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Favorite Blogs

  • Aguanomics
    The economics of water (and some other stuff), courtesy of economist David Zetland.
  • Alltop Water
    An aggregation of the top water blogs and their five most recent posts - all in one place!
  • Aquafornia
    The California water news blog by the Water Education Foundation.
  • Authentically Wired
    Water and a lot more from Paul F. Miller.
  • AWRA
    The water resources blog of the American Water Resources Association.
  • Blue Marble Earth
    A wandering, articulate Earth scientist just a few years from Vanderbilt University, Courtney van Stolk explores the 'whys' of this fantastic planet.
  • Building Bridges
    Anna Warwick Sears, Executive Director of the Okanagan Basin Water Board in British Columbia, provides an insider's view of water management.
  • California Water Blog
    A biologist, economist, engineer and geologist walk onto a bar…From the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC-Davis.
  • Campanastan
    That's 'Campana-stan', or 'Place of Campana', formerly 'Aquablog'. Michael Campana's personal blog, promulgating his Weltanschauung.
  • Chance of Rain
    Journalist Emily Green's take on water issues.
  • Chronicles of the Hydraulic Brotherhood
    The personal blog of Lloyd G. Carter, former UPI and Fresno Bee reporter, attorney, and California water observer for many years.
  • ClimateChangeWaterBlog
    Global travels in freshwater climate adaptation from John H. Matthews.
  • Cool Green Science
    The conservation blog of The Nature Conservancy. More than a dozen science and policy experts blogging away!
  • Dr. Anne Jefferson's Watershed Hydrology Lab
    Anne blogs from Kent State University on a variety of earth science topics.
  • Ecocentric
    A blog about food, water and energy.
  • Great Lakes Law
    Noah Hall's blog about - what else - all things wet and legal in the Great Lakes region!
  • GrokSurf
    George J. Janczyn opines on water, environment, technology, law and politics in the San Diego area.
  • Hydro-Logic
    Matthew Garcia reports on hydrology and water resources in the news and science media.
  • International Water Law Project
    Gabriel Eckstein, Director of the IWLP at Texas Tech University, comments on international and transboundary water law and policy.
  • JAWRA
    From Parker J. (Jim) Wigington, the editor of the Journal of the American Water Resources Association.
  • John Fleck
    Former science writer at the Albuquerque Journal. Great stuff on climate, water, and more.
  • Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy
    From the UC-Berkeley and UCLA law schools, it highlights the latest legal and policy initiatives and examines their implications.
  • Living in Actively Moving Water
    Chris Corbin blogs about water rights and water markets.
  • Maven's Notebook
    A water, science, and environmental policy blog by Chris Austin, aka 'Maven'. Focus is on California.
  • On The Public Record
    A 'low level civil servant who reads a lot of government reports writes about California water and related topics.
  • Random Groundwater Notes
    From Thomas Harter at UC-Davis:"Grundwasser" [groondvusr], German, n. groundwater, water below the surface of the earth
  • Wettit - the water reddit
    Water blog with tons of news items, other blogs, etc.
  • Riparian Rap
    Steve Gough on river geomorphology and the business, politics, and science of river ecosystem conservation.
  • Significant Figures by Peter Gleick
    Peter Gleick, WaterWonk extraordinaire, tells it like it is and should be with respect to water.
  • Texas Agriculture Law Blog
    Don't let the name fool you - there are lots of water issues in agriculture and Tiffany Dowell of Texas A&M University does a fabulous job with this important Internet resource. Give it a read - I do every day!
  • The Water Blog
    From the Portland, OR, Water Bureau.
  • The Way of Water
    Oregon State University Geography PhD Student, Jennifer Veilleux, records her fieldwork, research, and thoughts about transboundary water resources development in the Nile River and Mekong River basins. Particular attention is given to Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Laos' Xayaburi Dam projects.
  • Thirsty in Suburbia
    Gayle Leonard documents things from the world of water that make us smile: particularly funny, amusing and weird items on bottled water, water towers, water marketing, recycling, the art-water nexus and working.
  • This Day in Water History
    Michael J. 'Mike' McGuire, engineer extraordinaire, NAE member, and author of 'The Chlorine Revolution', blogs about historical happenings in the fields of drinking water and wastewater keyed to calendar dates.
  • WaSH Resources
    New publications, web sites and multi-media on water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH).
  • Waste, Water, Whatever
    Elizabeth Royte's ('Bottlemania', 'Garbage Land') notes on waste, water, whatever.
  • Water 50/50
    From Jay Famiglietti at UC-Irvine. Fifty lectures in fifty weeks: The 2012 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lectureship. A global lecture tour delivering the message about our changing water cycle, groundwater depletion, and the future of freshwater availability.
  • Water Matters
    News from the Columbia University Water Center.
  • Water SISWEB
    From UC-Davis water students. More than just a blog, it's a water resources community social bookmarking site. The users run the show, and all can participate.
  • Watercrunch
    The sound when people and water collide. A curious blend of water, infrastructure, history, and science. Broadcasting from Clemson, SC.
  • WaterCulture
    David Groenfeldt adds value to water policies.
  • Watershed Moments: Thoughts from the Hydrosphere
    From Sarah Boon - rediscovering her writing and editing roots after 13 years, primarily as an environmental scientist. Her writing centres around creative non-fiction, specifically memoir and nature writing. The landscapes of western Canada are her main inspiration.
  • WaterWired
    All things fresh water: news, comment, and analysis from hydrogeologist Michael E. Campana, Professor at Oregon State University.
  • Western Water Blog
    The 'mystery blog' about Western USA water issues. What more can I say?
  • xAnalytical
    Doug Walker's xAnalytical blog:Turning Data and Information into Knowledge

Friday, 19 April 2019

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 13 - 19 April 2019

Yes, Virginia, we have gotten better about protecting the environment. Check out this graphic from the January 1963 issue of Popular Science:

Hole

I actually recall people doing this. I wondered where the oil went. And my house was supplied by groundwater....

Now - a shout-out to 'California's water treasure' - the Maven herself, Chris Austin, who created and runs Maven's Notebook - all the California water news you could want and more!

May you have 12 more years, Chris! And don't you even think about going elsewhere!

Chris

Enjoy!

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Scroll down to 'Positions Open' and 'Previous Weeks' Positions Open' to see the jobs. All my individual job Tweets are archived at #JobWaWi. Previous weekly summaries are archived at:  #WaWiNews or click here.

Top Thirty (More or Less)
Great perspective! In : Unpopular Science: Acid Rain (tnx )

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 15 Apr 2019

In : Sow early. Warmer temperatures could play havoc with crops

From : Launch of Water Supplement at Global Adaptation Week Supplement:

In State allots $4.1M to and , to help study water quality in Everglades ecosystem via

One Water Leadership Insights: Interview with Diane Taniguchi-Dennis, CEO of by , CEO,

Thursday Water Quality Twofer: 1) 'Reducing the Impacts of Agricultural Nutrients on Water Quality across a Changing Landscape'; 2) 'Water Quality in the Americas: Risks and Opportunities'

In : Army Corps: New Orleans' levees will soon be inadequate via

Canada is the only major developed country not to have a national flood forecasting program. These researchers - John Pomeroy & -aim to change that tnx

By in : Climate Point - 18 April 2019. This week: Trump officials strike gold, New York goes green and rivers brown

In via : Oregon lawmakers propose bill providing millions in funding for climate change research

In via : President Trump signs bill endorsing Colorado River drought plan

New NAWQA website from

In : 3 Midwest states - IA, NE, MO - demand more power over river after floods (tnx )

In : doubles down on Trump's commitment to fully fund Great Lakes program (tnx )

Books, Films, and Reviews
Film: 'What Comes Out Goes to the Government' - Condominial Sewerage in Brazil in 30 Minutes

G.Tracy Mehan III Book Review: 'The Source: How Rivers Made America and America Remade Its Rivers' by Martin Doyle

Bottled Water, Beer, Drinking Water/TapWater, and Flint Water Crisis

In : Sixteen known breaches pose threats to Memphis' drinking water supply, study seeks to ID more

Bullshit and Crap Detection
By via : Trump's order would make it harder to block pipelines (tnx )

Via Check this out from Jan 1963 issue of . It took a while but sometimes we do get it right (tnx )  

California
From Plan eNews 17 April 2019: Homeless Sanitation~Data Consortium~Environmental Enhancement~Restoring Riverscapes~Water Statistics~Policy-maker Toolkit.

Wonderful work, Chris! It was 12 years ago to this day that I started my first website. I am amazed at how much the websites have grown and I am honored by your readership. Thank you to all my readers, donors, and sponsors for keeping me around!

In via : President Trump signs bill endorsing Colorado River drought plan

From Webinar: 'California's In-Conduit Hydropower Implementation Guidebook: A Compendium of Resources, Best Practices, and Tools', 18 April, 12 noon PDT

Via : Where will flooded fields best replenish groundwater?

Canada

From via : Here’s what the beef industry says about its water use.

In via : U.S. and Canada continue to talk Columbia River Treaty

The Newsletter - 19 April 2019 Canadian Climate Science, How to Look at SciArt, What We're Reading, and More!

In via : Lake Diefenbaker mega-project gets new look.

From 'The Droplet' Newsletter 15 April 2019: Conservation Authorities | Water Conservation | Antibiotic Resistance | More!

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
By in : Climate Point - 18 April 2019. This week: Trump officials strike gold, New York goes green and rivers brown

In via : Oregon lawmakers propose bill providing millions in funding for climate change research

From : Podcast: When the Sahara Was Green

Conferences,Webinars, Workshops and Calls for Abstracts/Paper
In Las Cruces, NM 23-25 April 2019: 'Two Nations, One Border' - Adaptive water strategies for managing drought at the triple point of New Mexico, Texas, and Chihuahua. Only One Week Away - Don't Miss it!

The - NIWR Water Resources Conference 11-13 June 2019, , UT. Early-bird registration deadline 26 April.

Joint conference: and Chinese Academy of Sciences: 'Water Security: New Technologies, Strategies, Policies and Institutions', Beijing, 16-18 September 2019. .

The 2019 Summer Conference: 'Improving Water Infrastructure through Resilient Adaptation' 16-19 June, Casino Resort, Sparks, NV   

Conflict, Cooperation, and Security

In via : U.S. and Canada continue to talk Columbia River Treaty

Disasters: Droughts, Floods, Wildfires and More
In : Army Corps: New Orleans' levees will soon be inadequate via

In : 3 Midwest states - IA, NE, MO - demand more power over river after floods (tnx )

In : Projects will help Nova Scotia prepare for rising sea levels, storms (tnx )

CRS Insight Report: 'The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Reinsurance, and Catastrophe Bonds' Updated 11 April 2019

Daily Water Newsletters
California Water Daily
The Daily 19 Apr 2019 News, Information, Jobs & More!

The Daily 18 Apr 2019 News, Information, Jobs & More!

The Daily 17 Apr 2019 News, Information, Jobs & More!

Florida Water Daily
The Daily 19 April 2019. News,Info,Jobs,RFPs & More

The Daily 18 April 2019. News,Info,Jobs,RFPs & More

The Daily 16 April 2019. News,Info,Jobs,RFPs & More

Northeast Water Daily
The Daily 19 April 2019

The Daily 18 April 2019

The Daily 14 April 2019

Pacific Northwest Water Daily
The Daily 19 April 2019 News,Info,Jobs

The Daily 18 April 2019 News,Info,Jobs

Texas Water Daily
The Daily 19 April 2019. TX News, Info, Jobs & More

The Daily 18 April 2019. TX News, Info, Jobs & More

Education, Events, and Opportunities
From : Launch of Water Supplement at Global Adaptation Week Supplement:

From This Day in Water History 18 April. 1912: Hypochlorite Treatment at Trenton

From This Day in Water History 17 April. 1888: Fanning Paper on Water Supply and Treatment

From This Day in Water History 16 April. 1914: Condemn All Wells in Bridgeport

From This Day in Water History 15 April. 1923: New York City Harbor Pollution

From This Day in Water History 14 April. 1909: Champaign Urbana Water Works

From This Day in Water History 13 April. 1918: Ft. Madison, Iowa Replacing Its Water Treatment Plant

Questions from : 1) Why is marital status a relevant category on applications? 2) Why does the term “pipeline” continue to be used for, say, facilitating pathways to elite doctoral education? Is this not an extractive, commodified distribution metaphor?

E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers
From Nature Briefing 18 Apr 2019. News that scientists partially revived pig brains hours after death. Plus, we learn of a gene therapy successfully treating children with a severe genetic disorder, and recommendations for Spring reading.

From Plan eNews 17 April 2019: Homeless Sanitation~Data Consortium~Environmental Enhancement~Restoring Riverscapes~Water Statistics~Policy-maker Toolkit.

From 'The Droplet' Newsletter 15 April 2019: Conservation Authorities | Water Conservation | Antibiotic Resistance | More!

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 15 Apr 2019

The Newsletter - 19 April 2019 Canadian Climate Science, How to Look at SciArt, What We're Reading, and More!

From Friday Notes - 19 April 2019 CAST Events in D.C. and More!

From Buzz Newsletter - 19 April 2019. The Latest Earth and Space Science News!

Ethics, Gender, Indigenous People, Rights
From via : First Nation in Yukon tests new machines to pull water from air.

Two More Award-Winning Articles: 1) 'Endangered by Injustice: The Human Right to Water in the US'; 2) 'Integrating Law, Science and a Path Forward - Opportunities for Collective Action in a Time of Change'

In State allots $4.1M to and , to help study water quality in Everglades ecosystem via


Groundwater and Hydrogeology
From 's : New Guide on Avoiding Degraded Groundwater Quality Under .

In : Sixteen known breaches pose threats to Memphis' drinking water supply, study seeks to ID more

Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy
By in : Permian Oil Boom Uncorks Multibillion-Dollar Water Play  

NE Water

Personal, People, Interviews, and Quotes
One Water Leadership Insights: Interview with Diane Taniguchi-Dennis, CEO of by , CEO,

Canada is the only major developed country not to have a national flood forecasting program. These researchers - John Pomeroy & -aim to change that tnx

"Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck

"The physicists do well in the academy because they understand all my promises have both a half-life and a rapid decay rate." -

"You are piling up a heritage of conflict and litigation over water rights for there is not sufficient water to supply the land" - John Wesley Powell, 1893

"Because you are on joint appointment, we need you to take all the online training sessions twice, once for each department." -

"It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome, but if that is all we ever were, we would, millennia ago, have disappeared from the face of the Earth." - John Steinbeck (quoted in via )

'Recently I have been told (repeatedly) that academic twitter is more useful than academic conferences.This is great news! We had to make cuts to the college budget so goodbye travel! Enjoy academic twitter! Sorry you won’t be able make that Feb. conference in Miami!'-

"The trustees just learned that the flagship is going to build a new campus in our city. When asked about this, the chancellor said 'We’re so screwed.' As a reminder, you can't use college assets for job application materials." -

"We like to delay our faculty searches until all the good candidates are gone, the person we decide on is just happy to have a job, and we can significantly underpay them relative to the market." -

Wonderful work, Chris! It was 12 years ago to this day that I started my first website. I am amazed at how much the websites have grown and I am honored by your readership. Thank you to all my readers, donors, and sponsors for keeping me around!

PNW Water
One Water Leadership Insights: Interview with Diane Taniguchi-Dennis, CEO of by , CEO,

From Plan eNews 17 April 2019: Homeless Sanitation~Data Consortium~Environmental Enhancement~Restoring Riverscapes~Water Statistics~Policy-maker Toolkit.

In via : Oregon lawmakers propose bill providing millions in funding for climate change research

In : may have tipped hand on Washington water rule via

In : Oregon irrigation district moves forward with piping ditches via

In via : U.S. and Canada continue to talk Columbia River Treaty

H2Oregon Water News April 2019.

Policy, Planning, Law, Governance, Economics, IWRM, and Management
ICYMI: 2016 Report from 'Exploring the Concept of Water Tenure'

Positions Open  
Josh's Water Jobs and More! Updated 18 April

Check out jobs @ 's Water Resources Graduate Program 

Check out !  

For the latest  Employment opportunities visit  

Amazing resource! Follow  and visit his website:  

Check out   jobs!  

Positions:  - Various locations and types: enviro science, geology, engineering, restoration, etc. 

Positions:  - Various positions across the USA. Updated regularly.  

Current Positions:  (New York City & environs) - Various. 

Positions (many):  - Various locations and duties.  

Previous Weeks' Positions Open    
Josh's Water Jobs and More! 9 April 2019 - Updated 10 April 2019

Josh's Water Jobs and More! 2 April 2019

Postdoc Positions (~70!): (Various locations) - Various dsciplines & closing dates

Previous Weekly Water Summaries - Go To #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 13 - 19 April 2019

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 6 - 12 April 2019

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 30 March - 5 April 2019

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 30 March - 5 April 2019

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 23 - 29 March 2019

TGIWWD! Weekly Water News Summary 16 - 22 March 2019

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 9 - 15 March 2019

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 2-8 March 2019

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 23 February - 1 March 2019

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 16 - 22 February 2019

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 9 - 15 February 2019

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 2 - 8 February 2019

Reports, Publications, and Journals
Thursday Water Quality Twofer: 1) 'Reducing the Impacts of Agricultural Nutrients on Water Quality across a Changing Landscape'; 2) 'Water Quality in the Americas: Risks and Opportunities'

CRS Insight Report: 'The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Reinsurance, and Catastrophe Bonds' Updated 11 April 2019

Two More Award-Winning Articles: 1) 'Endangered by Injustice: The Human Right to Water in the US'; 2) 'Integrating Law, Science and a Path Forward - Opportunities for Collective Action in a Time of Change'

New paper (free!): 'Reducing the Impacts of Agricultural Nutrients on Water Quality across a Changing Landscape'

Publication (600+ page PDF) from IANAS: 'Water Quality in the Americas: Risks and Opportunities'

Science, Medicine, Health, and Technology
Great perspective! In : Unpopular Science: Acid Rain (tnx )

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 15 Apr 2019

Via : has received an additional $108.12 million from to manage the construction of a third Regional Class Research Vessel to help bolster the nation’s aging academic research fleet

From : Podcast: When the Sahara Was Green

Streams, Wetlands, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
In State allots $4.1M to and , to help study water quality in Everglades ecosystem via

In : doubles down on Trump's commitment to fully fund Great Lakes program (tnx )


Texas   #txwater
From : Texas Ag Law Blog Weekly Round Up - 19 April 2019 cc:

Visuals, Audios, and Infographics
Cover of the May 2019 issue of 'Funny Times'.

Via The good old days weren’t always good as this 'Popular Science' Jan ‘63 article shows-disposing of used engine oil into a hole in ground! 56 years later we have a better understanding of & how to properly dispose of oil (tnx )

Water/Land Quality and Contamination
Great perspective! In : Unpopular Science: Acid Rain (tnx )

Op-Ed in : Regulating PFAs will be harder than you think. This is why.


Water Supply, Quantity, Reuse, Conservation, Infrastructure
Report by and on Public-Private Partnerships: 'To P3 or not to P3'

CRS Report: Water Infrastructure Financing - History of Appropriations Updated 10 April 2019

In : Oregon irrigation district moves forward with piping ditches via

In via : Lake Diefenbaker mega-project gets new look.

WTF?
Cover of the May 2019 issue of 'Funny Times'.

Via The good old days weren’t always good as this 'Popular Science' Jan ‘63 article shows-disposing of used engine oil into a hole in ground! 56 years later we have a better understanding of & how to properly dispose of oil (tnx )
 
"Because you are on joint appointment, we need you to take all the online training sessions twice, once for each department." -

Posted on Friday, 19 April 2019 at 11:09 AM in Blogs, Twitters, WWW sites, e-Newsletters, & Lists, Tweets Galore It's Friday!, World Water | | Comments (0)

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Thursday, 18 April 2019

Thursday Water Quality Twofer: 1) 'Reducing the Impacts of Agricultural Nutrients on Water Quality across a Changing Landscape'; 2) 'Water Quality in the Americas: Risks and Opportunities'

1) Reducing the Impacts of Agricultural Nutrients on Water Quality across a Changing Landscape

This issue paper from CAST looks really good. From the website:

Agricultural productivity has doubled in the last 50 years in order to meet the global population increase in the coming decades. While productivity has become more efficient to meet these demands, experts in the field are concerned about the industry’s impact on water quality.
 
A new paper from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology discusses research focused Pages from CAST_IP64_Nutrient_Loss_EEB66C39A843Aon the progress of agriculture and the challenges surrounding the mitigation of surface and groundwater pollution from nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus.
 
“Our agricultural systems have increased in efficiency over the last few decades through the adoption of improved management practices and innovative technology, yet natural complexities associated with nutrient cycling and transport processes, compounded with increased climatic variability create dynamic challenges to meeting water quality goals, ” says Dr. Heidi Peterson, phosphorus program director for the International Plant Nutrition Institute and chair of the paper’s task force.
 
Sources such as septic systems, wastewater treatment plants, and urban nonpoint sources also contribute to the pollution of surface and groundwater; however, nutrient runoff from nitrogen and phosphorus significantly attribute to the issue.
 
Current management practices mitigate some of the issues caused by agricultural nutrients, but the authors of the paper state there is no one simple fix. Instead, agricultural practices will need to adopt a multilayered effort to improve water quality.
 
“Agricultural water quality issues often headline newspapers without a discussion of the challenges faced by the industry to increase productivity while reducing environmental impacts,” Peterson says. “This report outlines the advancements that have been made and the underlying science to explain why there is not a one-size-fits-all solution to eliminate nutrient loss .”
 
Some of the paper’s suggestions include the development of more precise nutrient recommendations, advancements in water monitoring methods, and innovative conservation practices addressing dissolved nutrient supply and transport.
 
The issue paper also provides an overview of the processes of soil nutrient cycles, management and conservation practices, and programs that influence the impact of agriculture on surface and groundwater quality. 

2) Water Quality in the Americas: Risks and Opportunities

This massive publication (600+ pages) is published by IANAS, the Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences. Here is the Foreword:

This volume is the product of a collaborative effort between the Water Committee of the Letras_h InterAmerican Network of Academies of Science (IANAS) and the International Hydrology
Program of UNESCO. It is the latest of three publications resulting from this ongoing collaboration. Earlier efforts include a comprehensive overview of the water resources of the
Americas entitled Diagnosis of Water in the Americas, published in 2013 and a study of urban
waters entitled Urban Water: Challenges in the Americas, published in 2015. All these works
have been published in both English and Spanish to make them widely available to water
managers, scholars and the public throughout the Americas and globally. There is every reason
to expect that this collaboration will continue and build on its successful past in the future.
The editors of this volume are grateful for the support of their colleagues from UNESCO
in bringing this volume and its predecessors to fruition and look forward to the continued
success of the collaboration. 

In the present book, focused on the problems and management of Water Quality,
there has been close collaboration with the Regional Bureau for Sciences in Latin America and the
Caribbean of UNESCO in Montevideo, specifically with the International Hydrological Program
for Latin America and the Caribbean (IHP-LAC) and the IHP Regional Hydrologist for
LAC, Dr. Miguel de Franco Doria. It is important to mention that a series of meetings were
held to support the preparation, organization and publication of this book: the IANAS Water
Program and UNESCO in Irvine, California (USA, September 2015, Water Quality in the Americas
Workshop); the International Water Fair in November 2016 in Medellín, Colombia host ed
by the Centro de Ciencias y Tecnología de Antioquia (Center of Science and technology of
Antioquia) and the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences; the Meeting
of the Water Program in Ottawa hosted by the Royal Society of Canada, The Academies
of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada and Carlton University (August, 2017); Sharing
Water: From Local to Global focusing on Water Quality in the Americas (Ipatinga, Brazil,
February, 2018) hosted by UNESCO-IHP; the World Water Forum, Brasilia, the Presentation
of Urban Waters Challenges in the Americas (March, 2018) supported by the Brazilian Academy
of Sciences and the UNESCO Latin America-Caribbean Regional Training Workshop on
Emerging Pollutants in Water Resources organized by the UNESCO-IHP International Initiative
on Water Quality (IIWQ) in Campinas, Brazil, in December, 2018.

We would like to acknowledge the support from the Conferencia de Directores del Agua
(Spanish acronym-CODIA), which is active in promoting the dissemination of technical, scientific,
social and environmental knowledge in water resources for supporting this publica tion,
particularly as regards the production of various promotional materials linked to this
publication.

Download Wb10

IANAS has a water program that goes beyond water quality - click here.

WQ2

Enjoy!

"Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied." - Otto von Bismarck

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Wednesday, 17 April 2019

CRS Report: Water Infrastructure Financing - History of EPA Appropriations Updated 10 April 2019

Jonathan L. Ramseur and Mary Tiemann have revised this CRS report on 10 April 2019 (originally written by Claudia Copeland): Water Infrastructure Financing: History of EPA Appropriations. 

Download CRS_Infrastructure_EPA_10April2019

Summary

The principal federal program to aid municipal wastewater treatment plant construction is authorized in the Clean Water Act (CWA). Established as a grant program in 1972, it now capitalizes state loan programs through the clean water state revolving loan fund (CWSRF) program. Since FY1972, appropriations have totaled $98 billion.

In 1996, Congress amended the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA, P.L. 104-182) to authorize a similar state loan program for drinking water to help systems finance projects needed to comply with drinking water regulations and to protect public health. Since FY1997, appropriations for the drinking water state revolving loan fund (DWSRF) program have totaled $23 billion.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administers both SRF programs, which annually distribute funds to the states for implementation. Funding amounts are specified in the State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) account of EPA annual appropriations acts. The combined appropriations for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure assistance have represented 25%-32% of total funds appropriated to EPA in recent years.

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Prior to CWA amendments in 1987 (P.L. 100-4), Congress provided wastewater grant funding directly to municipalities. The federal share of project costs was generally 55%; state and local governments were responsible for the remaining 45%. The 1987 amendments replaced this grant program with the SRF program. Local communities are now often responsible for 100% of project costs, rather than 45%, as they are required to repay loans to states. The greater financial burden of the act’s loan program on some cities has caused some to seek continued grant funding.

Although the CWSRF and DWSRF have largely functioned as loan programs, both allow the implementing state agency to provide “additional subsidization” under certain conditions. Since its amendments in 1996, the SDWA has authorized states to use up to 30% of their DWSRF capitalization grants to provide additional assistance, such as forgiveness of loan principal or negative interest rate loans, to help disadvantaged communities. America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (AWIA; P.L. 115-270) increased this proportion to 35% while conditionally requiring states to use at least 6% of their capitalization grants for these purposes.

Congress amended the CWA in 2014, adding similar provisions to the CWSRF program. In addition, appropriations acts in recent years have required states to use minimum percentages of their allotted SRF grants to provide additional subsidization.

Final full-year appropriations were enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2019 (P.L. 116-6), on February 15, 2019. The act provided $1.694 billion for the CWSRF and $1.163 billion for the DWSRF program, nearly identical to the FY2018 appropriations. The FY0219 act provided $68 million for the WIFIA program, a $5 million increase from the FY2018 appropriation.

Compared to the FY2019 appropriation levels, the Trump Administration’s FY2020 budget request proposes to decrease the appropriations for the CWSRF, DWSRF, and WIFIA programs by 34%, 26%, and 63%, respectively.

Enjoy!

"We like to delay our faculty searches until all the good candidates are gone, the person we decide on is just happy to have a job, and we can significantly underpay them relative to the market." -

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Tuesday, 16 April 2019

Josh's Water Jobs and More! 16 April 2019 (Updated: 19 April 2019)

Josh_logoFrom Josh. Consider making a donation.

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This week's jobs

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1) Johs's Jobs

Josh’s Pick:

1) Programme Analyst – UN-Water(New York): 6 May (I can’t state enough how great this team is to work with and the exposure to global United Nations work on water is second-to-none. If I were at this level, it would be my dream job)

Highlighted:

2) Climate Change Adaptation and Governance Analyst – The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)(Kathmandu): 30 April

3) Advocacy Coordinator (UK Parliament) – WaterAid(London): 30 April

4) Environmental Affairs Officer (Secretary of the UNECE Water Convention) – United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)(Geneva): 2 May

5) SDG 6 Programme Manager for Asia – Global Water Partnership (GWP)(Jakarta): 22 April

6) Chief Executive Officer – International Hydropower Association (IHA)(London): 10 May

Deadline today (16 April)!

7) Individual Contractor (Geospatial Information Technology, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Reduction, Training & Capacity Development, Project Management) – United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)(Vanuatu): 16 April

8) Graduate Climate Change Information Analyst (Copernicus) – European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)(United Kingdom): 16 April

Minimum experience level requested:

0-2 years

9) Research Officer for Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) – South South North(Cape Town): Until filled

10) Resilience Specialist – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Dominica): 25 April

11) Water Policy and Outreach Specialist – Galveston Bay Foundation(Houston, TX, USA): 3 May

12) Conservation Stewardship Technician – Galveston Bay Foundation(Houston, TX, USA): 3 May

13) Ecosystem Service Analyst – The Freshwater Trust(Portland, OR, USA): 26 April

14) U.S. nationals: Physical Scientist (Water Quality) – U.S. Department of the Interior(Sacramento, CA, USA): 1 May

15) Climate Organizer – Columbia Riverkeeper(Portland, OR, USA): 5 May

16) Watershed Project Scientist – Clemson University(Pendleton, SC, USA): 29 April

17) Entry Level Groundwater Modeler – Wood(Burlington, ON, Canada): Until filled

3-4 years

18) German speakers: Berater (m/w/d) Öffentlichkeitsarbeit im Wassersektor – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)(Germany): 23 April

19) Spanish speakers: Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialist (m/f/d): Climate Resilient Infrastructure in the River Plate Basin (Technical Assistance to FONPLATA Regional Framework Loan) – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)(Bolivia): 28 April

20) Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Women and Water (W+W) Project – CARE(India): 20 April

21) Policy and Research Coordinator – Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales(Sydney): 21 April

22) French speakers: Head of Project – Welthungerhilfe(Mali): 26 April

23) French speakers: Spécialiste en Environnement – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)(Central African Republic): 28 April – Don’t have a category for “Retainers”, so here it’s placed…

24) Planet Tracker Policy Fellow (Sustainable Finance and Conservation) – Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment(London): 29 April

25) Senior Analyst (U.S. Climate Policy) – Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)(Washington, DC): Until filled

26) Project Manager (Supply Chain) – Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)(Bentonville, AR, USA): Until filled

27) Researcher (Water) – InnoTech Alberta(Calgary, AB, Canada): Until filled

28) Associate/Senior Associate, Climate Change Economist, Emerging Factors – CPP Investment Board (CPPIB)(Toronto, ON, Canada): Until filled

29) Spanish speakers: Marketing and Communications Manager – Water for People(Denver, CO, USA): 25 April

5-7 years

30) Programme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)(Bangkok): 3 May

31) Associate II (Climate Program) – World Resources Institute (WRI)(Any of WRI’s offices): Until filled

32) Creative Green Programme Lead – Julie's Bicycle(London): 3 May

33) Communications Coordinator – World Water Council (WWC)(France): Until filled

34) Technical Expert: Water Facility – GFA Consulting Group(Brussels): 30 April

35) Spanish speakers: Project Management and Monitoring Specialist (m/f/d): Climate Resilient Infrastructure in the River Plate Basin (Technical Assistance to FONPLATA Regional Framework Loan) – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)(Bolivia): 28 April

36) Planning Program Director – Puget Sound Partnership(Tacoma, WA, USA): 24 April

37) Project/Program Manager III (Basin Stewards, 3) – King County(Seattle, WA, USA): 29 April

38) Director (Choose Clean Water Coalition) – National Wildlife Federation(Annapolis, MD, USA): Until filled

39) Colorado residents: Deputy Ground Water Commissioner (Republican River) – Colorado Department of Natural Resources(Colorado, USA): 30 April

40) Subsurface (Earth) Scientist – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory(Richland, WA, USA): 23 May

41) Conservation Programs Administrator – The Freshwater Trust(Sacramento, CA, USA): 26 April

42) South Africa nationals: Director (Policy Coordination) – South Africa Department of Environmental Affairs(South Africa): 29 April

43) Burmese speakers: Myanmar Country Analyst – The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)(Myanmar): 3 May

8-9 years

44) Climate Change Officer (Climate Change Adaptation) – Asian Development Bank(ADB) (Manila): 30 April

45) Philippines nationals: Hydrologist – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Manila): 24 April

46) Senior Communications Officer – Global Environment Facility (GEF)(Washington, DC): 26 April

10+ years

47) Principal Water Resources Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB)(Manila): 26 April

48) Team Leader: Water Facility – GFA Consulting Group(Brussels): 30 April

49) Chief of Party – Tetra Tech(Jordan): Until filled

50) Multilateral Governance Manager – Green Climate Fund (GCF)(South Korea): 30 April

51) Technical Specialist 3 – Oak Ridge Associated Universities(Oak Ridge, TN, USA): Until filled

52) Spanish speakers: Team Leader and Climate Change Specialist (m/f/d): Climate Resilient Infrastructure in the River Plate Basin (Technical Assistance to FONPLATA Regional Framework Loan) – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)(Bolivia): 28 April

53) Arabic speakers: Deputy Chief of Party (IWSSTA) – Tetra Tech(Egypt): None

54) Senior Development Coordination Officer, Strategic Planning and RCO Team Leader (Various positions) – United Nations Resident Coordinator System(Various): 20 April

Not specified:

55) Swedish speakers: Research Associate (Naturresurshantering och urfolksrättigheter) – Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)(Stockholm): 28 April

56) German speakers: Berater (m/w) für Umweltpolitik und Klima – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)(Berlin): 22 April

57) French speakers: Advisor (m/f/d) on improving security and climate resilience through nexus approaches – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)(Germany): 5 May

58) Australia nationals: Director (Water Planning Policy) – Queensland Government(Australia): 24 April

59) Australia nationals: Environment Protection Officer – Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government(Australia): 24 April

60) Australia nationals: General Manager (Community and Catchment Services) – Corangamite Catchment Management Authority(Australia): 28 April

61) Australia nationals: Engagement Coordinator (Healthy Coorong Healthy Basin) – Government of South Australia(Australia): 28 April

62) Australia nationals: Executive Director, Environment, Heritage and Sustainability – Government of South Australia(Australia): 26 April

63) Australia nationals: Director, Water Infrastructure and Operations – Government of South Australia(Australia): 26 April

64) Australia nationals: Senior Policy Officer – Government of South Australia(Australia): 26 April

65) Australia nationals: Senior Project Officer – Government of South Australia(Australia): 26 April

66) U.K. nationals: Flood and Coastal Risk Management Officer – Environment Agency(United Kingdom): 28 April

67) Senior Policy Officer (Water) – RSPB(United Kingdom): 28 April

68) Director of Copernicus Services – European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)(United Kingdom): 1 May

69) Community Roots Engagement Coordinators (6) – Canal & River Trust(United Kingdom): 2 May

70) Environmental Sustainability Coordinator – Julie's Bicycle(London): 3 May

71) Associate Project Manager (Resilience, Energy, Environment and Land Team) – DAI(United Kingdom): 4 May

72) Campaigner (Climate Change) – Global Witness(London): 19 April

73) U.K. nationals: Flood & Coastal Risk Management Officer – Environment Agency(United Kingdom): 21 April

74) U.K. nationals: Flood & Coastal Risk Management Advisor – Environment Agency(United Kingdom): 21 April

75) Water resources analyst – Thames Water(United Kingdom): 25 April

76) Associate Director, Environmental and Social Due Diligence – AECOM(London): Until filled

77) U.K. nationals: Hydrometry Officer – Environmental Agency(United Kingdom): 8 May

78) Data Analyst – Acclimatise(United Kingdom): 26 April

79) Senior Associate (Climate, Environment and Natural Resources) – Palladium(United Kingdom): 28 April

80) Canada nationals: Environmental Monitoring Geomatics & Data Science Specialist – British Columbia Public Service(Victoria, BC, Canada): 25 April

81) Omineca Watershed Assessment Technician (2 positions) – British Columbia Conservation Foundation(Prince George, BC, Canada): 26 April

82) Restoration Specialist – Oldman Watershed Council(Lethbridge, AB, Canada): 28 April

83) U.S. nationals: Hydrologist – U.S. Forest Service (USFS)(Tucson, AZ, USA): 19 April

84) U.S. nationals: Supervisory Hydrologist – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)(Various, SD and ND, USA): 19 April

85) U.S. nationals: Hydrologic Technician – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)(Pueblo, CO, USA): 19 April

86) U.S. nationals: Hydrologic Technician – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)(Austin, TX, USA): 24 April

Not specified (academic):

  • Professors/lecturers

87) Lecturer in Sustainable Development – SOAS University of London(London): 2 May

88) Resident Lecturer in Natural Resource Management – The School for Field Studies(Panama): Until filled

89) Assistant Professor (Teaching/Instructional) in Geography and Urban Studies (Environment) – Temple University(Philadelphia, PA, USA): 1 May

90) Adjunct Instructor: Water Sciences – Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)(Calgary, AB, Canada): Until filled

91) Assistant/Associate/Research Professor (Irrigation Engineer) – Mississippi State University(Stoneville, MS, USA): Until filled

92) Swedish speakers: Associate Senior Lecturer in Water Resource Engineering – Lund University(Sweden): 25 April

  • Postdocs

93) Postdoctoral Research Opportunity: Quantifying the role of surface water storage features in mediating watershed-scale nutrients – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)(Cincinnati, OH, USA): 2 May

94) Post-doc in Sustainability of Energy and Water Systems – KTH Royal Institute of Technology(Stockholm): 3 May

95) Part-Time Post Doctoral Fellow in Water Resources – Alabama A&M University(Normal, AL, USA): 20 April

96) Post-doctoral position: Hydrology – University of São Paulo(Brazil): 15 May

97) Water from Orbit: Verified AI tools for detecting water resource changes from orbit – NASA/USGS(Moffett Field, CA, USA): 29 April

98) Hyperspectral Data Products for Ecosystem Science and Natural Resource Management – NASA/USGS(Moffett Field, CA, USA): 29 April

  • Researchers/other

99) Cost-Benefit Analysis of Water Management Measures – Universita'di Bologna(Italy): 29 April

100) German speakers: Coordinator of the Helmholtz International Research School "TRACER" (f/m/x) – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)(Germany): 30 April

101) Research Position on Biodiversity and Water Footprint Modeling and related Concepts for Science-Based Targets (Postdoc or Research assistant) – ETH Zürich(Switzerland): 1 May

102) Water and Food Researcher – Politecnico di Torino(Italy): 18 April

103) Canada Research Chair Tier 1: Water, Environment and Sustainability – University of Regina(Regina, SK, Canada): 6 May

104) U.S. nationals: Postgraduate Research Opportunity in Agricultural Water Management - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)(Stoneville, MS, USA): 1 May

105) U.S. nationals: Water Quality Modeling for Assessing the Impacts of Policy Decisions – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)(Washington, DC): 9 May

106) U.S. nationals: Postgraduate Research Opportunity in Clean Water Community Outreach – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)(New York): 1 May

107) U.S. nationals: Nonpoint Source Management and Water Quality Assessment Analysis – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)(Washington, DC): 3 May

108) Climate Integration and Outreach Scholar – University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill(Chapel Hill, NC, USA): 3 May

WASH:

0-2 years

109) WASH Specialist – Solidarités International(Iraq): Until filled

110) French speakers: Un Responsable de Programme Mécanisme de Réponse Rapide en Eau, Assainissement et Hygiène – Action Contre La Faim(Central African Republic): Until filled

111) Operations Officer (WASH - Roving) – International Organization for Migration (IOM)(South Sudan): 24 April

112) French speakers: Associate WASH Officer – United Nations Volunteers (UNV)(Burkina Faso): 24 April

113) Hindi speakers: District Facilitator (WASH) – World Vision(India): 5 May

114) Afghanistan nationals: WASH Assistant (Hygiene Promoter) – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)(Afghanistan): 22 April

115) Somalia nationals: Hygiene Promoters (3) – Danish Refugee Council(Somalia): 17 April

3-4 years

116) WASH Cluster Coordinator (Roving) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(Yemen): 22 April

117) Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)(Nigeria): 22 April

118) Resident Project Manager VEI WaterWorX – VEI(Malawi): 20 April

119) WASH Program Manager – Solidarités International(Myanmar): Until filled

120) WASH Coordinator – Terre des Hommes Foundation Child Relief(Bangladesh): 4 May

121) Arabic speakers: WASH Facilitator – Committed To Good (CTG) #1(Yemen): 18 April

122) Arabic speakers: WASH Facilitator – Committed To Good (CTG) #2(Yemen): 18 April

123) Arabic speakers: WASH Facilitator – Committed To Good (CTG) #3(Yemen): 18 April

5-7 years

124) WASH Specialist – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(Vanuatu): 19 April

125) Technical Specialists (WASH) – Mendez England and Associates (ME&A)(Various): Until filled – Various levels, up to senior

126) Portuguese speakers: WASH Coordinator – CARE(Mozambique): 10 May

127) Senior Project Assistant (WASH) – International Organization for Migration (IOM)(Nairobi): 19 April

128) French speakers: Deputy Chief of Party – Mercy Corps(DRC): Until filled

129) French speakers: Senior Programme Manager RANO WASH – WaterAid(Madagascar): 19 April

130) Technical Officer (WASH) – JSI R&T India Foundation(Delhi): 21 April

131) French speakers: Coordinateur.trice EHA – Croix-Rouge Française(Haiti): Until filled

10+ years

132) French speakers: Chief of Party (Water and Sanitation) – Mercy Corps(DRC): Until filled

133) Senior International Adviser (Urban Water & Sanitation) – Australia Indonesia Infrastructure Partnership (KIAT)(Indonesia): 6 May

134) Indonesia nationals: Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist – Australia Indonesia Infrastructure Partnership (KIAT)(Indonesia): 6 May

135) Drinking Water Team Leader – SGM(Glenwood Springs, CO, USA): Until filled

Not specified

136) Swedish speakers: Chef till avdelningen Internationella Program och Policy – WaterAid(Stockholm): 24 April

137) Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (PMER) Advisor – WaterAid(London): 25 April

138) Water Industry Partnerships Officer – WaterAid(London): 28 April

139) Senior Media Officer – WaterAid(London): 24 April

Consultancies:

140) Consultancy support to Review National Wetlands Inventories and Prepare a Funding Proposal (SDG 6.6.1) – The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands(Home-Based): 3 May

141) Study on Climate Related Vulnerabilities and Youth, Sudan Study on Youth Vulnerabilities to Climate Change and Adaptation – CARE(Sudan): 17 April

142) Consultancy to design and produce a catalogue of toilet and handwashing options (4 months) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(Tanzania): 16 April

143) Climate Change Adaptation Specialist – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Malawi): 23 April

144) Finance Expert for Waste Water Treatment Feasibility Study – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)(Myanmar): 26 April

145) Technical Expert for Waste Water Treatment Feasibility Study – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)(Myanmar): 26 April

146) Consultant for Capacity Building on Reviewing Environmental Management Plan – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)(Myanmar or home-based): 22 April

147) Environment and Social Impact Assessment Specialist – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Nauru): 25 April

148) Environment and Social Impact Assessment Specialist – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Marshall Islands): 25 April

149) LDCF Mid Term Review – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Kiribati): 19 April

150) Individual Consultant/Contractor for Engagement of Children/ Adolescents as Change Agents for Environment Conservation & Disaster Risk Reduction – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(India): 19 April

151) Individual Consultant/Contractor for Urban WASH Consultant – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(India):  19 April

152) Individual Consultant/Contractor for Strengthening Capacity of Government and Community on WSSP and Swajal – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(India): 19 April

153) International Consultant (Resilience & Sustainability Mainstreaming) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Home-Based): 22 April

154) International Expert on Waste Management and Circular Economy Options – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Home-Based): 24 April

155) International Consultant-Technical Adviser to the Hydro Meteorological Institute of Kosovo – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Kosovo): 25 April

156) International Consultant-Technical Adviser-Trainer to the Hydro Meteorological Institute of Kosovo – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Home-Based): 25 April

157) Water Supply and Sanitation Engineer – Asian Development Bank (ADB)(Mongolia): 17 April

158) Spanish speakers: Desarrollo de una estrategía de combos para la implementación del ODS 6 – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Venezuela): 26 April

159) Communication Consultant – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Bangkok): 30 April

160) Ground Water Management Consultant – The World Bank(Mozambique): 30 April

161) Water Resources Specialist – GFA Consulting Group(Uganda): Until filled

162) International Team Leader: Engineer Specialized in Water for Production, Irrigation and O&M – GFA Consulting Group(Uganda): Until filled

163) Institutional Management Specialist – GFA Consulting Group(Uganda): Until filled

164) Social Scientist/Community Development Specialist – GFA Consulting Group(Uganda): Until filled

165) Ghana nationals: Consultant for Upgrading of the Basic Sanitation Information System – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(Ghana): 24 April

166) Burundi nationals: L'evaluation de satisfaction des communautés beneficiaires et de la durabilité des puits d'eau – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(Burundi): 25 April

167) Ukraine nationals: National Consultant to the Environment Committee – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Ukraine): 18 April

168) Zimbabwe nationals: Conduct an assessment of agricultural, water and energy practices promoted under ZRBF – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Zimbabwe): 23 April

RFP:

169) Awareness Raising - Rational Water Use (IWRM Project) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Georgia): 18 April

Internships:

170) Socioeconomics Intern – International Water Management Institute (IWMI)(New Delhi): 30 April

171) Intern (Research) – UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES)(Germany): Rolling

172) Danone Waters Sustainability Intern – Danone(Paris): Until filled

173) Asia/Oceania region nationals: Intern/Assistant to the Senior Regional Adviser for the Asia/Oceania Region – The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands(Switzerland): 7 May

174) German speakers: Praktikant (m/w/d) Klimawandel und Gender im Programm Stärkung der Dürre-Resilienz – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)(Ethiopia): 22 April

175) Spanish speakers: Green Commodities Programme Monitoring and Evaluation Intern – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Panama): 26 April

176) Intern (Aquifer Protection) – Edwards Aquifer Authority(San Antonio, TX, USA): 23 April

177) Intern (Aquifer Science) – Edwards Aquifer Authority(San Antonio, TX, USA): 23 April

178) Nature and Financial Risk Intern – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)(Washington, DC): Until filled

179) Pantanal Initiative Intern – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)(Washington, DC): Until filled

180) Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Intern – Mercy Corps(Washington, DC): Until filled

181) Canada nationals: Aggregates Lands and Waters Technician Intern – Ontario Government(Sudbury, ON, Canada): 26 April

Scholarships:

182) MSc. Scholarships (Future Water Institute) – University of Cape Town(Cape Town): 19 April

183) Graduate student (MS/PhD) in Environmental Engineering – University of Alaska-Fairbanks(Fairbanks, AK, USA): 4 May

Other:

184) Spanish speakers: Junior EU Aid Volunteer in Disaster Risk Management – European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations(Peru): 2 May

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Posted: Last Week

186) Position: Trout Unlimited (Klamath Falls, OR) - Water Quality Project Coordinator - Oregon. OUF.  Download TU_Water_Quality_Proj_Coordinator_Klamath

187) Position: (University Park Campus/State College, PA) - Assistant Research Professor in Climate Risk Management (non-T-T). OUF. (tnx )

188) Position: (Burnaby, BC, Canada) - Associate Professor in Watershed Sciences. Closes: 1 May

189) Position: (Hillsboro, OR) - Engineer - Environmental / Water Resources. Continuous.
 
190) Position: (Raleigh, NC) - Teaching Assistant/Associate Professor. (Non-Tenure-Track). OUF.
 
191) Postdoc Position: (State College, PA - University Park Campus) - Sustainability Assessment Modeling at the Food-Energy-Water Nexus. OUF; App review: 10 April

192) Position: (State College, PA - University Park Campus) - Assistant Research Professor (Water Consortium Director). OUF; App review: 10 April

193) PhD/Postdocs (2): Univ. Rennes (Rennes, France) - Landscape Dynamics.
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194) Position: (Glenville, WV) - T-T Assistant Professor in Land Surveying. OUF.

195) Position: (Glenville, WV) - T-T Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Management. OUF.

196) Position: (Glenville, WV) - T-T Assistant Professor of Mathematics. OUF.

197) Position: North Unit Irrigation District (Madras, OR) - District Watermaster/Construction Superintendent. OUF.

198) Postdoc Position: (Newport, OR) - Linking Ecosystem Change to Rates of Water-Based Illness in Coastal Communities. Closes: 2 May. (tnx )

199) Position: Upper Willamette Stewardship Network (Eugene, OR) - Network Coordinator. Closes: 26 April. cc:

200) Postdoc Positions (~70!): (Various locations) - Various dsciplines & closing dates

201) Position: (Chapel Hill, NC) - Climate Integration and Outreach Scholar. Closes: 3 May.

202) Position: (Springfield, OR) - Hydrology Scientist-01013545

203) Position: (Corvallis, OR) - Director, . Closes: 20 May. Full consideration: 29 April

204) Position: Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition (Seal Rock, OR) - Coast Watch Volunteer Coordinator (0.5 FTE).

205) Position: (Tacoma, WA) - Planning Program Director. Closes: 24 April

206) Position: (Seattle, WA) - Project/Program Manager III (Basin Stewards). Closes: 29 April

207) Position: (Burnaby, BC) - Associate Professor in Watershed Sciences. Closes: 1 May.

208) Position: (Golden, CO) - Department Head and Professor- Geophysics. OUF.

Position: (Phoenix, AZ) - Water Resources Planning Analyst I. Closes: 1 May

Posted: 19 April 2019

217) Position: McCormick Taylor (MD, VA, NC, SC or FL) - Water Resources Engineer. OUF.

218) Position: (Lacey, WA) - Environmental Assessment Program Manager. Continuous.

3) Some General Employment Resources

AGU Career Center for research/academic jobs

GoodWorkCanada - Canada's Green Jobs Site

Congressional Research Service Positions 

Check out  - Vacancies in aid, development, humanitarian & nonprofit sector (volunteers, consultants or F-T employment) 

UN Jobs in Water Resources

UN Jobs in Water Management

UN Jobs in Water and Sanitation

Global Water Jobs

WASH Vacancies

Academic Jobs Online

Higher Education Job Site

Get Hydrology Jobs

AAG Jobs

State of Washington Careers

Idaho DEQ 

OSU Water Resources Program

Water District Jobs

Academic Jobs in Schools of Physical/Earth Sciences

Mac's List - Jobs in Portland and Beyond!

New Zealand Hydrological Society Jobs Board

California Water Jobs 

Government Jobs

Association of Oregon Counties Job Postings

Soil Science Societies Career Center

How to Find Work Overseas, with Marcelle Yeager.  

For the full list of Josh's active water jobs, please visit www.joshswaterjobs.com/jobs

"Time changes nothing; people do." -

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Monday, 15 April 2019

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 15 April 2019

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 15 April 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

New maps show seismic hazard zones in counties in California

Understanding how pyroclastic flows move over cushion of air that reduces friction

Geology professor receives top UW System teaching award – (my undergrad alma mater)

Aurania announces Kirus high-grade copper & silver is double in size

This geologist works as a consultant in the wine industry

Dakota County, Minnesota, verifying well locations for geologic atlas

Landslide alert issued with weather watches for flooding in Oregon

Geology class note dropped into Lake Perry in Kansas 26 years ago – found but not in Gulf of Mexico

High-resolution airborne lidar data helps reveal history of New Madrid Seismic Zone

Large-scale glaciation during Neoproterozoic Era may have led to the Great Unconformity

Precariously balanced rock formation in Israel constrain magnitude of historical EQs

Knowledge gap of full glacial-interglacial cycle was target of Cycles of the Sea-Ice Dynamics in the Earth system (C-SIDE) workshop

Toward a better understanding of the Beaufort Gyre

Sollasina cthulhuhad 45 tentacles and crept along the ocean floor some 430 myo

Tracking the biosignature of the oldest life forms on Earth

Ice melt from ice sheets & glaciers has caused sea levels to rise – estimated 27 mm over 5.5 decades

“Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice” project to drill 1.5 myo ice core in Antarctica

Simulation of tsunami from December 2018 collapse of Anak Krakatau – potential for mega-quakes

Humans remain fascinated with the Chicxulub meteor impact and the demise of the dinosaurs

Crater lake on Mt Ruapehu is heating up and seismic activity is increasing

GEER report on the Palu landslides triggered by the September 2018 Mw7.5 EQ in Indonesia

GEER report on the December 2018 M4.4 Tennessee EQ

If a tsunami hits the coast of Washington – RUN, don’t walk

New model predicts where flooded fields best replenish groundwater in California

Preliminary results of NASA Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) mission

“Fast negative breakdown” documents new phenomena triggering lightning in clouds

More informative approach to naming plutonic rocks

History of JOIDES and the benefits & potential of scientific ocean drilling

Formation of copper ores may be dependent on microbial metabolism for mineral production

Testing an old hypothesis on the formation of carbonate muds

Earliest life may have originated in ponds rather than the ocean

“Warm spot” is increasing in size in remote section of Yellowstone

Movie review:  “The Quake” – yet another earthquake disaster movie

Kiruna-type giant apatite-iron oxide ores may be of magmatic origin

Ice Ages could occur when tropical volcanic arc islands and continents collide

New outcrops are geologically important

During solar storms regional geology is important

Geological impact of the Middle Ordovician Decorah crater

Environmental Evaluation Service in Chile gives approval for Los Andes Copper project at Vizcachitas

Ancient “Texas Serengeti” had elephant-like animals, rhinos, alligators, antelope, camels, horse

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 15 April 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

  1. E. coli outbreak in five states – source not yet identified

Book Review:  “Falter” – how human extinction could play out

Rapid urbanization increases pressure on rural water supplies across the world

Animals mete out justice against poacher in Kruger National Park

14 places around the world that are being ruined by tourism & tourists – (slide show)

USDA condemns Washington Post for “solar eclipse reporting” on modernizing meat inspections

17-foot long invasive Burmese python captured in Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida – carrying 73 developing eggs – sentinel male tracked with transmitted

Sustainable urban development is a myth but are floating cities fantasy or the future?

The world now has more grandparents than grandchildren – not necessarily a “bad” thing

Tunnel-based hydropower project in Australia linking two reservoirs to cost estimated $3.6B

Judge changes 2017 decision – now allows work to resume on Fargo-Moorhead flood control project

Do humans really need “artificial intelligence” to warn of impending natural disasters?

Improved models may improve predictions of volcanic hazards

Alaskan bill signed into law - $150.3M for earthquake recovery & wildfire fighting

14.2 tons of pangolin scales & 400 pounds elephant tusk ivory seized in Singapore

Big cities & bright lights disorient birds & cause up to 1B deaths from building collisions each year in US

First-ever quantification of global damage caused by plastic pollution put at $2.5T per year

Perspective:  The potential of ocean protection & conservation

Toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie

New species of extinct pig-footed bandicoot discovered in Australia

Woolly mammoths and Neanderthals co-existed & both adapted to cold environments

Microbes tracked into buildings can help break down harmful chemicals in household dust

Widely-used E319 food additive impairs immune response to the flu & reduces effectiveness of flu vaccine

At least 53 invasive species identified in the Galapagos Islands – 10X previous estimates

Recovery from current mass extinction of species on Earth could take millions of years

Traces of neonicotinoid pesticides impair ability of insects to spot predators & avoid collisions

Lead concentrations in topsoil significantly increase probability that 5-year old males will exhibit cognitive impairment – but not females

Flooding on Missouri Rivers may finally help lawmakers decide to stop subsidizing floodplain projects

Lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey for Houston-Galveston area flood resiliency plans

Massive solar storm could have severe impact on modern technology-based society

One Belt, One Road (OBOR) program in China

Radioactive fallout from nuclear testing & Chernobyl may be released as glaciers melt

Estimate of damages from fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution

Falling levels of air pollution result in decline of heavy wintertime tule fog in California Central Valley

The drugs you use impact your health – prolonged use of cannabis has been found to alter activation levels and patterns in brain functioning activation

Intense exploitation of land for settlement, agriculture & forestry results in loss of nature & species richness

Toward a better understanding of phosphorus and the phosphorus cycle

Past disturbances of biomes provide palaeoecological data on forest continuity, species diversity, and human impacts

Colorado wants to increase water storage capacity – new reservoirs & dams planned for Front Range

Still promoting the myth of “sustainability” – promoting value of “green buildings”

2017 Census of Agriculture data now available

Canus rufus(Red wolves) are a unique highly imperiled species – Mexican wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) are a unique subspecies of Grey wolves

Giant purple squirrels?  Yes, native to India

Hunters sentenced for illegally killing bear in Colorado – only took head & hide – lied & left meat to rot

Maine PUC gives approval for 145-mile transmission line – environmental concerns remain

What do California towns do after wildfires?  Rebuild, of course, with fire resistance (not fire-proof) in mind

Largest bat house colony in the world is in Gainesville, Florida

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/what-its-like-to-visit-the-largest-bat-house-colony-in-the-world/ar-BBVP7Vf

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 15 April 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Climate change? – but this is how barrier islands have always evolved

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/vcu-sgn040919.php

Evacuation from 2020 Tokyo Olympic sailing venue would be difficult in event of tsunami

• http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190408/p2a/00m/0na/014000c

Many coastal homes are unprotected from hurricanes & homeowners do not intend to retrofit

• https://phys.org/news/2019-04-coastal-homes-unprotected-hurricanes-homeowners.html

Industrialization, rapid urbanization & changing sea level endanger Gulf of Thailand

• https://www.france24.com/en/20190408-against-tide-thai-floating-temple-defies-coastalerosion

Mangroves & seagrasses provide the greatest coastal habitat value as nurseries

• https://wydaily.com/local-news/2019/04/07/study-confirms-and-ranks-nursery-value-ofcoastal-habitats/

Sharks prevent recovery of floating body in Hawaiian waters

• https://www.heraldcourier.com/news/shark-prevents-recovery-of-body-from-coastal-hawaiiwaters/article_fcaa3a40-be3d-5139-83f0-dedd09de1909.html

Confirming cause of 2.4M earthquake off the Donegal coast

• https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/what-caused-earthquake-in-donegal-14267376

Coastal Commission to hear rehabilitation plan for Venice Pier

• https://www.smdp.com/coastal-commission-to-hear-venice-pier-rehabilitation-thisweek/174145

California Senate Bill 576 “Climate Change Impact Plan” regarding coastal climate adaptation, infrastructure & readiness

• https://patch.com/california/orange-county/umberg-s-climate-plan-passes-committee-naturalresources

Fiber rolls are not aesthetically pleasing to the eye, but help retard dune erosion

• https://www.npr.org/2019/04/09/711097302/as-dunes-disappear-fiber-rolls-protect-cape-codhomes-from-coastal-erosion

Increased penalties for endangered species protection & now incentives for protection zones

• https://www.marconews.com/story/news/2019/04/09/marco-council-look-into-programincentivizing-starter-burrows-owls/3398289002/

Salt water encroachment on coastal Senegal is causing flooding & killing crops

• https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/04/climate-change-rising-sea-levels-west-africacoastal-cities/586651/

Land subsidence (due to geologic & human activity) causing coastal issues on Chesapeake Bay

•https://www.bayjournal.com/article/new_data_from_vims_finds_sea_level_rise_is_accelerating_in_bay

• Sea-level report card: https://www.vims.edu/bayinfo/bay_slrc/index.php

Rhode Island to help fund 4 offshore wind projects

• https://www.offshorewind.biz/2019/04/09/rhode-island-bankrolls-ready-4-offshore-wind/

Invasive reed Phragmites australis may actually be beneficial to coastal marshes

• https://www.gloucestertimes.com/opinion/column-faced-with-eroding-coastline-invasive-plantcould-be-an/article_68e61671-69e5-5f5d-88d6-0f5d151503c6.html

The high seas have significant impact on coast waters & vulnerable coastal communities

• https://reliefweb.int/report/world/out-sight-out-mind-why-high-seas-matter-vulnerable-coastalcommunities

• Ocean ecological connectivity video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5goMDRxKq4

• Fisheries on the high seas video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhcrETMv8u0

Increasing concern & attention on coastal erosion at Queen Elizabeth Park in Wellington, New Zealand

• http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1904/S00262/greater-wellington-acts-on-coastalerosion.htm

Lakeshore flood advisory was issued for Lake Michigan as 8 – 11 ft waves rolled in

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/epic-waves-hammer-chicago-lakefront-thelake-is-really-dangerous/ar-BBVQv4K

Miami-Dade commission gives approval for construction of new cruise ship terminal at Port Miami

• https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article228991794.html

“Green concrete” is being used to protect coastlines in Ireland

• https://sociable.co/science/green-concrete-ecological-engineering-helping-protect-coastlines/

$14B upgrades to levees has not stopped deltaic subsidence – New Orleans at risk

• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/after-a-14-billion-upgrade-new-orleans-levees-aresinking/

"It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome, but if that is all we ever were, we would, millennia ago, have disappeared from the face of the Earth." - John Steinbeck (quoted in via )

Posted on Monday, 15 April 2019 at 11:39 AM in Blogs, Twitters, WWW sites, e-Newsletters, & Lists, Elaine Hanford's Bulletin Boards | | Comments (0)

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