I spent several days in DC this week, attending a Partners Meeting and an Advisory Board meeting of the International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM). Both AWRA and OSU are ICIWaRM partners.
The meeting was held at the ASCE office at 101 Constitution NW, just across from the Capitol. The view from the top floor is reputed to be one of the best in DC.
Here is a photo of AWRA Technical Director Dick Engberg and me up on the roof.
By the way, you can rent the roof for an event - just $10,000, and that includes the mandatory tents. Food, entertainment, and service are extra.
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Book and Book Reviews
New book: 'Climate Change and Water Governance'http://is.gd/X2R2sG
California
MT @EI_Climate @sciam: Megastorms could drown massive portions of California. http://j.mp/11x8nTt
Maven's (aka @Aquafornia) Water Notebook. http://is.gd/1qLCHl #cawater
Canada
RT @karendyck Lake Winnipeg morning. No line on the #horizon @ Balsam Harbour http://instagr.am/p/Ssrkz2Peyr/
Bull trout, official Alberta fish species, slides into 'at-risk' status.http://is.gd/egdrAH (@calgaryherald)
Alberta @WaterPortal News - 5 December http://is.gd/P79gFS
Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
MT @CGIAR Study: rainfall shifts pushing rural poor to migrate (AlertNet) http://is.gd/SFXhen
RT @HuffPostCanada New study contains more bad news about climate change http://huff.to/11mTwMr
Video: Considering 'Soft Geoengineering' http://is.gd/GHGZfc (Via@NewSecurityBeat)
RT @HuffingtonPost Is the climate change battle missing the voice of Islamic leaders? http://huff.to/SpEVei
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: The future will not be coolhttp://is.gd/xtMaZN (via @salon)
Editorial @DurangoHerald: December wildfire a reminder that warmer and drier might be the new ‘normal’ http://is.gd/gROUGQ
RT @bberwyn Arctic sea ice stayed near record low levels during November http://wp.me/pJ91e-drb
Report: Global warming hits Utah’s ski industry hardhttp://is.gd/9LvLRt (@sltrib)
RT @tveitdal Via @nprnews: At Doha Climate Talks, Modest Results At Best http://n.pr/YVrw2y
RT @Earth_News Post-Sandy, NYC Takes On Climate Change Battlehttp://bit.ly/129k6YF @discovery
2012 likely USA's warmest year on record. http://is.gd/aaI2Bn (Via@USATODAY)
Documentary on destruction of glaciers begins big-screen run at local theater. http://is.gd/SSHJeH (via @missoulian)
Conflict, Cooperation, and Security
Nile Basin Twofer: 1) @TheWaterChannel: Risking the River? 2) Jennifer Veilleux's Voyages http://bit.ly/SzuK8j
@sjasechko @SaveTheWater True about Nature paper,but Aaron Wolf has been doing this (water conflict, no wars) for yearshttp://is.gd/e4uBoo
MT @wH2Ojournal Mujab Mashal on transboundary water issues between (and within) Afghanistan, Iran,Pakistan http://bit.ly/UdnQ4K
Parties to @UN_ECE Water Convention agree on historic step towards global transboundary water cooperation. http://is.gd/nVtrtK
Drought revives old water war among river states.http://is.gd/im5SWE (Via @DurangoHerald)
Droughts, Floods, and Disasters
From Japan, 21 Months Later: A Personal Statement About Fukushima http://bit.ly/UHD5Y9
Via @ddimick Heat and Drought: "Will the West Survive?" (via@mensjournal) http://mjm.ag/TjOa1v
MT @cfishman US drought is so bad, people on MO & MS rivers are asking Obama to decide who gets water http://shar.es/6I2WJ via@newser
Economics and Law
@EPAgov Rule Complicates Runoff Case for Supreme Court Justices. http://is.gd/26Vy0b
MT @troutheadwaters SCOTUS Reinvigorates Public Trust Doctrine, Clarifies Possession of Missouri River Bottomlandhttp://tinyurl.com/7qwbx9p
MT @troutheadwaters WaPo: Nutrient Trading has "Promise"http://tinyurl.com/9ypg4vv
Education
OSU MS defense: Ecosystem Service Approach to Inform Reactive Nitrogen Management, Lower Yakima River Basin,WA,10:30 AM, 3 Dec,203 Wilkinson http://bit.ly/YtqdZO
MT @theAAG Want to do something you love? Short clip presents message behind popular geography careers poster.http://ow.ly/fRcnW
Events and Opportunities
@WaterAlliance's U.S. Water Prize nominations extended to 31 December. http://is.gd/aTB5u5
@zenrainman webinar: 'Urban Rainwater Harvesting: Promising Solutions and Future Challenges' 12 Dec, 1400 GMThttp://is.gd/1Eongv
WERF RFPs: 1) Sustainable Integrated Water Mgmt; 2) Energy Production & Recovery from Wastewater & Solids.http://is.gd/HALqim
Oregon Water Utilities Council Legislative Symposium, 9 Jan 2013.http://is.gd/4TAji1
Listening to Dr. Paul Farmer & Opehlia Dahl on 'Here and Now' - 25th anniversary of Partners in Health @PIH http://is.gd/luMenX
Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy
MT @EI_Climate Experts' review of NY fracking soon to be complete: AP http://j.mp/11x7A4Y
Colorado officials question @USGS study on hydraulic fracturing, earthquakes http://is.gd/ViNpu7 (@denverpost)
Encana calls on EPA to abandon Pavillion test wells.http://is.gd/RDkwx1 (Via @CSTribune)
UT-Austin fracking study discredited: scientifically unsound, tainted by CoI issues. http://is.gd/e0AOG4 (Via @nprnews)
People
"Statistics reminds me of the man who drowned in a river that had an average depth of three feet."- Woody Hayes
Report From West Africa: An Interconnected Worldhttp://bit.ly/RvpuEp
Policy, Planning, and Management
MA Water Initiative: Patrick-Murray Administration Establishes Framework to Better Protect Water Resources http://is.gd/zlixWO
RT @MySAWS Editorial: Leaders can't ignore state's water needshttp://ow.ly/fOJPI via @mySA #txwater
Positions Open
Positions Open: AZ State University - Bisgrove Postdoctoral Scholars Program. Apps due: 18 January http://is.gd/6rVt52
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities' Many new! http://is.gd/o3ZxvJ
Position Open: Central Connecticut State U. - TT Asst. Professor, Hydrogeology. Closes: 5 Jan http://is.gd/O4ylOv
Position Open: NMED - GWQ Bureau - Geoscientist, Remediation Oversight (#12190). Closes: 15 Dec. http://is.gd/om8Jjy
Position Open: Greenbelt Land Trust (Corvallis, OR) - Willamette Restoration Coordinator. Closes: 31 Dec http://is.gd/S4wv96
Position Open: City of Tualatin (OR) - P-T Volunteer Coordinator. Closes: 10 Dec http://is.gd/pfmjwT
Positions Open: ETH Zurich - Postdocs - hydrology, (bio)geochemistry, geomorphology. OUF. Info: sarah.hertli @ env (dot) ethz (dot) ch
Position Open: Inter-Fluve, Inc. - Engineer or Geomorphologist (Madison, WI). OUF. http://is.gd/OQYaki
Position Open: UT-Knoxville - TT Asst. Professor, Water Resources (Engineering). OUF; app review: 2 Jan 2013. http://is.gd/EcqjJp
Position Open: U of Saskatchewan - Asst. Dir., Global Inst. for Water Security. Closes: 18 Dec http://is.gd/ZwDV9x (tnx @jeremyj_schmidt
Position Open: U of Idaho - TT Asst. Professor,Area Extension Educator-Water Quality (Coeur d'Alene). Closes: 1 Janhttp://is.gd/QG7aVP
Positions Open (4): U of WA - 4 TT profs in FW sciences. Info: jebaker @ uw . edu; dennisl @ uw . edu App review: 4 Janhttp://is.gd/BZMHe5
Positions Open: Sprigg Geobiology Centre (U Adelaide) - three geobiology positions Close: 15 Jan http://is.gd/rEzJsq
Position Open: Willamette Partnership (OR) - Ecosystem Services Specialist, Full-time, Temporary. Closes: 14 Dec http://is.gd/Qh4GVb
Positions Open (3): Ohio State - 3, 2-year postdocs to study regime shifts in Logone floodplain,Cameroon. Apps: 31 Dechttp://is.gd/aMsN6G
Position Open: UTEP - TT Assistant Professor in Earth System Science. OUF; apply by 10 Jan http://is.gd/6doH41 (free login req'd.)
Position Open: @environmentca (Burlington, ONT) - Postdoc - Impacts of shale gas on GW. Contact: jim.roy @ ec (dot) gc (dot) ca
Position Open: Penn State - Faculty Position in Cyber-Enabled Geosciences. OUF; App review: 3 Jan. http://is.gd/TQIf2Y
Position Open: @IUCN - Secretary General, Ramsar Convention (Switzerland). Closes: 15 Jan http://is.gd/GXMRGP
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/IxOJdN
Position Open: U. Bremen - Associate Scientist, Ocean & Society. Contact Prof. Dr. Dierk Hebbeln, dhebbeln @ uni-bremen (dot) de
Positions Open (3): MI State U - Faculty: hydrologic sciences; geomicrobiology; & endowed chair. OUF; review: mid-Dec.http://is.gd/C4yth5
Position Open: MRC (search firm) - Principal Hydrogeologist (Nevada) - needed ASAP http://is.gd/t7hqQl
Position Open: Montana State Univ - TT Assistant Professor of Watershed Hydrology. OUF; app review: 9 Jan 2013http://is.gd/ZKEAEC
Position Open: Colorado State Univ - TT Assistant Professor in Watershed Science. Apps due: 15 January 2013.http://is.gd/ST9OP9
Position Open: World Water Council - Executive Director (Marseille, FR) http://is.gd/8hVxqf
Position Open: Inter-Fluve, Inc. - River Restoration Engineer/Geomorphologist (Madison, WI). OUF. http://is.gd/OQYaki (tnx @drjerque)
Positions Open - Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/gO4HXh
Position Open: Utah State University - Aquatic Ecologist/Project Manager. OUF; review begins 7 Dec. http://is.gd/6D1LCg
Position Open: @usbr - Science Advisor, Office of Commissioner (DC or CO). Closes: 7 Dec, http://is.gd/2bK4Ij
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/R1UIMi
Positions Open: Various - Scroll down to opportunities'http://is.gd/wmJAKf
Position Open: @NOAA - Director, Climate Program Office (Silver Spring, MD). IPA sssignment. Closes: 28 Dec. http://is.gd/LTm1Nb
Position Open: College of Charleston (SC) - TT Asst. Professor, Water Systems Science. Closes: 6 Jan 2013 http://is.gd/7v5LsG
Position Open: Natural Heritage Institute (SF, CA) - Hydrologist/Water Reso. Engr. (Dam Reoperation). Scroll down pagehttp://is.gd/Obkbh8
Positions Open: AZ State University - Interdisciplinary Postdocs (2 yrs) Closes: 31 Dec http://is.gd/bDNIan
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/oVVDz7
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: 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
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: Atlanta Regional Commission - Division Chief, Natural Resources. http://is.gd/7tQYSu
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: Water for Waslala (Nicaragua) - Project Manager. Starts: January 2013 http://is.gd/xEfDgz
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
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 Weekly Water Summaries (Last 6 Months)
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 1 - 7 December 2012http://bit.ly/SMQOfz
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 24 - 30 November 2012http://bit.ly/UxJRzR
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 17 - 23 November 2012http://bit.ly/UyUmRn
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 10 - 16 November 2012http://bit.ly/101rx37
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 3 - 9 November 2012http://bit.ly/SK09lK
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, 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, 11 - 17 August 2012 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
Publications and Reports
Download new @WorldBank pub: Investing in Water Infrastructure: Capital, Operations and Maintenance http://is.gd/Sw8vPp
Tuesday Twofer: 1) Water Transfers in the Western USA; 2) NRC Report: Himalayan Glaciers http://bit.ly/VDuc0i
Science, Technology, and Medicine
RT @TheWeek Marco Rubio admits the Earth is 4.5 billion years old:http://bit.ly/WJq51W (via @politicalwire)
RT @ReutersScience Gravity maps of moon reveal deeply fractured crust http://reut.rs/R94LX3
RT @ReutersScience Gravity maps of moon reveal deeply fractured crust http://reut.rs/R94LX3
Streams, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
RT @TheWaterChannel With more than 140 big dams planned what will become of the Mekong? Some concerns. http://goo.gl/WBPDT
RT @TheWaterChannel Cambodia: Lower Sesan Dam threatens livelihoods, ecosystems http://goo.gl/XqHHa
@IdahoStatesman editorial: Idaho salmon: The $9,000 sockeye? There is a better answer. http://is.gd/8Dtly5
Surfin' the Mighty Truckee in Reno! http://bit.ly/VDYrV4
RT @SRoutside Alaska plans 5-year, $30 million study of ailing king salmon stocks http://is.gd/o1Xwg5 (via @SpokesmanReview)
Twitter, E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers
H2OSU Newsletter - 3 December 2012. Funding opportunities, Conferences, Events, etc. http://is.gd/o3ZxvJ
@AWRAHQ 'Connections' Newsletter - December 2012http://is.gd/lJB9zZ
Environmental Flows Bulletin - December 2012. http://is.gd/ymlgdr
Issue 13: United Nations Bimonthly Publications Review on water and sanitation. http://bit.ly/QM3gOl
@IRWDnews Liquid News Daily is out!http://paper.li/IRWDnews/1319054415 … … ▸ Top stories today via@iPlusMarketing @OCCoastkeeper
MT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking #Water SVD Daily▸stories via@WaterWired @foodandwater @siemenswater @SavetheWater@UNDP
http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … …
@OSUCEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 7 December 2012.http://is.gd/1AyZRe
@USWP Weekly NewsFlash. http://is.gd/d2USO1
The @WaterStJournal Daily is out! http://paper.li/WaterStJournal ▸ Top stories today via @WaterWired @WUIW
MT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking #Water SVDs Daily via @fridgefilters@FWaterSys @cleanlantern @SavetheWater @WaterWired
▸http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 …
http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … …
RT @WaterUtilities Daily is out! http://paper.li/WaterUtilities ▸ Top stories today via @utilityweek @WaterWired
RT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking #Water SVDs Daily ▸ @lisapjackson@UN_Water @WorkWithWater @SavetheWater @WaterWired
▸http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … …
The @WaterTreatment_ Daily is out!http://paper.li/WaterTreatment_/1313650670 … …
RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out!http://paper.li/WhoDat35/environmental … …
Water Quality
An Ecosystem Service Approach to Inform Reactive Nitrogen Management, Lower Yakima River Basin, WA http://bit.ly/YtqdZO
@EPAgov pub: Primer on Using Biological Assessments to Support Water Quality Management http://is.gd/sgd6mJ (via @River_Restore)
Water Use, Reuse, Conservation, and Supply
Western Slope (CO) groups want to buy unallocated water in Colorado reservoir. http://is.gd/KCYebh
BuRec (@usbr) to study piping Missouri River water to Colorado.http://is.gd/QBxOxg (@denverpost)
WTF?
Dean Kamen (Unsustainably) Tackles the World Water Crisishttp://bit.ly/UGq0yc
Cleaning Hanford: Tri-Cities = nation's fastest-growing metro area. Govt. doesn't create jobs,right? http://ORne.ws/TM7S39 (via@Oregonian)
"The solution should be for ski industry to get off their asses and move like it's an existential threat to business."- Auden Schendler, Aspen Ski Co. Vice President of Sustainability, after reading this report
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