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Susi Arnott<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@helenczerski" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>helenczerski</span></a></span> <br>Another brilliant mix of overview/case study (favourite history note at 48'50" - water allocation in ancient Rome) <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/intelligentenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligentenergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/wateruse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wateruse</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/107629/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/107629/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> The Millennium Drought would forever change Australia’s relationship to water <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AdelaideWaterUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdelaideWaterUse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AustraliaDrought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AustraliaDrought</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BrisbaneWaterUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrisbaneWaterUse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DarwinWaterUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarwinWaterUse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DroughtHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DroughtHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DualFlushToilets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DualFlushToilets</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FarmingAndDrought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarmingAndDrought</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MelbourneWaterUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MelbourneWaterUse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MillenniumDrought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MillenniumDrought</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PerthWaterUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PerthWaterUse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SavingWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SavingWater</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SydneyWaterUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SydneyWaterUse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WaterRestrictionsAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterRestrictionsAustralia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WaterShortageAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterShortageAustralia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WaterUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterUse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WaterUseAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterUseAustralia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WaterUsePerCapita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterUsePerCapita</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WaterUsePerPerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterUsePerPerson</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WaterSaving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterSaving</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>John McPhee’s Short Essay About A 1972 Rockefeller Civil Service Award Winner - Dr. Luna Leopold, The First Chief Hydrologist At The USGS<br>--<br><a href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/rockefeller-public-service-awards-washington-dc-19580430" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jfklibrary.org/archives/other-</span><span class="invisible">resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/rockefeller-public-service-awards-washington-dc-19580430</span></a> &lt;--JFK's 1958 speech at the Rockerfeller Civil Service Awards<br>--<br><a href="https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/lessons-learned-a-legend-luna-leopolds-view-river" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usgs.gov/news/featured-story/l</span><span class="invisible">essons-learned-a-legend-luna-leopolds-view-river</span></a> &lt;-- shared details of Dr. Luna Leopold from the USGS<br>--<br><a href="https://fiddlrts.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-patch-by-john-mcphee.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fiddlrts.blogspot.com/2020/04/</span><span class="invisible">the-patch-by-john-mcphee.html</span></a> &lt;-- shared details of The Patch, by John McPhee<br>--<br><a href="https://eos.org/opinions/luna-b-leopold-geoscience-pioneer" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eos.org/opinions/luna-b-leopol</span><span class="invisible">d-geoscience-pioneer</span></a> &lt;--shared EOS retrospective of Dr Leopold<br>--<br>I was reading - with a mug of tea - The Patch (link above) by John McPhee, a decades-old favourite author of mine - and came across this short essay amongst many fine others…<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/datalover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datalover</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/measurements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>measurements</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/metrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metrics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fedservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedservice</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fedscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedscience</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LunaLeopold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LunaLeopold</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydrologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydrologist</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/crossdiscipline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crossdiscipline</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RockefellerCivilServiceAward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RockefellerCivilServiceAward</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/USGS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USGS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/JohnMcPhee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnMcPhee</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/readingforpleasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>readingforpleasure</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mission</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterresources</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/watersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/wateruse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wateruse</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/watermanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watermanagement</span></a><br>@USGS</p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>Where do we go from here?</p><p>Unlike the Cowichan River, the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Koksilah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Koksilah</span></a> is an uncontrolled <a href="https://beige.party/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>river</span></a> with no storage and as such, there are limited options available to manage flows. The only options available to us are to change our current practices around <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandUse</span></a> and <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WaterUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterUse</span></a>. Most importantly, the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/KoksilahRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KoksilahRiver</span></a> is challenging all of us to work together to collaboratively identify and implement solutions that will impact us all. New collaborations and partnerships are emerging.</p><p>An informal “Koksilah <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DroughtManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DroughtManagement</span></a> team” has been formed to discuss how to collaboratively make short term in-season decisions and work with water users to navigate periods of low flow. This ad-hoc group is comprised of representatives from <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FLNRORD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLNRORD</span></a>, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Cowichan Station’s Koksilah Working Group, BC Dairy Association, BC Agriculture Council, Cowichan Watershed Board, Farmland Advantage, Water Survey of Canada, Cowichan Estuary Nature Centre and private forestry representatives.</p><p>In the longer term, an innovative government to government partnership has been struck between Cowichan Tribes and the FNLRORD to explore and scope the feasibility of initiating a joint <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WaterSustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterSustainability</span></a> Planning process, an innovative new tool under <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCWaterSustainabilityAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCWaterSustainabilityAct</span></a> (2016).</p><p>For more information about the potential of Water Sustainability Plans, see Curran, D. and O.M. Brandes. 2019 Water Sustainability Plans: Potential, Options and Essential Content (2019) by Deborah Curran and Oliver M. Brandes, University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre and the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance.</p><p><a href="https://poliswaterproject.org/polis-research-publication/water-sustainability-plans/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">poliswaterproject.org/polis-re</span><span class="invisible">search-publication/water-sustainability-plans/</span></a></p><p>"As one element in the modernized provincial water regime, Water Sustainability Plans are a promising tool that can enable and enhance adaptive water management and new governance relationships that express core elements of government-to-government relationships for water and watersheds, as well as address the challenges of environmental flows, sustainable groundwater management, drought planning and protecting and enhancing watershed health."</p><p>Deborah Curran &amp; Oliver M. Brandes <br>Water Sustainability Plans: Potential, Options and Essential Content (2019)</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BackroadAdventures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackroadAdventures</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>river</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Shawnigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shawnigan</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DayAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DayAdventure</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DayTrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DayTrip</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectWatersheds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectWatersheds</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cascadia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NaturesPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturesPower</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectWatersheds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectWatersheds</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectNature</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Hydro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hydro</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RiversOfBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiversOfBC</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RiversOfVancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiversOfVancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Historical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Historical</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cowichan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cowichan</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WaterFlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterFlow</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RiverFlows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiverFlows</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HydrologyManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HydrologyManagement</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>The Current Challenge.</p><p>Summer flows in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/KoksilahRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KoksilahRiver</span></a> have been exceptionally low in recent years at times when demand for water is the greatest. This threatens the survival of resident and anadromous <a href="https://beige.party/tags/salmonid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>salmonid</span></a> species and the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AquaticEcosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AquaticEcosystem</span></a>.</p><p>In August 2019, Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FLNRORD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLNRORD</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/biologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biologists</span></a> determined that the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WaterFlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterFlow</span></a> levels were too low to support adequate <a href="https://beige.party/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>habitat</span></a> conditions. A Ministerial Order to cease using water was issued to specific water users (both surface and groundwater licensees and unlicensed groundwater users) to protect fish populations. The Order was issued on August 16th, 2019 and repealed on September 18th, 2019 when <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RiverFlows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiverFlows</span></a> increased.</p><p>Over the last number of years, FLNRORD staff, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CowichanTribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CowichanTribes</span></a>, community members, organizations and consultants have undertaken several initiatives to better understand and encourage voluntary reductions in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WaterUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterUse</span></a>. While these initiatives have improved awareness and our collective understanding of the complex <a href="https://beige.party/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> of the system, the factors affecting the flow rates are still unclear.</p><p>There is a need to better understand the relationship between water users, watershed residents and the watershed.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BackroadAdventures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BackroadAdventures</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>river</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Shawnigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shawnigan</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DayAdventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DayAdventure</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DayTrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DayTrip</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectWatersheds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectWatersheds</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cascadia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NaturesPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturesPower</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectWatersheds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectWatersheds</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectNature</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Hydro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hydro</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RiversOfBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiversOfBC</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RiversOfVancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiversOfVancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Historical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Historical</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cowichan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cowichan</span></a></p>
Old Hippie Ⓥ Resistance!<p>52% of <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/ColoradoRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColoradoRiver</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> is used for <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> (32% is used to produce hay and alfalfa for livestock). <br><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/WaterUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterUse</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-03-28/alfalfa-hay-beef-water-colorado-river" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/environment/story/</span><span class="invisible">2024-03-28/alfalfa-hay-beef-water-colorado-river</span></a></p>
Auscandoc<p>While a weekend weather system — which dumped 20 centimetres of snow in the city and more than that in the mountains — will take the edge off enduring drought conditions, it’s not enough to head off an early imposition of <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/WaterUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterUse</span></a> limits, said Nicole Newton, the city’s manager of natural environment and adaptation.”</p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Groundwater Levels Are Dropping Around the World<br><a href="https://eos.org/articles/groundwater-levels-are-dropping-around-the-world" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eos.org/articles/groundwater-l</span><span class="invisible">evels-are-dropping-around-the-world</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>groundwater</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WaterUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterUse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aquifers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aquifers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NotGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotGood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NotGoodAtAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotGoodAtAll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StartRecharging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StartRecharging</span></a></p>
NYC Glue<p>Federal officials propose reducing Colorado River water to lower-basin states in “shot across the bow”</p><p>gifting this article.<br><a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2023/04/11/colorado-river-cuts-california-arizona-water/?share=entchswv44clt2rciop0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">denverpost.com/2023/04/11/colo</span><span class="invisible">rado-river-cuts-california-arizona-water/?share=entchswv44clt2rciop0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WaterUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterUse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ColoradoRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColoradoRiver</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ColoradoRiverCompact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ColoradoRiverCompact</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LakeMeade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LakeMeade</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LakePowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LakePowell</span></a></p>
Tech news from Canada<p>Ars Technica: How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1908432" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=1908432</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/arstechnica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arstechnica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/megadrought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>megadrought</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/syndication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syndication</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/wateruse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wateruse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a></p>
Ian Walker<p>Just relocated to the toot.wales instance, so will repeat my <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>.</p><p>I'm an <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/psychologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychologist</span></a> at Swansea University. I work on <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/behaviourchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>behaviourchange</span></a> in <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transport</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/trafficsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficsafety</span></a>, <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/energyuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energyuse</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/wateruse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wateruse</span></a>. </p><p>I work with <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/architects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architects</span></a> to create a <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/lowcarbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lowcarbon</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/builtenvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>builtenvironment</span></a> that works for people. </p><p>In looking at these topics I use the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> of <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/habits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>habits</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/socialnorms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialnorms</span></a> and look at the influence of the <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/builtenvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>builtenvironment</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> on people's everyday <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/behaviour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>behaviour</span></a></p>
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