Ethics, Corruption, and Water Lecture

Here is a lecture on ethics, corruption, and water from Oregon State. The guest lecturer, Vivienne Bennett wrote The Politics of Water: Urban Protest, Gender and Power in Monterrey, Mexico.

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Demonstration Flume

The North Carolina State University American Water Resources Association (AWRA) chapter would like to create a small teaching flume. Here is a demonstration flume that looks like it would be a lot of fun to operate. Newbury Hydraulics put this information together, including a construction blueprint at the end of the packet.

Clean Water Act - NY Times

Here's a New York Times editorial regarding the Clean Water Act. There is also a link to these investigative articles.

Water in the Courts

The Supreme Court is considering a case involving North Carolina and South Carolina. My Hydrology professor pointed this article out.

Threatened and Discontinued Stream Gauges

United States Geological Survey (USGS) has posted a listing of threatened and discontinued stream gauges here. Funding from partners has dried up in most of these situations, which I guess is not surprising.

Akron, OH Water Quality

I used to live in Akron, OH, so water quality there is interesting to me. Of course, Akron is located in the Cuyahoga Valley, home of the infamous Cuyahoga River!

The Akron Beacon Journal recently published a couple stories about water quality issues there:
Algae
Sediment

The sediment issue is particularly interesting because they are considering the removal of a dam and want to know what will eventually be transferred downstream.