Speed blogging

• (via RM) EBMUD's plan to expand a dam on the Mokelumne River is blocked by environmental problems. Maybe NOW they can look into proper water pricing to lower demand instead of looking for more supply? Like I suggested two years ago?
  
  
• WaterFind in Australia has an online water market information center (centre!) with hydrological and financial data that traders can use to buy and sell water online. In the underdeveloped water markets of the US, WestWater is rolling out a water clearinghouse (reporting executed trades) and publishes a quarterly newsletter. Maybe politicians and regulators can compare the two and make some adjustments to let American markets develop?
  
  
• Can San Diego live with a water budget? A good post for managers in water-scarce areas (that quotes aguanomics :)
  
  
• Videos explaining how water is managed around the world for agriculture, groundwater, floods, sanitation & hygiene, climate change and urban water supplies.
  
  
• Data! Pubs!
  • EPA: Web Tool provides clean water violation trends and state enforcement responses.
  • NAS: National Water Resources Challenges Facing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • OECD: Benefits of Investing in Water and Sanitation
    
  • TechKNOWLEDGEy Strategic Group (Boulder, CO): "2011 Water Market Review: A Concise Review of Challenges and Opportunities in the World Water Market" concentrates on IOUs and companies that sell goods and services in the water sector.
  • UN: Water Resource Management in Latin America and the Caribbean [pdf].