GWP Perspectives Paper: ‘The Links Between Land Use and Groundwater’
Is this awesome or what? From my friends at the Global Water Partnership: The Links Between Land Use and Groundwater, by Stephen Foster and Jan Cherlet. Download GWP_Landuse_and_Groundwater From the...
View ArticleRead This Commentary: ‘The Global Groundwater Crisis’
Jay Famiglietti just published this commentary in Nature Climate Change. It’s a chilling message, and he says so right below the title: Groundwater depletion the world over poses a far greater threat...
View Article‘Checkbook’ Hydrology: Caveat Emptor
These comments are directed to water professionals (real or wanna-be) and not to hoi polloi (not intended as a derogatory term). Some faithful readers might get a sense of déjà vu when they read this...
View ArticleDumping Seawater in the Desert – Solving Iran’s Water Shortage?
Many of you know that I am fond of featuring ‘water transfer mega-projects’ involving the transportation of huge amounts of water across large distances. I have posted a number of times about NAWAPA...
View ArticleGroundwater and Surface Water Hydrologists: The U.S. Department of Labor...
The following message from Tammy Belcher of RTI (Research Triangle institute), a Department of Labor contractor, is directed to all of you who consider yourselves groundwater or surface water...
View ArticlePaper: ‘The Depths of Hydraulic Fracturing and Accompanying Water Use Across...
The Depths of Hydraulic Fracturing and Accompanying Water Use Across the United States. by Robert B. Jackson, Ella R. Lowry, Amy Pickle, Mary Kang, Dominic DiGiulio, and Kaiguang Zhao. 2o15. ES &...
View ArticleGlobal Groundwater and Its Renewability: Some Thoughts and a Modest Proposal
The Paper You’ve got to check out this paper: Tom Gleeson, Kevin M. Befus, Scott Jasechko, Elco Luijendijk & M. Bayan Cardenas, The Global Volume and Distribution of Modern Groundwater. Nature...
View ArticleThe AWRA-NGWA Groundwater Visibility Initiative – Workshop, 28 April 2016,...
Shill alert: I am invested in this workshop as an advisory committee member, member of NGWA and AWRA, and Technical Director of AWRA. So what’s the deal with the title, ‘Groundwater Visibility...
View ArticleEPA Caves, Will Spell ‘Groundwater’ As One Word
Since I posted the original 2009 USGS decision on the ‘one word or two’ kerfuffle I figured I should do the same for the last (?) major holdout among federal agencies. A few days ago I Tweeted that EPA...
View ArticleGuest Post by Stuart Hamilton: AWRA 2016 Annual Conference Reflections –...
Stuart Hamilton is Senior Hydrologist at Aquatic Informatics, Inc. He is active in the North American Stream Hydrographers (NASH) organization. The opinions expressed herein are his and his alone. I...
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