Combining DAOs and social networks can revolutionize water policy dialogue, boosting transparency and community engagement in decision-making processes. 💧✨ #WaterGovernance #DAO Follow us: https://aqua.vote #transparency #fair_world

OnlineFirst - "Tracing (un)common senses in irrigation communities: Hegemonies and counter-hegemonies across Spain's Tagus-Segura interbasin transfer complex" by Nicholas Bourguignon:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/25148486251389768

#hegemony; #counterhegemony; #commonsense; #gramsci #watergovernance; #politicalecology; #trasvasetajosegura #dripirrigation; #regadio

From San Diego to the Central Valley: The California Aqueduct—heart of the State Water Project—reveals how long-distance water transfers power cities and agriculture. Nowhere is this clearer than in the endless almond orchards, set against the Sierra Nevada’s forested slopes.
Next, I’ll dive into the socio-ecological dynamics and systemic logics of California’s water-agriculture nexus with local experts. Stay tuned for insights!
#WaterGovernance #AgriculturalSystems #SGMA #SustainabilityScience

Combining DAOs with social networks can enhance transparency in water policy dialogues, empowering communities and ensuring informed decision-making. #WaterGovernance Follow us: https://aqua.vote #transparency #fair_world

Combining DAOs with social networks can enhance transparency in water policy dialogues, empowering communities to drive decisions and hold leaders accountable! #WaterGovernance #DAOs Follow us: https://aqua.vote #transparency #fair_world

How do local farmers and formal water policies shape each other?
A recent publication by our colleague Tatiana Molano, about research in Eastern Mancha, Spain, shows that the meeting of irrigators’ practices and official water scarcity institutions sparks institutional bricolage. This process drives local change and offers new insights into water governance under environmental stress.
To the publication:
https://www.isoe.de/uploads/downloads/Publikationen/Reihen/Groundwater-Dimensions/isoe-groundwater-dimensions-6-molano-2025.pdf
#WaterGovernance #Agriculture #Spain #Groundwater

via @indybay

Tribes, enviros speak out against trailer bills to fast-track #DeltaTunnel project

“Delta tribes deserve a responsible and equitable approach to water management in the state that does not require jamming a tunnel through the Delta, destroying our ancestral homelands and waterways, or desecrating sacred sites and ancestral remains,” said Malissa Tayaba, Vice Chair with the #ShingleSpringsBand of #MiwokIndians.

by Dan Bacher
Mon, Aug 11, 2025 4:19PM

Sacramento, CA – "On an unusually mild summer day, Tribal leaders and environmental justice advocates met with legislators at the State Capitol on July 16 for the 2025 Day of Action for #WaterJustice.

"They urged the legislators to reject Governor Newsom’s proposed trailer bills that they say would fast-track the Delta Conveyance Project (#DCP) and bypass critical #EnvironmentalProtections at a time when the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is in unprecedented ecological crisis — and a number of fish species are on the edge of #extinction.

"The day-long event started with meetings between Tribal members, environmental advocates and legislators to urge support for 'equitable, science-based water solutions' that protect the #BayDelta and to reject the financially reckless Delta Conveyance Project that threatens ecosystems, Tribal sovereignty, and public health, according to a statement from #RestoreTheDelta.

[...]

"At the press conference on the Capitol steps, advocates called on lawmakers to reject trailer bills that would provide CEQA exemptions for the #DeltaConveyanceProject, circumventing existing law, court rulings and public opinion.

"Specifically, the coalition called on lawmakers to:

- Vote NO on SB 72 that undermines the #DeltaReformAct and sets arbitrary water supply targets;

- Vote YES on AB 362 that protects tribal beneficial uses of water and to;

- Vote YES on AB 263, extending emergency protections currently in place for the #ScottRiver and #ShastaRiver, a high priority for the recovery of #CohoSalmon.

"Speakers at the press conference included representatives from the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians and the #WinnememWintu Tribe, as well as elected leaders and representatives from Restore the Delta, #SierraClub California, #FriendsOfTheRiver, #DefendersOfWildlife, #SanFranciscoBaykeeper and the #DeltaCountiesCoalition.

"Malissa Tayaba, Vice Chair with the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, began the press conference emphasizing the harm that the Delta Tunnel would cause to Tribes and #disadvantaged communities.

" 'Delta tribes deserve a responsible and equitable approach to water management in the state that does not require jamming a tunnel through the Delta, destroying our #AncestralHomelands and waterways, or desecrating #SacredSites and ancestral remains,' said Tayaba. 'Our culture and identities are intrinsically tied to the Delta. There is no price tag worth paying that would ever justify the harm done to us or the unquantifiable costs that Tribes and disadvantaged communities would ultimately bear.'

"Gary Mulcahy, Government Liaison with the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, followed Tayaba by stating, “There is nothing about the Delta Tunnel Project that significantly benefits anyone except #BigAg and south of the Delta water agencies, while putting #EndangeredSpecies, tribal cultural resources, and disadvantaged communities and the viability of the S.F Bay-Delta itself at risk. #CEQA exemptions continue to attempt to erase Tribes from #WaterGovernance.”

[...]

" 'Instead of wasting ratepayer money to keep pushing this expensive environmental justice debacle, we need to sees investments in local water supply like #RecycledWater, and the Freshwater Pathways program that would improve Delta levees to keep communities safe and improve State Water Project reliability in an emergency. We urge a commitment to vote NO on the return the Delta Conveyance Project and Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan bills,' Wagner said."

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/08/11/18878845.php

#WaterIsLife #TribalGovernance #CulturalPreservation #CulturalErasure #BigAgriculture #BigWater #GavinNewsome #CaliforniaPol #Graywater

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Combining DAOs with social networks can enhance transparency in water policy dialogues, empowering communities to participate and hold decision-makers accountable. #WaterGovernance Follow us: https://aqua.vote #transparency #fair_world

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OnlineFirst - "The sorghum liquor development hydrosocial cycle on the Kinmen Islands" by Mei-Huan Chen:

#hydrosocial #politicalecology #watergovernance #nexus #islands

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25148486251345306

The global water crisis is not just about scarcity but also about justice. The opinion piece's author argues that the crisis's root causes are political and economic, not natural or technical. He calls for a radical transformation of the water governance system based on human rights, democracy, and ecological sustainability. #WaterCrisis #WaterJustice #WaterGovernance https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/the-roots-of-the-global-water-crisis/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FArchetypes

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭
https://trends.minorityrights.org

The Minority Trends report on water, and on the many ways in which the planetary water crisis and water inequality affect minorities and Indigenous Peoples throughout the world.

Including a report from Sandy Sur on Vanuatu: Water, music and cultural rights https://trends.minorityrights.org/vanuatu

#ocean #water #MinorityTrends #WaterGovernance #Climate #WaterCrisis #WaterJustice #WaterCommons
@water_and_society

Water governance: Much neglected subject. Himanshu Thakkar (SANDRP, India). Webinar today Tuesday, April 25, 2023. 10:00 - 11:00 New York (EDT). 15:00 – 16:00 London (BST). 19:30-20:30 Delhi (IST).
Organized by the Working Group in Water Governance at Ostrom Workshop
#watergovernance
@water_and_society
https://sandrp.in/about-us/about-sandrp/
Zoom link:
https://bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/97501552759?pwd=ekx3UnZjZEJ1Zno1Z0FpUklLcWpSQT09
Meeting ID: 975 0155 2759
Passcode: 717996

Rising groundwater. Good article on three cases. “This slow-moving crisis is popping up in communities across the U.S., …one of the most important for government agencies and municipalities to take is simply more monitoring — in particular, at “maximum groundwater moments,” such as a few days after a heavy rain or at a high tide.” #groundwater #WaterGovernance “ https://grist.org/article/what-it-means-groundwater-is-rising/. @water_and_society

Read the review by W. van Deursen of "Misreading the #Bengal #Delta. Climate Change, Development, and Livelihoods in Coastal​ #Bangladesh", by Camelia Dewan, at https://water-alternatives.org/index.php/boh/item/324-misread
#watermanagement #waterpolicy #water_and_society #watergovernance #WaterBooks
@water_and_society

Farmer-led #irrigation development in sub-Saharan #Africa is... funded by donors: is this a policy contradiction, asks Grace Harmon :
https://water-alternatives.org/index.php/blog/flid #water @IWMI_ #irrigation #watermanagement #waterpolicy #water_and_society #watergovernance
@water_and_society

Qosh Tepa Canal under construction in #Afghanistan https://shar.es/afyZdd
'Applying science' and irrigating 500,000 ha (a child's play) will bring 'self-sufficiency'... Déjà vu?
#irrigation #watermanagement #waterpolicy #water_and_society #watergovernance
@water_and_society

Good long read on California #groundwater focusing on #WaterEthics of using #FossilWater #WaterGovernance
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/01/cadiz-farms-fossil-water/671652/

#Leestip | Tijdschrift #Watergovernance, editie 01/2023 nu online: https://www.stowa.nl/sites/default/files/assets/PROJECTEN/Projecten%202022/Water%20Governance/Edities/WAGO%202023-01_Kwaliteit%20van%20bestuur.pdf 💧Over kwaliteit van bestuur #Waterbeheer, met o.a. @hschouffoer, Nanco Dolman en Flip Witte (📷3: Tjark Dieterman)