympics. Why not post some?
Positions Open
Position Open: UIUC - Postdoc, carbon dynamics associated w/ land use change & bioenergy crops. http://is.gd/uZtedb
Positions Open - Many! Scroll down to 'Job Opportunities' http://is.gd/ntIG5u
Position Open: USACE - Supervisory/Interdisciplinary (Sardis, MS) http://is.gd/GROP8i
Position Open: NIVA (Oslo, NO) - Researcher in Environmental/Resource Economics http://is.gd/981dvz
Position Open: NASA - Environmental Protection Specialist (Edwards AFB, CA) http://is.gd/TbqJmF
Position Open: Regional Water Authority (Sac. County, CA) - Project Manager. closes: 3 August or until filled http://is.gd/uYmR1A
Position Open: Arlington County (VA) - Watershed Management Planner. Closes: 30 August http://is.gd/wIU08l
Position Open: City of Santa Fe, NM - Engineer Associate, Public Utilities. Closes: 20 August http://is.gd/5FQGiC
Position Open: NM Env. Dept. - Environmental Scientist & Specialist (Santa Fe) http://is.gd/6lMTb3
From Last Week:
Positions Open (3); 3e Consulting - Jr. & Sr. Env. Engineers (VA); Sr. Env. Scientist/Engineer (NC) http://is.gd/JG2BcB
Position Open: @usbr - Supervisory/Interdisciplinary (Carson City, NV) http://is.gd/zeNJ1V
Position Open: Int. Boundary & Water Commission (MX & US) - Environmental Protection Specialist (El Paso, TX)http://is.gd/WL9u14
Position Open: US Fish & Wildlife Service - Administrator (Manhattan, KS) http://is.gd/trW7iG
Position Open: @USFWSPacific - Hydrologist (Portland, OR) closes: 2 August http://is.gd/bGu4sj
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 21 - 27 July 2012
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 14 -20 July 2012 http://bit.ly/NDj0iC
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 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
Science and Technology
RT @USGS Check out NEW prototype LandsatLook Viewer w/ access to over 3 million scenes http://bit.ly/NfHmdX http://on.doi.gov/NfHkmu
RT @USGS Have you download a Landsat Mosaic of your state yet?http://on.doi.gov/iFRItg #GSLandsat
Make my day. Via @TheWeek EQ as massive as one that devastated Japan last year, could be headed for Oregon http://bit.ly/NqdQlY
Streams, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
Check out Brown Bear & Salmon Cam at Brooks Falls, Alaska.http://is.gd/bfPAs8 (tnx @Evolutionistrue)
RT @LakeScientist Northwest trout found carrying new disease http://is.gd/4h1360
RT @troutheadwaters Annual Patuxent River Wade-in Reflects Murkiness of Long-Running Chesapeake Bay Cleanuphttp://p.ost.im/p/ecLtFF
Dam removal RT @BCWaterNews A new ecosystem takes shape in Washington's Elwha River. http://bit.ly/MXzL8c
Twitter, E-Newsletters, and E-Newspapers
RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://bit.ly/9xYfCB ▸ Top stories today via @djysrv
MT @wateraus The Water EngineeringAus Daily is out!http://bit.ly/KEjNwC ▸ Top stories today via @GolderAssociate@waterforpeople
RT @medindoagua The Água & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/hRCisK
RT @H2OTrust Stadium Saturday news Clean Drinking Water SVDs Daily http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … @5gyres @savethewater
@circleofblue @WaterWired
RT @WorldHygienePrg The Daily WASH is out! http://bit.ly/l3bFmq ▸ Top stories today via @WASH_for_life@ClareHanbury@charmermark
RT @H2OTrust Silver Sunday news Clean Drinking Water SVDs Dailyhttp://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 …@waterkeeper@waterwired@envirhealthnews@savethewater
The @WaterTreatment_ Daily is out! http://bit.ly/rhsrB1 ▸ Top stories today via @WUIW
The @WaterTanks Daily is out! http://bit.ly/h2YEQb ▸ Top stories today via @LifeVerse@ewavehosting@AxelKoster
RT @wateraus The Water EngineeringAus Daily is out!http://bit.ly/KEjNwC ▸ Top stories today via @ceclub@andrewlamb
Via @H2OTrust Wise Wednesday news Clean DW SVDs Dailyhttp://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 …@dropinthebucket@tyentUSA@savethewater@unilever_press
The @WaterStJournal Daily is out! http://bit.ly/haf8gw ▸ Top stories today via @Justin_deMello @WaterWired @2WaterCharity
@350 @SFWater
H2OSU Newsletter 1 August 2012 http://is.gd/ntIG5u
Via @h2OTrust Thoughtful Thursday news Clean Drinking Water SVDs Daily http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 …@quest_water@savethewater@waterwired@amwater
The @WaterUtilities Daily is out! http://bit.ly/gPIkJ2 ▸ Top stories today via @tomasldb@UNW_WWD@ACWUA
The @WaterTanks Daily is out! http://bit.ly/h2YEQb ▸ Top stories today via @BBXAustralia@lovethatfabric@wahoopower1
Via @Alwi_Eisner 'Tales from the Trenches' top stories via@americanrivers @greenpowerplan @circleofblue
@waterwarden http://is.gd/3o208G
RT @H2OTrust Favorite Friday news Clean Drinking Water SVDs Daily http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … @banthebottle@waterwired
@ecoevaluator @foodandwater
RT @farmwater News: News articles and links from Aug. 3, 2012 http://farmwaternews.blogspot.com/2012/08/news-articles-and-links-from-aug-3-2012.html?spref=tw
WaSH
RT @Water HALF the world's hospital beds are occupied by ppl w/ preventable water-related diseases. #fridayfact
Water Quality
MT @waterlaws FL Audubon Society sues @SFWMD to enforce nutrient limits for waters entering Everglades http://bit.ly/MM9fjZ
RT @drgrist Mountaintop-removal mining contaminated up to 22% of streams in southern West Va. http://is.gd/q29s41
RT @floridaswater Permeable pavement captures storm water http://buildgreen.ufl.edu/Fact_sheet_Permeable_Surfaces.pdf …
RT @NACWA Cities struggling to save money, protect water quality:http://bit.ly/N7H8rH
@EPAgov Phosphorus Water Quality Standards for FL Everglades. PDF: http://is.gd/2h2K44 HTML: http://is.gd/nt27yM
Water Supply, Conservation, and Use
Building dams or rainwater harvesting? RT @lockwooddewitt Full story of "Rain Man" arrest. http://is.gd/4cgQcP
When Is Building Dams Called Rainwater Collection?http://bit.ly/OBawsb
Via @finiteH2Oaware Reducing the Olympic Aquatics Centre’s water consumption http://is.gd/slk7oQ
Irrigation R&D drying up – a looming weakness for Australia.http://is.gd/ltED3r
RT @euwm Thames Water accused of 'mismanagement' by closing two dozen reservoirs via @Telegraph http://soc.li/EGsp18V
MT @MySAWS Recycled water - Des Moines offers treated wastewater for irrigation http://ow.ly/cIhxg via @DMRegister
3000-year-old irrigation system found in Pima County, AZ http://is.gd/xSHjGH
Wow! and WTF?
RT @csmonitor The big money of environmentalism http://bit.ly/O9rxXY
RT @USGS Check out this photo of a water spout created by lava spilling into the ocean: http://on.doi.gov/Ptwjyv
West wind soft as a sweet dream
My love warm as the sunshine
Sittin' here by me, she's here by me."
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