Blog Profile / Wisdom in Water
| URL : | http://nwksgmd4.blogspot.com | |
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| Filed Under: | Utilities / Water | |
| Posts on Regator: | 226 | |
| Posts / Week: | 1.7 | |
| Archived Since: | November 19, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
A Short Look at the Guarani Aquifer
In our part of the world the Ogallala Aquifer is really important, and has been written about extensively. It is often touted (sometimes accurately and sometimes not) as the largest, the most heavily developed and/or the most stressed...Show More Summary
Kansas GMD Water Level Changes, 1997 - 2013
More numbers. Following are the water level changes in all 5 GMDs between the years 1997 and 2013. These changes are based on approximately 1200 monitoring wells measured in January of each year in all five of the Kansas GMDs. The first row would be the water level change between the January 1996 and the January 1997 measurements. Show More Summary
Another Abandoned Well Tale
It was late October last year and CJ was out alone very early Saturday morning (1:30 A.M.) rabbit hunting of all things, near Merritt Island, Florida. His next step would be onto an old piece of plywood that was covering an abandoned well that he never knew was there. Show More Summary
LEMAs Getting Attention in Kansas and Elsewhere
During the recent April and May board meetings here in GMD 4 the issue of how to continue addressing the district’s enhanced management protocol was discussed. Recall that the first foray into sub basin enhanced management started looking...Show More Summary
The Federal Government and Water, Again...
The theme of State's Rights regarding water resources and the appropriate federal role has been ongoing for a very long time, and about every 20 years or so the issue is raised again - usually by the states, and usually accusing theShow More Summary
Handel's Water Music
Handel & King George on the Thames, by Hamman I was listening to the radio the other day when the segment airing started talking about "water music". Turns out it was featuring composer George Frideric Handel. From the NPR segment notes:...Show More Summary
Rain, Irrigation and Declines in GMD 4
One would hope that irrigation, precipitation and groundwater level changes are all relational - the more it rains, the less we irrigate and the slower the water level decline goes. The following are data for the 10 Counties in NW Kansas for the years 2000 through 2012. Show More Summary
How Many Water Meetings Can There Be?
I get a publication out of Eugene, Oregon called The Water Report - edited by David Moon and David Light (who I normally refer to as "Davids by the Light of the Moon" - not to either one of them, mind you).Anyway, in every edition they have a section listing water meetings, symposia, conferences, webinars, etc. Show More Summary
SD-6 LEMA Now Underway
With the signing of the final LEMA action - the Order of Designation - the Kansas Chief Engineer on April 17 set the SD-6 LEMA a-sail. Over the next 5 years these intrepid water users will do what is necessary to reduce total water use by some 20% in order to slow the decline rate and extend the economic longevity of their local groundwater supplies. Show More Summary
Wells & Accidents - The Bungled Burgle
It was March, 2011 in Boothtown, a suburb of Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was also very early in the morning - 5:15 A.M. to be precise - when a call came into the local police station regarding a burglary on Bell Street. Seemed...Show More Summary
GMD4 - 38th Annual Meeting Slated
Can you believe it – the 38th annual meeting of the Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District No. 4 is upon us. The meeting is set for: Wednesday, February 20, 2013; 1:30 P.M.; Hoxie Elks Lodge, Hoxie, KS. The basic agenda (business items) are the same as usual. Show More Summary
Groundwater Critters & Creepy Crawlers
Groundwater critters, you say? Have you lost your mind? Well, it's actually true that animals can and do live in many aquifers around the world. The little creature to the right is one such critter - called by the generic name of Stygofauna, which are small animals that live in groundwater environs. Show More Summary
A Free Water Energy Cell For the Making
Part of Joe Energy Cell If you feel the need for a water energy cell that does not: explode (it sucks); produce heat (runs cold); use water (produces water); fall to the ground (levitates by canceling gravity); and produce friction (has an absence of resistance); then this product is for you. Show More Summary
Water Is Power - Or Soon May Be
Polypyrrole Polymer MIT engineers have created a polymer, they call it a film, that generates electrical energy by the flexing motion (mechanical movement) of the film as absorbs and evaporates water vapor. The article, called "New Material...Show More Summary
Fracking in Kansas - Part 3
1947 Gas Well Fracturing Operation For hydraulic fracturing info in Kansas a great source has been put together by the Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) at this location: http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/PIC/pic32.html.The picture provided...Show More Summary
Wells & Accidents - Little Randy
Typical abandoned irrigation well Little Randy, just a three-year old at the time, was visiting his grandfather with his family in a small Texas town in the far west of the state. The kids were out playing near an abandoned irrigation well that simply had a barrel sitting on top of the open, 16-inch casing. Show More Summary
Water Conservation?
I read a recent article by a Texas journalist on the state's discussions about improving water conservation. It is titled: Water Conservation Ideas Offered for Texas Legislature. Interesting read. Most people read "water conservation" in their own context, and get a warm and fuzzy feeling about this motherhood-and-apple-pie notion. Show More Summary
50 Ways to Leave Your Groundwater (Safe)
I recently ran across a neat compilation of 50 ways farmers can protect their groundwater. In fact that's the name of the publication - 50 Ways Farmers Can Protect Their Groundwater. It's a bit dated (1993) but this University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service book has lots of good ideas. Show More Summary
Kansas' First LEMA Order Signed
LEMA Bill Signing - Colby, KS, 2012 The 2012 Legislature passed a new law authorizing the implementation of local enhanced management areas (LEMAs). The accompanying picture is of the LEMA bill signing in Colby follwing the Governor's ceremonial signing. Show More Summary
More On The Work of Groundwater
As I've blogged before, groundwater works a number of ways on and within the earth to change the landscape over time. Stream bank erosion and possibly caves are the most visible and obvious examples. But groundwater can work in other ways as well. Show More Summary