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"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

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#envhist #cdnhist #waterhistory
On Drought, Dowsing, and Deep Drilling: Thinking About Groundwater History in an Age of Climate Emergency
Canada’s 2025 drought exposed groundwater precarity; in the past, Ottawa Valley settlers adapted to this precarity through dowsing, augers, and evolving well technologies.
niche-canada.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:16 PM
davidemartino.bsky.social
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!
February 6, 2026 at 11:57 AM
hncompanion.com
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
January 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
Project Spotlight - Water and the Modern Prairies: Histories of Irrigation and Water Management

Led by @stundenbower.bsky.social

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#envhist #aghist #waterhistory #cdnhist
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.
December 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
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
Finding Environmental History in "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 ballad immortalized the 1975 Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck, linking Great Lakes industry, Indigenous history, environmental change, and enduring cultural memory.
niche-canada.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
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
The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 Years Later
YouTube video by New York Times Podcasts
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November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
lahistory.bsky.social
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
Drunk History - Solving Los Angeles's Water Crisis (ft. Jack Black)
YouTube video by Comedy Central
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November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
lahistory.bsky.social
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-...
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
iceho.bsky.social
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
November 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
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
The Erie Canal at 200
Erie Canal’s 200th: engineering success, reshaped settlement, boosted trade, harmed Indigenous lands and ecosystems, linked U.S.–Canada waterways, now mostly recreational.
niche-canada.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
prosanitate.bsky.social
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
Podcast ‘Source of Life’
The podcast “Source of Life: Water Management in the Premodern Middle East” presents some of the results of an NWO Vici research project (2019-2025) at the Radboud Institute for Culture and History…
ancientbaths.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
prosanitate.bsky.social
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
October 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
prosanitate.bsky.social
Open Access article on water management in medieval Trondheim, Norway, by Elisabeth Forrestad Swensen, Roos M.R. van Oosten, & Axel Christophersen:
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#watermanagement #waterhistory #disease #urbaninfrastructure #publichealth #archaeology
brill.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM
kivaswjournal.bsky.social
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
Crown 1987. A typology of water storage features
September 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
kivaswjournal.bsky.social
How did desert farmers thrive for centuries? This week we highlight the archaeology of Hohokam canals in Arizona.
#Archaeology #WaterHistory #SouthwestHistory #IndigenousInnovation #DesertSurvival
September 23, 2025 at 11:01 PM
joepjanssen.com
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
August 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
lahistory.bsky.social
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
August 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
nichecanada.bsky.social
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
Irrigation Serves Corporate Not Public Interests #alberta #water #irrigation #podcast
YouTube video by The Gravity Well with Jenny Yeremiy
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June 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
davidemartino.bsky.social
Oh, and the pun with "drip feed" was of course intended! 🤓💦 #skystorians #waterhistory #envhist #envhums
June 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
davidemartino.bsky.social
‪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
May 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
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
Call for Contributions: NiCHE's Walkerton Project
This NiCHE project takes the Walkerton water crisis as a point of departure for exploring the increasingly precious resource of potable water.
niche-canada.org
May 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
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
Flooding of the Arrow Lakes
YouTube video by The Narrow Arrows
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May 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
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
Call for Contributions: NiCHE's Walkerton Project
This NiCHE project takes the Walkerton water crisis as a point of departure for exploring the increasingly precious resource of potable water.
niche-canada.org
May 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
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
Uncharted Waters? The Principle of Adaptation in Dutch Water Management
The Netherlands uses Adaptive Delta Management to future-proof water systems, blending engineering foresight, historical insight, and societal negotiation.
niche-canada.org
May 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
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
Call for Works-in-Progress: Great Lakes Histories
The Great Lakes History Research Group (UWindsor and Grand Valley State University) invites proposals for a summer workshop series of works-in-progress.
niche-canada.org
May 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM