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Favorite Blogs

  • Acequias and Adjudication
    From Eric Perramond: a blog on water rights in New Mexico.
  • Aguanomics
    The economics of water (and some other stuff), courtesy of economist David Zetland.
  • Alltop Water
    An aggregation of the top water blogs and their five most recent posts - all in one place!
  • Aquafornia
    The California water news blog by the Water Education Foundation.
  • Authentically Wired
    Water and a lot more from Paul F. Miller.
  • AWRA
    The water resources blog of the American Water Resources Association.
  • Blue Living Ideas
    Blue Living Ideas is the ultimate Web resource for information, tips, news, and events related to Earth’s most precious resource — Water.
  • Building Bridges
    Anna Warwick Sears, Executive Director of the Okanagan Basin Water Board in British Columbia, provides an insider's view of water management.
  • California Water Blog
    A biologist, economist, engineer and geologist walk onto a bar…From the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC-Davis.
  • Campanastan
    That's 'Campana-stan', or 'Place of Campana', formerly 'Aquablog'. Michael Campana's personal blog, promulgating his Weltanschauung.
  • Chance of Rain
    Journalist Emily Green's take on water issues.
  • Chronicles of the Hydraulic Brotherhood
    The personal blog of Lloyd G. Carter, former UPI and Fresno Bee reporter, attorney, and California water observer for many years.
  • ClimateChangeWaterBlog
    Global travels in freshwater climate adaptation from John H. Matthews.
  • Cool Green Science
    The conservation blog of The Nature Conservancy. More than a dozen science and policy experts blogging away!
  • Dr. Anne Jefferson's Watershed Hydrology Lab
    Anne blogs from Kent State University on a variety of earth science topics.
  • Ecocentric
    A blog about food, water and energy.
  • Great Lakes Law
    Noah Hall's blog about - what else - all things wet and legal in the Great Lakes region!
  • GrokSurf
    George J. Janczyn opines on water, environment, technology, law and politics in the San Diego area.
  • Hydro-Logic
    Matthew Garcia reports on hydrology and water resources in the news and science media.
  • International Water Law Project
    Gabriel Eckstein, Director of the IWLP at Texas Tech University, comments on international and transboundary water law and policy.
  • JAWRA
    From Ken Lanfear, the editor of the Journal of the American Water Resources Association.
  • John Fleck
    Science writer at the Albuquerque Journal. Great stuff on climate, water, and more.
  • Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy
    From the UC-Berkeley and UCLA law schools, it highlights the latest legal and policy initiatives and examines their implications.
  • Living in Actively Moving Water
    Chris Corbin blogs about water rights and water markets.
  • Oklahoma Water Law
    Tulsa attorney Jim Milton provides information on Oklahoma water law and related news: litigation, water transfers, contracts, and more!
  • On The Public Record
    A 'low level civil servant who reads a lot of government reports writes about California water and related topics.
  • Rainbow Water Coalition
    From Todd Jarvis. A non-partisan, neutral perspective supporting diversity in the color of water. A blog mostly about greywater.
  • Random Groundwater Notes
    From Thomas Harter at UC-Davis:"Grundwasser" [groondvusr], German, n. groundwater, water below the surface of the earth
  • Wettit - the water reddit
    Water blog with tons of news items, other blogs, etc.
  • Riparian Rap
    Steve Gough on river geomorphology and the business, politics, and science of river ecosystem conservation.
  • Rising Tide
    The blog of Ned Breslin, Water for People's CEO, one of the world best thinkers on WaSH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) issues.
  • Significant Figures by Peter Gleick
    Peter Gleick, WaterWonk extraordinaire, tells it like it is and should be with respect to water.
  • The Water Blog
    From the Portland, OR, Water Bureau.
  • Thirsty in Suburbia
    Gayle Leonard documents things from the world of water that make us smile: particularly funny, amusing and weird items on bottled water, water towers, water marketing, recycling, the art-water nexus and working.
  • WaSH Resources
    New publications, web sites and multi-media on water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH).
  • Waste, Water, Whatever
    Elizabeth Royte's ('Bottlemania', 'Garbage Land') notes on waste, water, whatever.
  • Water 50/50
    From Jay Famiglietti at UC-Irvine. Fifty lectures in fifty weeks: The 2012 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lectureship. A global lecture tour delivering the message about our changing water cycle, groundwater depletion, and the future of freshwater availability.
  • Water For The Ages
    Abby, another PNWer, writes about global water issues with passion and concern.
  • Water Matters
    News from the Columbia University Water Center.
  • Water SISWEB
    From UC-Davis water students. More than just a blog, it's a water resources community social bookmarking site. The users run the show, and all can participate.
  • Water Words That Work
    From Eric Eckl, a communications and marketing expert for environmental and other progressive causes.
  • Waterblogged
    Shaun McKinnon of the Arizona Republic.
  • Watercrunch
    The sound when people and water collide. A curious blend of water, infrastructure, history, and science. Broadcasting from Clemson, SC.
  • WaterCulture
    David Groenfeldt adds value to water policies.
  • Watering the Desert
    Aptly-titled blog by CJ Brooks, a lawyer-hydrologist-geologist from Tucson, AZ.
  • WaterWired
    All things fresh water: news, comment, and analysis from hydrogeologist Michael E. Campana, Professor at Oregon State University.
  • Western Water Blog
    The 'mystery blog' about Western USA water issues. What more can I say?
  • Wisdom in Water, Please...
    Wayne Bossert, who manages a groundwater district in Kansas, provides his wisdom on water issues.
  • xAnalytical
    Doug Walker's xAnalytical blog:Turning Data and Information into Knowledge

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Friday, 26 October 2012

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 20 - 26 October 2012

PumpkinFinally!

Had lunch with some cool Brazilian geographers. Almost didn't finish this up!

Have a great Halloween! Thanks to the U.S. Water Alliance for the graphic.

Note - if you are new to this summary: to access a story, click on the link beginning with 'http://', 'is.gd', or 'bit.ly'. Clicking on a link beginning with '@' will take you to that person's Twitter account; clicking on a link beginning with '#' will take you to a Twitter list containing Tweets about a particular topic. Some items may not have a hot link to a story, which is fine - it may have been just an informational item or a personal message to someone. Or, I may have screwed up and forgotten the link! 

Enjoy! 

Bottled Water and Drinking Water
RT @h2oMatters FIJI water does come from FIJI where 50% of people do not have access to clean water. #ATLwater

 

California
Rep. Tom McClintock (R): The adult in the room. http://is.gd/mmBJy0 (Via @CalWatchdog) #cawater

RT @GrokSurf San Diego regional water news roundup Oct 15-21, 2012 - http://bit.ly/QhGLdS 

 

Canada
Via @waterca Regina (Saskatchewan) officials say water may look funny but it is okay to drink. http://is.gd/vU2R0R 


Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
MT @craigtimes Miami writer Edna Buchanan blasts enviros who used flooded street as example of CC (via @random_pixels)http://is.gd/yd0uu2 

Via @EnnNews Increased Rainfall Causes Drop in Sea Level?http://is.gd/0aMBsA 

RT @HuffPostGreen Why aren't Obama and Romney discussing climate change? http://huff.to/WwHRK6 

MT @ClimateCentral 131 years of global warming in 26 seconds, courtesy of @NASA animation. http://bit.ly/RX51BS 

MT @jfleck Too early to obsess, but I am: Slow start to the snow season in the Colorado River basin: http://j.mp/Sd1l2O 

Via @billmckibben Russia's climate change hits US consumers - grain harvest down. http://is.gd/Rs936j 

MT @PeterGleick @DeSmogBlog: Monckton off the rails!http://ht.ly/eNEdS  #climate" #LordMonckton: the gift that keeps on giving.

Via @allafrica Climate Change Threatens Bhutan's Gross National Happiness. http://is.gd/3xoa1r 

Climate change report calls Utah policies ‘risky’ http://is.gd/OAzDmm 

Prof. Dr. I. Soesilo - Global Climate Change: Role of Indonesian Archipelago and Global Challenges http://bit.ly/Sm5xgW 

RT @ClimateCentral via @TheDailyClimate, Cato Institute "addendum" seeks to undermine federal report on CC impacts.http://bit.ly/QNqltV 


Conferences, Workshops, and Calls for Papers/Abstracts
Conference: IWRM Karlsruhe 2012, 21-22 November.http://is.gd/iEjTjB 

RT @USGS_Idaho Western States Evapotranspiration Workshop starts today in Boise: http://bit.ly/PLMBY7 

 

Conflict, Security, and Cooperation
Wolf on Water: Healing the Enlightenment Rift - Rationality, Spirituality, and Shared Waters http://bit.ly/TfzMGU 


Economics
Seven-minute audio on: 'Water as an Asset Class'http://is.gd/65QQHp 

RT @veoliawaterna Check out this study on #water & the #economyvia @GrowingBlue http://ht.ly/ew8t6 

RT @WSPWorldBank Rachel Kyte: Economic losses from poor#sanitation in some countries are as high as 7% of GDP.http://cot.ag/RRxlHo 

RT @columbiawater Analysis: Nation's water costs rushing higher@usatoday http://ow.ly/eGx4y 

VIa @foodandwater Long Island (NY) Residents Complain Of Skyrocketing Water Bills. http://fwwat.ch/RSwLJB 


Education
Via @CGIAR @earthgovernance Prof. Elinor Ostrom Intl. Fellowship on Practice & Policy on Commons. Apps: 30 Oct http://is.gd/HSSiX1 


Floods and Droughts
MT @HeidiCullen Weather modification? Don't count on it to end drought, experts say. http://bit.ly/RkxqUV 

 

Groundwater
MT @ClimateCentral The Canadian gov't 'Knew of Plans to Dump Iron into Pacific' and did not stop it http://bit.ly/QJiMEF 

RT @peakwater Rainwater structures vital to improve groundwater table. http://is.gd/ws2tzP 

MT @MeadowsC4Water Aquarena Springs is second largest artesian springs complex in the Western US http://fb.me/2b64osc3g 

RT @YaleEnviro Deadly Spain Earthquake Triggered By Groundwater Removal http://fb.me/1ZwAHSmTu 

Salt-water intrusion into Long Island's Lloyd Aquifer (DW source)?http://is.gd/meXect 

 

Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy
RT @EcoCentered A farmer fights for justice after fracking wastewater ruins his fields: http://ow.ly/eFoel 

@denverpost editorial: Vote 'No' on 300 - reject Longmont fracking ban. http://is.gd/bIJALe 

MT @NASciences NRC: "hydraulic fracturing a well..for shale gas recovery not a high risk to induce felt seismic events"http://ow.ly/eF7I7 

RT @Chevron How we use horizontal drilling & hydraulic fracturing to safely produce natural gas from shale [animation]:http://spr.ly/6014pDpn 

MT @SkyTruth New aerial pics of the Bayou Corne sinkhole in Louisiana - http://ow.ly/eLOqs  - and story http://ow.ly/eLOxS  

International
Global water stress and Canada-US Water Transfers.http://is.gd/FvAbf9  (Via @WaterontheTable)

RT @rivrchik Columbia River pollution case tests international law (SeattleTimes) http://ow.ly/eJ6Da  MT @WCIWA

RT @CGIAR Delivering Change Through Empowered African Women Scientists http://bit.ly/RYkNxM  #GCARD2

 Dr. I. Soesilo PPT - Global Climate Change: Role of Indonesian Archipelago and Global Challenges http://is.gd/7X9n3D 


Journals, Reports, and Publications
Another great collection of water and related reports from@MGhydro http://is.gd/lzyyxC 

October 2012 JAWRA Highlights http://bit.ly/RRbfrz 

Tuesday Trifecta: 1) New Edition! Water Supply Well Guidelines in DCs; 2) Well Cost-Benefit Analysis; 3) Kenya Projecthttp://bit.ly/RelHc0 

MT @geosociety New issue of Memoirs is online: Hydrology & Geochemistry of Yucca Mountain & Vicinity ($) http://bit.ly/XfF4n6 

NRC Report: Advancing Strategic Science: A Spatial Data Infrastructure Roadmap for the @USGS Free PDF. http://is.gd/Ni0ekr 


People and Personal
RT @ASCETweets "Nothing has more strength than dire necessity." --Euripides

@SaveTheWater Takes me away from work, too! I am actually W&M class of 1970; Jerry Coyne (@Evolutionistrue) was one year younger...

@InvasiveNotes Love your quotes and song selections. Had not heard 'One Tin Soldier' in eons...Thanks.

Via @earthmagazine Climate scientist @MichaelEMann sues over sex offender comparison. http://bit.ly/Xfjj75 

 
Positions Open
Position Open: US Army (Ft. Belvoir,VA) - Environmental Engineer. Closes: 29 Oct. http://is.gd/W3XUya 

Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/oVVDz7 

Position Open: MWH (Sacramento, CA) Civil Engineering Leadhttp://is.gd/iPBInk 

Position Open: MWH (Sacramento, CA) Water Resources Internhttp://is.gd/5WmlyK 

Position Open: MWH (Sacramento, CA) - Associate Water Resources Engineer. http://is.gd/5nnOLM 

Position Open: @usbr Natural Resources Specialist (Sacramento, CA). Closes: 31 October http://is.gd/NaYvOd 

Position Open: @usbr Natural Resources Specialist (Sacramento, CA). Closes: 31 October http://is.gd/NaYvOd 

Position Open: @EPAgov - Physical Scientist (Environmental)/Industrial Hygienist (Las Vegas) Closes: 31 Octhttp://1.usa.gov/XjKn50 

Position Open: @EPAgov - Intelligence Research Specialist (Washington, DC) Closes: 15 Nov. http://1.usa.gov/XjKn52 

 Position Open: @WWFCanada - Marketing Coordinator (Toronto). Closes: 31 Oct. http://ow.ly/eJDGK 

Position Open: Interested in #scipolicy? Apply for AGU Spring 2013 Public Affairs Internship starting Jan 2013 in DC http://bit.ly/U23USN 

Position Open: GeoCorps - GIS Specialist - NPS - Conservation & Outdoor Recreation (COR) Division in DC Apply now!http://is.gd/AFNfTQ 

Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/p3xv9t 

Position Open: OSU - Computational Modeling Researcher w/ PRISM group. Closes: 20 Dec; Full consideration: 30 Nov.http://is.gd/EcUN4B 

Position Open: @EPAgov - UG student internship (Athens, GA). Closes: 8 November. http://is.gd/1e6tNR 

Positions Open: Western U. & U of Waterloo (Canada) - PhD & Postdocs in GW Hydrology,Biogeochemistry & Microbiology.http://is.gd/WS0URz 

Positions Open - Inst. for Global Environ. Strategies (Japan) is hiring a number of positions. Visit: http://is.gd/Xb2sTB 

Position Open: U of OK - PhD student for project 'Land Mgmt Impacts on WQ in NZ Rivers' Apply by 1 Dec http://is.gd/D6uwfS 

 Position Open: U of S. Carolina - T-T Asst. Prof in Geography (Water Resources). OUF but apps due 1 Nov. http://is.gd/zQUvcw 

Position Open: @USGS - Interdisciplinary Supervisory - Climate Impacts (Honolulu, HI). Closes: 31 Oct http://is.gd/0rHHlI 

Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/NShzyR 

Positions Open (2): @USGS - Supervisory Hydrologists (San Diego, CA). Closes: 31 October. http://is.gd/I5wZV1  and http://is.gd/XUuXeF 

Positions Open (2): @USGS - Supervisory Hydrologists (Sacramento, CA). Closes: 31 October. http://is.gd/Whj5bU  and http://is.gd/SiDghr 
 
Position Open: Ecologic Institute - Scientist in the area of water science and policy (Berlin). Closes: 31 October http://is.gd/oCGXah 

Position Open: HDR - Hydrogeologist or Water Resources Engineer (Seattle area). Closes: not indicated http://is.gd/fKHBfx 

Positions Open (2): New Mexico Tech - Two T-T Assistant Profs. of Chemistry. OUF; review of apps on 1 Nov. http://is.gd/Vjs8Eg 

Position Open: Atlanta Regional Commission - Division Chief, Natural Resources. http://is.gd/7tQYSu 

Position Open: NYC DEP - Postdoc, climate data analysis or forest ecosystem modeling. Info - contact eschneiderman@dep.nyc.gov

Position Open: Benton (OR) Soil & Water Conservation District - District Manager Closes: 1 Nov http://is.gd/zGbpvR 

Position Open: USFWS - Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation (DC). Closes: 2 Nov. http://is.gd/Hs83Wp 
 
Position Open: EPA (Corvallis, OR) MS/PhD: Economic assessment of lake ecosystem services. Closes: 2 Nov http://is.gd/5qR9pr 

Positions Open: Various - Scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/KAb4yQ 

RT @WorldBank Check out our new World Bank #jobs website, now easier to use: http://bit.ly/S9WEqT 

Position Open: Oregon Water Resources Congress (Salem, OR) - Policy Coordinator F-T. OUF; ideal start Dec 2012.http://is.gd/fzEHrU 

Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'.http://is.gd/nJjnAT 

Position Open: OSU - Asst/Assoc Professor,Heavy Isotope Geochemistry. Full consideration: 15 Dec; Close: 15 Janhttp://is.gd/owuxtY 

Position Open: U of Vermont - T-T Asst. Professor, Geochemistry. OUF; priority to apps by 1 Nov. http://is.gd/KPc45L 

Position Open: Water for Waslala (Nicaragua) - Project Manager. Starts: January 2013 http://is.gd/xEfDgz 

Position Open: Idaho Conservation League - Conservation Associate (Ketchum, ID). OUF. http://is.gd/56HAT6 

Position Open: UI @ Chicago - T-T Asst Prof, Atmospheric/Hydrological Sciences. For full consideration: 15 Nov.http://is.gd/WiAzKu

Positions Open: Various US agencies - hydrologists, civil engineers, and related. http://is.gd/gnEQ9c 

Positions Open (3): Public Health Agency of Canada - Postdocs, waterborne diseases. http://is.gd/jsQRJv

Position Open: USEPA - Postdoc, wastewater reuse (Cincinnati, OH). Check to verify closing date before applying. http://is.gd/CiHmNK 

Position Open: NSF - Rotator position (1-3 years) Instrumentation & Facilities Program http://is.gd/limgW6 

Position Open: UCSC - Asst. Professor, Geochemistry or Crustal Dynamics. OUF; initial review: 7 Nov. http://is.gd/GBVB0Z 

Position Open: KS State University - Geotechnical Engineering, Asst/Assoc Professor (T-T). OUF; app review: 1 Novhttp://is.gd/D0e2nY 

Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/xtLe3o 

Position Open: Cornell University - Postdoc, bioenvironmental microsensor development (Fall 2012) http://is.gd/pDp9KX 


Previous 2012 Weekly Water Summaries
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 20 - 26 October 2012http://bit.ly/Y4OG3H 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 6 - 12 October 2012http://bit.ly/UQbpCH 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 29 September - 5 October 2012 http://bit.ly/VD5uyq 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 22 - 28 September 2012http://bit.ly/V3UdqP 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 15 - 21 September 2012http://bit.ly/UwfWau  #iah2012

 TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 8 - 14 September 2012http://bit.ly/PfIWjM 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 1 - 7 September 2012http://bit.ly/Os0nML 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 25 - 31 August 2012http://bit.ly/NAAA9q 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 18 - 24 August 2012 http://bit.ly/NkAseb 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 11 - 17 August 2012 http://bit.ly/NJhwBK 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 4 - 10 August 2012http://bit.ly/NPgVfz 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 28 July - 3 August 2012http://bit.ly/OujLIj

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 21 - 27 July 2012
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 14 -20 July 2012 http://bit.ly/NDj0iC
 
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 7-13 July 2012 http://bit.ly/LOiBva 
  
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 30 June - 6 July 2012 http://bit.ly/PnMzYj

It's Baaack! TGIF! Biweekly Water News Summary, 16 - 29 June 2012 
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 9 - 15 June 2012 http://bit.ly/KOAByx

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 2 - 8 June 2012http://bit.ly/LF5G9G

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, 28 April - 4 May 2012http://bit.ly/IK5W7e

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
 

Science and Technology
Jerry Coyne's Ten Cents: Read These Two Articles on Anti-Science in American Politics http://bit.ly/QJPtC1 

RT @Evolutionistrue Anti-science in American politics: two must-read articles http://wp.me/ppUXF-jiW 

Watch your flood forecasts! @BBCNews L'Aquila quake: Italy scientists guilty of manslaughter. http://is.gd/zHi6k4 

RT @PlanktonMath Why Are Environmentalists Taking Anti-Science Positions? | Fred Pearce. http://goo.gl/mlLTZ 

RT @theAGU Geology Word of the Week: Y is for Yellowstone http://goo.gl/MVXPa  @GeoEvelyn

RT @jfleck @brianvastag MT @jfischman Why Italian courts aren't insane & scientists in quake case aren't blamelesshttp://bit.ly/PqH9w8 

MT @ngwatweets Potential federal sequestration of funds could severely impact #geoscience R & D (via @AGI_Updates)http://ow.ly/eNbA0 

Gov. Romney and President Obama on science (including water)http://is.gd/tmrx6D 

RT @highcountrynews Obama and Romney on environmental issues: A Grand Canyon of difference http://bit.ly/Sd5cxR 

 Streams, Lakes, Dams, and Ecosystems
RT @theburntcity Why is Yale Environment 360 spreading the DDT ban myth http://on.natgeo.com/TG4oh6 

High mercury lands Lake Powell fish on food alert list.http://is.gd/eBK6rV 


Twitter, E-Newspapers, and E-Newsletters
RT @MtnHellfire Geo-Earth is out! http://bit.ly/xSVrwm  ▸ Top stories today via @hydrography @GetGeologyJobs

The @WaterStJournal Daily is out! http://bit.ly/haf8gw  ▸ Top stories today via @WaterWired @valleywater @improve_intl

RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out! http://bit.ly/f6ZJjL  ▸ Top stories today via @timrote

RT @CGIAR-on-Twitter Daily is out! http://bit.ly/s83Lj4  ▸ Top stories today via @CIMMYT

RT @EvoiSociety The iSociety Extra is out! http://bit.ly/jxoQpQ  ▸ Top stories today via @lloydalter @WaterWired

APMN Thematic Digest, Issue 30: Water and Hazardshttp://bit.ly/RcDEYC 

EWB-OSU Weekly Newsletter 21 October 2012 http://is.gd/cKBwCv 

H2OSU Newsletter - 22 October 2012 - conferences, funding opportunities, jobs, etc. http://is.gd/oVVDz7 

RT @worldresources Twitter Community is out! http://bit.ly/RX5QMe ▸ Top stories today via @MelindaRooke @bobinglis @tweetingdonal

CEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 26 October 2012http://is.gd/1AyZRe 

@H2OEthics Water Ethics Newsletter October 2012http://is.gd/6imVvH 

RT @medindoagua The Água & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/hRCisK ▸ Top stories today via @projectwet @OSEagua @WaterWired

New E-newsletter from @AWRAHQ 'The Catalyst' http://is.gd/fu2vSx 

 
WaSH and Development
RT @WASHfunders In case you missed our special infographic commemorating our 1-year anniversary! http://ow.ly/eIonQ 

 New UN Documentation Centre on WatSan English:http://is.gd/abqZTn  español: http://is.gd/J5UKpd 


Water Quality
RT @PacificCouncil Environmental groups call for tougher pesticide regulations... http://ow.ly/euGrT 

RT @Waterkeeper 40 years later, the Clean Water Act has had a profound effect on Mississippi River http://dld.bz/bQqrs 

MT @EPAresearch Interested in your local waterway's health? Check out our new app: How's My Waterway?http://1.usa.gov/Qv1Zal 

RT @NatureNews The buzz about pesticides http://bit.ly/UnZSt5 

EPA Webinar:'Using the New Water Quality Portal', 23 Oct. 1-3 PM EDT. http://is.gd/HxVXdR 

Video series: 'Nabbing Nitrates' http://is.gd/MVKLk4 

RT @HeadAboveH2O Next challenge for clean water: controlling pollution from runoff http://bit.ly/UuXMIb  via @winonadailynews

RT @circleofblue Clean Water Act Turns 40 (Part II): A Harvest of Clean Water Exemptions on the Farm http://is.gd/JHZoUq 

RT @WaterNetowrk1 New Water Treatment Process Could Help Bring Dead Zones Back to Life http://j.mp/TTH4Ni 

 

Water Supply, Use, Reuse, and Conservation
MT @jfleck Carlsbad desal plant const may be just months off. Good I didn't make that "never be built" bet http://j.mp/RS4oyl  @groksurf

RT @lockwooddewitt 10 Awesome Gadgets To Reuse Waterhttp://is.gd/gWNYri 
 
RT @OurWaterCounts More than a little muck in our water pipes |#facethefactsusa http://ar.gy/29eo 
 
RT @ENRnews Illinois gov. unveils $1B water,sewer upgrade planhttp://ow.ly/eFuaP  

RT @YaleEnviro Americans Support More Waste Water Reuse, GE Survey Shows http://bloom.bg/QE7q7a  via @BloombergNews

RT @WaterAuditor Squeezing Blood From the Desert: The West Grapples With Less Water. http://shar.es/ch2MJ  via @sharethis

@WaterAlliance Ben Grumbles' Presidential Pipeline - 'Scare City'http://is.gd/vGai5R 

 

WTF?
@gayleleonard MORE! Halloween Costumes for the Water Obsessed. http://is.gd/qpmPv7 

@gayleleonard Halloween Costumes for Water and WASH Wonks: 2012 edition http://is.gd/Ucfb9T 

MT @Allochthonous Earworm alert! The last minute of 'Fossil Rock Anthem' is especially clever. http://youtu.be/ClJ5lwl_wM0 

Via @TheGoor First world problems are not problems. Get some perspective: http://youtu.be/fxyhfiCO_XQ  @waterislife

“Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.” - Niels Bohr (thanks to Patricia Olson)

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