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• Red River water wars: four states battle over water access

  
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  Water is the oil of the 21st century. The more water resources continue to deplete along the Red River, the fiercer the fight over who has access . . . → Read More: Red River water wars: four states battle over water access Related Posts: Las Vegas plans to pump water across 300 miles of desert… Las ...
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• OpenGov Voices: Open Government goes on a field trip

  
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  Disclaimer: The opinions expressed by the guest blogger and those providing comments are theirs alone and do not reflect the opinions of the Sunlight Foundation or any employee thereof. Sunlight Foundation is not responsible for the accuracy of any of the information within the guest blog. Laci Videmsky ...
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• TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 4 – 10 May 2013

  
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  This past week seemed like ‘Halogen Week’ on WaterWired. In honor of Drinking Water Week, I posted reviews of two books dealing with drinking water additives: chlorine and fluoride. You still have two days to celebrate Drinking Water Week – or chlorine or fluoride, if you are so inclined. You also have an ...
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• Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Ship GHGs, Solar Panel Duties, McCarthy Vote Scrapped

  
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  Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. Republicans boycotted a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Gina McCarthy’s nomination for EPA administrator, leaving Democrats unable to get a quorum ...
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• Water Community, we need you! Submit images of your work and they may be included in this year’s Esri International User Conference Plenary Session

  
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  Bring awareness to the importance of water resources management by sharing with the international GIS community the great work you’ve done. Please submit up to three images to be considered for inclusion in this year’s Esri International User Conference Plenary Session. When Jack Dangermond shows off all the ...
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• Resurrecting the water tribunal

  
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  By Wayne Ncube The dissolution of the Water Tribunal nine months ago created a fair amount of controversy and now that the water and environmental department is reviving the administrative body, the question is whether it will be any more effective than it was before. The Tribunal is a specialised administrative body ...
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• Upmanu Lall @columbiawater: Managing Water Systems to Address Climate Risk

  
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  I downloaded this useful presentation by Dr. Upmanu Lall of Columbia Universitys Water Center from the Water Innovations Alliance website. Lall presented this material at a WIA event in New York City in late February 2013. Download Lall_WaterConference_February2013 Below is a graphic from the report showing the USAs ...
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• TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 27 April – 3 May 2013

  
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  Here we are into May. Wonderful – now I am Medicare eligible! I will be spending the next few weekends engaging the IRS once again – tax forms for nonprofits are due on 15 May. Fortunately, my situation is not very taxing. And, as luck would have it, the weather this weekend is supposed to be fabulous. ...
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• How to drought-proof New Zealand as droughts get worse

  
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  By Daniel Collins For the most part, droughts are natural events. Rainfall and river flows wax and wane, and there will be times when there just isn’t enough water to fully meet our needs, whether to grow crops or to quench a city’s thirst. Wairarapa drought, February 2013. (Credit: D. Allen, NIWA) And ...
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• 11th Symposium on Hydraulics and Water Resources of Portuguese Language Countries (SILUSBA), 27-30 May 2013, Maputo, Mozambique

  
  WASH news Africa — Authority: 113
  Organised by : APRH – Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos, ABRH – Associação Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos, ACRH – Associação Cabo-Verdiana de Recursos Hídricos. AQUASHARE – Associação Moçambicana dos Profissionais de Água and DNA - Departamento de Água e Saneamento The main themes ...
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• Colorado River Plumbing Made Easy

  
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  Shill alert! I have no formal affiliation with the High Country News (except as a faithful subscriber) but you won’t know it from the following post. Oh, yeah, the writing is great and I frequently cite articles in my classes. The High Country News has once again done us Colorado River WaterWonks a great service: ...
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• Stay Connected to the Hydro Community with an RSS Feed

  
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  by Lara Saikali, Cartographic Product Engineer, Esri. Several community resource centers are available through the ArcGIS Resource Center , including a page dedicated specifically to Hydrology. The Hydrology Resource Center is an online community center that promotes hydro information products created with ...
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• 17th African Water Association Congress, 17-20 February 2014, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

  
  WASH news Africa — Authority: 113
  Organised by : African Water Association (AfWA) and SODECI s.a. Theme : Mobilizing Resources and Governance of Water and Sanitation in Africa Sub-Themes : Integrated Management of Water Resources and Climate Change Capacity Building for improved Water and Sanitation Services Advances in Water and Waste Water ...
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• TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 20 – 26 April 2013

  
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  Well, it got up to 82 degrees F (28 degrees C) here in Corvallis today. Sunshine, blue  sky. Could see the Cascade Range from my home office. This picture is by Jeremiah OsGo (on Twitter, too). It is looking east over a wheatfield toward the Cascade Range. Rest in peace, George Jones,who died today at 81. As ...
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• 2013 AWRA Award Nominations Due 3 May 2013: Honor Your Colleagues

  
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  Have a colleague who has made significant contributions to water policy? Why not noninate her for the Henry P. Caulfield, Jr, medal? Maybe you know of a project that embodies the concept of IWRM? Why not nominate the organization responsible for our new (since 2012) IWRM award? There are three ways you can get ...
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• Germany Looks to Israel for Advanced Water Technologies

  
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  “Israeli companies are very well-perceived in Germany for their innovative technologies, be it in IT, biotech, or water,” so says Flérida Regueira Cortizo , Senior Manager Environmental Technologies, Germany Trade and Invest . Cortizo spoke with Israel NewTech about the new trends and developments in the ...
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• AWRA’s 2013 Spring Specialty Conference Student Presenter Competition

  
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  Agricultural Hydrology and Water Quality II which was held during the conference in St. Louis, Missouri on March 25-27.Thirty-four students participated and were schedule throughout the thirty-nine sessions and the poster session.Conference attendees were given the opportunity to judge the students during their ...
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• World’s #1 Bottled Water Seller Wants to Privatize Water Supply

  
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  Doug Hornig and Alex Daley with Casey Research comment on how the World Bank’s Ismail Serageldin put it so succinctly: “The wars of the 21st century will be fought over water.” With that revelation in mind, the 68-year-old Nestlé chair Peter Brabeck has raised some cogent issues regarding water. Brabeck ...
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• Dragnet Nigeria Job Vacancy in Nigeria 2013 – 36 States

  
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  Dragnet Nigeria Job Vacancy in Nigeria 2013 – 36 States Dragnet Solutions is currently seeking to engage Field Executives in all states of the Federation. Field Executives will be involved in the activity of carrying out and representing Dragnet Solutions in its operations within the state. Executives must be good ...
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• ‘Resource Shocks’ Caused By Climate Change Cited As National Security Threat

  
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    A graphical distribution of the locations of water on Earth.(image credit: USGS ) We tend to expect a relatively conservative stance from our intelligence community on most any issue affecting national security, and, in particular, the dual issue of global warming and climate change. This ‘traditional’ ...
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