WDSA 2010 – first call for papers
The University of Arizona and the Technion are pleased to announce the 12th Annual Water Distribution Systems Analysis conference (WDSA 2010) to be held September 12-15, 2010 in Tucson, Arizona. (WDSA2010.org)
Milestone
Date
First Call for Papers
November 1, 2009
Second Call for Papers
December 1, 2009
Abstracts Due
February 1, 2010
Decision on Abstracts
March 1, 2010
Full Papers Due
May 1, 2010
Preliminary WDSA2010 Program
June 1, [...]
A few quick links
The American Museum of Natural History in New-York has an exhibition called Water: H2O = Life.
The same museum show an animation of the story of the New-York water system.
Liquid Assets:
Liquid Assets, a ninety-minute documentary, tells the story of essential infrastructure systems: water, wastewater, and stormwater. These systems — some in the ground for more than [...]
Make water not war
Stanley Weiss in an editorial in the New York Times wonders if the next war in the Middel East will be over water and not land? He is one of the believers that the water crisis in the Middle Ease can be solved with a large carrier bring water from Turkey to the region.
Weiss [...]
Who owns the rain or is it illegal to harvest rainwater?
The Los-Angeles Times has a interesting write up about water rights in Colorado:
Every time it rains here, Kris Holstrom knowingly breaks the law. Holstrom’s violation is the fancifully painted 55-gallon buckets underneath the gutters of her farmhouse on a mesa 15 miles from the resort town of Telluride. The barrels catch rain and snowmelt, which [...]
Free online Water Management Summit – A full day of interactive webcasts
A free online water management summit will be held on April 21st 2009, starting on 7pm:
This summit features presentations by scientists, academics, and business leaders addressing the increasingly important issue of water management. For businesses, efficiency will cut costs and promote environmental awareness, and for all, this summit will provide insight into best practices, tips, [...]
Flammable Water
Some time ago a heard a talk by a safety specialist who recommended not to shower when an electric water heater is turned on. Well, so folks over at Ft. Lupton, Colo. are showering with the lights off. Its for the romance but for safety since they have flammable water!
As it turns out, gas from [...]
Flush Facts for Super Sunday
The EPA posted a nice fact regarding toilt flushs during the Super Bowl next week:
Consider this: On Super Sunday, February 1, about 90 million people sit down to football’s biggest game. If all of these viewers got up to use the restroom at halftime, the result would be about 300 million gallons flushing in near sync—now [...]
Flying fire hydrant kills man
Humberto Hernandez, of Oakland, never saw what hit him
It was a 200 pound flying fire hydrant knocked into the air when an SUV driver lost control and her vehicle struck the hydrant propelling it into the air and the the back of the head of Hernandez.
After nailing Hernandez in the back of the head the [...]
Cholera kills hundreds in Zimbabwe
Almost 12,000 people have contracted cholera since August in Zimbabwe, and the outbreak threatens to grow more dire and deadly because the nation can’t pay for chemicals to treat water or for doctors to treat victims.
Residents in Harare were digging shallow holes in their yards in hopes of finding water. In some cases, nearby holes served as [...]
Water and Flood Management – ICWFM 2007
The Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM) is pleased to invite all interested persons to participate in the Conference to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 12 to 14, 2007.
The present conference is aimed to make a bridge among the researchers, academicians and professionals with common interest to exchanges [...]