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So sad to hear that Davy Jones, who rode the Monkees to fame in the mid-1960s and beyond, died on 29 February 2012 at the age of 66.
Listen to Davy's best-known vocal as a Monkee, and arguably the group's most beloved song, Daydream Believer: For decades, intelligentsia and hoi polloi alike have pondered and debated the song's meaning. No matter, it's one of my all-time favorites.
Now, do some daydreaming of your own with today's water displacement behavior!
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Bottled Water and Drinking/Tap Water
Probably men's, too. RT @sciam Dehydration Affects Women's Moods http://bit.ly/yonv5O
Been There, Done That: The Philomath Fluoride Fighthttp://bit.ly/w6w0oQ
Via @circleofblue: @cfishman op-ed in @NatGeo argues that bottled#water is silly, but banning it is too: http://su.pr/1uz0Ut
RT @SuperWaterMan Juneau, Alaska, Says No To Fluoridehttp://bit.ly/b9E8M2 #water #eco #green
RT @peakwater What’s Inside: Tap Water «: http://bit.ly/yG8aqQ via@AddThis
Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
Via @NobleIdeas Rev. Jim Ball: @RickSantorum is wrong on global warming. http://ht.ly/1H5RbR
Via @columbiawater rainfall saps so much energy from sky that it may slow down circulation if climate continues to warmhttp://bit.ly/yCTaB6
RT @rivrchik @carbonmeme: Ancient Arabic writings help scientists piece together past climate http://bit.ly/zXDpSo
RT @SteveMirsky @nybooks: Why the Global Warming Skeptics Are Wrong http://j.mp/Apzmq0
RT @MichaelEMann Thanks to Eric Berger (aka @chronsciguy) of Houston Chronicle for great Q&A on "The Hockey Stick.."
RT @KavehMadani @WaterSISWEB Louisiana officials establish formula for anticipating sea-level rise http://is.gd/rYPu7C
Conflict and Cooperation
Via @capitalpress Klamath dams adviser claims firing unjustified.http://bit.ly/xPMSam
A Bioregional Approach to Adaptive Governance: Assessing the Feasibility of the KBRA http://bit.ly/xwbrAK
RT @mySAWS Express-News Editorial Board: Court ruling doesn't end water fights http://ow.ly/9oPih /via @mySA
Conferences, Workshops, and Calls for Abstracts/Papers
Virtual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, 27-29 February 2012.http://is.gd/CpEXR2
@theAAG Meeting Update - 25 Feb. is.gd/dH4VVt
@theAAG Meeting Update - 26 Feb. is.gd/FHVZ8K
@theAAG Meeting Update- 27-28 February. is.gd/7YToNo
Nifty onliine interactive programme for Sixth World #WaterForumhttp://is.gd/WYmW04 (@WorldWaterForum
Via @RecycleWater The Future of Water in Southern California: PowerPoints, podcasts, etc. http://bit.ly/wgZMll via @addthis
Free! Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, U of OR, Eugene, 1-4 March. http://is.gd/IhvY8N
10th Annual Truckee River (NV-CA) Field Study Course, 3-4 May 2012. http://is.gd/0LCp8Q
Upcoming global water conferences. http://is.gd/mwsyeZ
RT @Water_Education AGWT is hosting Shale Gas Development and Water Issues conference in Austin, 22-23 March.http://fb.me/1Dl5edS6X
Zut Alors! Double Your Fun in Marseille: Alternative World Water Forum, 14-17 March 2012 http://bit.ly/xZBgpH
Zut alors! @WorldWaterForum unveils its full programme!http://is.gd/tYNsQO
Final Program, Lake Mead Symposium, 5-6 March 2012, Las Vegas.http://is.gd/LvOdvq
Updated Listing of Water-Related Conferences and Calls for Papers.http://is.gd/uc971e
Education and Communication
RT @Waterandfood Devising and sustaining agri-water research communication efforts over time http://wp.me/p15mMm-bO via@wordpressdotcom
One can dream...From @aguanomics Blogging, ideas, academic output and society. http://is.gd/iiVH21
Events
RT @sSylviaEarle My take on the World Bank's launch of the Global Oceans Alliance via The Telegraph: http://tgr.ph/w7Tg9e
#WaterForum concall. Talking about lack of @WorldWaterForumoutcomes assessment - work from 6WWF will be forgotten by 7WWF in 2015.
Floods and Droughts
Via @afreedma Texas Drought Eases, But It’s Too Late for Some.http://bit.ly/yDvpR8
RT @chanceofraincom Hosepipe bans likely as UK gripped by drought http://gu.com/p/35ypg/tw via @guardian
Via @KateGalbraith Texans welcome rains. Parts of TX got more rain in 1st 6 wks of 2012 than in all of 2011 http://is.gd/6DMzeR
RT @afreedma Nice @TomNiziol blog post on worsening California drought situation http://ht.ly/9mzok
RT @RuralWest Bay Citizen: Dry Conditions Persist in Sierra http://j.mp/xWOmKM
Gleick - Heartland Institute Affair
RT @danfagin This guy has it right:http://bit.ly/yTX3Zr These guys don't: http://bit.ly/ADGp5D andhttp://bit.ly/ytHq5u
Without Gleick: Whither water leadership? http://is.gd/oYwsNQ (tnx@johoma)
RT @chinawaterrisk Water expert Peter Gleick standing up for science admits he leaked documents-did he do right thing?http://bit.ly/yzHObz
RT @johoma Peter Gleick, double standards, and faith in science: Lessons for communicating climate. http://goo.gl/fb/gP4Mr
RT @chanceofraincom Michael Hiltzik is so Hoover dam(n) good, this time on the Gleick-Heartland affair http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120229,0,1163347.column #cawater
Groundwater
More comments from Todd Jarvis, Chris Brooks on EAA v.Day: unitization of GW resources. http://bit.ly/A9vPZv
Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Day Case: Jesse J. Richardson Summarizes and WaterWired Opines http://bit.ly/A9vPZv
RT @cbdawson Nice site with interactive map for Mojave River and Morongo groundwater basins http://ca.water.usgs.gov/mojave/#cawater
My IWRM & GW session at Sixth @WorldWaterForumhttp://is.gd/f1K6xw #WaterForum
Great comments by Gabriel Eckstein, Todd Jarvis, and Chris Brooks on Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Day post. http://bit.ly/A9vPZv
RT @chanceofraincom Just Say 'No!' to Cadiz Stock Tease.http://bit.ly/ySebm0
Will EAA v.Day bite back? @KateGalbraith in NYT: If Conservation Fails, Texas Industry May Try Groundwater. http://is.gd/cWsIAd
Hydrofracking and Shale Gas
RT @Chesapeake Study finds that hydraulic fracturing does not pollute groundwater http://bddy.me/xu36MO #naturalgas #fracking
RT @oilgasTicker Shale exploration holds promise for PA and the country Commentary:Wilkes Barre Times-Leader.http://twthpr.co/c7aA4
Surprise! RT @Chesapeake MUST READ: @HoustonChron editorial board supports UT #fracking study http://bit.ly/xiL6Hm
Commerce City (CO) panel on fracking disbanded - unwieldy and ineffective. http://is.gd/vbvH1o
Via @rebootingfuture PDC suspends #MarcellusShale drillinghttp://ow.ly/9p0oQ Another drilling operation bites the dust
Some Pavillion residents rue being caught in fracking controversy.http://is.gd/bOdbzU
RT @guardianeco Fracking plans provoke claims of pollution threat to UK's water reserves http://gu.com/p/35mba/tf
Journals and Reports
Free downloads of articles! Open Journal of Modern Hydrology 2(1) - January 2012 http://bit.ly/z4FBPR
Current issue of J. of Environmental & Analytical Toxicology: free article access. http://is.gd/UH8Vb4
New pub from @GWPnews: 'Water Security for Development' - free download http://is.gd/Dfy9Gn
Law, Legislation, and Economics
Client Advisory: TX Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision Addressing Landowners’ Right to Underlying GW http://is.gd/K6L2mL
Via @cfishman 448 cups water makes 1 cup coffee. What's that got to do w/ ur 401k? @Fidelity uses h2o to sell saving.http://is.gd/oB6tyf
Water sales to drilling companies green up Colorado cities' bottom lines. http://is.gd/7iUxrk
RT @agleader #sacDelta groups urge defeat of #cawater rights revamp http://j.mp/zJeFv5
Via @MikelPak #cawater legislation heads for U.S. House vote tomorrow. http://is.gd/9dIrR9 #westerngrowers #agriculture
RT @markgrossi "Nunes’ water bill sails for the shoals of Obama" (just a clever headline) http://bit.ly/yzCkp6 #cawater
Colorado ag water may be undervalued. http://is.gd/O8D5pd
From @aguanomics Mike Young on water rights. http://is.gd/qxtOyL
RT @matt_weiser @michaeldoyle10: Nunes #cawater bill now flows to uncertain future in Senate: http://bit.ly/zJvEEl #sacdelta
RT @agleader Capitol Alert: Competing forces line up on California#cawater bill http://j.mp/wx5e2A #hr1837
Miscellaneous
RT @CERC How can sea water be used to predict forest fires? -http://ow.ly/8UkTL
RT @DrMicrobiology US researchers build 'waste water generator' (electricity) http://bbc.in/zqVgHZ via @DrAlexConcorde @ShiCooks
RT @matt_weiser @highcountrynews: Env. movement hasn't won any big US policy battles since '80s.Funders to blame?http://bit.ly/x0yvFw #eco
Salty soil can suck water out of atmosphere. Could it happen on Mars? http://is.gd/lw1aue
Opportunities
Opportunities: Scholarship for UG/G students interested in CA water related issues. Check these out! http://bit.ly/wg3WAA(@ACWAWater)
Opportunities: Pacific WQ Assn. offering two $1000 scholarships.http://is.gd/1eUXk5 WWW site: http://www.pwqa.org/
Opportunity: RFP from NM Environment Dept, SW Quality Bureau: Watershed-Based Planning http://is.gd/MGFbUJ
Opportunity:10 PhD students fr non-Japan schools: Sustainability for coupled human & nature pgm, Japan, 25 June- 3 Julyhttp://is.gd/HnRjjL
People and Personal Stuff
RT @matt_weiser @markgrossi: Peter Gleick seeks short leave in wake of Heartland flap http://bit.ly/y1QmEn #cawater #climate
RT @tcktcktck Canada's top science & engineering prize awarded to Toronto #climate scientist http://ow.ly/9kdYA
Amen - see http://is.gd/Ze5wWk But she's a sweetheart! Via@watersecurity Maude Barlow,activist,not engineer.http://goo.gl/7khcr #water
RT @agleader Article: @DevinNunes has our #cawater on the brainhttp://j.mp/w1qq4I #hr1837
@Esri chief scientist and OSU professor @deepseadawn receives@theAAG's Presidential Achievement Award! is.gd/cpBb7W
@MichaelEMann on @scifri is.gd/E8kPeD
http://Iwmi.org: IWMI board announces new director general, Jeremy Bird. goo.gl/ugCu4 #IWMI
Policy, Planning, and Management
RT @agleader Article: @DevinNunes has our #cawater on the brainhttp://j.mp/w1qq4I #hr1837
RT @KQEDscience California Water Project Won't Be Decided At Poll http://ow.ly/9m0ew
Dynamic Duo Deux: The Brenda & Alyssa Show - Oregon's Integrated Water Resources Strategy http://bit.ly/yvoUsP
RT @NordicAfrica Water control in African cities http://bit.ly/zLLlqt
Positions
Position Open: NOAA-NWS: Hydrologist (State College, PA)http://is.gd/i1im5p
Position Open: NOAA: Director, Office of Habitat Conservationhttp://is.gd/USSHCQ
Positions Open: Social Sci, USFS http://is.gd/fnQ96c NPS, Sup., Inventory & Monitoring Network Pgm Mgr. http://is.gd/4PPWC7
Positons Open: Civil Engr. (@usbr) http://is.gd/t3HIrD Interdisc. General phys. sci/engr/biologist,Dept. of Army http://is.gd/ZeI32c
Positions Open: All w/ US govt. NPS: Supervisory Hydrologisthttp://is.gd/HyJRFI & Water Reso. Pgm Mgr http://is.gd/6MIRY2
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/YF5va4
Positions Open: NMED DW Bureau: Water System Spec. (ID# 30603); Capacity Devel Coord. (ID #30326). Search on ID#.http://is.gd/yqV8kK
Previous Water News Summaries
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
TGIF - Tweets Galore! It's Friday, 30 December 2011 - Special New Year's Edition! http://bit.ly/vFcxpz
TGIF - Tweets Galore! It's Friday, 23 December 2011 - Special "Season's Greetings" Edition! http://bit.ly/vCDOOE
Streams, Dams, and Ecosystems
RT @Ecotrust Big fall salmon run forecast for Klamath Riverhttp://ow.ly/9pMaD
Amen! RT @USGSNeb The challenges of maintaining a national streamgage network http://bit.ly/xy3g2U
RT @troutheadwaters New Data Show Chesapeake Streams in Poor Health http://tinyurl.com/7snk2c4
RT @NRDC A Victory for Central Valley Salmon http://j.mp/wKoRcZ
RT @gravelbar Bold Plan to Reshape the Central Valley Flood Plain http://nyti.ms/x0TVU8
Twitter, E-Newspapers, and Newsletters
RT @WorldHygienePrg The Daily WASH is out! http://bit.ly/l3bFmq ▸ Top stories today via @approp @heardatunsw
RT @daviddavis The Poverty & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/htVHfn▸ Top stories today via @worldrelief @brkthru @liaint @watercharity
RT @agleader The #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸ Top stories today via @gwrsnews @flowinguphill @middlebm
RT @medindoagua The *Água & Water * Daily is out!http://bit.ly/hRCisK ▸ Top stories today via @foodandwater @txawwa@praveenasridhar
The DEV @Development_UEA Daily is out! http://bit.ly/kQSbG8
The @WaterStJournal Daily is out! http://bit.ly/haf8gw ▸ Top stories today via @letthedataflow @wallywaterdrop @tod_johnston
H2OSU Newsletter - 27 February 2012. http://is.gd/YF5va4
RT @medindoagua The Água & Water *Daily is out!http://bit.ly/hRCisK ▸Top stories today via @saveourwater@cynthiabarnett @water @peakwater
RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://bit.ly/9xYfCB ▸ Top stories today via @greenmomentum@johnffarrell @todddavies
RT @WorldHygienePrg The Daily WASH is out! http://bit.ly/l3bFmq ▸ Top stories today via @watercharity @c_l_t_s @gavialliance@rosegeorge3
The @WaterUtilities Daily is out! http://bit.ly/gPIkJ2 ▸ Top stories today via @waterwired @centralbasin @missouripsc @waterkeeper
Read Tuesday's @farmwater News: News articles and links from Feb. 28, 2012 http://su.pr/2OVliz #cawater #agchat #sacdelta#HR1837
RT @agleader The #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸ Top stories today via @restorethedelta @middlebm @alexbreitler @edf_ca
RT @pbroviak The PublicWorks Daily is out! http://bit.ly/d73Rbg ▸ Top stories today via @cantala59 @pbclinear @ryebutler @sfdpw@oregondot
RT @medindoagua The *Água & Water * Daily is out!http://bit.ly/hRCisK ▸ Top stories today via @greenplumbers@digdeeph2o @waterintel
Well Owners Network News. http://is.gd/YDno8X
RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://bit.ly/9xYfCB ▸Top stories today via @alertnetclimate@openclimate
RT @MtnHellfire Geo-Earth is out! http://bit.ly/xSVrwm ▸ Top stories today via @volcano_news @flimsin @geopdx
Connnections - AWRA February 2012 Newsletter http://is.gd/Sdm10t
RT @daviddavis The Poverty & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/htVHfnTop stories today via @food4thehungry @projectlivnwell@nethope_org
RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out! http://bit.ly/f6ZJjL ▸ Top stories today via @macmcclelland @californiawatch@birdgarden
WaSH and Development
From WASHCost - http://is.gd/o1DDCZ - @IRCWASH - Lots of WaSH resources, including free pubs! See also http://is.gd/ztDcDM
Via @AmbassadorRice @rajshah from @USAID to launch women's ag empowerment index,new way to show how women fare in global ag sector. #CSW56
Water Quality
Via @USGS_OR Check out video http://on.doi.gov/An1g53@USGS_Idaho New podcast about water quality.http://gallery.usgs.gov/audios/437
Water Supply and Water Use
Collecting rainwater could save U.S. residents $90 million a year.http://is.gd/j4Gmxw
RT @agleader Some other #cawater news: Central Valley's providers of irrigation, hydro power upset by flow proposalhttp://j.mp/xxqxna
Via @guardianeco Soak the English: Welsh want payment for any water piped across the border http://gu.com/p/35zmb/tf
Cadiz Advances Plans To Convert 300 Miles Of Natural Gas Pipelines For Water Conveyance http://is.gd/2N3lXP (tnx
Via @chanceofraincom Monthly check on Lake Mead level plus a rigged teaching game. (hat tip @WaterWired) http://bit.ly/wMuYFB
Utah stands firm on decision to allocate water to proposed nuclear power plant. http://is.gd/6D9Z07
Texas rice farmers won't get irrigation water. http://is.gd/kyZq8m
RT @columbiawater Modesto Bee opinion: #desalination costs way too much! http://bit.ly/x0ZFQr
RT @agleader Peripheral canal, Delta will be discussed at sustainability forum. http://j.mp/wymJqe #cawater
WTF?
RT @NedBreslin Love this initiative by @CaseFoundation - fearless#nonprofit video contest http://bit.ly/yJps9B Thinking "Naked Truth"
RT @lockwooddewitt Science Laboratory rules: http://is.gd/oRb3hv
RT @EvolutionIsTrue Amazing video: bald eagle acts like a duckhttp://wp.me/ppUXF-eUK
Via @gayleleonard I wish @watercrunch: Love Water towers? Like to live in one? 7 Converted Watertower Houses http://j.mp/xD8kc1
Billable hours? RT @ASCETweets From our friends over at@HDR_Inc "Stuff Engineers Say" http://ow.ly/9pE6x
RT @HuffingtonPost Armored Texas gunboats to begin patrolling Rio Grande http://huff.to/yUV4dN
Great cartoon from @aguanomics Monday funnieshttp://goo.gl/fb/9n9Ja #funny #politics
"Cheer up, sleepy Jean,
Oh what can it it mean
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen?"
-- Daydream Believer written by John Stewart
The title of this post is that of Brian C. Chaffin's PhD (Geography) proposal, which he successfully defended today (I am on his committee).
'KBRA' stands for 'Klamath Basin Restoration Agreements'.
Here is a PDF of his excellent Power Point presentation:
Download Chaffinb_proposaldefense_final
His proposal, which he has decided to revise, was one of the best (likely the best) I've ever read.
The picture shows him in a snow pit measuring SWE (snow water equivalent).
"Whether the measure used is the size of the salmon runs, the state of the Basin's water quality or the amount of water flowing in Klamath River Basin streams and rivers, the 20-year effort to restore the Klamath River and its fisheries has failed. Salmon runs now are at greater risk of extinction, fishing is more restricted and water quality is more degraded than when 'restoration' began in earnest 20 years ago..." -- Klamath Falls Herald and News, 9 November 2006.
On 16 December 2009, we had the inaugural meeting of the Oregon Section
of the AWRA. At that meeting the 'dynamic duo', Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) Director Phil Ward and his counterpart at the Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ), Dick Pedersen, gave an excellent tag-team presentation on Oregon's Integrated Water Resources Strategy (IWRS):
Earlier this evening we had about 35 people listen to the 'dyanamic duo deux', Brenda O. Bateman and Alyssa Mucken, update the IWRS:
Download 2012_02_29 OR-AWRA v2
Here's the draft IWRS Framework:
Download 2011_December_Framework_updated_2_13_12
They made an excellent presentation, and emphasized that the IWRS is still in draft stage. If you'd like to make comments, join the email list, or see the suite of documents, visit the IWRS home.
Development of the IWRS is in excellent hands with these two. Brenda is a friend who is one of the sharpest knives in the drawer. I know her best for her tireless efforts as chair (since 2005) of AWRA's Policy Technical Committee, by far the most active among AWRA's committees. And Alyssa, whom I just met at the meeting, looks like she's cut from the same cloth.
Enjoy!
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