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Good data lead to good outcomes! Buenos datos conducen a buenos resultados!

By Stu Hamilton  |  May 8th, 2013  |  Environmental,  Featured Posts  |  0

Good data lead to good outcomes! Most of us have the luxury of taking our data for granted. Without the experience of what would happen if we didn’t have data to inform our decisions we lack appreciation for the difference it makes in our lives. I recently had the great pleasure of meeting with the hydrologists at MARN in El Salvador and, as best as I can, this is their story. Dynamic geography and a rich, often tragic, history combine to create a culture of resilience in El Salvador. People shape the landscape and the landscape shapes the people. Entire … Read More

Hydrological Monitoring, hydrological data, hydrological methods, hydrology, hydrology blog, hydrology corner, water data, Monitoring

Is heli-gauging a game changer?

By Stu Hamilton  |  April 24th, 2013  |  Environmental,  Featured Posts  |  1

I recently had the very great pleasure of meeting Jeff and Marianne Watson of New Zealand – the power couple of stream hydrography. I learned a lot from our discussions – the differences in stream gauging techniques and methods between New Zealand and North America can sometimes be traced to differences in geo-physical realities but sometimes the differences are just plain puzzling. A project that will no doubt keep me in touch with the Watsons for many years will be trying to trace the source of methodological divergence.  Why has the mid-section method been adopted in some jurisdictions of the … Read More

World Water Day 2013 - Hydrological Monitoring, hydrological data, hydrological methods, hydrology, hydrology blog, hydrology corner, water data, Monitoring

World Water Day 2013 – Part 2: What is your water footprint?

By Stu Hamilton  |  March 27th, 2013  |  Environmental,  Featured Posts  |  2

My last post on water footprint has generated quite a bit of feedback. The concept definitely resonates with a lot of people. I was thinking about water smart choices on the menu of a restaurant at the SeaTac airport yesterday and came to one of my favorites: Wild Salmon. The waiter was no doubt puzzled by how long I was taking to make my selection. I was trying to figure out how to even calculate the water demand for a serving of salmon. What I came to was that it is the product of contact surface area times contact water … Read More

World Water Day 2013 - Hydrological Monitoring, hydrological data, hydrological methods, hydrology, hydrology blog, hydrology corner, water data, Monitoring

World Water Day 2013: What is your water footprint?

By Stu Hamilton  |  March 21st, 2013  |  Environmental,  Featured Posts  |  11

To mark World Water Day at Aquatic Informatics we watched the movie ‘Last Call at the Oasis’. In discussion about the issues raised by this movie one of our senior developers expressed surprise at the magnitude of the water footprint for everyday products. For example, the water footprint for a t-shirt was given as 700 gallons! I don’t know whether the notion of accounting for your water footprint will catch on or not. A few years ago the idea of calculating your carbon footprint got quite a bit of press and even though carbon calculators have never caught on the … Read More

Report - Global Hydrological Monitoring Industry Trends, hydrological data, hydrological methods, hydrology, hydrology blog, hydrology corner, water data, Monitoring

There is never too much data!

By Stu Hamilton  |  January 25th, 2013  |  Environmental,  Featured Posts  |  1

There is more data to deal with than there used to be. However, dealing with it may require a different approach than simply working harder with the same tools. The new “Global Hydrological Monitoring Industry Trends” report confirms the rapid international adoption of continuous monitoring technologies. One of the questions asked of over 700 respondents representing monitoring agencies from around the world was: “Are the primary technologies used in your network (or client networks) changing? Please select all the technologies significantly used (i.e. making up 10% or more of your network) in 2002, 2012, and 2022 (forecast).” We aggregated the … Read More

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