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TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 19 - 25 May 2012

Always apprehensive when someone sends me an email or letter that begins, "I was cleaning out my desk drawer when I found these pictures..." Uh-oh...

Former student Stephen Carlton did that recently (although I think spouse Laurie Oberholtzer found the pictures) and included four pictures from 1989 when Steve, Laurie, Sarah Raker, Diane Nork (now Kukol) and John Duffy joined me in Santa Cruz, CA (I was on sabbatical at UCSC) for my 41st birthday) Sarah, Diane Steve and John) are shown in the picture taken by Laurie). All but John and Laurie were former grad students at UNR who'd suffered through my courses.

I have very fond memories of that event, although I am still peeved that they forced me to wear a funny hat, put a paper flower in my mouth, and hold a bottle of Lemon Hart Demerara Rum.

Okay, now down to business. I have kept last week's 'Positions Open' on the list.

And for those of you who celebrate Memorial Day this coming Monday, please remember why we do. 

Note: 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,Films,  and Reviews
Book - 'Climate Change Policy Failures: Why Conventional Mitigation Approaches Cannot Succeed' http://is.gd/LvQNc0

Finishing 'US Water Mgmt' class with FL WMDs. Using material from @cynthiabarnett's 'Mirage' and Tom Swihart's 'Florida's Water'.

Via @EcoCentered Avengers sequel pitch: fighting our #water crisis? Kyle Rabin's reflections on @lastcalloasis: http://is.gd/mlKQ2P

 Bottled Water, Tap/Drinking Water
RT @WaterOnline Israel to add magnesium to drinking waterhttp://ow.ly/b3fAJ

Via @chinawaterrisk Infographic: Better in a Bottle?http://bit.ly/HcDGNF

NYT: Late for School After a Long Journey for a Drop to Drink.http://nyti.ms/Ktl0nm

Scientist Develops Simple Way to Make Clean Water for Everyone.http://is.gd/guGZdw

RT @indiawater Lemon juice can purify water in half an hour?!http://bit.ly/KBSYHS #waterquality

RT @HealingWaters Another recent video: Curious how we make dirty water safe to drink? http://ow.ly/aO6GI #RaiseTheLevel

RT @FWaterSys Reading Huntsville, AL story, Do I need to #filter my #water ? http://blog.al.com/breaking/2012/05/ask_us_do_i_need_to_filter_my.html

 California
Also US problem, too. Via @LPAWater @OCWaterSummit - Mulroy:#cawater problem is West's problem, need to transcend provincialism.

RT @PacificCouncil Current Draft of the Delta Plan | Delta Stewardship Council http://fb.me/1qDLWa3gP

Mike Wade letter to @sacbee_news Look at water issues from Westlands perspective. http://is.gd/7WIBqA #cawater

@aguanomics Can we end hydraulic mining? http://is.gd/vL5MDs#cawater

Via @chanceofraincom God, Lawn, and Me http://is.gd/kBcQpX

 

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
John Matthews Is No Dope: Better Living Through Water Infrastructure http://bit.ly/KUy9Ib

Via @climateprogress Heartland Conf: Special Guest Lord Monckton Goes Birther, Admits to ‘No Scientific Qualification’http://bit.ly/L7L63S

Catholic Bishops on Climate Change and Environmental Justicehttp://bit.ly/Jwg8UY

RT @ClimateTreaty Financial tool used climate change uncertainty to select land http://bit.ly/K8IFws

RT @NRDC 2011, Minnesota: 34 rainfall records, 16 heat records & 21 snowfall records. Do something. http://j.mp/JhKeHe

RT @ngwatweets Atmospheric Warming Intensifies Earth’s Water Cycle - Science News http://fb.me/1EW9oVZmO

RT @NWF Methane gas is leaking out as ice melts across Alaska and Greenland: 150,000 "seeps" located: http://bit.ly/K1oy33

RT @tveitdal Climate scepticism: Heartland Institute facing uncertain future as staff depart and cash dries up http://bit.ly/K3howS

For anthropogenic effects (incl. GW pumpng) on sea level rise, see 1994 Nature paper by Sahagian et al. http://is.gd/rTah4P

RT @watercrunch It really is hot in here: U.S. has warmest 12 months on record http://zite.to/L8FjgG via @zite

RT @tveitdal WRI: Four key issues to watch during Bonn climate talks http://bit.ly/L7lDUM

RT @ClimateTreaty For Qatar, climate forum offers a test but also a chance http://bit.ly/KMixqe

Conferences and Call For Abstracts/Papers
Call For Abstracts (due 16 July): Sustainable Stormwater Symposium, Portland, OR, 19-20 September 2012.http://is.gd/ZFlbEU

Call for Abstracts - Montana Section AWRA 2012 Meeting, 11-12 October. http://is.gd/NrDyyq

RT @siwi_media egistration for the 2012 World Water Week is now open. #water #food #security http://fb.me/1RjaeVsCz

2012 AWRA WA State Section Conference 11-13 Sept: Columbia River, Basin and Treaty. http://is.gd/EkYNdR

Via @deepseadawn MT @gisjourno Great preview of EsriUC, largest geospatial conference in world http://bit.ly/JWNOJJ #gis

River Restoration Northwest Annual Symposium (5-7 February 2013) - Call for Abstracts and Sessions! http://is.gd/hg4QaS

Education and Science 

RT @NCSE Check the story's sidebars, such as "Conflict abounds in climate education" http://is.gd/U5tvbD

In Corvallis 22 May? Hear John Matthews: 'Better Living thru Water Infrastructure: Ecology,Economics & Communications'http://is.gd/gAKBIv

Politicization of Science: A Study http://bit.ly/L9GUgt

Events
RT @GWPnews NewsFlow: First India Water Week Focuses on Water-Energy-Food Nexus http://fb.me/1K5FwnVeK

National Wetlands Month? Who knew? Short video on wetlands from USDA. http://is.gd/AZI3VC

Via @cgiarclimate Miss @climatesociety seminar on satellite rainfall #data yesterday? Watch it at http://j.mp/Lv5PLb cc @zeusisdead
 

Groundwater
Via @Alwi_Eisner MT @ombwatch: Gas reserves type of rock involved=high risk of GW contamination from #fracking in NC:http://bit.ly/JczutJ

RT @guardianeco Draining of world's aquifers feeds rising sea levelshttp://gu.com/p/37yby/tf

Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, Oil Sands, and Energy
RT @billmckibben That's odd, methane found in 2 wells in Pennsylvania. Don't light up near the faucet! http://is.gd/rXC2EJ

 Via @rebootingfuture With Chesapeake Energy in chaos, the#Marcellus Shale Coalition remains silent http://shar.es/qolYQ

Noble Energy Spending $8 Billion to Drill Colorado's Shale Oil Fields http://is.gd/3Yexqh

RT @HuffingtonPost Pacific Northwest's only commercial nuclear plant gets 20-year license renewal http://huff.to/LgCV1G

Via @EcoCentered @EcoWatch: ODNR Waters Down #FrackingRegulations. http://bit.ly/KFPUhQ 

@OhioEnviro @JedThorp@EnvironmentOH

Via @greenwatchdogNY That U. Buffalo study on natural gas drilling and #fracking? Not peer-reviewed, after all. http://fb.me/15SvPKMtt

RT @grist Don't you dare touch our beer, frackers:http://bit.ly/MoyRSd

Hydrophilanthropy
RT @livingwater Lowering pipe into the drill hole http://ow.ly/i/DIn2

RT @OSUHydrophiles Walk For Water http://flic.kr/p/c2e9JW

Miscellaneous

RT @HuffingtonPost HuffPost Science is posting live updates of solar eclipse http://huff.to/K3ORai

Opportunities
@EPAwater launches 'Water Is Worth It' video project.http://is.gd/fukDWE

People
Via @reviewjournal Obama names Yucca Mtn. critic to lead NRC.http://bit.ly/KHDQJG

Chloroquine dream #1: Pat Mulroy leaves SNWA, heads to#Sacdelta, kicks some butt, straightens everything out. #cawater

Murderers, Tyrants, Madmen, and Other Advocates of Global Warming: The Iron Lady? http://bit.ly/KCmTA0

@BCWaterNews interview: 10 Minutes With John Cherry (yes, (THAT John Cherry!) http://is.gd/NW7RYR

Policy, Planning, and Management
Matthew McKinney's Montana Marseille Reflections on 6WWFhttp://bit.ly/KZc0ek

Booming natural-gas sector ignites debate over BC Hydro service.http://is.gd/9EWoYg

RT @DropInTheBucket Interesting infographic on reducing your water footprint http://is.gd/DZrZrQ

 RT @WaterNetwork1 Changing the Global Water Footprint for Humanity http://bit.ly/JiY4c6 #water #footprint #thewaternetwork

RT @WaterWired Florida's WMDs: Dire Straits Ahead?http://bit.ly/KycXJR

Positions Open
Positions Open: Luckiamute Watershed Council (OR) - 1) Coordinator http://is.gd/oeFKk6 2) Outreach Serviceshttp://is.gd/HssOOV

Position Open: NM Env. Dept - Mining Section Program Manager.http://is.gd/V7liB8

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

Position Open: City & County of SF: Water Ops. Mgr, Hetch Hetchy Water & Power (Moccasin, CA) http://is.gd/5BmRzG #jobs

Positions Open: Scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'.http://is.gd/6Oi53e #Jobs

From Last Week:

Position Open: Utah DEQ - Environmental Scientist - Database Administrator http://is.gd/RvWzrk

Position Open: USGS - Research Geologist, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center http://is.gd/EEwYK6

Position Open: Brown University: Visiting Asst. Prof/Lecturer, Env. Studies.Full consideration to apps by 30 May. http://is.gd/rL5M80

Position Open: BWSC,Inc. (TN) - Water Resources Engineer (entry level). Open till filled.. http://is.gd/BbQn7V
 

Position Open: CH2M Hill (WA): Water Resources Task Manager. Open till filled. http://is.gd/CcAZVf
 

Positions Open (2): River Design Group - Water Resources Engineers (MT and OR) - open till filled. http://is.gd/cFzx4J

Position Open: Ecotrust (Portland, OR) - Summer Communications Internship http://is.gd/bssXgC

Position Open: Powder Basin Watershed Council (OR) Monitoring Coordinator. http://is.gd/AhvbIT

Position Open: Wasco County (OR) Soil & Water Conservation District Summer Intern. http://is.gd/0euj7t

Position Open: USDA-NRCS - Rangeland Management Specialist (TX) http://is.gd/5cTRXP

Position Open: @EPAjobs - Director, Engineering & Analysis Division (DC) http://is.gd/J8USLI

Positions Open: @EPAjobs - Environmental Protection Assistant, Temporary, F-T. (Boston, MA) http://is.gd/TTi0AF

Previous Weekly Water News Summaries (each contains 'Positions Open')

 TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 19 - 25 May 2012 http://bit.ly/Kg6YtH

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 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

Streams, Lakes, Dams, and Ecosystems
Utah judge says streams are public assets, but access still a question http://is.gd/aDhEIW

Rocky Barker: Confront ‘Noah’s Choice’ or keep arguing?http://is.gd/VbWSZR

Sandpoint declines Idaho offer to apply herbicide in Lake Pend Oreille near city beaches to eradicate milfoil. http://is.gd/hjmVkE

Environmental groups, tribes protest nuclear power plant along Green River. http://is.gd/VdbETU

Return of sockeye to Idaho lake: the legacy of Lonesome Larry.http://is.gd/Qbn0CU

RT @americanrivers CO River is basis of West’s economy. One more reason to protect the Green River http://ow.ly/b2Zh6#MER2012

RT @aquatic_habitat Natural, Functional, and Restored Wetlands Conserve Precious Water http://tinyurl.com/84wugx6

Salazar Announces Improvements to Glen Canyon Dam Ops to Restore High Flows and Native Fish in Grand Canyon http://is.gd/DUvTKY

Algae bloom on Bighorn River irks irrigators, anglers.http://is.gd/ervJxm

Twitter, E-Newspapers, and E-Newsletters
WASH Advocates May 2012 Newsletter. http://is.gd/LxS6gC

RT @daviddavis The Poverty & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/htVHfn▸ Top stories today via @TFFTAFRICA @austinmann @equitas_inc

H2OSU Newsletter - 21 May 2012. http://is.gd/zLoxhW

Read The Water @h2oMatters Weekly w/top stories via@TheWaterLetter @WaterWired @Waterkeeper @TheRainCatcherhttp://is.gd/nDWRWe

RT@WaterTreatment_ Daily is out! http://bit.ly/rhsrB1 ▸ Top stories today via @MiningConnect @LongBeachWater

The @WaterFootprints Daily is out! http://bit.ly/eDEDnD ▸ Top stories today via @WaterWired @WaterTechOnline @unitedutilities

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

The @Water_Supply Daily is out! http://bit.ly/i1Ca7r ▸ Top stories today via @WaterWired @GetFirefighJobs @CareNews

RT @medindoagua The Água & Water Daily is out!http://bit.ly/hRCisK ▸ Top stories today via @watercrunch@PeterGleick @WUIW 

Water Ethics Newsletter - May 2012. http://is.gd/qLDUw2

OSU CEOAS Newsletter - 'Making Waves' - 25 May 2012.http://is.gd/1AyZRe

@BCWaterNews 25 May 2012: AZ, NM, NV, & US/International.http://is.gd/BC20UP

Water Quality and Wastewater

Via @EcoCentered RT @EPAWater CWA 40th Anniv. Video Project: Tell Us Why Water is Worth It to You in 15 sec videohttp://is.gd/xdGQGu

Study: Pollutants found in remote lakes, rivers. http://is.gd/N5jG2W

RT @MnPCA Minnesota's new pollution watchdog takes control http://is.gd/3i07VY via @mprnews

Water Supply and Water Use
Top 5 Commonly Missed Rainwater Harvesting Cistern Components.http://is.gd/8kKUdV

Wungong Catchment Trial http://is.gd/dxruqW (tnx @cynthiabarnett)

Wyoming snowpack down to 22 percent of average http://is.gd/TpMLns

@nprnews Mongolia's Dilemma: Who Gets The Water? http://is.gd/8TsTPc

Via @waterguru2 El Paso residents urged to cut water use for 2 weeks. http://is.gd/KDcwBb

RT @waltonwater Water supply district in Midland, Texas approves $162 million contract for new 10 MGD pipeline http://bit.ly/Kyluun

RT @markgrossi Snowpack numbers updated today, look at Southern Sierra -- zip http://1.usa.gov/A5Vqqp #cawater

RT @sciam Earth Thirst: Solving the Freshwater Crisishttp://bit.ly/KsElr1

RT @ASCETweets Concerns Over Sinkholes Scuttle Tampa Bay's Reservoir Expansion http://ow.ly/aYCwG

WTF?

Via @SWFWMDmatters From Tom Swihart's Blog: Political cleansing of FL WMD Exec. Directors complete. Consequences dire.http://is.gd/BluTze

WTF? Via @HeartlandInst MT @SeeTac7 TY! 1000s who fight for#liberty & I'll spread #truth on #climatechangelies #IStandWithHeartlandInst

"Florida will be gone altogether, the whole damned place, in not too long." -James Lovelock

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 12 - 18 May 2012

Time for your weekly dose of displacement behavior. 

Nothing special to say, except that if you are in the Corvallis area today, please note:

The Oregon State University student water group Hydrophiles has organized a stellar water resources research symposium today, 18 May 2012, at OSU's Memorial Union,Rooms 211,212, and 213. The building is 'MU' on the campus map, at the corner of SW Jefferson Way and SW 26th Street.

Hydrophiles was just named the AWRA Best Student chapter. Congratulations to the entire group! Check out the year's activities:

Download Hydrophiles_Review_2011_2012

Here you go...

Note: 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!

California
RT @PureWaterSD Missed @sdcwa ‘Water Talks” this month? Can still learn about San Diego’s connection to Colorado R.http://is.gd/uulkLS

Water Budgets Battle Financial Budgets in Californiahttp://is.gd/guToEl #cawater

SacBee editorial: Water contractors need to get real http://is.gd/SeeJzI #cawater #Sacdelta

Floating Robots Use GPS-enabled Smartphones to Track Sacramento River Flow. http://is.gd/FSBtJy

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
RT @nytimesscience Green Blog: The Billboard Wars, Chapter 2http://nyti.ms/JzToU3

RT @KenCaldeira Geoengineering discussion on PRI show 'To The Point'. Stream / download at http://is.gd/dfAsrC  Segment starts after 7m 30s

RT @MIchaelEMann One can only hope that this letter which appeared today in the @WmsptSunGazette is a parody...http://fb.me/zqErDkQJ

Via @tcktcktck @rtccnewswire: UN #climate talks start in Bonn tomorrow - here's what's at stake: http://tinyurl.com/7w8nj76

RT @climatecentre The week's #climate news: the good, the bad and the ugly at Heartland http://bit.ly/KzZzon

RT @FRaserInstitute Global climate models wrong; fail to hindcast actual climate for past 30 or 100 years http://bit.ly/JOhkja

RT @CERC_Columbia @ScienceDaily2 Which plants will survive droughts, climate change? - http://ow.ly/aGhpJ

Via @jfleck @fronterasdesk: Drought, climate change make 'mega fires' inevitable in the West http://bit.ly/JcGytL

The Greenhouse Is Making the Water-Poor Even Poorer.http://is.gd/zR3l3W

Conferences and Call For Abstracts/Papers
Call For Abstracts (due 16 July): Sustainable Stormwater Symposium, Portland, OR, 19-20 September 2012.http://is.gd/ZFlbEU

CoRP Symposium 2012 - UW-Madison, 24-25 July.http://is.gd/OugUx1

AWRA 2012 Annual Conference - abstract deadline extended to 25 May. http://is.gd/d66vjp

 

Dude! @OSUHydrophiles Water Resources Research Symposium - Friday, 18 May 2012 http://bit.ly/KZ7BEx

Nevada Water Reso. Assn: Domestic Well Owners Informational Workshop, 1-3 October 2012. http://is.gd/WeGS1z

Economics

Via @EPAsmartgrowth PUMA Active-wear releases its Enviro Profit & Loss Statement http://is.gd/52gsgM

RT @aguanomics Cost recovery versus conservation #incentives http://goo.gl/fb/GrmBY

 Floods and Droughts
Via @MnPCA Tour of drought as it unfolds across USA.http://is.gd/Q7958k

Governor declares drought in New Mexico. http://is.gd/8p2pzI

Via @ClimateProgress Record Drought: Torrential Rain Can’t Bring Much Of England Out Of ‘Exceptional’ Dry Conditions http://bit.ly/LSTLWO

RT @VaWaterCenter Drought Report for Virginia and Elsewhere as of Mid-May, 2012 http://wp.me/p1zFTt-Jo

Groundwater
Webcast: Nitrate in Groundwater, 18 May 2012, 2:30 PM EDT.http://is.gd/hwQt9J

Via @chanceofraincom The Common Purse: Las Posas/Cadizhttp://is.gd/iA3djC

RT @WaterWellJournl @ngwatweets: Africa May Struggle to Extract #Groundwater, Experts Say: http://fb.me/1CTgpUh9T

Via @H2OEthics WA State advises cities of dwindling #groundwatersupplies http://bit.ly/L8FD95

Webcast: Nitrate in Groundwater, 18 May 2012, 2:30 PM EDT.http://is.gd/hwQt9J

Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, Oil Sands, and Energy
Utah DEQ wants to keep public, press away from tar sands hearing.http://is.gd/kTxpuv

NYT: Seeing a Source of Electricity in Water Pipes.http://is.gd/eHeoqs

Four Colorado Counties Among Critics of Plan to Limit Oil-shale Land. http://is.gd/7KYfut

Casper (WY) Star-Tribune editorial: New fed fracking rules protect no one -- except bureaucrats. http://is.gd/ADz1Fb

RT @Alwi_Eisner Natural gas fracking lawsuit dismissed for lack of evidence http://ow.ly/aUoRc

RT @BCWaterNews University of Buffalo report says fracking is getting safer. http://bit.ly/KkdD3f

@nprnews series: The Fracking Boom: Missing Answers.http://is.gd/Q6s07i

Hydrophilanthropy
It's As Easy As...990-EZ! http://bit.ly/JHuU61

All done with my 990EZ form for another year! Sent to my uncle in Ogden, UT. http://www.acjfoundation.org

RT @W4Wethiopia Join us in walking "Three Miles for Life" 19 May, 8:30am, Benton Cty Fairgrounds. #Corvallis http://is.gd/ABOhV0

Journals
Search Continues: Associate Editor, SW Hydrology, Journal of AWRA. http://is.gd/gJXEFg

Water Alternatives Special Issue Call for Papers: Informal Space in the Urban Waterscape http://is.gd/pSolkM

Water Alternatives Special Issue Call for Papers: Trends & Developments in Rural Water Supply Services Delivery http://is.gd/PkoQ8h
 

 Miscellaneous
@AlaskaAir granted permission to fly daily N/S from Portland (PDX) to Reagan National (DCA). Will start this summer.

RT @bill_easterly Praise the @WorldBank! (for data visualization) http://bit.ly/K9gjAg HT @viewfromthecave

Via @levyj413 EPA now has 9 blogs; all tweet @Greenversations or you can subscribe or just read each one: http://is.gd/JKyrSm

Oldie but goodie: "The monstering of tamarisks: how scientists made a plant into a problem. http://is.gd/pecmEq (ynx @chanceofraincom)

Via @LastCallOasis Infographic: America's real water crisis.http://is.gd/AhbcFm

Opportunities
Via @jensownaddy Apply for River Management Young Achievers Award, deadline 13 July @thewaterbros @FlowCanadahttp://is.gd/UX5GSi

Funding Opportunity from Belmont Forum: Freshwater Security http://is.gd/ADdlPf or Coastal Vulnerability http://is.gd/PY1Tky

Opportunities: NSF Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) Postdoctoral Fellowships http://is.gd/vl8Kz2

EPA Launches Competition for College Students to Develop Innovative Approaches to Stormwater Management http://is.gd/WLK9vM

People
Mother's Day Tribute to Ruth Emerson Campana http://bit.ly/Ki1DSz

Excellent! @cynthiabarnett's Unity College (http://www.unity.edu/) commencement address. http://is.gd/US4oiB

Gus Speth Speaketh... http://t.co/hu5wkRZO

 Policy, Planning, and Management
RT @veoliawaterna FREE: Online tool to help #water managers around the world make smart decisions: http://ht.ly/ayJ7A @awwaace

Will YOU Be Ready For Aqua Republica? http://bit.ly/JRXD87

Aqua Republica - a serious game about water resources.http://aquarepublica.com/

Via @WaterMattersAB My favourite archived resource on water rights in Alberta #abwater http://bit.ly/KLvi67 - webinar by Claus Eckert

Dr. Brenda Bateman Updates Oregon's Integrated Water Resources Strategy http://bit.ly/KloLwX

@WaterAlliance Presidential Pipeline by Ben Grumbles: Crooks and Nannies. http://is.gd/6hr5SK

Dr. Robert Lackey's AFS Plenary Address: Science - Beacon of Reality http://bit.ly/L3ZhDA

Report: Water policy needs 'radical' change to protect people and environment. http://is.gd/inItwK

Positions Open
Positions Open: Scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'.http://is.gd/6Oi53e #Jobs

Position Open: Utah DEQ - Environmental Scientist - Database Administrator http://is.gd/RvWzrk

Position Open: USGS - Research Geologist, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center http://is.gd/EEwYK6

Position Open: Brown University: Visiting Asst. Prof/Lecturer, Env. Studies.Full consideration to apps by 30 May. http://is.gd/rL5M80

Position Open: BWSC,Inc. (TN) - Water Resources Engineer (entry level). Open till filled.. http://is.gd/BbQn7V
 

Position Open: CH2M Hill (WA): Water Resources Task Manager. Open till filled. http://is.gd/CcAZVf
 

Positions Open (2): River Design Group - Water Resources Engineers (MT and OR) - open till filled. http://is.gd/cFzx4J

Position Open: Ecotrust (Portland, OR) - Summer Communications Internship http://is.gd/bssXgC

Position Open: Powder Basin Watershed Council (OR) Monitoring Coordinator. http://is.gd/AhvbIT

Position Open: Wasco County (OR) Soil & Water Conservation District Summer Intern. http://is.gd/0euj7t

Position Open: USDA-NRCS - Rangeland Management Specialist (TX) http://is.gd/5cTRXP

Position Open: @EPAjobs - Director, Engineering & Analysis Division (DC) http://is.gd/J8USLI

Positions Open: @EPAjobs - Environmental Protection Assistant, Temporary, F-T. (Boston, MA) http://is.gd/TTi0AF

Position Open: Ecotrust: Grad Student Internship,Whole Watershed Restoration Init. Ad: wwri@ecotrust.org  http://is.gd/rjn7vE

Previous Weekly Water News Summaries (each contains 'Positions Open')

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 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

Streams, Lakes, Dams, and Ecosystems
RT @VaWaterCenter On Virginia Water Radio This Week: A Walk Across Virginia to Explore Water Resources http://wp.me/p1zFTt-J2

RT @jfleck @alexbreitler Beautiful images of river deltas around the world -"the stunning blood vessels of our planet" http://bit.ly/IMDCCL

Via @HuffingtonPost and @markgrossi Yosemite Falls now live via webcam http://huff.to/KX5b9x

Great article by @chanceofraincom in HCN: LA activists try to stop woodlands from becoming sediment dumps. http://is.gd/AxqJLO ($$)

Via @WaterAlliance @americanrivers reports on America's most endangered rivers: #1-Potomac. Others here: http://bit.ly/J9863u

Via @highcountrynews NYT: Hatched and wild salmon: a bad mix? http://nyti.ms/KPJ5IS

Water glut stalls BC Hydro power production. http://is.gd/LufPEB

Late summer streamflows in MT, WY, and ID decreasing, says U. of Montana study http://is.gd/JAhimm

RT @LakeScientist Canada funding cuts drop 58-lake research program: http://fb.me/1owK3DRFR

Twitter, E-Newspapers, and E-Newsletters
RT @daviddavis The Poverty & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/htVHfn▸ Top stories today via @usaid @fmsc_org @charitynews

RT @daviddavis Poverty & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/htVHfn ▸ Top stories today via @water1st @worldconcern @compassion@watermissions

H2OSU Newsletter - 14 May 2012. http://is.gd/6Oi53e

RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://bit.ly/9xYfCB ▸ Top stories today via @hgoldstone @petemyers@jeffgoodell

RT @daviddavis The Poverty & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/htVHfn▸ Top stories today via @usaid @fmsc_org

RT @waterca Kokish River is the canary in our coal minehttp://news360.com/article/53158901

RT @UN_ClimateTalks First issue of the Daily Programme for the Bonn Climate Change Talks 2012 npw out: http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2012/sbi36/bonn2012-od-20120514-en.pdf

The @WaterTreatment_ Daily is out! http://bit.ly/rhsrB1 ▸ Top stories today via @jlnmetals @melbournewater @awwaace @goldmining@waterwired

RT @WorldHygienePrg Daily WASH is out! http://bit.ly/l3bFmq ▸Top stories today via @h2odva @welldone @rowanbarber @charmermark @rosegeorge3

RT @POWER_GEN_Intl Daily is out! http://bit.ly/poarf7 ▸ Top stories today via @waterwired @enercominc @macewan @barbaragoode

OSU CEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 18 May 2012.http://is.gd/1AyZRe

WaSH and Development
RT @bryancallahan Tanzania: Shortage of Toilets Costs Liveshttp://bit.ly/JwwJEk #tanzania #sanitation #talkshit via @allafrica

RT @bryancallahan Times of India Says India's First Zero-Waste Toilet System Launched: http://bit.ly/JwxcpS

RT @womenwater @indiawater: How soil & water conservation transformed lives in Gulliyada, Erode, Tamil Naduhttp://bit.ly/IVoRP3...

Via @H2OEthics Residential Water Treatment Shows Major Growth In Developing World http://is.gd/SY3eIn

More on the @gatesfoundation's 'Reinvent the Toilet' challenge.http://is.gd/KboHrS

Can New Chemistry Make a Malaria Drug Plentiful and Cheap?http://is.gd/Ja2ibW

Water Quality and Wastewater
Colorado wastewater project at risk from Suncor refinery toxic plume. http://is.gd/zvmWTd

 Company will try again for permit to build drilling waste treatment plant in Mills, WY. http://is.gd/xlGR2w

RT @Aquafornia Sac Regional Cty Sanitation District petitions State Water Board to vacate permit requirements #cawaterhttp://goo.gl/L3TI2

@Ecocentered Nitrate Pollution from Coast to Coast.http://is.gd/CaEc2V

 

Water Supply and Water Use
Lake Powell Pipeline: Albatross or golden goose? http://is.gd/40jq0P

The fight for water: Can the mighty Mississippi save the West http://is.gd/O3rcnI

Deseret News: The fight for water: Here's why the West's oldest battle could hit you at the tap. http://is.gd/t3ifYR

Solar energy: Government of India planning to set up 10,000 water systems. http://is.gd/hKtdY8

RT @WEForg Op Ed: The world is running out of #water -- now what? http://grn.bz/JtWKlX #GrnBz via @GreenBiz @LastCallOasis

Deseret News: The fight for water: Nevada taps Lake Mead and hunts for 'Utah' water. http://is.gd/VSvtQq

To increase water supply and save Western rivers,cut down 3-5 billion trees? http://is.gd/dCARiG @DroughtDoctor

RT @WaterCurrents Water in Canada in long-term decline:http://bit.ly/Lai9QW via @TorontoStar

NW Colorado snowpack worst in a decade. http://is.gd/xIVFem

RT @LPAWater San Diego Co. #Water goes "all in" with 9.6% rate hike proposal. Blames MWD & infrastructure. http://goo.gl/Z2RMs#cawater

After 157 years, Montana tribes want their water. http://is.gd/c2Uad1

FERC again rejects Aaron Million's Wyoming-Colorado water pipeline http://is.gd/u7JdM8

WTF?
Video: Swiss Alps landslide! http://is.gd/OU8kDN

"We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming." - Werner von Braun

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 5 -11 May 2012

Another birthday visits me this weekend. No complaints here - really. Couldn't ask for a better life. Maybe fewer aches and pains, but that's no problem, considering the alternative.

Mary Frances and I have finished the cookies in the picture above - now for some of the 'adult beverages'. My favorite such libation is shown to the right.

We'll cook birthday dinner on Sunday - risotto.

In the meantime, enjoy this week's summary. I expect to be back next week. 

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Bottled Water and Tap/Drinking Water
RT @OnlyTapWater Happy Drinking #Water Week everyone!http://is.gd/ospx6i

Treat Yourself to Some Wonderful Weekend Wilkinson (Drinking) Water! http://bit.ly/KdBl55

RT @craigtimes Citing environmental concerns, universities banning bottled water on campus http://bit.ly/IIkCD6

Books, Reviews, and Films
Via @HuffPostGreen Erin Brockovich is back on the big screen in 'Last Call At The Oasis' http://huff.to/JU9S4w

'Last Call At The Oasis' - coming soon, but not likely to a theater near you. http://is.gd/2pdTQt

'Film as a Facilitation Tool in the Columbia River Basin' - MS Thesis Presentation Julie Watson http://is.gd/lrOCmp

Book download (huge PDF): "The Water Atlas- Traditional knowledge to combat desertification"  http://lnkd.in/AN5wiE

@LastCallOasis now in 6 cities this weekend: Los Angeles, DC, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Berkeley, Irvine: http://bit.ly/INneTN

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
@350 This is all that's left of Bolivia's Chacaltaya glacier:http://flic.kr/p/bEAUTm #ConnectTheDots

RT @ClimateTreaty EU shifts climate change targets againhttp://bit.ly/LSPsx4

NYT Op-Ed by James Hansen: Game Over for the Climate.http://is.gd/n86p2l

Climate change accelerating, complicating Idaho's spring runoff.http://is.gd/zF7Rsi

RT @KQEDscience Global warming heats up tornado debatehttp://ow.ly/aKfQ3

RT @climateprogress As Supporters Jump Ship,Heartland Institute Stands By Widely Condemned Anti-Science Hate Speech http://bit.ly/LoAjTS

RT @NRDC Answering Questions About Clouds and Climatehttp://j.mp/J2pOT8 (via @nytimesgreen)

Conferences and Call For Abstracts/Papers
AWRA 2012 Annual Conference - Abstracts due 14 May.http://is.gd/jtQ4EM

RT @OSUHydrophiles schedule for 2012 Water Research Symposium at OSU has been finalized! http://is.gd/YPINDS

Upcoming international water conferences and events. http://water-conferences.com/

Conflict, Security, and Cooperation
Hope there's GW! RT @usmariaotero Looking forward to speaking@thewilsoncenter on global #water security. 3pm EDT:http://goo.gl/4iGL4

Via @JeremiahOsGo Crisis Mapping: a New Interdisciplinary Field?
Read @jenziemke's article. http://is.gd/RnGXQW

Quebec-Vermont Wind Turbine Dispute Threatens To Become International Incident http://is.gd/ZLher7

 RT @strasser Water Conflicts Move Up on U.S. Security Agenda - IPS http://ipsnews.net http://shar.es/2kxz7 via @sharethis

 
Economics and Law
TeleBriefing ($$): Sackett v. EPA, 10-11 AM PDT, 9 May,http://is.gd/4IDbzi

RT @circelofblue #Australia's rivers are being ruined by #watertrading, says expert @ausgeo http://su.pr/1d53Jy

Via @MarcellusGas PSU prof.: "Data support #Marcellusdevelopment increasing local retail activity" via @agsciences:http://bit.ly/LNEd9h

RT @columbiawater The price of water 2012: Chicago prices are up nearly 25%, while LA is down by 9%! http://bit.ly/JAvXYw

RT @heywho@BlueSkyDog: How the Private Water Industry Is Teaming Up With ALEC | @AlterNet http://bit.ly/J6YN0O #p2 #topprog #tpot

 
Education and Science
AGI launches GeoWord of the Day. http://is.gd/xK9Me5

 Significant water anomaly explained. http://is.gd/aqEmw1

Is Science Biased Toward Natural? http://bit.ly/JcP8JJ

AGI's Geoscience Currents #58: A Glance at Geoscience Major Attrition. http://is.gd/vmEdJW

Students: 2012 World Energy Forum is sponsoring an International Energy Essay Contest. http://is.gd/ii1iS3

 
Events
RT @bryancallahan Durban to host World Toilet Summit:http://iol.io/am8z8 #sanitation #talkshit #water

Via @cfishman Questions about TX water, drought,how to keep 26 million residents hydrated? Tweet questions to #texaswater

Oregon Cattlemen's Assn. sponsors Water for Agriculture town halls.http://is.gd/dkQgCR @capitalpress

Floods and Droughts
RT @cirlceofblue #Kenya farmers grow their way out of #food aid by focusing on #water. @AlertNet http://su.pr/93xRFk #drought

 
Groundwater
Texas Water Mission's Final ACJ Foundation Report: Honduras Wellshttp://bit.ly/LcAr9a

RT @theAGU: Groundwater pumping leads to sea level rise, cancels out effect of dams http://bit.ly/JbWbT6 #GRLjrnl

Via @chancofraincom Rancho Santa Margarita, Meet Calleguas.http://is.gd/7twy8K

Just found a nice little 2009 article on TX GW & Rule of Capture by Bruce K. Darling. http://is.gd/pF4cgN

RT @nick_cayman Why Groundwater is Another Sea Level Rise Concern http://dlvr.it/1WyJVv

RT @YSIinc @Project2049: Problem of #groundwater pollution in China is spreading from cities to countryside. http://bit.ly/IXJitU

Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy
Via @highcountrynews Federal fracking guidelines have some important measures. http://is.gd/QgtrGt

Alberta steps up battle to shed 'dirty oil' image. http://is.gd/lQX2OG

Via @MarcellusGas @Forbes column by Colin Harris: Anti-frackers shifting from water to air quality http://onforb.es/IVfY9m #Marcellus

RT @highcountrynews WY convinced #EPA to delay releasing Pavillion #fracking findings, giving time to debunk finding http://bit.ly/J7tB31

RT @NRDC BLM fracking rule will apply to more than 55 million acres of private land (see maps) http://j.mp/Jip3VS

Via @MarcellusGas NY Pro Fracking Group Follows Anti-Drilling Petition (via @wicztv) http://bit.ly/KQnNYP

Hydrophilanthropy
Great HWB BoD discussion yesterday PM. Full day today. Now snowing in Calgary. http://is.gd/8hYRTn

Posted! Texas Water Mission's Final ACJ Foundation Report: Honduras Water Wells http://bit.ly/LcAr9a

Snow has stopped, sun is shining, I breezed through C & I at YYC. Great HWB BoD meeting. I'm all in... http://is.gd/8hYRTn

Journals
RT @Water_Journal Indicators will help asses quality of #OA journalshttp://ow.ly/aNtbI #OpenAccess Via @InTechWeb

Via @JeremiahOsGo Hooray for more #OA! RT @deepseadawnPublisher of @PLoSONE moves to new Open-Access initiativehttp://bit.ly/JpVvr7

People and Personal Stuff
@MichaelEMann interview with @RobertKennedyJr about #HSCWand more (3PM EDT) today on @RingOfFireRadiohttp://fb.me/1ioq9zKGy

"@AGW_Prof: @PeterGleick Thanks again for putting it on the line for the rest of us. Yesterday's events remind us why. #heartland" Thanks.

RT @KateGalbraith RFK Jr on Al Armendariz / EPA Region 6http://is.gd/ZmxGJy

RT @LPAWater Canary in the coal mine or shill for Gloom, Inc.? Brockovich in LA Times: http://goo.gl/zH1xT #cawater

8000 Tweets? A life? Awesome! Where can I download one?

@Katchinoff I will craft a response this weekend, Julien. Video is online, right? Grappling w. GW in TX now (class!).

Via @AGUSciPolicy Sen. Lugar loses (R-IN) primary to geologist-turned-candidate who calls CC 'junk science' http://bit.ly/IKLEgW

Robert Lackey lecture: Is Science Biased Toward Natural?http://bit.ly/JcP8JJ

@JeremiahOsGo Thanks for coming, Jeremiah. Glad to finally meet you live!

Happy Birthday @jfleck

Policy, Planning, and Management
RT @CSIROnews Know what Total Water Cycle Management is? This fact sheet from the UWSRA explains http://ow.ly/aDQEr

Alberta Premier Redford creates single environment and sustainable resource development department. http://is.gd/Vf1iAi

Lloyd G. Carter: How The West(lands) Was Won, Part 2.http://is.gd/naNM7F Part 1: http://is.gd/zSLgiL

@WorldBank's Julia Bucknall on shaping the #SustainableDevelopment Goal on #Water@UN_Rioplus20http://dld.bz/byNvH #Rioplus2

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Positions Open
Positions Open (7): Postdocs- hydrogeophysics, hydropedology,geomorphology, geochemistry,hydrology,ecohydrology,etc. http://is.gd/iqlv5o

Position Open: USACE - Interdisciplinary (Memphis, TN)http://is.gd/W2C34B

Position Open: US DoI - Bureau of Ocean Energy Mgmt - Oceanographer (Herndon, VA) http://is.gd/jbW3eJ

Position Open: UNDP - Only two more days to apply for #MDG Programme Analyst http://on.undp.org/ILmNtb

Position Open: USDA -Hydrologic Technician (East Wareham, MA)http://is.gd/1XGhbW

Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/fTNc9q

Position Open: @USBR - Supervisory Geologist (Denver area)http://is.gd/iJenc9

Positions Open: Corvallis, OR: Public Outreach Summer Student Internships. http://is.gd/DuSTaG

Position Open: EPA - Assistant Regional Administrator for Mgmt. - Dallas, TX. http://is.gd/Jbx0nI (@EPAjobs)

Positions Open (2): NOAA - Research Fish Biologist or Research Mathematical Statistician (Hawaii) http://is.gd/2acr3f

Position Open: NOAA - Hydrologist and Meteorologist (Anchorage, AK) http://is.gd/T4GywT 
 

Previous Weekly Water News Summaries (each contains 'Positions Open')

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 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

Streams, Dams, and Ecosystems
RT @IntlRivers Welcome to our new website! What do you think?http://ow.ly/aMufe

Via Lloyd G. Carter: Daily Show will have a piece on ID two-headed trout in 4-6 weeks. http://www.lloydgcarter.com/

RT @chanceofraincom LA Creek Freak continues to explore the Colorado River http://bit.ly/KLeSbb

@EI_Water #water Damming the Amazon: NYT http://nyti.ms/J66hkt

Twitter, E-Newspapers, and E-Newsletters
H2OSU Newsletter - 7 May 2012. http://is.gd/fTNc9q

RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://bit.ly/9xYfCB ▸ Top stories today via @robitup @cleanbeta@steveoffutt

The @WaterUtilities Daily is out! http://bit.ly/gPIkJ2 ▸ Top stories today via @indiawater@waterwired@pvowell

RT @agleader The #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸ Top stories today via @trivalleytimes @grnchristine @markgrossi@lpawater

RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://bit.ly/9xYfCB ▸ Top stories today via @iisdrs @felixdodds@suzukamo @agentGav

Jim Thebaut's Chronicles Group May 2012 Newsletter.http://is.gd/JHD0ug

RT @agleader The #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸ Top stories today via @kericadair @huntersquared

RT @daviddavis The Poverty & Water Daily is out! http://bit.ly/htVHfn▸ Top stories today via @thesenumbers @nethope_org@food4thehungry

RT @MtnHellfire Geo-Earth is out! http://bit.ly/xSVrwm ▸ Top stories via @kengeo_com @mareserinitatis @davely @geomurmur@newearthquake

OSU's CEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 11 May 2012.http://is.gd/1AyZRe
 

WaSH, Health, and Development
RT @NickKristof @JeffDSachs on "Global health within our grasp, if we don't give up" http://bit.ly/ICXMMZ

Report: Urban Sanitation Experiences from Senegal and Burkina Faso. http://is.gd/c6xApT@WorldBank

Check out this new website: WaSH Insights http://is.gd/lJbLzy

Manual Well Drilling and Lots More: The EMAS Concept http://bit.ly/J5DEHX

Via @JohnforWASH Sunday task: Pls tweet your Senators today: Support the Water for the World Act! @ONECampaign http://is.gd/kveq0A

RT @unicef Providing safe spaces for children on front lines of insecurity in north-western #Pakistan: http://uni.cf/JwVehk

RT @acfusa Water and sanitation work is ESSENTIAL in the fight against hunger. Find out why: http://ow.ly/aI15n

RT @bryancallahan Uganda: Hundreds die of malaria as drugs lie idle at NMS http://bit.ly/JG2JTq via @newvisionwire

Report: “Microbial Exposure and Health Assessments in Sanitation Technologies and Systems” http://is.gd/rlXS04

Report for DCs: “Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies“ http://is.gd/1rEMIr

Water Quality
RT @RainGardens USGS Columbia River Study: Contaminant Concentrations in Stormwater Runoff... http://fb.me/1RTfDkIiY

New US Water Quality Data Portal http://is.gd/G4IBIK

RT @BCWaterNews Toxic substances from everyday life reaching Columbia River, new study shows. http://bit.ly/J0hGQk

SLC neighborhood dealing with contaminated water. http://is.gd/zg3UT9

RT @WaterWorldMag New USDA water quality initiative focuses on ag community http://bit.ly/L2MnHK

RT @rteeter New U.S. Water Quality Portal #waterqualityhttp://wp.me/pp03M-9y

RT @USGS_Idaho Real-time water quality data for Idaho's surface waters: http://bit.ly/KQoeSM

Water Supply and Water Use
Via @KavehMadani Understanding water scarcity: Definitions and measurements. http://is.gd/6tLpt9

RT @nwksgmd4 Sobering USGS rendering of sphere containing ALL Earth's water in comparison to the size of Earth.http://on.doi.gov/fwqoHG

UNEP Report: Measuring Water Use in a Green Economy.http://is.gd/tZgDtr

RT @bryancallahan Not a Drop to Drink: The Global Water Crisishttp://on.cfr.org/Klf2Zh via @CFR_org

 
WTF?
24 Hours in Portland: Homey Don't Do Internet Charges!http://bit.ly/Jcqqpr

Heartland Institute Twofer: 1) Billboard Bozo; 2) Dr. Jay Lehr's Rant: Let's Phase Out EPA http://bit.ly/KBmhZV

"Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest." - Unknown

"On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key." - Unknown

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 28 April - 4 May 2012

This week's post comes to you from Calgary, the 'Houston of Canada' located in Alberta, the 'Texas of Canada' (in more ways than just oil and gas). Calgary is the headquarters for Canada's hydrocarbon industry, but it's more like Denver than Houston what with the gorgeous Rocky Mountains in the (more distant than Denver) background. That's the Bow River in the picture.

I am here for 48 hours to participate in  Hydrogeologists Without Borders Board of Directors retreat. 

This week's summary is below. Enjoy your weekend!

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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!

 

Books, Films, and Reviews
Newark High Schoolers React to New Water Film “Last Call at the Oasis” http://is.gd/lcGxon via @EcoCentered

RT @Evolutionistrue A best-selling book on a child's trip to Heaven used as an excuse to diss science http://wp.me/ppUXF-ggZ

Via @GWRSnews NY Post reviews 'Last Call At The Oasis'http://is.gd/odl9H3

NY Times review: 'Last Call At The Oasis' http://is.gd/93sHa3

Via @OCWDWaterNews Check out @LATimes review of 'Last Call At The Oasis' http://lat.ms/JjBD6x

Bottled Water and Drinking/Tap Water
Do Cell Phone Subscriptions Really Exceed People with Safe Drinking Water? http://bit.ly/IS46PU

EPA to Work with Drinking Water Systems to Monitor Unregulated Contaminants http://is.gd/Gu4lhD

Chart of the day: more people have mobile phones than electricity or safe DW. http://is.gd/yOaHex

From @ewgtoxics 'Troubled Waters' - farm pollution threatens drinking water. http://is.gd/k9u3aZ

 
California
Via @ACWAWater Region 4 #Delta Levee Tour -http://www.acwa.com/blog/region-4-kicks-new-term-delta-levee-tour #cawater

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
RT @tveitdal Clouds’ Effect on Climate Change Is Last Bastion for Dissenters http://nyti.ms/IqvXMb

Via @tpenews Visionary or Vision-Impaired? Lovelock Is both.http://is.gd/imGwyZ

RT @ClimateTreaty The Edge of Climate Change http://bit.ly/KnrwBh

RT @columbiawater The water cycle gets intense! Study shows impact of rapidly changing ocean salinity http://bit.ly/IawEDv

Via @ngwatweets Fantastic visualization. Learn about GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) http://fb.me/22V1WN0rk

 
Conferences, Calls for Abstracts/Papers
2012 UCOWR/NIWR Conference in Santa Fe, NM, 17-19 July- Preliminary Program & Regis. http://www.ucowr.org/

Conference: 50 Years of Watershed Modeling, 24-26 Sept 2012. Call for Poster Abstracts (10 May) http://is.gd/kuJy0r

CUAHSI 3rd Biennial Colloquium on Hydrologic Science & Engineering, 16-18 July 2012. http://is.gd/Ij5VWS

Water Technology Innovation Cluster Conference: Making Water Connections, Dayton, OH, 22-23 May 2012 http://is.gd/JwXqtU

 

Conflict and Cooperation
Another viewpoint. Geostrategic Basis Of Libyan War: Hydrological Warfare And Energy. http://is.gd/2bxmhi

25 and Counting: Another Ratification for the 1997 UN Watercourses Convention. http://is.gd/b6GErn

 
Events
Via @highlyanne Still time to apply to the "Teaching Climate Change through Large Lakes" workshop http://bit.ly/IAaBqt - deadline now May 1

Article: A New View of World Water Day http://is.gd/cVjb5V

Webinar: USDA’s NIFA-CEAP Watershed Synthesis: Lessons Learned, 15 May 1-3 PM EDT. http://is.gd/HxVXdR

RT @ASCETweets LA storm-surge barrier wins honor for engineering excellence http://ow.ly/ayUTs

Floods and Droughts
RT @Water_Journal BBC News - #Australia faces the end of Big Dryhttp://bbc.in/IiXg7D #Water

RT @Earth_News Flood warnings as wind and rain batter UKhttp://bit.ly/JivMyS @guardian

Boise River flood warning continues; flows to increase Tuesday.http://is.gd/QZmkMQ

RT @john_vidal UK water companies turn hose on drought naysayers http://gu.com/p/379at/tf

BBC explainer of combined drought and flood in England. Need wet soils for #gw recharge http://is.gd/2RUgyh @highlyanne@Cattleinrivers

Gender and Human Rights
RT @TheWaterChannel Wind-powered pump makes life easier for women in Wajir, #Kenya http://goo.gl/1n3zr

First Issue! wH2O: The Journal on Gender & Water, Volume 1, No. 1http://bit.ly/INlu8k

RT @DigDeepH2O Mexico's Recent Victory on the Human Right to Water! http://bit.ly/IDay2U http://fb.me/1CPjjxsas

 
Groundwater
My Ten Cents: So There's a Lot of Groundwater in Africa?http://bit.ly/Kwd5uK

Ten More Cents on Africa's Groundwater: Conspiracy Theories and More http://bit.ly/IBG2m8

RT @sciam Rising Groundwater May Flood Underground Infrastructure of Coastal Cities http://bit.ly/JR4qjI

 
Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy
Via @GeorgeCavros @NRDC New report: expert confirms EPA finding: fracking linked to Wyoming GW contamination.http://bit.ly/ImFwem

RT @Aolenergy Marcellus Group 'Raises Bar' with Fracking Conservation Guidelines http://dlvr.it/1VHj6K

Via @drgrist ExxonMobil's big bet on shale gas. http://is.gd/cboAb3

RT @SolarIndustry America’s renewable energy, in one maphttp://wapo.st/IVLm3K

RT @MarcellusGas Great @Mark_J_Perry post on @congressblog: "Embracing the #shalegas revolution" - http://bit.ly/K1BvdF

 RT @YaleEnviro New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years http://bit.ly/K0v1vA via @ProPublica

Colorado bill would penalize communities that curb oil, gas drilling.http://is.gd/t1SRm7

DOE test successfully pulls natural gas from Alaska ice.http://is.gd/DCWFaa

Proposed Federal fracking rules draw fire at Colorado hearing.http://is.gd/LVbzqS

Studies present differing views on EPA Wyoming fracking report.http://is.gd/Iq1TgW

Today on Ecocentric: How does our #water + #energy team #connectthedots? http://is.gd/3fMf50 @350 #350ppm

RT @nytimesscience Green Blog: Interior Issues Softened Fracking Rule http://nyti.ms/ILOL5Z

Journals
JWARP: Journal of Water Resource and Protection 4(4) - April 2012 (free downloads) http://bit.ly/IfVl2W

 JWARP: Journal of Water Resource and Protection 4(3) - March 2012 (Free downloads) http://bit.ly/IjXVcl

Via @wH2Ojournal The Journal on Gender and Water: First Issue Available! http://is.gd/9ahJmw

 
Modeling, GIS, and Related
RT @deepseadawn NAS needs input on assessing future req'mnts for spatially explicit land-change models http://bit.ly/IGA6GC

Leadership in Deploying New GIS Technologies highlighted at AWRA 2012 Spring Specialty Conference. http://is.gd/s9Znba

Summary of AWRA’s 2012 GIS and Water Resources Conference.http://is.gd/NGhJto

RT @deepseadawn Why should an engineer attend a GIS conference? To be come a better engineer! http://bit.ly/J1oOOW#gis #education

 
Opportunities
RT @deepseadawn @Calestous: Share your ideas: Grand challenges for #engineering http://bit.ly/9eekv6

People and Personal Stuff
I recall The Who's version. @gayleleonard For you @k0morrison@waterwired and all rug-cutters everywhere http://bit.ly/IjyNz1#water #songs

Al Armendariz, EPA Region 6 head,resigns for comments about making example of polluters. http://is.gd/muOgus (tnx@highcountrynews)

Heading to Calgary on 3 May for HWB BoD retreat. Looking forward to it. http://is.gd/8hYRTn

 
Policy, Planning, and Management
Parks Canada: Rocky Mountain hot springs set for transfer to private operators. http://is.gd/PuWBBc

Governors: Mountain West needs unified voice on land, energy and water. http://is.gd/eKLKsS

Via @circleofblue RT @nadyaivanova analyzes #MurrayDarling draft plan—Rejected by 3 AU states,slammed by 50 academicshttp://su.pr/1i1ZmG

Draft: Water Efficiency and Conservation State Scorecard: An Assessment of Laws and Policies. http://tinyurl.com/73n7fpm

Positions Open
Internship Providers - Need a talented, passionate, energetic intern? Post internship opportunities today: http://is.gd/plBqQ4

Students - looking for a summer environmental internship? Check this site: http://is.gd/ZWPHwg

Positions Open: @GeoCorps posted 12+ new, paid geoscience internships w/ NPS, USFS, & the CA AMLU. Apply by 7/2 athttp://is.gd/TFZuJL

Positions Open: U. College London, Dept. of Earth Sciences - Academic Appt. Opportunities. http://is.gd/2DTKMT

Position Open: U of MN: Asst. Professor, forest hydrology/watershed management. app review: 15 May 2012. http://is.gd/Im2m3H

Positions Open (2): U of Waterloo, Canada: PhD positions in biogeochemistry and ecohydrology. http://is.gd/iUcgcq

Position Open: UTEP - Res. Asst. Professor in support of analytical facilities. http://is.gd/mcm7AL

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

Position Open: @veoliawaterna Project Manager, Wurtland KY. - municipal WW treatment facility http://ht.ly/asfC3 #Jobs

Position Open: Exec. Dir., Multnomah County Drainage District (Portland, OR). Contact Jennifer Glaab: jennifer@180one.com 

Positions Open: Supervisory Environmental Protection Specialists 1) Park Service http://is.gd/DhNV0a 2) US Navy: http://is.gd/BVRmdZ

Position Pre-Recruitment: NMED Admin/Ops Mgr - Env. Science position (#12111). To get notice email james.bearzi @ state.nm.us

Position Pre-Recruitment - NMED: Engineer, Monitoring,Assessment, Standards. To get announcement email james.hogan @ state.nm.us

Position Open: U of Hawaii: Tenure-Track Asst. Professor, Shallow Earth Geophysics. http://is.gd/G8STTc

Position Open: USGS - Kansas: Hydrologist - Water Qualityhttp://is.gd/cWq3Mq

Position Open: Dept. of Justice: Chief, Environ. Enforcement Section, Environ. & Natural Resources Div. (DC) http://is.gd/bSIhSy

Positions Open: NOAA Fish Biologist http://is.gd/3hi0gX @USBR Civil Engineer http://is.gd/50fpva #Jobs

 

Previous Weekly Water Summaries
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 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

Twitter, E-Newsletters, and E-Newspapers
RT @WaterFootprints Daily is out! http://bit.ly/eDEDnD ▸ Top stories today via @stormwater_hi @waterbudget @spill911 @waterwired

@AWRAHQ April 2012 Newsletter - great links, stories!http://is.gd/Mm0tuB

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

H2OSU Newsletter - 30 April 2012. http://is.gd/kBoPAX

Montana Water News - 30 April 2012. Read Matt McKinney's discussion of the #6WWF. http://is.gd/Ai4A2R

RT @medindoagua The *Água & Water * Daily is out!http://bit.ly/hRCisK ▸ Top stories today via @txawwa @aveagua@aguavital @h2odva

The @WaterTreatment_ Daily is out! http://bit.ly/rhsrB1 ▸ Top stories today via @umainewater @waterlution @josehook@mvwmountainview

Via @H2OTrust Read Clean Drinking #Water SVDs Daily ▸ top stories via @airdye @greenchampions @WaterWired http://is.gd/349sZQ

Via @environmentinst The first issue of e-Science is out! A free interactive magazine. @uniofadelaide http://tiny.cc/escienceuofa

RT @worldresources The climate-energy Daily is out!http://bit.ly/9xYfCB ▸ Top stories today via @climatespec @globalccs@christopherbaan

RT @SuperWaterMan Daily Water is out! http://bit.ly/snTLGO ▸ Top stories today via @dogangelsonlus @d1570nl @abdisalan_ahmed@bee_a_dette

The DEV @Development_UEA Daily is out! http://bit.ly/kQSbG8 ▸ Top stories today via @bbcafricahys

@WaterAlliance newsletter: NewsWaves May 2012 http://is.gd/rJW5is

The @WaterUtilities Daily is out! http://bit.ly/gPIkJ2 ▸Top stories today via @waterwired @dtm1993 @indiawater @tmj_ks_util @powerwatercorp

OSU CEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter 4 May 2012 http://is.gd/1AyZRe

WaSH and Development
RT @NedBreslin Starting a meeting with Core Working Group on Post-2015 Global #Sanitation #Monitoring - should be interesting

The Next Generation Toilet. http://is.gd/eoKCUl

RT @NedBreslin Do #Aid Projects Work? Tiny sensors shed light@waterforpeople testing these on hand pumps soonhttp://zite.to/Inmdz0 #water

RT @bryancallahan New plan set to provide Kenya with cheaper malaria medicine: http://bit.ly/Kiz6rW

Mobile Phone Apps to Improve Water and Sanitation for the Poor (@PacificInstitut) http://is.gd/q9bDjw

Just out: UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS). http://is.gd/vwYCYK

 

Water Quality
Lloyd G. Carter: Cowardice at the US Fish & Wildlife Service.http://is.gd/HTGP7Y

@NickKristof NYT Op-Ed on 'How Chemicals Affect Us'http://nyti.ms/IoWLH9

Remedies not stopping water pollution (benzene et al.) at Commerce City (Colorado) refinery http://is.gd/pkToBx

Featured collection of @USGS SPARROW water quality modeling papers in JAWRA (open access) http://is.gd/dBHV5H

Water Supply and Water Use
It never snows on Sunday: Changes in dates of winter snow surveys cause data drifts. http://is.gd/kHNgVx (tnx @jfleck)

@aguanomics Die, water footrpinting, die! http://is.gd/G1yESc

Mission 2012: MIT students tackle Western USA water supply http://is.gd/a8tDsH

The Philippines Rural Water Supply Handbook – Volume I: Design Manual http://is.gd/QQxqTr

WTF?
Via @CompromisedNGOs IMPERIALIST NGOs EYE AFRICA’S MASSIVE UNDERGROUND #WATER RESERVES |http://bit.ly/JDJeAi | #Imperialism #Africa

 RT @michaelpollan Outrageous: Down Chemical sponsoring PBS programming on agriculture. http://p2.to/1joJ 

@PeterGleick Heartland Inst - Compares Climate Science Believers,Reporters To Mass ‘Murderers & Madmen’http://clmpr.gs/J72EMK @thinkprogress

"A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations." - President Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House, transmitting an Assessment of the Nation's Water Resources, 18 Nov. 1968

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 21 - 27 April 2012

Still trying to fathom the difference between nerds and geeks. More proof that I have too much time on my hands. Or not.

Don't forget to check out groundwater geek.

PhD oral exam this morning, then off to Salem for my first 'live' meeting of the GWAC (Groundwater Advisory Committee), and then a late-afternoon meeting with Brenda Bateman of OWRD.

Note: 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, Movies, Videos, and Reviews
RT @H2ODVA Last Call at the Oasis. In select theaters on May 4th.http://www.takepart.com/lastcall

Video: 'Rethink Sustainability' http://is.gd/H0v5VT

Bottled Water and Drinking/Tap Water
RT @MySAWS Still drink bottled water? read this: "4 Surprising Secrets About Bottled Water" http://ow.ly/avzlk via @EatThisNotThat

Sunlight, Lime Juice Make Drinking Water Safer, Study Says.http://is.gd/3jJ7hi

Via @SaveTheWater What is the truth about fluoridehttp://bit.ly/JlGVkU

California
RT @agleader Deal-cutting time comes for California water.http://goo.gl/YPL6o #cawater

Phil Isenberg: California Bumps up Against Hard Facts: Water and the #SacDelta http://bit.ly/JXOvOB #cawater

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
Countries Losing Steam On Climate Change Initiatives http://is.gd/8p42Nz @nprnews

 RT @sejorg Climate Goals Require $5 Trillion Investment by 2020http://bloom.bg/I8RVm3 via @BloombergNews

RT @KQEDscience World's glaciers 'out of balance'http://ow.ly/ax91b

RT @cgiarclimate Lessons from #CBA6: Growing more #rice with less #water in a changing #climate http://bit.ly/Jp2n99

'Rogue' UK weather forecaster caught in media storm; calls Met Office 'lying scum'. http://is.gd/jDXA4h

Via @Earth_News New climate threat as methane rises from cracks in Arctic ice. http://bit.ly/Jn4R7I @TheIndyNews

RT @cgiarclimate Gendered responses to #climate change in South Asia http://bit.ly/I2ylZL #climate #food

RT @ClimateTreaty On Religion and Climate Changehttp://bit.ly/IetT5T

Via @El_Climate Himalayan mountaineers call for unity in battle against climate change: Xinhua http://j.mp/I9gr1m
 

Conferences, Calls for Abstracts/Papers
Via @waterlaws Conference: a Low-Carbon Energy Blueprint for American West, 6-8 June, U.. of CO Law Schoolhttp://bit.ly/JVOAm2

Updated Listing of Water-Related Conferences and Calls for Papers.http://is.gd/uc971e

UNC 2012 Water & Health Conference: Abstracts & Side Events Proposals due 30 April. http://whconference.unc.edu/

IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition – Advance programme available. http://is.gd/Ker5XG

Conflict and Cooperation
RT @watersecurity Impacts of global #landgrab on transboundary#water #SIWI: http://goo.gl/LCpUm

Will Water Be the Cause of a Future War in the Middle East?http://is.gd/iLrnjL

Via @newscientist China seizing control of Asia's water tower sparking dispute w/ downstream neighbors http://bit.ly/KdHc4T (free reg)

RT @disturbedwater Water scarcity to drive conflict, hit food and energy, experts say - AlertNet: http://bit.ly/K0amo7

Conservation, Recycling, and Reuse
Via @MassBaykeeper Want to reduce #stormwater? Check out@americanrivers tool to calculate your own green roof!http://green.americanrivers.org/

NYT: Taking the Waste Out of Wastewater http://is.gd/NClS4J

RT @HuffPostGreen The true costs of "hidden water" revealedhttp://huff.to/I5fqHX

Earth Day
Happy Earth Day From An Erstwhile Dam Builder Who Helped Save A Lake - Really! http://bit.ly/I3r5wv

RT @sacbee_news Earth Day then & now: How things have changed in 40 years http://sacb.ee/JgpYrn

RT @pourmecoffee Earth Day is over. Too soon to tell if tweeting "Happy Earth Day!" reversed climate change.

RT @grist Denis Hayes, founder of the first Earth Day in 1970, chats about where the action is today: http://bit.ly/JeEZX2 
 

Education
RT @deepseadawn AAAS Webinar 24 Apr, noon EDT - Education Renovation: Overhauling Undergraduate STEM Pgmshttp://bit.ly/I0yPJR

RT @EPAresearch Students test their knowledge of environmental science #SCIFEST http://yfrog.com/obcztyoj (photos) 

Via @projectwet @WaterWorldMag: Project WET's awesome work educating kids about water earned a US Water Prize!http://pic.twitter.com/0LbNESF1
 

Events
Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES) formed; Bonn to host. http://is.gd/6V1RSM

RT @ngwatweets Upcoming NGWA webinars http://ow.ly/aalPi

Webinar: "Restore-Adapt-Mitigate: Responding to CC thru Coastal Habitat Restoration', 15 May 3-4:30 PM EDT http://is.gd/TdOLPb

Via @EPAwater Check out DEA's annual Nat'l Pharmaceutical Take-Back Day 4/28 http://go.usa.gov/mWb Turn in expired drugs to protect water

Floods and Droughts
Via @USGS_Idaho You can know when and where the water is rising with @USGS WaterAlert: http://water.usgs.gov/wateralert/

Lingering drought threatens to dry up main river in Mongolia.http://is.gd/2LpFLa

Wyoming snowpack below average; experts predict hot, dry summer. http://is.gd/CIs0L6

RT @MySAWS San Antonio schools Lubbock on drought: "Long term water conservation requires citywide teamwork" http://ow.ly/atVYn

Via @USGS_Idaho NWS: "...river levels on the rise across the Inland Northwest through the week..." http://1.usa.gov/JpFcfJ

RT @cgiarclimate Capturing floodwater for dry-season irrigation in#Indian Punjab http://bit.ly/JfWl9x #climate #food

New Mexico Off to 10th Driest Start in 2012. http://is.gd/63tu8W

 
Groundwater
Euro GW friend: 'Apparently there are aquifers below the soil of Africa!! And there is WATER in the aquifers!! Who would have suspected?'

Mississippi v. Memphis Redux: Who's Stealing Water From Whom? http://bit.ly/IqPKpu

 Help @groundwatergeek with her class project on Aquifer Storage & Recovery (ASR) - just 8 questions. http://is.gd/E60EML

Goodness Gracious! Groundwater Geek Gibson, ASR Aficionado!http://bit.ly/Icwzou

Appeals filed over NV State Engineer's Las Vegas water decision.http://is.gd/b2tazM

RT @NedBreslin Quick thoughts on news of vast reservoirs of water underground in Africa http://bit.ly/Iz6SLw @IWMI_Water_News@circleofblue

Hydrofracking and Shale Gas
Via @oilgasTicker Study: Fracking requires a minimum distance from sensitive rock strata - R & D Magazine. http://bit.ly/IuUg9z

Via @USGS Mark your Calendars! @theIOM Shale Gas Extraction Workshop http://bit.ly/HWxR2q April 30-May 1, 8AM EDT #fracking

RT @climateprogress Private Water Companies Join Forces With Fracking Interests http://bit.ly/JKRjyJ

RT @ShaleGasExpert NYT: Shale Gas Search Divides Romania http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/23/business/global/shale-gas-search-divides-romania.html

RT @ShaleGasExpert Russia's Fracking Hell http://www.nohotair.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2485:russia-s-fracking-hell&catid=115:shale-oil21&Itemid=171

RT @columbiawater Water v. Energy: The Marcellus Shale Saga http://bit.ly/IJqzzX

Law and Economics
NAS report: Ecosystem Services: Charting a Path to Sustainability (PDF free) http://is.gd/vXI8NO

@aguanomics does groundwater...Green tax or greeenwash? http://goo.gl/fb/WFhaQ

Oregon Water Markets: IWW and INR White Paper http://bit.ly/JP0nCJ

People, Prizes, and Personal Stuff
2012 US Water Prize winners http://is.gd/ScR4iR @WaterAlliance

Richard Nixon, who created the EPA, died on Earth Day, 1994. (tnx@WestWingReport)

Shout-Out to Hydrophilanthropist Joe Troester (Thanks to@aguanomics) http://bit.ly/I1NmKQ

Zetland's (@aguanomics) 16-minute interview with hydrophilanthropist Joe Troester. http://is.gd/3ywQ8u

Nice! RT @SuperWaterMan Our CEO's new license plate :-)http://fb.me/1NJmghhzb

"If people had a holistic worldview,they would then act in consonance w/ the long-term best interests of the system as a whole."- J. Sterman

Policy, Planning, and Management

 Some truth here. EU colleague: 'USA & EU don't practice IWRM, but insist that developing regions do. Just another form of colonization.'

Via @ifpri Global Food Policy Report #GFPR released.http://bit.ly/I0fbxE
 

Positions Open
Position Open: EPFL: Postdoc in Geomicrobiology - U bioremediation in deep anoxic aquifer. http://is.gd/QWiuKi

Position Open: EPFL: Postdoc in Geomicrobiology - U bioremediation in deep anoxic aquifer. http://is.gd/QWiuKi

Position Open: USFWS: Fish Biologist (Lakewood,CO)http://is.gd/H69yBX

Position Open: Member - #SacDelta Independent Science Board (ISB of @DeltaCouncil). http://is.gd/TC7oIR

Position Open: U of WY: Postdoc for study of adsorbed nanoparticles on oxide substrates. http://is.gd/Fz3vSB

Position Open: USACE:Chief, River Engineering Branch (Vicksburg,MS) http://is.gd/ft3TnO

Position Open: USACE: Chief, Regulatory Branch (Memphis,TN)http://is.gd/quQJuk

Position Open: BLM - Environmental Protection Specialisthttp://is.gd/YflYQ6 #Jobs

Position Open: @USGS Research Hydrologist/Geologisthttp://is.gd/dmfGke #Jobs

Postions Open (2): National Park Service - GIS Specialisthttp://is.gd/SrUQXL and Cultural Resources Pgm. Mgr.http://is.gd/oqJCIb

Position Open: City of Santa Fe (NM) - GIS Analyst.http://is.gd/kqo1fo

Positions Open: Various - scroll down to 'Job Opportunities'http://is.gd/B7RWpr

Position Open: Colgate University - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Security. http://is.gd/BDSq33

Position Open: Gates Foundation - Program Officer, Sanitation Innovation Market Readiness http://bit.ly/JWCE2X @bryancallahan#Jobs

 
Previous Weekly Water Summaries
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 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

Streams, Wetlands, Ecosystems, and Dams
Colorado rivers, streams may get boost from lease of water rights.http://is.gd/UZoDXJ

Judge James Redden (no longer on case): take down 4 dams on lower Snake River. http://is.gd/MdDhKn @EarthFixMedia

RT @TualatinRiver Saving Urban Creeks: This is how we do it.http://fb.me/wR95qiA6

RT @troutheadwaters Planning for Effective Wetland Enhancement and Management #restoration http://tinyurl.com/7rptklv

 
Twitter, E-Newsletters, and E-Newspapers
RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out! http://bit.ly/f6ZJjL ▸ Top stories today via @thebti

RT @agleader The #cawater Daily is out! http://bit.ly/cAyvY1 ▸ Top stories today via @placercoonline @acwawater @aquafornia@thewallner

National Water Monitoring News - Spring 2012 newsletter.http://is.gd/FPm7Sn

@WaterAlliance Presidential Pipeline: Forests & Faucets, Wetlands & Waterworks http://is.gd/JpUKvI

RT @medindoagua *Água & Water * Daily is out! http://bit.ly/hRCisK▸Top stories today via @columbiawater @circleofblue @t0tb@waterwired

GeoHealth: @USGS Environmental Health Newsletterhttp://is.gd/Yeqnu5

H2OSU Newsletter 23 April 2012 http://is.gd/B7RWpr

RT @WhoDat35 The Environmental Daily is out! http://bit.ly/f6ZJjL

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

The DEV @Development_UEA Daily is out! http://bit.ly/kQSbG8

The @WaterTreatment_ Daily is out! http://bit.ly/rhsrB1 ▸ Top stories today via @melbournewater @waterwired @desal_response @solteramining

Water Ethics Newsletter - April 2012. http://is.gd/dJU7bv

RT @WorldHygienePrg The Daily WASH is out! http://bit.ly/l3bFmq ▸ Top stories today via @nytimesfixes @luciahenry @opwellfound@soasradio

RT @AlwaysH2OSmart Get the latest and greatest news on #IRWDLiquid News blog. http://ow.ly/9XYOj

OSU CEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 27 April 2012.http://is.gd/1AyZRe
 

WaSH and Development
RT @global_water To join our webinar on Equity, Inclusion & Sustainability in WASH, click here at 11 EDT: http://bit.ly/IkhT1k

RT @sejorg @WHO: Why defeat #malaria? Because half of the world’s population is at risk of the disease http://goo.gl/hcoaY #T3

Via @JohnforWASH Bill Frist: 5 reasons deficit hawks should lay off global health initiatives http://is.gd/5Y1ONp

Via @JohnforWASH UK to double commitment on water. At least 60m to access #water & or #sanitation http://is.gd/JhdiFi @DFID_UK@DFID_Press

Via @JohnforWASH Care about #Bangladesh? Inadequate#sanitation costs the equivalent of 6.3% of GDP in 2007 #unrealhttp://is.gd/uV7LaP

Column: Matt Damon talks toilets, access to safe drinking water in the developing world. http://is.gd/KBBa4y

Publication: 'On the Right Track: Good Practices in Realising the Rights to Water & Sanitation'. http://is.gd/O2efUJ
 

Water Quality
RT @lesommer In CA - How Making Food Safe Can Harm Wildlife And Water http://n.pr/HXlm5P @nprnews

 
Water Supply and Water Use
RT @circleofblue Arab uprisings strain Jordan's delicate water system http://su.pr/2lwaiK #Jordan #water

Via @dambisamoyo China's $22B water diversion project - but govt. can't do much if it doesn't rain http://econ.st/IXyHzu @TheEconomist

RT @theADIWAS Deal with UAE's future water scarcity now!! http://tinyurl.com/bsqdpkv #water #uae #abudhabi

Via @EPAwater Water & energy consumption are interdependent – more water we use,more energy we need & vice versahttp://go.usa.gov/ywG

RT @waltonwater Those century-old NYC photos the internet is crushing on? Here's the link to the water supply section.http://bit.ly/Iaau4w

WTF?
Via @HeidiCullen RT @sciencemagazine: Tired of explaining your research? Dance it! The 2012 Dance Your PhD contest! http://scim.ag/JDj3cK

Geohumor from @lockwooddewitt Q: Where do geologists dispose of broken thumb drives? A: In usbduction zones.

"Differential equations are like deodorants. More people who don't use them should." - Steve Wheatcraft

"Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it." - Terry Pratchett http://is.gd/N7U0tL

Puh-leez! RT @agleader #Wine war escalates between CA and WA http://goo.gl/IobG9

 "There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don’t." - Unknown