For #WorldWaterDay, check out my piece for @nichecanada.bsky.social (published in November) on how Ottawa Valley settlers relied on folklore and technological adaptation to obtain drinking war in an unfamiliar environment! #cdnhist #envhist #waterhistory
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Belated #WorldWaterDay celebrations coming up in Rome: I'll be one of the guests of the wonderful www.voyagingvapors.com for their Plantation Architectures conference at the Istituto Svizzero 🌴🏡 My own talk on "Thirsty Plants" is Fri 27 AM! #skystorians #envhist #envhum #waterhistory
The headline in this May 1931 press release reads "Great Dam to Equal Height of L.A. City Hall Plus 2 Other Buildings." There's an image of Hoover Dam along with a map showing how water will travel from Hoover Dam to Southern California.
The #HooverDam press release (1931) from the Claremont Colleges Library's California Water Documents collection: ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/coll...
#WorldWaterDay #CAWater #WaterHistory
"Auger-bored wells typically yielded more water and were less prone to surface contamination than dug wells; regional hydrogeology also made them preferable to deeper, drilled wells." - @forrestpass.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/28/o...
#envhist #cdnhist #waterhistory
I've been working on a"new" project on the #waterhistory of colonial Suriname for over a year now 💧 This week, I've finally made it to Paramaribo: wonderful to visit Fort Zeelandia (pic) and the Nationaal Archief 🤓 Today, I present at the Universiteit van Suriname: excited to meet the real experts!
CA's water history shows cyclical wet/dry periods, as seen in Steinbeck's 'East of Eden.' Managing water for agriculture, urban use, & environment through these cycles remains a complex, ongoing challenge. #WaterHistory 4/5
This project examines large-scale, publicly-funded irrigation projects in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The project establishes and evaluates the outcomes of mid-20th century prairie irrigation, with particular attention to the varied and uneven consequences of these efforts.
Project Spotlight - Water and the Modern Prairies: Histories of Irrigation and Water Management
Led by @stundenbower.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/prairieswate...
#envhist #aghist #waterhistory #cdnhist
New comments on "Finding Environmental History in 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'" by @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/11/07/f...
#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #musichistory #greatlakes #waterhistory
Listen to "The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 Years Later" - www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gRk...
Read "Finding Environmental History in 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'" by @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social - niche-canada.org/2025/11/07/f...
#envhist #greatlakes #waterhistory
A retelling of LA’s #waterhistory courtesy of Comedy Central’s Drunk History (2015), in which actor Jack Black plays #WilliamMulholland: youtu.be/70X-40Lj3QI?... #LAAqueduct
Nov 5, 1913: The Los Angeles Aqueduct opened #OTD. At the dedication, #WilliamMulholland uttered his famous line "There it is -- take it." #LAAqueduct #Infrastructure #Waterhistory
Edited clip from this footage archived at the #HuntingtonLibrary: californiarevealed.org/do/7a4f8619-...
Call for Papers: Flowing-through-time: Water Management & Technology, from Antiquity to the Future
Deadline: December 1, 2025
More information: iwa-wwtac-2026.sciencesconf.org?lang=en
#envirotech #envhist #waterhistory
Our editor, @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social, examines "The Erie Canal at 200."
"Designing the Erie’s liquid route required amassing knowledge of local landscapes and ecological conditions."
niche-canada.org/2025/10/26/t...
#envhist #envirotech #waterhistory
Read more about each episode in the podcast series "Source of Life: Water Management in the Premodern Middle East", published by the Abbasid History Podcast: ancientbaths.com/2024/05/03/p..., and listen on Spotify or Youtube: open.spotify.com/show/15MitRP...
#waterhistory #middleeast #histmed
Tune in to the podcast series, "Source of Life", discussing the histories of water management in the premodern Middle East. Consisting of 8 episodes, the podcasts discuss, among other things, bathhouses, drinking water, aqueducts, and toilets. Produced by the Abbasid History Podcast. #waterhistory
Open Access article on water management in medieval Trondheim, Norway, by Elisabeth Forrestad Swensen, Roos M.R. van Oosten, & Axel Christophersen:
brill.com/view/journal...
#watermanagement #waterhistory #disease #urbaninfrastructure #publichealth #archaeology
Crown 1987. A typology of water storage features
In this classic 1987 KIVA article, Crown looks at native water storage across the Southwest, which empowered native peoples to not only survive, but thrive in arid conditions. doi.org/10.1080/0023... #Archaeology #WaterHistory #SouthwestHistory #IndigenousInnovation #DesertSurvival
How did desert farmers thrive for centuries? This week we highlight the archaeology of Hohokam canals in Arizona.
#Archaeology #WaterHistory #SouthwestHistory #IndigenousInnovation #DesertSurvival
In Amsterdam today, sharing stories on how the 1953 North Sea Flood shaped Dutch migration — to Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US. 🌊 🚢 #WaterHistory #Migration #FloodHeritage
Sat @ 10am: As part of the Granada Hills Centennial, there will be a talk about the history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct at the #GranadaHills Branch of the @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social. www.lapl.org/whats-on/eve... #LAAqueduct #waterhistory
Our exec member @stundenbower.bsky.social discussing the history of irrigation in Alberta & Saskatchewan on @th3gravitywell.bsky.social.
We'll be featuring the full episode on our website this upcoming week.
www.youtube.com/shorts/2xHbC...
#envhist #aghist #cdnhist #waterhistory
Oh, and the pun with "drip feed" was of course intended! 🤓💦 #skystorians #waterhistory #envhist #envhums
Great to finally hold a paper copy of Water Cultures, the collection of essays I co-edited with Charlotte Ladevèze & Eva Rothenberger! To read us in 🇬🇧, 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪 you don't even need a physical copy: PDF open access at www.academicpress.ch/fr/cultures-... #waterhistory #skystorians #envhist #envhums
If you would like to contribute to the Walkerton Water Crisis project, check out the Call for Contributors.
Proposals accepted on an ongoing basis.
niche-canada.org/2025/05/09/c...
#envhist #cdnhist #waterhistory #ontario
Archival footage of homes being moved by barge, low-bed and bulldozer due to the Keenleyside hydro-electric dam that flooded the Arrow Lakes valley in the 1960's.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcUu...
#envhist #cdnhist #waterhistory #envirotech #energyhistory
New Call for Contributors!
Our editor @maryeb.bsky.social is building a project page to mark the 25th anniversary of the Walkerton Water Crisis and its impact!
Proposals accepted on an ongoing basis.
niche-canada.org/2025/05/09/c...
#envhist #cdnhist #water #waterhistory
Today on our site we have "Uncharted Waters? The Principle of Adaptation in Dutch Water Management" by
@mauritsertsen.bsky.social
The final post in our Historicizing Adaptation series, edited by
@stundenbower.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2025/05/08/u...
#envhist #envirotech #waterhistory
The Great Lakes History Research Group (UWindsor and Grand Valley State University) invites proposals for a summer workshop series of works-in-progress.
Send your title and abstract in by May 15th
niche-canada.org/2025/05/08/c...
#envhist #greatlakes #waterhistory
If you're in Brussels next month, come help me think through the first steps of my new project on #envhist and #waterhistory of colonial Suriname! Talk will be in 🇫🇷 bit.ly/3GaepaJ
#WorldWaterDay
Read @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social on the historical cooperation of the US and Canada on actions related to Great Lakes water quality.
niche-canada.org/2023/08/21/n...
#envhist #greatlakes #waterhistory
