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This episode is a quick hello and a request for story input from you, our listeners of The River Radius.  Do you have a story of a river shuttle that went sideways, really far sideways?  We want to hear from you.  There are more details in this super short episode.  Thanks for listening!

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Southern California is home for 19 million people and imports the majority of its municipal water from the Colorado and Sacramento Rivers, moving that water hundreds of miles through humanmade aqueducts.  Both rivers have decreased flows meaning less water for So Cal.  This episode looks at how So Cal gained water, how they are changing their water profile, and how rivers may continue to be impacted by their extractions.  

COMPANION EPISODE: 
"Recycling (river) Water in Southern California"
 

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METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

REGIONAL RECYCLED WATER ADVANCED PURIFICATION CENTER

PEOPLE, POLICY, INFORMATION
WILLIAM MULHOLLAND

ST FRANCIS DAM COLLAPSE

CALIFORNIA WATER WARS

COLORADO COMPACT

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CADILLAC DESERT

SCIENCE BE DAMMED

ARTICLES (just a few, there is a lot of media on water in the Southwest this year)
LA Times:  ‘Unrecognizable.’ Lake Mead, a lifeline for water in Los Angeles and the West, tips toward crisisCBS This Morning

KUNC:  Colorado River Basin Reservoirs Begin Emergency Releases To Prop Up A Troubled Lake Powell

CBS This Morning:  Mega Drought in the West

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Link to episodes here
"Mile 0 Sacramento River Source to Sea"

"The Returning Rapids of Cataract Canyon 2021"

"The Silty Byproduct of Lake Powell"

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For many decades water has been recycled after it runs through sewage treatment plants in cities large and small in many states and countries.  That recycled water is used for landscaping and industrial cleaning.  Today with decreasing access to imported river water, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has built a test facility to further clean treated waste water to the standards of drinking water.  The plan is to learn how to do this so the water looks great and is completely safe, then return it to the drinking water system.  Essentially by reusing water, they are creating a new water source for their customers.  With decreasing flows in the rivers that deliver water to Southern California, this project is lining up to offset these losses, and can provide data and models for other cities to engage in the similar practices.  Metropolitan Water provides water to 19 million humans through their 26 partner agencies, the cities and counties of Southern California.  Join us for an onsite tour of the plant.  

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Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Regional Recycled Water Advanced Purification Center
 

INFORMATION ON PLACES, INFRASTRUCTURE, ACTIONS AND POLICY
Southern California

Colorado RIver

Sacramento River

Sacramento Source to Sea river expedition

State Water Project

Colorado River Aqueduct

Owens Valley

Colorado River Compact

BOOKS
Cadillac Desert

Science Be Dammed

ARTICLES (just a few, there is a lot of media on water in the Southwest this year)
LA Times:  ‘Unrecognizable.’ Lake Mead, a lifeline for water in Los Angeles and the West, tips toward crisisCBS This Morning

KUNC:  Colorado River Basin Reservoirs Begin Emergency Releases To Prop Up A Troubled Lake Powell

CBS This Morning:  Mega Drought in the West
 

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"Mile 0 Sacramento River Source to Sea"

"The Returning Rapids of Cataract Canyon 2021"

"The Silty Byproduct of Lake Powell"

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This past June of 2021, Matt Moseley attempted to swim 52 miles downriver in one day in the Green River of Utah.  He was swimming to make a statement about the state of water in western US.  The river he was swimming was at record low levels.  Matt has completed open water swims in the Colorado River, Lake Pontchartrain, the Caribbean Ocean, Lake Tahoe and he does it all to bring attention to water.  His "early morning job" is open water swimming.  His "day job" is a PR strategist.  He serves as the co-chair of the Colorado River Council for American Rivers and recently published his first book.  

MATT MOSELEY
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Book:  "Ignition"
Green River Swim
Wikipedia
Youtube Channel
 

MARK WILLIAMS
Veterans Path:  Website, Instagram, Facebook

WORLD OPEN WATER SWIM ASSOCIATION
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AMERICAN RIVERS
Open Position:  Associate Director, Southwest River Protection Program

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John Mans:  Instagram, Website

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Saco River

Mount Washington

White Mountains 

Atlantic Salmon

JOE KLEMENTOVICH

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Source to Sea Projects

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While interviewing Dr. Laurence C. Smith for an episode in May about his new book, "Rivers of Power, we went down a rabbit hole of talking about Supraglacial Rivers.  This short conversation gets the basics of these unique rivers that start on the top of the glaciers and is a more candid expression from Dr. Smith about this topic that he researches at great depth.  Supraglacial rivers are constantly moving their locations, changing flows and are unique among rivers as they carry no sediment.   

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Dr. Laurence C. Smith

RESEARCH

Northern Change Research Laboratory

Supraglacial River Forcing of Subglacial Water Storage and Diurnal Ice Sheet Motion

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Rivers of Power

The World in 2050
 

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What a Glacial River Reveals About the Greenland Ice Sheet
 

ARTICLES

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/24/greenland-is-melting

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-catastrophic-greenland-melt-20150112-story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/05/climate/greenland-ice-melting.html

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/27/world/greenland-is-melting-away.html

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Previous episode with Dr. Laurence C. Smith, "The Book:  Rivers of Power" on our Website, 
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The groover is one of those words that has become an adjective, a noun and a verb and originally has nothing to do with the thing it defines.  The groover is that portable, leakproof and reusable river toilet that gets packed on so many overnight river trips.  It has become an essential tool for protecting the quality of the river corridor where humans travel for recreation.  This episode is a conversation with people who experienced the rivers when the need for the groover first emerged, and these are the people who did the work to develop and spread the groover as a tool across the western United States.  

Selway Fabrication, sponsor of this episode & manufacturer of excellent modern groovers, offering 10% off their products for River Radius listeners until June 23, 2021.

Desert River Kayak, Canoe and Float Tubes:  Helen Howard’s company, a guest on today’s episode.

SWCA Environmental Consultants:  Steven Carothers’ company, a guest today’s episode.  

BOOKS & ARTICLES

“Hijacking a River” a book of the modern Grand Canyon history by Jeff Ingram, a guest on today’s episode.

“Lifetime Achievement Award” for Jeff Ingram, a guest on today’s episode.

1977 Downriver Magazine article by Steven Carothers, guest on today’s episode.

“Steve Carothers” in the Boatman’s Quarterly, by Lew Steiger and Steven Carothers.  

“Saving rivers just as they are has been good for Idaho,” by LuVerne Grussing, guest on today’s episode.

“Guest Opinion: Congress must reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund” by LuVerne Grussing, guest on today’s episode.

“Picking the Best River Toilet” from RiverBent.

“They call me Groover Boy” by Kevin Fedarko, a story of carrying the groovers on commercial river trips in the Grand Canyon.  

“Your guide to the Groover” by OARS.

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"Rivers of Power"was published in 2020.  It covers humans' history with rivers from some of the earliest civilizations to the most powerful nations today and how water is possibly the greatest natural capital.  

Rivers, their water and their usefulness for society has not changed.  What is changing is how humans can and do move that water from source to a place of use.  This episode explores great canals that are under construction, massive dams that are creating international tensions, efforts to use water over and over and over.  

Our human relationship with rivers is ongoing and morphing and simultaneously static.  Dr. Smith seems to know this and is able to explain this through cultures and time.  

Dr. Laurence C. Smith was a professor at UCLA for 20 years in the Geography Department and now teaches at Brown University.  He also conducts research in the northern arctic learning about rivers that form from the ice melt of glaciers.  

Videos and links of Dr. Smiths arctic work and research:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/what-a-glacial-river-reveals-about-the-greenland-ice-sheet

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/27/world/greenland-is-melting-away.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/05/climate/greenland-ice-melting.html?mtrref=duckduckgo.com&gwh=55A49A12C52C7A3814A02AA9C525DD28&gwt=regi&assetType=REGIWALL

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Sacramento Source to Sea:  Website, Instagram

Sacramento River

Rivers for Change

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San Francisco Bay

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Golden Gate Bridge

Previous River Radius Podcast episodes on Sacramento Source to Sea
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Mile 0 Sacramento River Source to Sea
Mile 153 Sacramento Source to Sea

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For many years, I have wondered about what really makes up a river.  I can see the basic features and the flows, the source and end.  But how does it really work?  Why does it work?  What are the prominent forces creating the path of the river.  This longer episode is a direct interview and conversation with Dr. David Montgomery from the University of Washington in Seattle.  Dave is a geologist by training and says to understand landscape, you have to understand rivers.  He is an author and appears if a few films about rivers and geology.  

DR. DAVID MONTGOMERY 
Professor at University of Washington
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Soil and mushroom research website
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Bands:  Big Dirt, Good Bones

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