Posted on July 4, 2008 by Jared Simpson
And deservedly so. Water experts and environmentalists Pat Ferraro and David Keyes took us to task for our squeamishness about drinking recycled water, expressed in It’s not really toilet to tap-but yuck, anyway. Ferraro pointed us toward an award-winning video about recycling that he was involved with. It’s very, very good–a great introduction to basic [...]
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Posted on June 17, 2008 by Jared Simpson
We can’t help but be flushed with pride here at Waterblogged.info’s California headquarters as we read and re-read the personal correspondence sent to us by the Best. Senator. Ever.
She sent a recent photo, referred to us as “friend,” and–obviously aware of our influence in water-wonk circles–she included links to a page of web-based resources for [...]
Filed under: California water, drought, water conservation | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 9, 2008 by Jared Simpson
Herein, sorely vexed by the fact that an entire hour has been stolen from our lives by a magical process called daylight saving, we sullenly and lazily provide links to a lot of bad news about water, complete with peevish commentary.
Water makes US troop in Iraq sick.
Thanks to Dick Cheney (Where is he now, anyway? [...]
Filed under: Atlanta, Atlanta drought, Baghdad water, California water, Iraq, Tennessee Georgia Water War, Water wars, contaminated water, drought, water hog | No Comments »
Posted on January 6, 2008 by Jared Simpson
The Waterblogged.info’s editorial staff is pleased to relay the happy news from Atlanta Water Shortage (AWS) that northern Georgia has recently gotten a good soaking, leading to a 5-inch plus rise in Lake Lanier’s level. (Only twenty more feet to go!)
Waterblogged.info’s hit:
Downside: Possibly too little, too late for 2008.
Upside: No more shorter showers! (The Waterblogged.info [...]
Filed under: Atlanta, Atlanta drought, California water, Lake Lanier, Sonny Perdue, Southeast drought | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 24, 2007 by Jared Simpson
Welcome to Waterblogged.info’s gala holiday special, the really special thing being that we posted at all. Let’s just call our editorial team’s failure to post anything for over a week an intentional and carefully planned holiday hiatus and leave it at that.
And speaking of intention, let’s also point out that we mindfully wrote ten [...]
Filed under: Atlanta, Atlanta drought, California water, Georgia drought, Great Lakes, Water wars, desalination, global water problems | 6 Comments »
Posted on December 1, 2007 by Jared Simpson
In an earlier post, the Waterblogged.info editorial team, under withering pressure from our editorial board, promised to focus more of our time and energy on the water situation in our home state, California*. While we helpfully provided a list of the top 10 water-related reasons to leave California in that posting, we haven’t delivered much [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2007 by Jared Simpson
Actually, three dams is more accurate, but the Waterblogged.info team is always willing to sacrifice accuracy in the service of a cute headline. The point is that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose name and title make us wish we were being paid by the letter, is proposing the construction of two new dams and expanding [...]
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Posted on September 27, 2007 by Jared Simpson
A very brief post today, because the Waterblogged.info team is at a mandatory all-day offsite at this awesome resource, a compilation of videos on all the big issues surrounding water from the California Colloquium on Water, an ongoing lecture series at the Berkeley campus of the University of California.
Filed under: American rivers, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California water, Federal government water management, water pollution | No Comments »
Posted on September 19, 2007 by Jared Simpson
When Waterblogged.info’s sources* revealed that the move to restore California’s San Joaquin River is stalled in Congress, an eerie hush fell over our newsroom; the clattering of the typewriters ceased, the editor stopped chewing on her cigar, the copy boy tip-toed out the door to find a better job. Why, we asked ourselves individually and [...]
Filed under: American rivers, California water, Environmental destruction, Federal government water management, Iraq, dams, river restoration, salmon | No Comments »
Posted on September 14, 2007 by Jared Simpson
Many faithful Waterblogged.info readers have expressed urgent concern about the lack of new postings in the last few days. We do apologize, but there’s good reason: Turmoil. Editorial turmoil. Grumblings from the Waterblogged.info editorial board—”a complete lack of focus disguised as a global perspective,” and “no apparent mission aside from complaining and hand-wringing about water,” [...]
Filed under: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California water, Delta smelt, Environmental destruction, Federal government water management, Privatization, San Joaquin Delta, contaminated water, water pollution | No Comments »
