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On Virginia Water Radio for the Weeks of April 17 and April 24, 2023: Episode Six of the Series on Water in U.S. Civil Rights History – The Slaughterhouse Cases
Virginia Water Radio’s episode for the weeks of April 17 and April 24, 2023, is “The 14th Amendment and Water-related Civil Rights Claims – Part 2: A Water Context for the Amendment’s First Supreme Court Interpretation.” The 5 min./32 sec. episode, available online at http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/2023/04/episode-653-4-17-23-14th-amendment-and.html, explores the circumstances and consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court’s… Continue reading
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On Virginia Water Radio for the Week of 11-4-19: Water Information and Perspectives from the Centennial State of Colorado
Virginia Water Radio’s episode for the week of November 4, 2019, is “‘Connecting the Drops’ Delivers Water Information to Colorado Communities.” The 5 min./26 sec. episode, available online at http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/2019/11/episode-497-11-4-19-connecting-drops.html, is one of a series of occasional episodes on water-related radio programs outside of Virginia. Virginia Water Radio’s is a weekly broadcast/podcast produced by the… Continue reading
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On Virginia Water Radio for the Week of 5-6-19: A Hawkeye State Model of Water Education for Youth
Virginia Water Radio’s latest episode, for the week of May 6, 2019, is “Tuning in to Water Education at Iowa’s Water Rocks! Program.” The 5 min./10 sec. episode, available online at http://www.virginiawaterradio.org/2019/05/episode-471-5-6-19-tuning-in-to-water.html, is one of a series of occasional episodes on water-related programs outside of Virginia, focusing on an Iowa State University water-education program for… Continue reading
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Drinking Water Issues in 11 Cities Worldwide Described in February 2018 BBC Article
“The 11 Cities Most Likely to Run Out of Drinking Water,” BBC News, February 11, 2018, is available online at http://www.bbc.com/news/world-42982959. The article gives brief overviews of water-supply issues in the following cities (listed in the order presented in the article): São Paulo, Brazil; Bangalore, India; Beijing, China; Cairo, Egypt; Jakarta, Indonesia; Moscow, Russia; Istanbul,… Continue reading
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A Water Conference Sampler from around the United States and Elsewhere – February 15, 2018, Edition
Please note: Due to changes in staff at the Virginia Water Resources Research Center starting in May 2018, this will be the last update in this series of posts on Virginia water-related events. For current information on water-related conferences and other events, please see the “Announcements” posts at the Virginia Water Monitoring Council Web site,… Continue reading
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PBS NewsHour Hurricane Harvey Updates in January-February 2018
From January 29 through February 6, 2018, the PBS NewsHour aired three reports on recovery efforts and lessons learned in Texas five months after Hurricane Harvey struck Houston and other areas starting on August 25, 2017. The reports are the following: “Thousands of Texans are still in temporary housing awaiting Hurricane Harvey aid” (Jan. 29;… Continue reading
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National Water Center Innovators Program Summer Institute Accepting Graduate Student Applications Through Feb. 4, 2018
The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science (CUAHSI) is sponsoring the Innovators Program Summer Institute for graduate students at the National Water Center and the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, June 10-July 28, 2018. According to the CUAHSI Web site for the Institute, “Student research fellows will collaborate intensively for seven weeks… Continue reading
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Dolphin Transfer from National Aquarium in Baltimore to Florida is Subject of PBS NewsHour Report in January 2018
On January 24, 2018, the PBS NewsHour aired “Dolphins raised in captivity will soon get a new, more natural home” (9 min./5 sec. video). The story reports on the work by the National Aquarium in Baltimore to end its long-running dolphin presentations and relocate the mammals to an enclosed, outdoor water body in the Florida… Continue reading
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A Five-Year Look-back on Superstorm Sandy in Coastal New Jersey, from the October 29, 2017, PBS NewsHour
On October 29, 2017, the PBS NewsHour broadcast “Five years after Sandy, locals torn on flood protection,” available online at https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/five-years-after-sandy-locals-torn-on-flood-protection. The 10 min./9 sec. segment focuses on rebuilding in coastal New Jersey, particularly the town of Sea Bright and the questions there of whether and what to build for flood protection. Continue reading
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Managed Aquifer Recharge, Storage, and Recovery in 2017 Arroyo from the Arizona Water Resources Research Center, September 2017 Water Resources Impact from AWRA, July/August 2017 Colorado Water, and Other Information Resources
Managed aquifer recharge, storage, and recovery—that is, the intentional recharge of groundwater aquifers with surface water or wastewater, for storage and potential future recovery—was examined in detail in three water newsletters in 2017. “Arizona Water Banking, Recharge, and Recovery,” by Noah Silber-Coats and Susanna Eden, is the feature article in the 2017 issue of The… Continue reading
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