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jrlund.bsky.social
UC Davis professor emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geography, and other things. Water, water, and sailing. https://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/lund/ Democracy, public education, and science benefits believers and non-believers alike.
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Something for every graduate, non-graduate, water manager, and politician to remember and reflect on, with some humor.

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NEORSD can see the deeper (water-related) meaning in any cultural or political event.

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Spoke to @huffpost.com about how MAHA is already making America sicker. www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...

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What was California's wet season like this water year? And where is our regular data improving and needs more improvement? californiawaterblog.com/2025/04/27/w...

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"These findings are encouraging for river restoration advocates everywhere." Putah Creek salmon run featured in this #EarthDay research roundup from @uofcalifornia.bsky.social. (You're right: the pic below is not a salmon.) www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/4-calif...

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Implementing SGMA will be a long winding legal and procedural road. Here is one example. mavensnotebook.com/2025/04/15/p...

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A wonderful presentation on rank-choice voting, and how good apples can keep bad apples off the ballot for the Big Apple Mayor.

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This is also true for California state websites that removed (per state law) historical and technical documents that were not “accessible” to the blind.

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Lori Beth Denberg reprised her All That librarian character to do a pro-library, anti-book banning reel and I love it so much??? www.instagram.com/reel/DIK0_bD...

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A great response to folks selling bottled water, in particular: “You know, our bodies are about 60 percent water. Can you guarantee that none of your water has ever been part of people? Otherwise, isn't your product pretty much cannibalism?" (Brendan Beary)

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Kern farmers agree to continue funding the delta tunnel – with caveats @SJVWater #cawater mavensnotebook.com/2025/03/29/s...

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RIP naturalist/writer John Burroughs, died this day 1921. "A person can fail many times, but isn't a failure until he/she begins to blame somebody else." “Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.”

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My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

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Some excellent work and insights. Even in the best imaginable case, there will be thousands of dry shallow Central Valley wells in the coming decades. It is important to reduce the problem and manage the remaining problem. Tough territory.

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Capable county-level governments and state authority are foundations of merging nearby small systems to be more reliable and affordable.

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Glass half full, half empty, or something else? #cawater via @jrlund.bsky.social californiawaterblog.com/2025/03/16/g...

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Lessons From Elsewhere: Managing San Francisco's Stormwater and Sewage Mess #cawater www.kqed.org/science/1996...

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Some new twists on an old theme. For our time of very mixed greatness.

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Happy Pi Day!

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A wonderful article about one of the world's great art museums, with a story of human glories and fallibilities. Well worth a visit if you will be near Philadelphia.

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I love this photo that @melissabender.bsky.social captured of me at the #standupforscience rally yesterday in NYC. I wonder if I could make this my official faculty photo lol @jackiantonovich.bsky.social @kimberlywheiman.bsky.social @archaeoscape.bsky.social @sarahruncie.bsky.social

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How can you be two places at once, when you're not anywhere at all? - The Man in the Moon

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California produced about 52 million oz of gold 1850-1888 (Fig 8), worth about $138 billion at today's prices. This 38 years of gold production is worth ~2+ years of Calif agriculture production or 13 days of California's $4 trillion/y economy today. na07.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/action/...

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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees. Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law Time to do things that make him react to you. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Well-crafted environmental flows can work and form the basis for long-term benefits.

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Another benefit of the upgrading and replacement of coal-fired power plants.

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Many Russian River basin uses depend on Eel River diversions.

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every tap has a past. every flush has a future.

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“How to give a profoundly boring technical talk”

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This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ? And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions ! We all look forward to reading your thoughts

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To all affected, I'm terribly sorry. There is no way, we, as a society, can make it up to you. We are in a sudden & long-term disaster. Disaster responders have experience slowing down time, looking at options, & limiting bad outcomes. We all need to start thinking like a responder right now. 1/

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valentines day, for couples. galentines day, for friends. 210 million gallontines day, for our sewers.

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