Friday Blogs and Posts on Water

Occasionally on Fridays I like to highlight some valuable content out there on internet that might be of interest to people connected to the department.

Today I highlight these 4-

1) From the New York Times affiliated blog Green. We have a nice post about New York City's Water Resources Poetry contest. Some nice lines for public talks in the future.

My Favorite-
Treatment at wastewater plants must be quite quick,
To remove the pollutants so you don’t get sick.
In a mere seven hours, the job is complete,
Compared to weeks in nature to perform the same feat!

2) From American Rivers a concern that the recently introduced Kerry-Lieberman Climate
Bill does not do enough to provide resources to cities, towns and states to adapt to the climate change that is highly likely over the next 30-50 years.

3) From an HWR alum - Michael Campana on his storied blog WaterWired, today brings us a nice entry on Peter Gleick's new book on Bottled Water - Bottled and Sold.

4) Another Alum- Bob Sobczak runs a great blog about the water resources issues and variable hydrology of southwest Florida.

ADWR and ADEQ cuts profiled in Arizona Republic

Due to the severe budget situation in Arizona many areas of the state budget have taken severe hits. Among the agencies hardest hit has been the two resource agencies for water and the environment. Cuts to Arizona Department of Water Resources and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality profiled in Arizona Republic today May 4th, 2010. The article does a good job of going over the hit this action will cause to robust monitoring of water resources and the environment in the state.