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Visual: The City and the Storm

From New York magazine. Great picture! Thanks to Nick Bilton via Twitter.

 "It’s been very good working with the President and his administration.” - NJ Gov. Chris Christie

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 27 October - 2 November 2012

Well, unless you've been living in the proverbial cave you know that the story of this past week was Superstorm Sandy. It was all over the place, and my Tweeting was no exception. So many of my Tweets reflected Sandy and dominate this week's summary.

Please consider a donation to the Red Cross or your favorite charity to help Sandy's victims. 

Sandy also provided a teachable moment as I was slated to discuss floods in my class this week. What timing!

Headed to the USNA today to address the NASEC 2012 Conference.

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! 

Books and Book Reviews
RT @KateGalbraith Rachel Carson's lessons, 50 years after 'Silent Spring.' http://is.gd/kqDaYk 

 

Bottled Water and Drinking/Tap Water
White Paper: Bottled Water in Oregon http://bit.ly/RcOsCL 

RT @CaptDocMike Public v. Private Water Utilities in Wisconsin: A History http://tinyurl.com/a6mbjmj 

RT @PeterGleick Updated bottled water numbers: 6.8 billion liters consumed in CA annually!! Ouch. #cawater

California
MT @alexbreitler Terrifying 'Halloween hydrology'-1950s ideas for solving #cawater problems http://is.gd/BqZEIj  Seehttp://bit.ly/SmLwHX 

RT @UCDavisWater Lessons from Hurricane Sandy for Bay Area business leaders: http://californiawaterblog.com/ 

 

Canada
@edmontonjournal Alberta’s climate-change fund hands out $6.5M to 13 projects. http://is.gd/vC9BWQ 

MT @SnowHydro #Tsunami warning now in effect for north#VancouverIsland. http://ow.ly/eP2Rw  If you're in low coastal area move inland NOW.

RT @HuffingtonPost.Ontario to expect the worst of Hurricane Sandyhttp://huff.to/S3ZzyP 

RT @HuffPostCanada JUST IN: Earthquake hits BC coast, with an aftershock magnitude of 5.8 http://huff.to/XCHQ6j 

Canada - USA Water Mega-Transfers: Thomas Kierans' GRAND Canal of North America http://bit.ly/SmLwHX 

@SnowHydro @jfleck Yes, and DIC - Dissolved Inorganic Carbon! I got the DOC, but not MPB...

@rivrchik And a good morning to you, too, Maggie! Love your profile pic. Hope all is well up there.

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
MT @350 NYC is not alone - Asia's cities and many others around the world are vulnerable to superstorms: http://bit.ly/Pm30DG 

RT @AJEnglish Opinion: Fighting for a climate change treatyhttp://aje.me/SkBXsQ 

Has Global Warming Ended? http://is.gd/t5dOdr 

RT @sciam What Does It Take to Make a "Frankenstorm"?http://bit.ly/Y7I0Sw 

RT @KHayhoe my favourite weather site to track model projections for #Frankenstorm #Sandy: http://weather.unisys.com/ 

MT @KHayhoe Summary of our panel discussion on climate & health at #sej12: http://bit.ly/S6k1yT  My take: more wide-reaching than we think.

MT @KHayhoe @NBCnews: Brian Williams tonight discussed climate in extreme weather context. Kevin Trenberth & I:http://nbcnews.to/Sbgtvb 

RT @troutheadwaters With climate endorsement, Bloomberg draws a line in the Sandy http://flpbd.it/8tLi4 

RT @bryanrwalsh Climate Change and Sandy: Why We Need to Prepare for a Warmer World http://ti.me/Sv4efA  @shaunmckinnon

Conferences, Workshops, Webinars, and Calls for Abstracts/Papers
@EPAgov Symposium: 'Importance of Water to US Economy' 4 Dec 1-5 PM EST. Onsite (DC) or webinar. Register nowhttp://is.gd/tMMVYX 

Webinar: 2 Nov, 3 PM EDT: Advances in Geophysical Tools for Estimating Hydrologic Parameters and Processes http://is.gd/sdqiGT   

Governor's Conference on Future of Water in Kansas, Manhattan, KS, 30-31 Oct. Agenda: http://is.gd/xihMGX 

Headed to Annapolis to address the 2012 Naval Academy Science & Engineering Conference http://is.gd/BTmtjw 

@AWRAHQ 2013 Annual Water Resources Conference in Portland, OR, 4-7 November. Call for Special Sessions out in a few weeks.

Conflict, Cooperation, and Security
@sltrib Editorial: Snake Valley water - 'three wise men' say sign pact with Nevada http://is.gd/KRHNpO 

Task force says Snake Valley water deal ‘equitable’ for Utah.http://is.gd/IoKKWO 

@Oregonian Two rogue board members stage takeover of Clackamas River Water District. http://is.gd/iD8r8k 

 

Education
RT @troutheadwaters Ecosystems Services and Markets Class at UC Davis Extension http://p.ost.im/p/dkTDca 

UniWater Education Seeks Water Resources Curricular Materials for Sub-Saharan African Universities http://bit.ly/RtPKwx 

Students: Rotary Peace Fellowships for study at Duke or UNC.http://is.gd/7jETTf 

Via @NataliaPHule Water Resources Programs in the USAhttp://is.gd/6vB2b0 

RT @ngwatweets: @AGI_Updates accepting applications for new Harriet Evelyn Wallace #Scholarship for #Women http://ow.ly/eThyi 

RT @rivrchik Does science teaching simply need better marketing?http://bit.ly/X0t7mQ  RT @guardianscience

Ethics and Gender
Great read. Via @AWRAHQ: Women and the Future of Waterhttp://is.gd/0unfUT 

 

Floods and Droughts
RT @jfleck So here's a thing I wrote in January 2000 "Drought Inevitable in NM, Scientists Say" pic.twitter.com/z302Bqqd

Impact of drought/CC on SW forests: research predicts vulnerable forests http://is.gd/lL7N04  (written by @jfleck)

RT @txawwa With expected prolonged drought season, experts urge water conservation. http://is.gd/osiul4 

Groundwater
MT @CristinaGardens Map of biggest aquifers in world. Takes a while to load,but is worth it! http://bit.ly/QMzMgs 

New @usgs pub- 'Streamflow Depletion by Wells: Understanding and Managing Effects of GW Pumping on Streamflow'http://is.gd/CmqY4A 

 

Hydrofracking, Energy, and Shale Gas
Poor discussion of fracking on @FareedZakaria's GPS: journalist and filmmaker. No technical person. SOS. http://is.gd/rkQkSN 

  

Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy
From @yesmagazine: Will “Frankenstorm” Hurricane Sandy End Climate Silence? http://bit.ly/V1wObc  Thanks @350

MT @volcanoclast What hurricane looks like on a seismometer - you're seeing ocean wave energy traveling to PA.pic.twitter.com/KAheYFG2

Via @BoraZ Pictures: NYC is underwater http://is.gd/EqyFP9 

RT @HuffPostCanada A modest hurricane proposal for climate change deniers http://huff.to/VywVGQ 

RT @billmckibben 12 foot seas now cover an 'incredible 1560 miles in diameter,' 30 foot waves off Cape Hatteras http://is.gd/JiYI7k 

RT @highlyanne New post: Storm Comin' on #Sandy & impacts for eastern US & #GEO2012 http://bit.ly/TKN4NL 

RT @nprscience Tracking Hurricane Sandy: Handy Maps And Appshttp://n.pr/S8GfkE 

RT @wunderground Devastating slideshow RT @NBCNewYork: PHOTOS: Flooded streets, cars under water, streets in darknesshttp://bit.ly/Tiz6MK 

Heckuva job,Brownie! MT @NPRInskeep FEMA's Fugate to M. Brown saying disaster declared too soon: "Better to be fast than to be late."

RT @NatureNews Hurricane Sandy spins up climate discussionhttp://ow.ly/eUchk 

 
On Michael Brown commenting on Sandy disaster relief efforts - just three words: 'Heckuva job, Brownie!' http://is.gd/ngQZ5j 

U.S. obsessed over the Superstorm, but ignored the climate behind it. http://is.gd/Vk5QWB  (@globeandmail)

RT @nytimesgreen On Our Radar: Hurricane Predictions Borne Outhttp://nyti.ms/Swx4Ns 

MT @bumbanian Crowdsourcing effort to sample water isotopes in#Sandy. Looking for volunteers http://bit.ly/S3qomr 

MT @USACE_HQ The @USGS is deploying storm-surge sensors ahead of Sandy. Keep up to date. http://fb.me/1T4K3QAaN 

MT @USACE_HQ NOAA has launched a new StormCentral page for Sandy. It's a one-stop-shop page. http://fb.me/uCykyooC 

RT @KHayhoe Highly recommend @wunderground and@capitalweather for cutting-edge meteorological analysis of#Frankenstorm #Sandy

RT @earthmagazine Stay tuned to NOAA for Sandy updates:http://www.noaa.gov/stormcentral/  Stay safe East Coasters!

RT @fema What to do before,during & after hurricane. On the web:http://is.gd/Gwwnm3  On your phone: http://is.gd/WQf5SL 

RT @NHC_Atlantic Hurricane #Sandy advisory 23 issued.http://go.usa.gov/W3H 

MT @climateprogress: @CNN Bans Term ‘Frankenstorm’, But It’s A Good Metaphor For Warming-Driven Monster. http://bit.ly/RefPfG 

MT @RedCross Prepare,get help,or tell ppl you're safe w/ new#Hurricane app. iPhone http://bit.ly/MiW3Tw  Androidhttp://bit.ly/MiW7CK 

RT @AWRAHQ Suggestions from FEMA on how to help survivors of Hurricane Sandy. http://fb.me/QB2uiLIV 

RT @FastCompany The Lessons Of Hurricane Sandyhttp://trib.al/h2seVL 

Via @geosociety Consider helping those impacted by Superstorm Sandy by donating to @RedCross. http://bitly.com/PI3tS9 

 

Journals, Publications, and Reports
Video: Oh Boy! Open Access Explained! http://bit.ly/PXxygc 

Tuesday Trifecta: 1) Bay Area: Lessons from Sandy; 2) WQ Impacts from Forest Die-Off' 3) @MGHydro's Pubs List! http://bit.ly/TsRl6s 

Very good! What happens when well goes dry? New issue of@Choices_AAEA discusses drought & other ag disastershttp://bit.ly/RnSDxl 
 

People and Personal
RT @aguanomics opines on water journalists: @cynthiabarnett,@cfishman, others. http://is.gd/jhGjf7 

70 minute video of @aguanomics and @DroughtDoctor 'hangin' out'http://is.gd/y501fY 

New profile pic thanks to @gayleleonard http://is.gd/NzxPRm 

@MGhydro You're welcome. Glad to provide some assistance. Good luck with the proposal. I'm sure it'll be great.

Friend and former MS hydrogeology student and D.B. Stephens staffer Stephanie Moore has hung out a shingle. http://is.gd/zKWvCy 
 

Policy, Planning, Economics, and Management
RT @KateGalbraith TX Water Development Board launches new water data website http://www.waterdatafortexas.org 

From @aguanomics: 'A global survey of urban water tariffs: are they sustainable, efficient and fair?' http://is.gd/EsLBCI 

Take a Survey! Modeling Trade-offs in the Columbia River -- A System Model http://is.gd/2IgGRG 

Utah water projects: $13.7 billion! http://is.gd/ELUUeK (@deseretnews)

 

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

Position Open: Rutgers Univ - Postdoc in biogeochemiphysics. OUF; review begins 15 Nov. http://is.gd/k62d1y 

Position Open: AZ State Univ - TT Asst. Prof. Isotope Geochemistry Closes: 1 Dec http://is.gd/fLtCw

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 

Position Open: Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board - Database and Reporting Specialist (Salem, OR) . Closes: 31 Octhttp://is.gd/2HMiPd 

Position Open: Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board - Ecosystem Program Coordinator (Salem, OR) . Closes: 31 Octhttp://is.gd/CtxEpP 

Positions Open: AZ State University - Interdisciplinary Postdocs (2 yrs) Closes: 31 Dec http://is.gd/bDNIan 

Position Open: NM Env. Dept - Env. Scientist, GW Quality Bureau, Mining Compliance (Santa Fe). Closes: 10 Nov http://is.gd/tpPhzM 

Position Open: @IRWDnews - Government Relations Manager (Irvine, CA). Closes: 10 Nov. http://is.gd/9zVTt2  (@BCWaterNews)

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

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 

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

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: 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 Water Weekly Summaries - Last Six Months
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 27 October - 2 November 2012 http://bit.ly/SjXAXc 

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

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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 

http://bit.ly/NY3Bt0 
 

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

Science, Technology, and Medicine
RT @GeologyReport Mount Everest Geology: Astounding Facts - About http://sns.mx/w9v7y2 

MT @jfleck via @BrendanNyhan: good social science-based tips for journalists on delicate task of handling bunk (pdf) http://j.mp/PzbNnc 

RT @HuffPostScience No methane found on Mars--yet.http://huff.to/QZPMe6 
 

Streams, Lakes, Dams, and Ecosystems
@Oregonian Sandy River Hatchery salmon releases challenged in lawsuit by wild fish advocates. http://is.gd/xsFm4y 

RT @PortlandCorps Surf John Day Dam! Just kidding -- but water levels there may be higher than usual. http://fb.me/1itCcDutA 

RT @WLE_CGIAR AgEco Friday Links - http://eepurl.com/riPrH 

RT @aquatic_habitat Where the Yellowstone Goes - Official Movie Trailer Release http://p.ost.im/p/eq29Yd 

Aspen hydro plant splits environmentalists. http://is.gd/M5asaA 
 

Twitter, E-Newsletters, E-Newspapers
Natural Heritage Institute Fall Dispatch (newsletter) - October 2012.http://is.gd/hGaj53 

@OSUCEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 2 Nov 2012http://is.gd/1AyZRe 

Montana Water News - Sept/Oct 2012 http://is.gd/ZSHt8S 

RT @BlueWaterBmore Urban Waters Daily is out!http://bit.ly/w53DDZ  ▸ Top stories today via @Luntulu @RaeMcNally@SusDesDaily

H2OSU Newsletter - 29 October 2012. Conferences, Jobs, Funding Opportunities, etc. http://is.gd/wmJAKf 

New to Twitter! OSU's College of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences. Give them a follow! @OSUCEOAS

@OSUCEOAS Welcome to Twitter!

 RT @WASHfunders WASH services that last is out! ▸ Top stories today via @WaterAidAmerica @WASHfunders @FairWaterAfricahttp://ow.ly/eWmed 

 RT @MtnHellfire Geo-Earth is out! http://bit.ly/xSVrwm  ▸ Top stories today via @Geodiscussion @Geoblogfeed

RT @wateraus The Water EngineeringAus Daily is out!http://bit.ly/KEjNwC  ▸ Top stories today via @thamesmigration@ImagineH2O @WaterWired

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

RT @WorldHygienePrg The Daily WASH is out! http://bit.ly/l3bFmq  ▸ Top stories today via @WaterIsLife @ChildHealthNow@kevin_quicksand

The @WaterTreatment_ Daily is out! http://bit.ly/rhsrB1  ▸ Top stories today via @brisbanecityqld @WaterWired @goldmining

Water Quality
Western communities boiling over water quality http://is.gd/71WjW2 (@denverpost)

RT @River_Restore Dirty Water Means No Dips in the Potomac for D.C.Residents http://tinyurl.com/cva4sbp 

Via @cbdawson Arkema, one of Portland Harbor Superfund's dirtiest sites,launches long-delayed cleanup http://is.gd/E5SHJJ 

Water Supply, Use, Reuse, and Conservation
@Oregonian Op-Ed: Draw water from the Columbia River to pump up Oregon's economy. http://is.gd/S15Iwi 

MT @cfishman 49% of water used to make electricity. @jfleck: 12.6% of US energy goes to treating,delivering our water.http://j.mp/ThSFa3 

WTF?
Thanks @gayleleonard: Famous Blogger Halloween Costumes and Other Scary Things http://bit.ly/RqEOwh 

 MT @grist Watch video of Romney grinning awkwardly as his audience boos a climate activist http://bit.ly/VGtPAH 

“Science never solves a problem without creating ten more”. George Bernard Shaw (thanks to Patricia Olson)

UniWater Education Seeks Water Resources Curricular Materials for Sub-Saharan African Universities

Friend, colleague, and hydrophilanthropist Laurra Olmsted sent this message and I am distributing it with her permission.
 

It's for a great cause - helping people help themselves with their water problems. Please help if you can, and alert others. 

UniWater Education is currently assembling the curriculum for a new MSc program in Water Resources for Developing Countries. It consists of 12 modules of applied hydrogeology including the fundamentals of hydrology, applied basic hydrogeology, groundwater and geotechnics, hydrochemistry, groundwater geophysics, quantified hydrogeology, well hydraulics, groundwater contamination, integrated resource management, borehole drilling and completions, borehole geophysics and field school. It is intended that this program will be offered to sub-Saharan Africa universities in a bid to train more Africans to solve African water problems thereby reducing the dependence of Africans on foreign aid and expertise.

If you have given instruction in any of these areas and wish to donate lecture notes, Power Point presentations, labs/tutorials or test/exams in any format, we would gladly give reference in our finished product to the originator of the material. We simply don't wish to reinvent the wheel when this material already exists. 

Also, if you have reference texts that you find very useful, please send me the names so we can consider them for use in this program.

Our goal is to have this program generated such that it can be presented to students beginning in Sept 2013 in Zambia and Nigeria. Thus it is important that we get contributions ASAP. After these two programs are initiated, we aim to start 3 new programs per year after that. 

Curricula can be uploaded quickly using the link on our website at www.UniWaterEd.org 

Please circulate this request to anyone you feel may have an interest in this project.

Thanks! 

Laurra Olmsted

Executive Director

Uniwater Education Limited

1111 Lake Wapta Place SE

Calgary, Alberta

T2J 2P4

Canada

email: uniwatered@gmail.com

www.uniwatered.org

“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” - Albert Pike

Famous Water Blogger Halloween Costumes and Other Scary Things

For the last few Halloweens Gayle Leonard's wonderful Thirsty in Suburbia blog has featured costumes for WaterWonks and their fellow travelers.

In fact, in her 2010 post she featured this scary item:

WATER BLOGGER COSTUME #1: HALLOWEEN IS CAMPANATASTIC: If you can knit or crochet, you can dress up as WaterWired‘s Michael “Aquadoc” Campana!  The ultimate water wonk “insider” costume! How-to’s and details for this knitted beard hat are at featherandfan.wordpress.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This now graces Twitter as my profile picture.

And here is another one, too!

WATER BLOGGER COSTUME #2: GET MORE TREATS DRESSED AS CHANCE OF RAIN: Note the all important squirt bottle accessory, although we think Emily Green herself would carry a kick-butt Super Soaker! Source link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gayle has some other neat costumes , like this hosehead:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 And this little squirt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Porta-potty parade!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Want to see more? Check out Gayle's posts:2009;  2010; 2012.

Hmmm...What is this?

But here is something that is REALLY scary:

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"Human beings don't make hurricanes but long-term climate change as a result of human activities can certainly interact with hurricanes, and in some cases, make them worse." - Katharine Hayhoe (from the news clip)    

"Better to be fast than to be late." - FEMA head Craig Fugate in response to Michael 'Heckuva job, Brownie!' Brown's comment that President Obama declared a disaster 'too soon'

Tuesday Trifecta: 1) Bay Area: Lessons from Sandy; 2) WQ Impacts from Forest Die-Off' 3) @MGHydro's Awesome Pubs List!

1) Lessons from Hurricane Sandy for Bay Area Business Leaders

Dr. Jeff Mount urges Bay Area folks to take a cue from Superstorm Sandy. He even has a trifecta on his mind:

The San Francisco Bay Area business community should be taking notes. This trifecta of high tides, storm surge and intense rain is also a Bay Area scenario. Scientists and a host of government agencies have been warning about such an event for years.

I suspect many places are looking at Sandy to see what they should be doing with global warming 'out there'

2) Water-quality Impacts from Climate-Induced Forest Die-off

John Fleck sent this Nature article my way.

Abstract
Increased ecosystem susceptibility to pests and other stressors has been attributed to climate change, resulting in unprecedented tree mortality from insect infestations. In turn, large-scale tree die-off alters physical and biogeochemical processes, such as organic matter decay and hydrologic flow paths, that could enhance leaching of natural organic matter to soil and surface waters and increase potential formation of harmful drinking water disinfection by-products (DBPs). Whereas previous studies have investigated water-quantity alterations due to climate-induced, forest die-off, impacts on water quality are unclear. Here, water-quality data sets from water-treatment facilities in Colorado were analysed to determine whether the municipal water supply has been perturbed by tree mortality. Results demonstrate higher total organic carbon concentrations along with significantly more DBPs at water-treatment facilities using mountain-pine-beetle-infested source waters when contrasted with those using water from control watersheds. In addition to this differentiation between watersheds, DBP concentrations demonstrated an increase within mountain pine beetle watersheds related to the degree of infestation. Disproportionate DBP increases and seasonal decoupling of peak DBP and total organic carbon concentrations further suggest that the total organic carbon composition is being altered in these systems.

 

Here is a related article about Southwestern forests by Fleck.

Enjoy!

3) MGhydro's Awesome List: Some More Reports on Water and Related Issues

What can I say? Check out Matthew Garcia's list. Reports from the USGS, UN, NRC, GAO, CRS, etc.

Enjoy!

"Make a mental note of that. Oh, I see you're out of paper." - Woody Paige