Last night I arguably became the last WaterWonk on the globe to see Last Call at the Oasis, the latest of the 'water crisis' films.
I will give my ten cents in a couple of days, likely Monday.If you have a chance to see it before my review, do so.
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Enjoy!
Books, Films, and Reviews
'Promised Land' movie: San Juan Basin (NM) oil and gas industry decries portrayal http://is.gd/iJpps9
MT @MarcellusGas Review: Just can’t believe in this ‘Promised Land’ http://is.gd/iBNUfw (@MercuryX)
New Book: 'Shared Borders, Shared Waters: Israeli-Palestinian and Colorado River Basin Water Challenges' http://is.gd/tNsFQV
@PeterGleick Thanks, Peter. Finally saw @LastCallOasis tonight. Enjoyed it - you were quite good. Loved Jack Black & 'Porcelain Springs'
@aguanomics reviews 'The Nile River Basin: Water, Agriculture, Governance and Livelihoods' http://is.gd/NitaAL
Bottled Water and Drinking/Tap Water
When 'Improved' Is Not 'Safe' - When 1.8 Billion Have No Safe Drinking Water Access http://bit.ly/Zc4rod
RT @peakwater Chinese Mayor Apologizes for Drinking Water Contamination http://is.gd/cQq7xv
Via @PeterGleick New Rules Tackle Pathogens in Drinking Water.http://is.gd/dLQuHz
From RWSN: Groundwater Matters - Drinking Water Supply for Rural People http://bit.ly/WG9Pxw
California
RT @Aquafornia What Impact Could Fracking Have on California Vineyards? http://wp.me/pmKOc-knQ
RT @Aquafornia California water system upgrade overdue, says Tim Quinn of @ACWAWater http://wp.me/pmKOc-knO
MT @Aquafornia CA congressional leaders send letter to Sec. Salazar requesting detailed briefing on BDCP http://is.gd/jPpSQY
RT @Aquafornia Home aquarium species a potential threat to California waters http://wp.me/pmKOc-kpy
RT @sustainablework U.S. Supreme Court hands L.A. County a victory in water lawsuit http://ow.ly/gFVIW
@aguanomics California's Water Market, by the Numbers: Update 2012 http://is.gd/t3HkGN
Canada
RT @SEAlbertawaters The EnviroAb Daily is out! http://bit.ly/gbtAar ▸RT @TimGoos
@rivrchik Sounds all too familiar, Maggie! Enjoyed your first post!
@rivrchik blogs again: 'The World Outside Your Window'http://is.gd/MCXiiG Wait - don't you have a life, Maggie?
RT @calgarypolice Sandra Mykytiuk-Evans went missing Saturday. Please retweet this and help us find her. #yychttp://twitpic.com/bry1fo
RT @Can_Limnology Inclusion of fetch (wind on lake) as a variable in fish habitat models improved their explanatory power #CanH2O13
MT @rivrchik Canada & the Global Water Crisis: @GPMonitorInterview http://bit.ly/VO2pt8 @lynnejamin @DianeN56
Via @jeremyj_schmidt Decades of oilsands air and water pollution ‘clearly evident,’ say scientists http://is.gd/ZNbK5h (@calgaryherald)
RT @KateGalbraith NYT: Oil Sands Industry in Canada Tied to Higher Carcinogen Level. http://is.gd/qVPPel
Report: Alberta urged to “stay the course” on water management plan; needs to measure success. http://is.gd/EKUq5P (@calgaryherald)
RT @NorthSaskRiver What's your WPAC doing? #AB Check out their newsletter. http://is.gd/z9JWqb
Climate, Weather, and Climate Change
RT @grist Climate change may ruin Lake Tahoe’s beautiful bluenesshttp://bit.ly/TS8llY
RT @Earth_News Climate assessment delivers a grim overviewhttp://bit.ly/ZEYXme @latimes
RT @ClimateComms Global warming to shift timing of North American monsoon http://wp.me/pJ91e-dKf via @bberwyn
RT @grist Obama vs. physics: Why climate change won’t wait for the president http://bit.ly/13bYXxz
RT @HeartlandInst News Alert To Climate Alarmists: Most Arctic Species Will Benefit From Global Warming http://bit.ly/ZiHyEm
Using weather to predict disease. @Columbia Prof. Jeffrey Shaman of @LamontEarth @EarthInstitute via @AP http://apne.ws/Zl0F0q
Via @CanGeographers RT @MtHemlock @ScienceDaily: Mountains are only minor contributors to erosion,climate regulation:http://tinyurl.com/a4bkyw5
MT @PeterGleick Climate extremes march inexorably onward. 2012: officially hottest year on record for contiguous UShttp://is.gd/1Hv6Zn
RT @SmithsonianMag Is climate change strengthening El Niño?http://ow.ly/gHmAo
RT @KHayhoe Get to know "glacier gumshoe" Cameron Wake @TheClimateDr in this great @ucsusa profile http://bit.ly/TPdOvb
Via @MGhydro @_ColinS_ The European Union: the polycentric climate policy leader? http://is.gd/KQowGw
RT @wunderground Dr. Masters says, "Top Ten Global Weather Events of 2012" http://wxug.us/107r7
Conferences and Calls for Abstracts/Papers
11 Jan - Abstract deadline extended for UCOWR Conference, Lake Tahoe, 11-13 June meeting http://is.gd/4AcwGh
The Glimmer Twins in JAX: Get Those Special Session Proposals and Abstracts In! http://bit.ly/ZA1KSn
Two @AWRAHQ Conferences: 1) Env. Flows and 2) Healthy Forests = Healthy Waters - Call for Abstracts due 8 Feb. http://is.gd/8SvNVz
Droughts, Floods, and Disasters
RT @HuffingtonPost We must prepare for "Superstorm Era," experts warn http://huff.to/Z7T00A
RT @ENRnews Gov. Christie: No commission needed to oversea Jersey shore rebuilding http://ow.ly/gDkuh
MT @cfishman How low is the Mississippi River? River tugs that normally push 30 barges can only push 15 or 20. http://n.pr/Wtncl5
Groundwater
Just reviewed an excellent paper on transboundary aquifers in Africa for Hydrogeology Journal.
Denver-area oil and gas groundwater testing water rule given OK.http://is.gd/SOf5oO (@denverpost)
RT @GroundWaterMag Researchers are warning India about the health of their groundwater http://tinyurl.com/axat5ja
RT @GroundWaterMag How one town is protecting its pristine aquifer http://tinyurl.com/atdge6l
Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy
RT @sciam Oil Harvesting Goes To Extremes http://bit.ly/Wztm3e
RT @CaptDocMike Go to this @EPAgov URL for a lot more info on fracking and their research efforts: http://1.usa.gov/A74Lff
Infographics, Videos, and Visuals
@EnvDefenseFund infographic: areas of concern and what EDF is doing to address them. http://bit.ly/Vo280z
Beautiful! @bberwyn Ice feather on Straight Creek in Dillon#colorado http://instagr.am/p/UJiuYOho9v
Infographic from @BBC_Future: Tomorrow's Worldhttp://bit.ly/13aqhw1
Journals, Papers, and Publications
Paper: Novel Separation, Protection, and Prevention (SPP) Water Management Strategy and Its Applications. http://is.gd/XehQAs
Paper: Smarter Water: Ensuring Water Sustainability Via Infrastructure, Incentives, and Information. http://is.gd/pwUZkQ
Tuesday Trifecta: Papers - 1) SIPP Filters - Potable Water; 2) Snowmelt Pollution; 3) As in Bangladesh GW http://bit.ly/13f4HYq
Opportunities
App Developers Wanted! App-lifying and Enhancing @USGS Earth Science Data. http://is.gd/FO2xKs
People and Personal
President's message from 2013 @AWRAHQ President Carol Collierhttp://is.gd/VBs8WW
Guinness Red or green beer for @NedBreslin tonight? @RollTideFB
Dr. Marcia McNutt leaving @USGS 15 February.
Policy, Planning, Economics, and Management
RT @TexasTribune We'll be talking water policy Jan 17 in our#TribLive conversation with @RepAllanRitter. RSVP:http://trib.it/ZqIYwn
From @IISDRS Water Policy & Practice Update http://is.gd/C1sf3G
@aguanomics: The water-energy nexus is irrelevant?http://is.gd/Pgekfj (@GrowingBlue)
Positions Open
Position Open: Klamath Tribes - Research Biologist (Chiloquin, OR). Closes: 1 Feb http://is.gd/BPjsO4
Position Open: @WCELaw (Vancouver, BC) - Communications Assistant & DB manager Closes: 21 Jan http://bit.ly/TBhnoz (via@SnowHydro)
Positions Open: @USAID - Foreign Svc Population/Health/Nutrition. Many vacancies (US citizens only) http://is.gd/sNhUyk
Position Open: SJRWMD (@floridaswater) - Environmental Scientist VI (Palatka, FL) Closes: 31 Jan http://is.gd/KhTwBZ
Position Open: @UNDP - Programme Specialist, Disaster Risk Reduction (Nouakchott,Mauritania) Closes: 21 Janhttp://is.gd/HS9ksd @UNjobs
Position Open: StreamWatch - F-T Executive Director (Charlottesville, VA). Closes: 15 Jan http://is.gd/V5dPqp
Positions Open: U of FL - 2 Postdocs in Eddy Flux; Wetland Hydrology & WQ. Contact: Dr. Sanjay Shukla [sshukla @ ufl (dot) edu] ASAP. OUF
Position Open: Penn State U - EESI - Res. Assistant, Data Visualization & Drupal Website Management. Closes: 1 Marchhttp://is.gd/AHK2hI
Position Open: Penn State U - EESI - Cyberspecialist. Closes: 1 March. http://is.gd/ZhwqVS
Position Open: WA State Dept. of Ecology - Hydrogeologist 3 (Lacey, WA). Closes: 28 Jan http://is.gd/F3O4y4
Position Open: @USDA_ARS - Range Technician (Burns, OR). Closes: 11 Jan. http://is.gd/RVNVk9
Position Open: @USDA_ARS - Research Rangeland Mgmt Specialist/Research Soil Scientist (Reno, NV). Closes: 15 Feb.http://is.gd/MK7k18
Position Open: @USDA_ARS - Research Agronomist (Stoneville, MS). Closes: 15 Feb http://is.gd/ZpSg5I
Position Open: @USDA_ARS - National Program Leader - Rangeland (DC area) Closes: 31 Jan http://is.gd/AL1zHk
Position Open: @USDA_ARS - Interdisciplinary Research Soil Scientist/Microbiolgist (AZ). Closes: 25 Jan. http://is.gd/qW9dSY
Positions Open: @USDA - Various Postdoctoral positionshttp://is.gd/tdRr5Y
Positions Open: U of NV-Reno - Two TT Asst. Profs: Soil Science & Rangeland/Arid Ag Soil Science. Close: 5 Feb http://is.gd/em2hgs
Position Open: Chagrin River Watershed Partners - Associate Director. Closes: 7 Feb. http://is.gd/AMibmt (tnx @amy_galford)
Position Open: @UNDPJobs Policy Specialist - HIV, Health & Development - Panama City (1 yr) Closes: 18 Janhttp://on.undp.org/2u1c8Z
Positions Open: Several - @wwrglobal, @UNICEF, @oxfamgb, U of Nebraska, UNC. Scroll down to 'Opportunities' http://is.gd/etHOTM
Positions Open: Inter-Fluve - Engineer or Geomorphologist (Cambridge, MA) OUF. http://is.gd/vMovfO & Madison, WIhttp://is.gd/q5xiYu OUF
Position Open: @EuroGeosciences at EGU General Assembly-science communications/journalism student. Paid. Apply: 1 Febhttp://is.gd/8jSRLX
Position Open: NM Env Dept - Geoscientist - Supervisor, GW Quality Bureau (Santa Fe) Closes: 10 Jan http://is.gd/avi8Bo
Position Open: USDA-ARS - Interdisciplinary: Research Soil Scientist/Research Microbiologist (AZ) Closes: 25 Janhttp://is.gd/qW9dSY
Position Open: Wasco County (OR) Soil & Water CD - Watershed Council Coordinator. Closes: 11 Jan http://is.gd/Ms6ADV
Position Open: @EPAgov - Director, Office of Ecosystems,Tribal & Public Affairs (Seattle) Closes: 24 Jan http://is.gd/WDybrE
Position Open: @CdnWaterNetwork - Expressions of Interest for Scientific Director. Closes: 18 Jan http://is.gd/IhTTA7
Position Open: UNC-Chapel Hill - TT Asst. Prof, SW/GW Interactions. OUF; app review: 20 Dec. http://is.gd/zzEWnG
Position Open: @ORISEconnect @EPAgov - Post-Graduate Internship, Healthy Watersheds Project. Renewable,up to 3 yearshttp://is.gd/u4DSEM
Position Open: U of NM - Open-rank TT Professor, Environmental & Water Reso. Engineering. OUF; app review 2 Jan.http://is.gd/VIHYwG
Position Open: WildEarth Guardians - Wild Rivers Program Director (Santa Fe, NM) Closes: 15 Jan http://is.gd/XknV4B #Jobs
Position Open: Stockholm Environment Institute - Sr. Research Fellow, Land & Water Reso. for Sus. Dev. (Bangkok). OUFhttp://is.gd/wgUlk2
Position Open: @USGS - Regional Director, Pacific Region (Sacramento, CA). Closes: 24 Jan. http://is.gd/ozpqI0
Positions Open: U. of Aberdeen - 2 F-T faculty positions in hydrology/water science. Closes: 25 Jan http://is.gd/taBX0L
Position Open: State of WA - Municipal Stormwater Permit Mgr (Lacey, WA). OUF; app review begins 10 Jan. http://is.gd/xAGois
Position Open: LSU - PhD assistantship in extreme value analysis in hydrometeorology. Contact Jun Xu (yjxu @ lsu (dot) edu)
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: @CGIAR Vacancy: Communications Specialist I/II (Washington, DC) http://dlvr.it/2Zw8r7
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: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/GWkccC
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
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: Montana State Univ - TT Assistant Professor of Watershed Hydrology. OUF; app review: 9 Jan 2013http://is.gd/ZKEAEC
Positions Open - Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/gO4HXh
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/R1UIMi
Positions Open: Various - Scroll down to opportunities'http://is.gd/wmJAKf
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/oVVDz7
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: 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
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'.http://is.gd/nJjnAT
Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/xtLe3o
Previous Weekly Water Summaries (Last Six Months)
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 5 - 11 January 2013http://bit.ly/XYdOfM
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 29 December 2012 - 4 January 2013 http://bit.ly/Z5M9F6
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 22 - 28 December 2012http://bit.ly/V8d8yW
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 15 - 21 December 2012http://bit.ly/WCFfer
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 8 - 14 December 2012http://bit.ly/W7IE4F
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
Science, Technology, and Medicine
RT @peakwx @Bewickwren: Opinion piece: Six Ways In Which Twitter Eclipses Facebook. http://trap.it/EC6dXY
RT @geostuff Could static electricity hold the key to predicting earthquakes? http://bit.ly/Vu3B5D (@MailOnline)
RT @TheEarthScience ND state geologist, Ed Murphy, expects diamond exploration http://sns.mx/yNkIy7
RT @AGI_Updates @GeorgeSeielstad Science as a model for governance.. http://bit.ly/UDtT5Z
From @nemohub Rain Garden Smart Phone App!http://is.gd/U24DgW
Streams, Lakes, Ecosystems, and Dams
RT @DFID_Research The Impacts of Dams on the Fisheries of the Mekong http://ow.ly/gALuM
Twitter, E-Newspapers, and E-Newsletters
January 2013 Climate CIRCulator Newsletter http://is.gd/UCUEai
RT @H2OTrust Silver Saturday Clean Drinking #Water SVDs Daily▸@siemenswater @amwater @SavetheWater @WaterWired
▸http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … …
The @WaterStJournal Daily is out! http://paper.li/WaterStJournal ▸ Top stories today via @Tod_Johnston
MT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking #Water SVD Daily ▸ via@PurificWaterUSA @SavetheWater @WaterWired @WaterforPeople@UNDP
▸ http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … …
New newsletter from @H20Efficiency 'All One Water'http://is.gd/ooQQ7k
@H2OEthics Water Ethics Newsletter January 2013. Lots of great info and links. http://is.gd/dWJJzg
The @Water_Supply Daily is out! http://paper.li/Water_supply ▸ Top stories today via @ABCRural@WaterWired@waterminder
MT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking #Water SVD Daily via @banthebottle@UNDP @ConservesWater @SavetheWater @WaterWired
▸http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … … …
@chinawaterrisk Our January Newsletter just came out! Read here:http://bit.ly/UNnoRM #China #Water
MT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking #Water SVDs Daily ▸ via @onedrop@thankyouWATER @SavetheWater @WaterWired
▸http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 … …
Water Resources Coalition January e-Newsletter.http://is.gd/4TXmF0
Good stuff! @USGS Cooperative Water Program Quarterly Highlights, January 2013. http://is.gd/grSMg0
@OSUCEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter 11 Janaury 2013http://is.gd/1AyZRe
H2OSU Newsletter - 7January 2013. Funding opps, meetings, events, etc. http://is.gd/B1IeSD
MT @H2OTrust Clean Drinking #Water SVDs Daily ▸@OurWaterCounts @WaterNetwork1 @PurificWaterUSA@SavetheWater@Water ▸ http://paper.li/H2OTrust/1314278134 …
The @Water_Supply Daily is out! http://paper.li/Water_supply ▸ Top stories today via @DreamWater @WaterWired @waterisbasic
WaSH and Development
RT @NedBreslin Sad, lived in Ruwa in early 1990s... #Zimbabwe: Women Reduced to Water Scavengers http://j.mp/TUb1zu
MT @NedBreslin Recent @UNCH2OInstitute study suggests 1.8 billion lack access to safe water http://is.gd/DGTXTL (@AndyMArmstrong)
MT @NedBreslin: @WASHfunders interview with @haroldlockwoodon future of water philanthropy and programming: http://ow.ly/gvE9S
MT @WASHfunders Impact of safe water & sanitation on health of slum dwellers: Case study of Nyalenda,Kisumu,Kenya:http://ow.ly/gAIGa
RT @NEPADWater SANITATION: Urban water woeshttp://goo.gl/cEJl9
MT @cfishman @JohnforWASH Strong words from @johnwsauer: '$25 Can't Give Clean Water for Life' [But give $25 anyway]http://huff.to/vvNgdb
Water Quality
@veoliawaterna employees share their thoughts on 40 years of the#CleanWaterAct http://ht.ly/go30J
Water Supply, Use, Reuse, and Conservation
Stop the presses! Via @jfleck: Texas sues New Mexico over Rio Grande. http://is.gd/qgQ4Cj
@nytimesgreen: Supreme Court to Decide on Texans’ Bid for Oklahoma’s Water http://is.gd/1a9Tay
WTF?
RT @guardianscience Are academics misunderstood by the general public? – open thread http://gu.com/p/3dx68/tf
WaterWired Celebrates the Sixth and the One Hundredthhttp://bit.ly/ZI2zbH
What? Via @JeffBarnardAP No more Environment Desk at NYThttp://bit.ly/10m9CYW
"Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.” - Albert Einstein
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