Jan 31, 2008

Water transfer

Water Wired has a couple of posts about large-scale water transfer
from Canada to the US
and from the Great Lakes to Las Vegas

New Waves for January is up

The New Waves newsletter for January is now available. Highlights include:

Profs. Norwine and Johntwo have a new book on the changing South Texas climate this century.
This comes with a new article in Science detailing how climate change is drying out the snowpack putting the squeeze on desert water management in the West

River Systems Institute is hosting “Forecast: Climate Change Impacts on Texas Water,”
April 28-30, 2008, at the Texas State Capitol Extension in Austin.

The Texas Agricultural Irrigation Association's South Texas Conference in Uvalde on Feb. 19 will focus on irrigation techniques and management for those in dry areas.