The Portland (OR) Water Bureau will drain 38M gallons (almost 117 acre-feet) of water from one of its reservoirs because a man was seen on video urinating in it. Hardly cause for concern, but it's for PR.
City Commissioner Nick Fish, who oversees the PWB, said in The Oregonian:
“Politics had no impact on our decision in this case. But this is Mt. Tabor and the reservoirs, and everything that happens up there is evaluated through a political prism. I know people are going to
second guess. That’s their right.”
Imagine how many animals urinate, defecate and die in the same reservoir? You don't want to know. But they are not caught on video.
The water isn't 'wasted' - it'll ultimately go back into the river. But it is 'lost' to the PWB and is a needless expense.
Enjoy!
Books and Reviews
New book by @aguanomics! 'Living With Water Scarcity' http://is.gd/aGrWMe pic.twitter.com/4XA5dtBj78
Great book! RT @CoyoteGulch 'Emerald Mile' author Kevin Fedarko at CMU 4/17 6:30! http://bit.ly/1hwPZFw
Book: 'Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future: Insights from 45 Global Thought Leaders' http://is.gd/MxAkYV
My Ten Cents-Book Review: 'Mississippi River Tragedies' (aka 'Cadillac Heartland') Read it! https://bitly.com/1t55Uyg @cynthiabarnett
Bottled Water & Tap/Drinking Water@CommishFish What a waste! @portlandwater (OR) to drain 38M gallon reservoir after man urinates in it. http://is.gd/gfn5ba
This Tower Pulls Drinking Water Out of Thin Air @SmithsonianMag http://is.gd/GYrw9B
California
MT @TDSIanJames SJ Valley sinking as #Groundwater is depleted,pressure growing for state oversight of GW http://sacb.ee/1g1NkOv #cawater
Duct Taping a Pipe? Report: 'Before The Well Runs Dry-Improving Linkage Between GW & Land Use Planning' http://bit.ly/1m0prhS #cawater
Regulate CA groundwater? Nahhh! In @FresnoBee #cadrought spawns well drilling boom http://is.gd/m45IAR @MavensNotebook
@MavensNotebook Drought spawns well drilling boom,Los Vaqueros Reservoir expansion,water bond,wetlands,more http://is.gd/9s6tRK #cawater
CA: State water board official shares views about the region’s groundwater concerns http://is.gd/e5CeYO @modbee #cawater
MT @ucanrwater drought/salt tolerant cacti-next big crop in SJV? http://bit.ly/1eGxTep from @KristaLanglois2 in @highcountrynews #cawater
RT @MySAWS California looking to recycled water to ease #cadrought concerns http://ow.ly/vMWwk via @sacbee_news #cawater
MT @PeterGleick New evidence linking climate change with extreme weather, including #CADrought http://is.gd/MnFc1n #cawater
MT @MavensNotebook: Poll shows split in drought responses,Delta rec declining,#cadrought plan omits ag water http://is.gd/gkkahx #cawater
California: Turlock-area groundwater the focus of forum http://is.gd/Uc1KgN #cawater @modbee
@CA_DWR Water Plan eNews - Wednesday Update - 16 April 2014 -Water Relationship~ Sustainability Roadmap~ http://is.gd/CkaCsf #cawater
Address: 'Selecting for a Healthy Relationship between Californians and the Water that Sustains Them' #cawater http://bit.ly/1ncsljI
MT @ucanrwater The tiny fish w/ big impact on #cawater issues w/ Peter Moyle @UCDavisWater http://bit.ly/1teIUNn via @debra_kahn #cawater
Via @CaptDocMike New Cr6 water regulation draws fire from @ErinBrockovich,water industry http://is.gd/7XM2HQ @PasStarNews #cawater
MT @jordanbrianl Here's a CA map showing all wells testing positive for Cr6 including those below new MCL pic.twitter.com/euRfAR5RpA
RT @matt_weiser A little #cawater propaganda at a #midtownsac restaurant. http://ow.ly/i/5gv7G #SacDelta
RT @scsentinel Residents tackle water rationing in Santa Cruz http://dlvr.it/5QLnfr #cawater #CADrought
RT
Positions Open: Experimental Lakes Area #ELA & @IISD_news looking for summer employees! Close: 21 April http://is.gd/62kBzL #JobWaWi
Via @sharicarter @bconantcwn MT @CdnWaterNetwork: Twitter list of academic, gov't & non-profit #CanH2O organizations http://ow.ly/vH8pO
MT @BowRiverWPAC Alberta WaterSMART's "Bow Basin Flood Mitigation & Watershed Mgmt Project" final report: http://bit.ly/1iNHwKt #abflood
RT @andrewmsteele Where the Wild Things Are in Canada; Green is where no humans permanently reside. From Reddit. pic.twitter.com/Gp0U6m7XT9
@climateprogress In Canadian town destroyed by oil train explosion, melting ice = oil is back http://thkpr.gs/1j6Aqjg pic.twitter.com/VaF7ySF0Wo
Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
Climate Report Calls for Engineering Solutions http://is.gd/FCj2VB @ASCETweets (tnx @ConradKeyesJr)
RT @NewsOnGreen UN climate report balances science and politics http://dlvr.it/5NSrGV
RT @worldresources Climate change & energy daily is out! http://paper.li/worldresources/climate-energy … … Stories via @shaunmckinnon
MT @ClimateSpec IPCC report points to renewables solution, says Climate Council http://is.gd/KrXZKz
RT @wattsupwiththat Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup http://wp.me/p7y4l-rXg
RT @csmonitor Costs to counter global warming 'relatively modest' http://bit.ly/1kWgnXc
@ClimateNow UN weather agency warns of 'El Nino' this year http://bit.ly/1kWXJD8
MT @PeterGleick New evidence linking climate change with extreme weather, including #CADrought http://is.gd/MnFc1n #cawater
Paper: 'WR planning under CC: Assessing robustness of real options for Blue Nile' Abs:http://is.gd/UBV5HK Full: http://is.gd/8vNWgI
RT @washingtonpost The eastern United States: A lonely cold pocket on a feverish planet http://wapo.st/1iu2e4F pic.twitter.com/Qcz7gQ5eMG
Conferences, Webinars, Workshops and Calls for Abstracts/Papers@tswcd Streambank Erosion Control Workshop, 26 April, 9 AM - 1 PM PDT, Hillsboro, OR. Free - must register http://tinyurl.com/kpu9cs6
@AWRAHQ - Early Bird registration expires on 21 April for GIS & WR Conference,12-14 May http://is.gd/jhi7rp #AWRASpr14 #AWRAGIS14
Conflict and Cooperation
Via @JeffBarnardAP: @AP NewsBreak: Washington State rejects Hanford proposal http://is.gd/GsXUsy
RT @JeffBarnardAP Ranchers, Klamath tribes sign deal to share water (from @AP) http://is.gd/T8QCZR
@WaterWatchofOR Statement Regarding Signing of a Klamath Basin Water Agreement http://fb.me/7hyQ1OO94
Droughts, Floods, and Disasters
Flood-control concept designed on "social infrastructure and hedonistic sustainability" http://is.gd/dy6X0T @ArchDaily
@NWRIwater Drought Website http://is.gd/XDQwYH
Sandra Zellmer & Christine Klein Guest Post: Missouri River Floodplain Owners Seeking a “Double-Take” from Taxpayers http://bit.ly/1tfzOQC
RT @scsentinel Residents tackle water rationing in Santa Cruz http://dlvr.it/5QLnfr #cawater #CADrought
Education
RT @NCGE1915 The Daily Geography Educator is out! http://paper.li/NCGE1915/1389553352 … … Stories via @BrittanyRollo @guptavikas2002
Make Water Provocative: A Series on Interpretation http://is.gd/9BnLcs (tnx @LISABEUTLER)
PhD Student Positions Open (12): German Res Ctr - Environmental Stable Isotope Geochemistry Closes: 30 Apr http://is.gd/g3awqv #JobWaWi
Trolling for questions for US Water Management class quiz. Thinking of: You are water czar for 1 year. What would you do?
@PeterGleick We're using it as a text (A 21st Century US Water Policy), Peter
E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers@OSUCEOAS 'Making Waves' Newsletter - 18 April 2014. http://is.gd/ruHt6L
RT @medindoagua The Água & Water Daily is out! http://paper.li/medindoagua/agua-water … … Stories via @NEPADWater @thirstaidlive @WEForg
RT @wattsupwiththat Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup http://wp.me/p7y4l-rXg
RT @medindoagua The Água & Water Daily is out! http://paper.li/medindoagua/agua-water … … Stories via @WaterWired @WASHLink
Catch up on the latest geosciences & environmental sciences news from Elaine Hanford. https://bitly.com/1hOqx8s #EJHBB
@AWRAHQ Florida Section Newsletter 'The Watershed' - April 2014 http://is.gd/6EOeTb #FLwater
RT @medindoagua The Água & Water Daily is out! http://paper.li/medindoagua/agua-water … … Stories via @NWRIwater @wiseonwater @onedrop
RT @h2oMatters Read The Water Matters Weekly via @h2oTrends @AWWAACE @USGS @NACWA http://paper.li/h2oMatters/1314336670 …
RT @worldresources Climate change & energy daily is out! http://paper.li/worldresources/climate-energy … … Stories via @steveoffutt
Ethics, Gender, and Human Rights
RT @BlackEngineer Six Women Who Paved the Way for Female Engineers and Architects. http://ow.ly/vK4es @Gizmodo
Events
15 April: #BostonStrong!
Groundwater and Hydrogeology
MT @TDSIanJames SJ Valley sinking as #Groundwater is depleted,pressure growing for state oversight of GW http://sacb.ee/1g1NkOv #cawater
Regulate CA groundwater? Nahhh! In @FresnoBee #cadrought spawns well drilling boom http://is.gd/m45IAR @MavensNotebook
Walking, 'talking' drilling rigs aim to modernize #fracking http://is.gd/cw4zAK (from @reuters, via @GeologyDotCom)
California: Turlock-area groundwater the focus of forum http://is.gd/Uc1KgN #cawater @modbee
@tmtall describes an outbreak of ordinariness http://is.gd/gXz8St #FLwater
Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy
What a Ban on #Fracking in Denton Could Mean For the Rest of Texas http://is.gd/jzfmst @StateImpactTX
RT @JWSpry Shock News : Green Energy Not Fit for the Grid http://wp.me/p3Bc8A-1cD pic.twitter.com/v1A2W4Je0n
RT @h2oMatters From toilet to turbine http://flip.it/CzmaL @washingtonpost
MT @HuffPostCanada Methane Emissions From Gas Wells Up To 1,000 Times Higher Than @EPA Estimate http://huff.to/QpYlTF
ICYMI: From @geosociety: Hydraulic Fracturing information http://is.gd/AISls1 #fracking
Sen Toomey (R-PA) and 14 Senators: Stop Out-of-Control
Texas Ag Law blog Weekly Round Up - 11 April 2014 http://is.gd/JBSVwX
Sandra Zellmer & Christine Klein Guest Post: Missouri River Floodplain Owners Seeking a “Double-Take” from Taxpayers http://bit.ly/1tfzOQC
Positions Open #JobWaWi
Joshua Newton's Water Jobs and More - 27 March 2014 http://bit.ly/1hEG6jG
Position Open: City of Hillsboro (OR) - Water Resources Technician. Closes: 25 April http://is.gd/NOwEQl #JobWaWi
Position Open: @TAMU (College Station, TX) - Director, Texas Water Resources Institute http://is.gd/arpkg6 #JobWaWi
Positions Open (2): German Research Ctr Postdocs-Environmental Stable Isotope Geochemistry Closes: 30 April http://is.gd/g3awqv #JobWaWi
PhD Student Positions Open (12): German Res Ctr - Environmental Stable Isotope Geochemistry Closes: 30 Apr http://is.gd/g3awqv #JobWaWi
Position Open: Monash Univ (AU) - Postdoc/Research Fellow - SW-GW Interactions, Tracers. Closes: 11 May http://is.gd/MEqKDW #JobWaWi
Position Open: NM Env Dpt (Santa Fe) - Voluntary Remediation/Brownfields Team Leader # 38163 Closes: 25 Apr http://is.gd/8fqydH #JobWaWi
Position Open: OR WRD (Pendleton) - Natural Resources Specialist - Watermaster. Closes: 21 April http://is.gd/5bfH48 #JobWaWi
Position Open: WA Dept of Ecology (Lacey, WA) - Senior Wetland Ecologist. Closes: 16 April http://is.gd/axIWaS #JobWaWi
Position Open: N. Olympic Salmon Coalition (WA) - Project Manager. Closes: 30 April http://is.gd/b0JTwb #JobWaWi
Position Open: Nooksack Indian Tribe (Deming, WA) - Watershed Restoration Coordinator. Closes: 2 May http://is.gd/Jweyqd #JobWaWi
Position Open: Con. Tribes Umatilla Indian Res (Mission,OR) - Fisheries Habitat Biologist OUF; rev: 18 April http://is.gd/Mj5chp #JobWaWi
Position Open: Green Mtn College (Poultney,VT) - Asst. Professor, Natural Resource Management. OUF http://is.gd/XPGRUu #JobWaWi
Position Open: State of AK (Juneau) Dept. of Env Conservation - Water - College Intern II. Closes: 25 April http://is.gd/2eY761 #JobWaWi
Position Open: @oregonstateuniv P-T Energy Proj. Coordinator, Student Sustainability Initiative http://is.gd/hoiI5l #JobWaWi
Position Open: SJRWMD @floridaswater (Palatka,FL) - Hydrologist PG/PE. Closes: 24 April http://is.gd/iM2WCk #JobWaWi
Position Open: Utica Water & Power Authority (Angels Camp, CA) - General Manager. http://is.gd/Ysvnhr #JobWaWi
Position Open: OR WRD (Salem, OR) - Water Supply Development Team Leader. Closes: 15 May http://is.gd/vfc9ve #JobWaWi
Positions Open: Experimental Lakes Area #ELA & @IISD_news looking for summer employees! Close: 21 April http://is.gd/62kBzL #JobWaWi
Position Open: @USDA_NRCS (Beltsville, MD) - Deputy Chief, Soil Survey & Resource Assessment. Closes: 5 May http://is.gd/ofcbkx #JobWaWi
Position Open: @USGS (Ft. Worth, TX) - Supervisory Hydrologist. Closes: 25 April http://is.gd/0O01GT #JobWaWi
Position Open: U WI-Stevens Point - T-T Asst/Associate Professor of Env. Engineering http://is.gd/DtIvtV #JobWaWi
Previous Weeks' Positions Open - Go To #JobWaWi
Click on 'All' below 'Results for #JobWaWi'
Previous Weekly Water Summaries - Go To #WaWiNews
Twitter: Click on 'All' just below 'Results for #WaWiNews'
On the WaterWired blog - click here
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 12 - 18 April 2014 #WaWiNews http://bit.ly/1hUuo93
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 5 - 11 April 2014http://bit.ly/1n13u2k
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 29 March - 4 April 2014 - Jobs, too! http://bit.ly/1j7LTSv #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 22-28 March 2014. https://bitly.com/1myX5eB #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 15 - 21 March 2014 https://bitly.com/1dv5ZRW #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 8 - 14 March 2014https://bitly.com/PzcePA #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 1 - 7 March 2014#WaWiNews http://bit.ly/1lE4p80
Reports, Publications, Papers, and Journals
Climate Report Calls for Engineering Solutions http://is.gd/FCj2VB @ASCETweets (tnx @ConradKeyesJr)
RT @NewsOnGreen UN climate report balances science and politics http://dlvr.it/5NSrGV
Duct Taping a Pipe? Report: 'Before The Well Runs Dry-Improving Linkage Between GW & Land Use Planning' http://bit.ly/1m0prhS #cawater
RT @sjasechko Population size as the major driver behind changes to national water footprints (abstract) http://is.gd/K9xJfM
MT @ClimateSpec IPCC report points to renewables solution, says Climate Council http://is.gd/KrXZKz
Paper: 'WR planning under CC: Assessing robustness of real options for Blue Nile' Abs:http://is.gd/UBV5HK Full: http://is.gd/8vNWgI
Texas Water Report http://is.gd/E0dMFc Those FW availability numbers need work,guys! http://is.gd/LTiqss #txwater
Science and Technology
RT @WinnipegNews Earthquake shakes Mexican capital http://wfp.to/JXw
Catch up on the latest geosciences & environmental sciences news from Elaine Hanford. https://bitly.com/1hOqx8s #EJHBB
@PacificStand"If we can’t translate scientific discoveries into meaningful policy changes,they don’t do us much good http://ow.ly/vPHwe
Streams, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
The @usbr: dam operations and environmental reviews http://is.gd/QcCdWA (tnx @jfleck & @medindoagua)
RT @HuffingtonPost Mercury found in fish in remote parts of western national parks http://huff.to/1jbdZKU
MT @ucanrwater The tiny fish w/ big impact on #cawater issues w/ Peter Moyle @UCDavisWater http://bit.ly/1teIUNn via @debra_kahn #cawater
Visuals and Infographics
RT @winning_mark Here's a Map of the 47 Percent of America Where No One Lives http://is.gd/VaYWIs pic.twitter.com/FvCn6Q3LWs
RT @JWSpry Shock News : Green Energy Not Fit for the Grid http://wp.me/p3Bc8A-1cD pic.twitter.com/v1A2W4Je0n
MT @lisduarte RT @SPACEdotcom: We've got a brand new aurora video for you,space fans! http://oak.ctx.ly/r/wpa7 pic.twitter.com/tl4LLf2N4w
MT @coreyspowell Where photosynthesis is taking place in world's oceans. http://1.usa.gov/1eyWEyE #Cosmos pic.twitter.com/nOd5pKoN37
RT @washingtonpost The eastern United States: A lonely cold pocket on a feverish planet http://wapo.st/1iu2e4F pic.twitter.com/Qcz7gQ5eMG
RT
Making water flow: An interview with Matt Damon and Gary White of @Water http://is.gd/IwyqiX @McKinsey
Water/Land Quality and Contamination
RT @HuffingtonPost Mercury found in fish in remote parts of western USA national parks http://huff.to/1jbdZKU
MT @jordanbrianl Here's a CA map showing all wells testing positive for Cr6 including those below new MCL pic.twitter.com/euRfAR5RpA
Via @CaptDocMike New Cr6 water regulation draws fire from @ErinBrockovich,water industry http://is.gd/7XM2HQ @PasStarNews #cawater
Water Supply, Quantity, Reuse, Conservation, Infrastructure
By @LauraOnWater in @WaterOnline: The Great Graywater Debate http://is.gd/jbogF4
Can We Solve a 21st Century Problem with 19th Century Laws? http://bit.ly/1n2QpWg
Via @craigtimes: @TDOnline Op-Ed: Care for your septic system and our water http://is.gd/HeZcYy #FLwater
WTF?@CommishFish What a waste! @portlandwater (OR) to drain 38M gallon reservoir after man urinates in it. http://is.gd/gfn5ba
"In politics stupidity is not a handicap." - Napoleon Bonaparte
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