About the Blog

WHAT?

This is a blog dedicated to providing a helpful summary of the day’s water-related news.  Sometimes I just want to read news that relates to my work instead of sifting through the culture section and getting side-tracked for an hour ;).  It also occurred to me that the water professionals that work in and around Utah might appreciate the same.  So I still sift through it all, but with a little help (see ‘How?’ below).  As far as content, I load up all local news and opinion blurbs regardless of left/right/dev/green leanings.  I pick and choose articles that are of interest to me from regional/national/international news (there’s so much that everything would be too much).

WHEN?

First thing Monday through Thursday, all the water news that’s fit to drink.  Catch up with major weekend news on Monday.

HOW?

Google Reader makes it relatively easy to review topic-specific recent news from a wide variety of news sources.  I have a small but growing list of online newspaper and association websites that generate my news round-up.  Here is the list and if you have a suggestion PLEASE email me or comment on this thread.

In Utah, the biggies from North to South:  Ogden Standard Examiner, KSL, Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, Provo Herald, St. George Spectrum, KCPW…

Regionally/Nationally: High Country News, Southwest Hydrology, AWRA Impact, Las Vegas Sun, Washington Post, New York Times, NPR, Newsweek, CNN, Science, Scientific American, WSJ, AWRA, NWRA, ASCE, MSNBC…

Miscellaneous Blogs:  Circle of Blue, City Brights with Dr. Gleick, Thirsty in Suburbia, and the AWRA Water Blog (need a few more water blogs here… any suggestions?)

WHERE?

HERE!!!

WHO?

I am a water enthusiast who works in the industry 🙂

WHY?

Utah is a great place to live but there are some issues coming up concerning water that are pretty staggering.  We can be proactive or reactive about them – we should at least strive to be informed about them.  On every level – local, regional, national and international – how to provide clean, safe water to people and industry while sustaining our natural environment is of tremendous importance.

Plus I love living in Utah. Truly, life elevated.  I want it to stay that way for my two kids, AL and PS… I would hope that in twenty or thirty years they’d still want to live in a place like this.