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CRS InFocus Report: 'U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Water Infrastructure Programs and FY2020 Appropriations'

Elena H. Humphreys and Jonathan L. Ramseur composed this 2-pager InFocus reprt (2 April 2020): 'U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Water Infrastructure Programs and FY2020 Appropriations'

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Introduction
The condition of the nation’s drinking water and wastewater infrastructure and associated financing challenges are perennial subjects of debate and attention in Congress. Among others, challenges include the ability of communities—especially low-income communities—to finance projects needed to (1) repair or replace water infrastructure, much of which has was constructed more than 50 years ago; (2) comply with new or revised federal regulatory requirements; and (3) address damage from natural hazards and improve resiliency to extreme weather events.

EPA Water Infrastructure Programs FY2020 Appropriations
The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116-94), Division D, Title II, included appropriations for multiple water infrastructure programs administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), particularly the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) programs. P.L. 116-94 also included appropriations for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan program, two regional infrastructure grant programs, four drinking water infrastructure grant programs, and one wastewater infrastructure grant program. Appropriations for the CWSRF, DWSRF, and other infrastructure grant programs are provided within the State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) account. WIFIA is funded through a separate account.

As presented in Table 1, Congress appropriated a total of $2.98 billion for FY2020 for these water infrastructure programs, or about 1.6% less than the total FY2019 enacted level of $3.03 billion, prior to rescissions (P.L. 116-6, Titles II and IV). Also for FY2019, Congress provided $349.4 million in supplemental appropriations for the state revolving funds (SRFs) in P.L. 116-20. These funds were provided to areas affected by specified natural disasters. For FY2020, P.L. 116-113, Title IX, included a supplemental appropriation of $300 million for wastewater projects at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Report: 'Coronavirus Compendium - Key Considerations for Water and Wastewater Utilities Responding to Coronavirus'

This report is from Moonshot Missions:

Moonshot Missions is a 501(c) environmental nonprofit organization founded by George Hawkins, the former GM of DC Water, to help water utilities that serve economically stressed and underserved communities identify and customize replicable strategies to deliver better services at lower cost. We believe that every community deserves clean water at the tap and in local waterbodies regardless of their zip code. 

For more information: info@moonshotmissions.org 

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Executive Summary and User Guide

Water and wastewater services are essential to deliver clean drinking water and ensure safe waterways during the response to the Coronavirus. Water utilities are committed to providing these services, even as the Coronavirus has direct impacts to operations, staffing and finances. Utilities must ensure these essential services are delivered, while protecting the people who make it happen, as well as the facilities, equipment and of course, the customer.

Moonshot Missions, a non-profit organization founded by George Hawkins, the former General Manager of DC Water in Washington DC, has put together a compendium of best practices being implemented by water utilities in the face of this unprecedented challenge. Moonshot staff has compiled this checklist by reviewing resources from water associations, list-serves and dozens of utility response and continuity of operations plans.

We plan for this to be a “living document” that evolves as new practices are implemented. Please email info@moonshotmissions.org if you have suggestions or feedback. We seek only to organize the wisdom you are gaining from your efforts to maintain critical water operations – and welcome your insights so we can make them available to a wide audience.

We suggest scanning the Compendium to compare its suggestions with your current actions to assess whether any of the ideas might be helpful in your Coronavirus response. In summary, Moonshot believes that the following steps are critical for water utilities to protect their staff thereby preserving critical staffing knowledge and their capacity needed to sustain operations:

• Minimize contact with the public to the maximal extent possible.

• Send non-essential personnel to work from home if possible.

• Utilize minimum staffing for critical operations on a rotating basis in order to reduce the probability of infection and husband staffing resources for as long as possible.

• Create virtual control rooms via placement of cameras, use apps like FaceTime and similar services so that some operators can work remotely and provide guidance and support to the reduced staff on-site.

• Ensure that inventory and spare parts of mission critical equipment are fully stocked.

• Identify mission critical supply chains, such as fuel, chemicals and disposal chains such as biosolids, and ensure that they are kept intact with standbys available for redundancy

Operate equipment at a level that reduces potential for failure requiring emergency repairs.

• Have a list of emergency and back up service contacts at the ready.

We recognize that most water utility managers will have already done most if not all of these measures. However, we feel that if even one utility benefits by one of these suggestions, then the compilation of these practices will have been well worth it. The Compendium that follows goes into these best practices in greater detail. We at Moonshot Missions salute the tremendous work that each of you are doing to protect the public health and the environment, every minute of every day. We sincerely wish you all well during this challenging time.

George S. Hawkins, Esq.
Founder and President

Andy Kricun, P.E.
Managing Director

Sarah Neiderer, MPH
Senior Director of Utility Assessments

Stephanie Eatinger
Utility Assessment Specialist

Natalie Hawkins
Chief of Operations

Henderson Brown, Esq
Counsel

An important resource! Thanks to George and his team.

Check out this video of George delivering the 2019 WaterSmart Innovation jeynote address.Quite a trip!

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"Water should embody the health, hope and promise of every community." - George S. Hawkins

Josh's Water Jobs and More! 31 March 2020 Updated: 1 April 2020

From Josh:

The world is changing as we speak, and I will do my best to keep the jobs flowing and find as many openings as I can. Feel free to send me jobs to post. You can email me directly. Stay safe and healthy!

1) Josh's Jobs

Josh’s Pick:   1) International WASH Monitoring Consultants – WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) (Home-Based): 26 April   Highlighted:   2) WASH Advisors for COVID-19 response – UK-Med: 20 April   3) Field Coordinator (WASH in Health Care Facilities) – CDC Foundation (Atlanta, GA, USA): Until filled   4) Young Champions of the Earth 2020 – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment): 10 April   5) Global WASH Cluster Coordinator – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(Geneva): 6 April   6) U.K./E.E.A. nationals: Lead Adviser (Freshwater x5) – Natural England (United Kingdom): 6 April   Deadline today (31 March)!   7) Iraq nationals: National Expert on Climate Change – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Iraq): 31 March   8) Senior Green Growth Analyst – Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) (United Arab Emirates): 31 March   9) Spanish speakers: NDC Update and Implementation Facilitator for the NDC Partnership in Bolivia – NDC Partnership (Bolivia): 31 March

Minimum years experience requested:

0-2 years   10) Programme Analyst Environment & Climate Change – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (eSwatini): 5 April   11) French speakers: Project Coordinator (Country Engagement) – NDC Partnership(Germany): 5 April   12) German and French speakers: Juniorfachkraft (m/w/d) Wasser- und Energietechnologien in der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Germany): 7 April   13) Engineering Geologist (Groundwater Management Program, 2 positions) – California State Water Resources Control Board (Sacramento, CA, USA): 10 April   14) Manager/Coordinator – Fox Lake Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation District (Fox Lake, WI, USA): 6 April   15) Digital Water Analyst – Bluefield Research (Boston or Barcelona): Until filled   16) Project Consultant (Water Industry Research) – Bluefield Research (Boston, MA, USA): Until filled – 2-5 years’ experience required   17) Project Consultant (Water Industry Research) – Bluefield Research (Barcelona): Until filled – 2-5 years’ experience required   18) India nationals: Consultants – Central Pollution Control Board (New Delhi): 7 April

3-4 years   19) Policy Analyst (Resilience) – International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Winnipeg, MB, Canada): 3 April   20) Fishery Officer – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)(Rome): 8 April   21) Senior Knowledge Management Specialist – NDC Partnership (Washington, DC): Until filled   22) Dutch speakers: Adviseur Klimaat (adaptatie) en Water – Municipality of Amsterdam (Amsterdam): 15 April   23) Freshwater Project Coordinator – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Keene Valley, NY, USA): 12 April   24) Monitoring Network Coordinator – Puget Sound Partnership (Tacoma, WA, USA): 12 April   25) Senior Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Specialist – Oxfam(Boston, MA, USA): Until filled   26) Program Specialist III (Texas Water Resource Institute) – Texas A&M AgriLife Research (College Station, TX, USA): Until filled   27) Civil Associate (Water) – Michael Baker International (Dallas, TX, USA): Until filled   28) India nationals: Junior Research Fellow – Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Roorkee (India): 6 April

5-7 years   29) Spanish speakers: Programme Coordinator Latin America and Monitoring and Evaluation – Water Integrity Network (WIN) (Berlin): 19 April   30) Programme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Bangkok): 15 April   31) Associate Project Manager (Multi-Actor Partnership on Climate and Disaster Risk Financing and Preparedness (MAPs)) – UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) (Germany): 15 April   32) Economic Affairs Officer (Nexus) – United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) (Beirut): 17 April   33) Project Manager: Climate Risk Adaptation and Insurance in the Caribbean (CRAIC) – UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS)(Germany): 19 April   34) Programme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Paris): 22 April   35) Program Director (Urban Resilience) – Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (Sierra Leone): Until filled   36) Project Officer (Ecosystem Management) – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Serbia): 5 April   37) Spanish speakers: Experto/a de protección y adaptación al clima – GFA Consulting Group (Colombia): 5 April   38) Russian speakers: Hydrology & Agricultural Automation Researcher – International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) (Kazakhstan): 7 April   39) Local recruitment: Environmental Specialist – The World Bank (Bangladesh): 3 April   40) Clean Rivers Program Supervisor – Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (Seguin, TX, USA): Until filled   41) Water Cycle / Climate Change Scientist – ICF International (Washington, DC): Until filled   42) Stream & Wetland Conservation Specialist – The Nature Conservancy (TNC)(Harrisburg, PA, USA): 5 April   43) India nationals: Water Resource Expert – Quality Council of India (Delhi): Until filled

8-9 years   44) Technical Advisor (Marine Ecosystem) – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) (Home-Based): 2 April

10+ years   45) Chief of Staff – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)(Nairobi): 16 April   46) Team Leader (Albania Water Resources Management project) – Niras (Albania): 12 April   47) Senior Coordination Officer – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction(Geneva): 25 April   48) India nationals: Director – India Ministry of Jal Shakti (New Delhi): 3 May   49) Chinese speakers: Senior Director – Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) (China): Until filled

Not specified (other):   50) Conservation Programme Director – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)(Cambodia): 26 April   51) French speakers: Conseiller technique (f/h/d) en renforcement de la gouvernance climatique au service de la contribution prévue déterminée au niveau national (CPDN) en Algérie – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Algeria): 19 April   52) Science and Innovation Officer: Climate Change/ Communications – British Government (New Delhi): 12 April   53) Netherlands nationals: Senior adviseur water – Rijkswaterstaat (Netherlands): 6 April   54) Netherlands nationals: Senior beleidsmedewerker waterveiligheid en Zeespiegelstijging – Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat (Netherlands): 9 April   55) Netherlands nationals: Junior adviseur natuur en water – Rijkswaterstaat(Netherlands): 24 April   56) Dutch speakers: Junior Adviseur Water & Klimaat – Movares (Netherlands): 6 April   57) German speakers: Leiter (m/w/d) des Projekts "Klimapolitisches Schlüsselprojekt Vietnam" – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)(Vietnam): 12 April   58) Australia nationals: Senior GIS Analyst (Healthy Waters Policy and Strategy unit) – Queensland Government (Flexible, QLD, Australia): 3 April   59) Australia nationals: Indigenous Officer – North East Catchment Management Authority (Wodonga, VIC, Australia): 12 April   60) Australia nationals: Assistant Director (Engagement and/or Communications) – Murray–Darling Basin Authority (Various, Australia): 1 April   61) Rivers Team Support Officer – Shropshire Wildlife Trust (United Kingdom): 3 April   62) U.K. nationals: Permitting Officer 1 (Water Quality Permitting) – Natural Resources Wales (Wales): 5 April   63) Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Consultant – Mott MacDonald(United Kingdom): 15 June   64) Senior Water Resources Specialist – Mott MacDonald (United Kingdom): Until filled   65) Consultant (Climate Change and Disaster Risk) – Oxford Policy Management (OPM) (United Kingdom): 5 April   66) Canada nationals: Head of Campaign (Climate) – Greenpeace (Toronto, ON, Canada): 7 April   67) U.S. nationals: Irrigation System Operator – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation(Cachuma, CA, USA): 3 April   68) Executive Director – Putah Creek Council (Winters, CA, USA): 3 April   69) U.S. nationals: Deputy Director, Integrated Information Dissemination (Water) – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Various, USA): 10 April   70) Senior Lead Research Scientist (Riverine Flood Modeling) – FM Global(Norwood, MA, USA): Until filled   71) Senior Lead Research Scientist (Precipitation/Hydrology) – FM Global (Norwood, MA, USA): Until filled   72) Senior Research Scientist (Coastal Flood Modeling) – FM Global (Norwood, MA, USA): Until filled   73) U.S. nationals: Hydrologic Technician – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Carson City, NV, USA): 3 April   74) U.S. nationals: Hydrologist – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Boise, ID, USA): 3 April   75) U.S. nationals: Environmental Protection Specialist – District of Columbia Government (Washington, DC): 6 April   76) U.S. nationals: Environmental Protection Specialist – District of Columbia Government (Washington, DC): 7 April   77) U.S. nationals: Planning and Environmental Coordinator – U.S. Bureau of Land Management (Hines, OR, USA): 6 April   78) U.S. nationals: Hydrologist – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (Tuscaloosa, AL, USA): 6 April   79) U.S. nationals: Interdisciplinary Meteorologist/Hydrologist – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (Norton, MA, USA): 7 April   80) U.S. nationals: Hydrologist – U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service(Portland, OR, USA): 8 April   81) Science Policy Support – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s (Washington, DC): Until filled

Not specified (academic): Professors/lecturers 82)Faculty position in the Environmental Engineering Department – Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC) (Peru): 4 April   83) Assistant Professor in Environmental Systems Analysis (Tenure Track) – Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands): 6 April   84) Associate/full professor (tenure track) in Biological water treatment – LUT University (Finland): 14 April   85) Assistant Professor (Hydroinformatics) (tenure-track) – University of British Columbia (Okanagan, BC, Canada): 31 May   86) Lecturer in Water-Environmental Engineering – University of Glasgow (Glasgow): 30 April   87) Svare Research Chair in Integrated Watershed Processes – University of Calgary (Calgary, AB, Canada): 23 April   88) Professor and Chair of Environmental Systems Analysis – Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands): 27 April   89) Chair Professor of Rural Building and Water Management – Estonian University of Life Sciences (Estonia): 15 May   90) Lecturer in Water Quality – Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands): 3 April   91) Lecturer in Aquatic Ecology (0.8 FTE) – Wageningen University & Research(Netherlands): 3 April   92) Assistant Professor – Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX, USA): Until filled Postdocs 93)Antamina Water Resources Postdoctoral Fellowship – U niversidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC) (Peru): 4 April   94) Post – Doctoral Fellow- Irrigation and Water Management – International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) (Dubai): 7 April   95) Research Officer (Environmental politics) – Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (London): 20 April   96) Postdoctoral Research Associate (Environmental Scientist) – Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge, TN, USA): Until filled Researchers/other 97)Research Officer in Behavioural and Attitudinal Change in respect of Ireland’s Water Resources – Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) (Dublin): 8 April   98) Estimation of water resources in Sardinia in climate change scenarios – Regione Autonoma Sardegna (Italy): 6 April   99) Numerical modeling of underground water flow – Università di Pavia (Italy): 6 April   100) Strategies for increasing the WATer use efficiency of semi-arid Mediterranean watersheds and agrosilvopastoral systems under climate Change – Università degli studi di Cagliari (Italy): 6 April   101) Managing the impact of heavy meteo-hydrological events on the operation and safety of urban water networks – Università degli Studi di Genova (Italy): 8 April   102) Sustainable and circular Economy of food and water, Circular business models in the agri-food value chain and water management – Politecnico di Milano (Italy): 10 April   103) Postgradutae Research Opportunity in Hydrology – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) (Arcata, CA, USA): 11 May

WASH:   0-2 years   104) Environmental Health Officer – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Greece): Until filled   105) Arabic speakers: WATER Monitor x14 – ACTED (Syria): 1 April   106) Arabic speakers: WATER Monitor x6 – ACTED (Syria): 1 April   107) Program Manager (WASH) – Solidarités International (Yemen): Until filled   108) WASH Project Manager – Terre des Hommes Foundation (Iraq): Until filled – 2-5 years’ experience required   109) Tanzania nationals: WASH Assistant – Danish Refugee Council (Tanzania): 3 April   3-4 years   110) WASH Officer – International Medical Corps (Nigeria): 7 April   111) Programme Manager (WASH) – Concern (Kurdistan, Iraq): 8 April   112) French speakers: Responsable d’Activité Eau, Hygiène et Assainissement – Solidarités International (Central African Republic): Until filled   113) Somalia nationals: WASH Officer – International Rescue Committee (IRC)(Somalia): Until filled   5-7 years   114) Programme Coordinator – German Red Cross (Bangladesh): 13 April   115) Environmental Health Coordinator – International Rescue Committee (IRC)(Greece): Until filled   116) Senior Programme Coordinator (Resilience/DRR, WASH,MECC and Livelihood) – International Organization for Migration (IOM) (Nairobi): 8 April   117) French speakers: Regional WASH Adviser (Short Term) – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Dakar): ASAP   118) U.S. nationals: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Promotion (WASH) Advisor (U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)) – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) (Washington, DC): 17 April   10+ years   119) FSSM & Sanitation Specialist – WASH Institute (Delhi): 11 April   Not specified   120) Development worker as Advisor (m/f/d) for planning and implementation of peri-urban and rural water sanitation supply – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Zambia): 17 April   121) Dari, Arabic or French speakers: Environmental Health Assistant – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Greece): Until filled   122) Water Engineer – IMC Worldwide (Sierra Leone): Until filled   123) Water Industry Partnerships Officer (Midlands and East Anglia) – WaterAid(United Kingdom): 5 April

Consultancies:   124) Consultancy: Studies of corruption and integrity in the urban sanitation sector in three cities (three separate contracts to be awarded) – Water Integrity Network (WIN)(Home-Based): 8 April   125) French speakers: Expert(e) international(e) institutionnaliste, en décentralisation et transfert des compétences dans le secteur de l’eau – GFA Consulting Group(Niger): 5 April   126) Socio-Economics International Expert – Mekong River Commission (MRC)(Home-Based): 3 April   127) Chief Technical Advisor: Integrated climate-resilient transboundary flood risk management in the Drin River basin in the Western Balkans (Drin FRM project) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Home-Based): 9 April   128) Sediment Transport and River Morphology Impact Assessment International Expert – Mekong River Commission (MRC) (Home-Based): 3 April   129) Navigation International Expert – Mekong River Commission (MRC) (Home-Based): 3 April   130) Fisheries and Environment Impact Assessment International Expert – Mekong River Commission (MRC) (Home-Based): 3 April   131) Fish Impact Mitigation Measures International Expert – Mekong River Commission (MRC) (Home-Based): 3 April   132) Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand or Viet Nam nationals: International Consultant to Support the Development of a Methodology for Long-term and Cost-Effective Monitoring of Plastic Waste in the Lower Mekong River – Mekong River Commission (MRC) (Home-Based): 10 April   133) International short-term experts for GIZ “Support to Policy Harmonisation” of the IWRM – GFA Consulting Group (Lesotho): 10 April   134) Expert for Providing Technical and Advisory Services to GIZ for the SEIP II Project – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (India): 10 April   135) Water Treatment Process Specialist – African Development Bank (AfDB)(Rwanda): 23 April   136) Sanitation Expert – African Development Bank (AfDB)] (Rwanda): 23 April   137) Call for International Experts to serve in the Independent Technical Advisory Panel – Green Climate Fund (GCF) (Home-Based): 30 April – Shortlisting begins on 13 April   138) Senior International Water Expert (Albania EU Accession Assistance) – Niras(Albania): 29 May   139) Team Leader (Albania Water and Wastewater Project) – Niras (Albania): 29 May   140) International Consultant to assist with recovery and on resilience building after the drought/saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Vietnam): 5 April   141) ToR: For Review and Re-Formulation of Governance Instruments of the Aquaculture Network For Africa (ANAF) – African Union (AU) (Home-Based): 6 April   142) Training Consultant for Layouting & Management of Wastewater Treatment Plants – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (Myanmar): 8 April   143) Local recruitment: Evaluation Specialist – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Iran): 6 April   144) Request for Tenders/Local recruitment: Vanuatu National Coordinator/Environment Specialist – Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) (Vanuatu): 10 April

RFP:   145) Climate Action Enhancement Package: Technical Assistance for Mali – NDC Partnership (Mali): 8 April   146) Climate Action Enhancement Package: Technical Assistance for Sudan – NDC Partnership (Sudan): 10 April

Internships:   147) Internship – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Kingston): 6 April   148) Intern – Global Commission on Adaptation (Washington, DC): Until filled   149) U.S. nationals: Student Trainee (Hydrology) – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)(Lawrenceville, NJ, USA): 1 April   150) Food-Energy-Water Systems Analysis (Year-round) Graduate Student Intern – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (Golden, CO, USA): Until filled   151) Energy-Water Desalination Analysis (Year-round) Graduate Student Intern – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (Golden, CO, USA): Until filled

Scholarships:   152) PhD Candidate: Freshwater Ecosystems (Impacts and Feedbacks) – Radboud University (Netherlands): 13 April   153) PhD candidate Modelling the effects of bio-based fertiliser use on surface water pollution at catchment & EU scales – Wageningen University & Research(Netherlands): 15 April   154) PhD Students in Environmental Data Science – SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) (Syracuse, NY, USA): 17 April   155) EPSRC PhD Studentship in: Risk-Based Investment Decision Tools that Account for Uncertainty in Modelling Studies that Protect the Ecology of Surface Water Bodies – The University of Sheffield (United Kingdom): 20 April   156) PhD Sublethal effects of psychotropics on aquatic species, populations and ecosystems, how relevant are subtle effects for real-world ecosystems? – Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands): 24 April   157) PhD: Intelligent Dynamic Flood Response and Recovery Strategy – Cranfield University (United Kingdom): 15 May   158) E.U./U.K. nationals: PhD - Understanding Domestic Water Use Behaviour – Cranfield University (United Kingdom): 17 May   159) Fully Funded KESS II MSc by Research Scholarship: Ground Truthing Barrier Impacts for More Efficient Restoration of Natural Capital in the River Afan – Swansea University (Wales): 22 May   160) PhD Position: Winter diatom blooms and their effects on lake ecosystems – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) (Germany): 12 April   161) New deadline: Rotary Scholarships for Water and Sanitation Professionals – IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (Netherlands): 1 June     Last week’s list, in case you missed it   Post a job   Support Josh’s Water Jobs

For our full list of active water jobs, please visit www.joshswaterjobs.com/jobs.

2) Additional Jobs from WaterWired

Posted: Last Week

162) Scholarship: From Oregon Lakes Association: 2020 Scholarship Announcement - deadline: 31 May; Award Announcement: 15 June. https://bit.ly/2y3MYwd

163) Positions: Many! @OmahaUSACE(Omaha, NE) - Civil engineers, physical scientists, archeologists, and more! https://bit.ly/2xVrlhp#JobWaWi

164) Positions: Many. @USAID - Various specialties https://bit.ly/2WIcAsW#JobWaWi

165) Position: @PSPartnership(Tacoma, WA) - Monitoring Network Coordinator. Closes: 12 April https://bit.ly/2WULC1l#JobWaWi

Posted: 1 April 2020

166) Position: @OSUCEOAS(Corvallis, OR) - T-T Assistant Professor - Critical Cartography. Full consideration: 10 April. Apps accepted until filled or sufficient applicant pool. https://bit.ly/2ULZmIW

167) Postdoctoral Position: @USGS (Columbia, MO) - Developing quantitative models for ecological transport processes in rivers. Closes: 15 April. https://on.doi.gov/2UyNnzm 

168) Position: @pewtrusts (Portland, OR) - Senior Associate, Conserving Marine Life in the U.S. OUF. https://bit.ly/2xGgLL8 

169) Position: Oregon DFW (Salem, OR) - Natural Resource Specialist 4 (Hydropower Program Leader). Closes: 15 April. https://bit.ly/3aDdH0Y #JobWaWi

170) Position: Jefferson County Soil & Water Conservation District (Redmond, OR) - Conservation Coordinator. Closes: 10 April. https://bit.ly/39yniF6 #JobWaWi

171) Positions (2): @ColoLaw (Boulder, CO) - Inaugural Getches-Wilkinson Water Fellows (2 year appointment). OUF; Full consideration: 10 April. https://bit.ly/2wOcIMY 

3) Some General Employment Resources

AGU Career Center for research/academic jobs

GoodWorkCanada - Canada's Green Jobs Site

Congressional Research Service Positions

Check out @AidJobs - Vacancies in aid, development, humanitarian & nonprofit sector (volunteers, consultants or F-T employment) https://aidjobs.org

Conservation Jobs Board

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

@BCWaterNews Jobs Click View Jobs

@EcologyWA - Current Openings - Updated every few days. Click here.

King County (WA)Jobs

Geoscience Job Board

California DWR Jobs

AZ Water Career Center

Florida Water Jobs

NYC DEP

Nature Conservancy 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. https://bit.ly/1pIopLT

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

Enjoy! 

For those of you worried about how #COVID19 will affect jobs in the college, don't worry. No associate deans or associate VPs will lose their jobs!" -  @ass_deans

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 30 March 2020

Look under the ES Bulletin Board to see Elaine's posts on COVID19 and coronavirus. Stay safe and please - if your community/state/city/county as a 'Stay home' in effect, please follow it. Like the folks who were not on the Golden Gate Bridge during Friday morning rush hour. I took this from Maria Gibson Daugherty's FB page.

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 30 March 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Aftershocks hit Croatian capital after M5.5 EQ caused widespread damage

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51995861
• https://apnews.com/cef3127eedc7a57f45539ae777f26835
• https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us70008dx7/executive

M7.5 EQ in Kuril Islands – tsunami warnings issued then lifted

• https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us70008fi4/executive
• https://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2020/03/25/7-5-magnitude-quake-off-russia-kuril-islands
• https://sputniknews.com/russia/202003251078700599-videos-of-powerful-76-magnitude-earthquake-near-kuril-islands-emerge-online/

M5.7 EQ near Salt Lake City occurred on fault along eastern base of Oquirrh Mountains

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/other/after-a-57-earthquake-utah-seismologists-investigate-a-virtually-unknown-fault/ar-BB11H0IP

Mineral carbonation can “permanently” capture carbon – but is that a wise thing to do?

• https://eos.org/articles/basalts-turn-carbon-into-stone-for-permanent-storage

Four locked segments of Indian & Eurasian plates identified as most likely to produce large EQs

• https://eos.org/articles/geodetic-data-pinpoint-earthquake-prone-regions-of-the-himalayas

Ikaria wariootia– earliest Ediacaran bilaterian organism is ancestor of most familiar animals

• https://phys.org/news/2020-03-ancestor-animals-australian-fossils.html

Understanding why Yellowstone Caldera “breathes”

• https://www.mbs.news/a/2020/03/the-yellowstone-breathes-but-why.html
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/03/chunk-yellowstone-size-chicago-has-been-pulsing/

Paper:  Ionospheric view of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki EQ – first 60 seconds of the rupture

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61749-x
• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-30476-9

Shungite deposits – 2 byo carbon-rich sedimentary rocks contain trace elements suggesting elevated oxygen levels

• https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/03/study-challenges-common-view-of-oxygen-scarcity-on-earth-2-billion-years-ago/126763

Celebrating accomplishments of Alexander von Humboldt – coffee was “concentrated sunbeams”

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/who-was-alexander-von-humboldt-180974473/

Paper:  40 years of ice-core records of CO2

• https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00809-8

White Ridge Bike Trails showcase geology of New Mexico

• https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/adventure/white-ridge-bike-trails-offer-fascinating-geology-otherworldly-views/article_a03f370a-6b0a-11ea-bd91-2ba7201598e7.html

Geology of the Driftless Area in Wisconsin and northern Illinois

• https://www.swnews4u.com/local/public-safety/geology-kickapoo-was-topic-discussion/

Radius Gold re-discovers silver mining camp in Chihuahua, Mexico – Plata Verde

• https://www.juniorminingnetwork.com/junior-miner-news/press-releases/439-tsx-venture/rdu/74688-radius-gold-re-discovers-historic-silver-mining-camp-in-chihuahua-mexico.html

Teaching geology in the time of coronavirus

• https://www.ocregister.com/2020/03/18/csuf-professors-have-little-time-to-adjust-to-new-virtual-reality-amid-coronavirus-fears/

Lessons learned and used to sink shafts into soft and medium-hard rock

• https://im-mining.com/2020/03/24/herrenknecht-heralds-game-changer-shaft-sinking-soft-medium-hard-rock/

In memoriam:  Betty Blanton Moore (1936-2020)

• https://obituaries.record-eagle.com/obituary/betty-moore-1078879002

The Oceans as new frontier for development in Africa – summary of workshop in Nairobi, Kenya

• https://indiaeducationdiary.in/the-oceans-as-africas-new-frontier-for-development/

Landslides & fatalities in 2019

• https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2020/03/25/2019-fatal-landslides/

Timing and speed of the end of Cretaceous extinction of the large dinosaurs

• https://www.quantamagazine.org/pincelli-hull-explains-how-an-asteroid-killed-the-dinosaurs-20200325/

Calculating aquifer support and reservoir model to the Macondo well - Deepwater Horizon spill event

• https://eos.org/features/the-deepwater-horizon-disaster-and-modeling-under-pressure

Turbidity currents transporting & burying microplastics in the deep ocean

• https://phys.org/news/2020-03-underwater-avalanches-microplastics-deep-ocean.html

Successful completion of patented FHOS for deep geothermal drilling

• https://renewablesnow.com/news/strada-completes-tests-of-deep-drilling-geothermal-technology-692350/

Change’e-4 lunar rover finds “layer-cake” geology on the far side of the moon

• https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/rover-finds-layer-cake-below-ground-on-moons-farside

JOIDES Resolution finds microbial community in lower crust

• https://gizmodo.com/life-is-thriving-2-600-feet-beneath-the-seafloor-1842475769

3 new species of Cretaceous pterosaurs identified in ancient river ecosystem in Africa

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/bu-ffg032420.php

Satellite imagery & AI technology being used to search for unexploded bombs from Vietnam War

• https://www.foxnews.com/tech/satellite-images-artificial-intelligence-search-unexploded-bombs
• Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0229826

Middle Eocene small horses got smaller & big tapirs got bigger

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/mh-shg032420.php
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-60379-7

50,000-year-old rodent coprolites recovered from La Brea Tar Pits

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200320101634.htm
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61996-y

“Wallace Line” being redrawn based on Christmas Island finds

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200323112053.htm
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003101821930327X?via%3Dihub

Slow slip events occur in “mash up” of different rock types

• https://phys.org/news/2020-03-scientists-motion-earthquakes.html
• Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/13/eaay3314

Collection of six ocean videos - relax and enjoy – my favorite:  vibrant life in the deep sea

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1CGd4Scv4GIcuIhR6JCSc4lQ4c9u2mzN

Dineobellator notohesperus -Velociraptor cousin had strong grip

• https://www.newscientist.com/article/2238740-velociraptor-relative-had-a-much-stronger-grip-than-its-cousins/
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61480-7

Mount Merapi continues to erupt

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/indonesian-volcano-spews-massive-ash-cloud/ar-BB11Mxtj

Evidence documented for seasonal migrations of deep-sea fish

• https://www.thenational.scot/news/18338092.researchers-find-evidence-great-migrations-deep-sea-fish-sharks/

Seismometers detect less noise from human activity – less industry, traffic & movement of humans

• https://gizmodo.com/seismometers-worldwide-detect-decrease-in-human-activit-1842526497

Using GPS data to examine crustal deformation across continental China – tectonic implications

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/space-based-data-expand-understanding-of-crustal-deformation

Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador “The Black Giant” showing signs of localized flank instability

• http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_778855_en.html

Paper:  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X20300479

Environmental Bulletin Board – 30 March 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Coronavirus statistics by country

• https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

How to correctly calculate mortality rate for COVID-19 – revising inflated numbers downward

• https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/03/is_coronavirus_less_fatal_than_early_predictions_suggested.html
• https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/03/forecast-of-british-coronavirus-deaths-revised-um-downward.php

In contrast, there is the “hockey-stick” approach to “predicting” fatalities from COVID-19

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/univ-washington-epidemiologists-predict-80-223530567.html
• Paper: http://www.healthdata.org/sites/default/files/files/research_articles/2020/covid_paper_MEDRXIV-2020-043752v1-Murray.pdf

Headlines continue to hype the numbers as more US cases rather than US mortality rate is less than 2%

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-us-now-leads-the-world-in-confirmed-coronavirus-cases/ar-BB11LlDh

COVID-19 policy based on real science is better than policy based on assumptions and politics

• https://www.newscientist.com/article/2238019-even-the-best-science-doesnt-have-the-final-word-on-covid-19/

Convalescent plasma transfusion may be beneficial in recovery from COVID-19

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-new-report-raises-hope-that-the-blood-of-recovered-patients-can-help-treat-severe-coronavirus-cases/ar-BB11Opje

Drugs being tested for effectiveness in fighting COVID-19

• https://www.clinicaltrialsarena.com/analysis/coronavirus-mers-cov-drugs/
• https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/who-launches-global-megatrial-four-most-promising-coronavirus-treatments

Reality check on number of cases and mortality – developing herd immunity – “crisis” may soon be over

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trumps-desire-to-reopen-the-country-by-easter-may-not-be-far-fetched/ar-BB11NC7i

Gender gap – COVID-19 appears to be more virulent & deadly for men than women

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/why-is-coronavirus-so-much-more-deadly-for-men-than-for-women/ar-BB11vVvt

Distribution of COVID-19 testing across the US

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/one-map-shows-how-many-coronavirus-tests-each-us-state-has-done-so-far/ar-BB11BKx2

Consider evolution when modeling or predicting a pandemic

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200302153551.htm

COVID-19 not mutating quickly – limited number of genetic variations - might respond to single vaccine

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/scientists-say-the-coronavirus-is-not-mutating-quickly-and-might-respond-to-a-single-vaccine/ar-BB11EJmL

COVID-19 has natural origin – no evidence of being made in a laboratory or otherwise engineered

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200317175442.htm
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9

Anecdotal evidence suggests hydroxychloroquine & azithromycin (Z-pac) may subdue COVID-19 infections

• https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=229156
• https://www.biospace.com/article/hydroxychloroquine-and-z-pak-may-be-effective-treatment-for-covid-19/
• https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-antimalarial-drug-standard-coronavirus.html

Nevada Governor plays politics barring doctors from saving lives

• https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/nevada-governor-bars-use-of-malaria-drug-for-coronavirus/

Perspective – Western culture does not embrace the lessons of history

• https://przekroj.pl/en/society/storm-before-the-calm-kacper-poblocki

Paul R. Ehrlich on the pandemic, planetary reckoning & a path forward – a learning opportunity

• https://www.ehn.org/pandemic-population-covid-19-2645518249.html

Comparing typical natural disaster response to COVID-19 response

• https://www.ttnews.com/articles/experts-offer-best-practices-coronavirus-response

Sustainable agriculture reflected in river water quality in Cuba – less fertilizers

• https://eos.org/articles/sustainable-agriculture-reflected-in-cubas-water-quality

New management practices need to respond to prolonged flooding on lower Mississippi River

• https://eos.org/features/high-water-prolonged-flooding-on-the-deltaic-mississippi-river

Webcams allow us to view animals around the world – penguins, raptors, bears, sheep, otters…

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/animal-livestream-webcam-coronavirus-social-isolation_n_5e738e2bc5b63c3b648bf16b

Vinyl – the plastic found in almost everything

• https://www.treehugger.com/plastic/vinyl-plastic-found-almost-everything.html

Bringing back the wolves – a very good thing for the environment

• https://www.ehn.org/yellowstone-wolves-recovery-2645548172.html

Perspective:  ending the attack on science & truth

• https://www.ehn.org/science-saves-lives-2645550063.html

Finding a little mouse at 22,000 feet atop dormant Llullaillaco volcano in the Andes

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2020/03/23/little-mouse-caught-on-top-of-a-volcano-sets-a-new-record/#477858f42774

New USGS map shows relative risks of landslides due to hurricane precipitation in Puerto Rico

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/new-usgs-map-can-help-puerto-rico-deal-risk-landslides-after-hurricanes
• Report: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2020/1022/ofr20201022_pamphlet.pdf
• Map: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2020/1022/ofr20201022_sheet.pdf

Third-hand tobacco smoke is threat to public health

• http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/third-hand-tobacco-smoke-08250.html

NASA has 3-D portrait of methane concentrations and sources around the globe

• https://phys.org/news/2020-03-d-view-methane-tracks-sources.html

Reported fatal case of Hantavirus in China

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/xandr/hantavirus-kills-man-china-heres-113606804.html

Top 15 State Parks in the US includes Ha Ha Tonka in MO, Makoshika in MT & Iao Valley in HI

• https://www.tripsavvy.com/top-us-state-parks-4797006

Can India solve the problems of air pollution in our lifetime?

• https://www.ipsnews.net/2020/03/air-pollution-problem-can-solve-lifetime/

Union for the Mediterranean calls for action on water scarcity as population rapidly grows

• https://www.neweurope.eu/article/union-for-the-mediterranean-calls-for-regional-action-to-tackle-water-scarcity/
• https://ufmsecretariat.org/world-water-day-water-scarcity/
• Report download: https://ufmsecretariat.org/climate-change-report/
• Report: https://ufmsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/MedECC-Booklet_EN_WEB.pdf

Assessing environmental radioactivity in Africa through IAEA training on sample collection & pretreatment

• https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/enhancing-capacity-to-assess-environmental-radioactivity-in-africa-through-iaea-training-on-sample-collection-and-pre-treatment

Book Review:  “The Story of More” on the unsustainability of modern life

• https://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2020/03/25/the-story-of-more-by-hope-jahren/

Utah residents still reporting damages following 5.7M earthquake near Salt Lake City

• https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/west/2020/03/25/296190.htm

Haiti still struggling a decade after major earthquake

• https://internationalbanker.com/finance/haiti-is-still-struggling-10-years-on-from-its-devastating-earthquake/

Mix of naturally-occurring contaminants in groundwater may increase health risks in North Carolina

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/du-ccm032420.php

Excreted pharmaceutical drugs & metabolites may impact water quality

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/acs-ppi032020.php

Investigating why females live longer than males in many mammalian species

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/uob-siw032420.php

New simple model reflects seasonal variations in urban heat islands

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-03/du-nmh032420.php

Burying or incinerating garbage boosts airborne bacteria & antibiotic resistance

• https://phys.org/news/2020-03-garbage-boosts-airborne-bacteria-antibiotic.html

Assessing the global problem of poor sanitation

• https://phys.org/news/2020-03-global-problem-poor-sanitation.html
• Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00001/full

Potential long-term benefits of Montreal Protocol in preserving atmospheric ozone

• https://phys.org/news/2020-03-international-ozone-treaty-southern-hemisphere.html

LA has the Owens Valley Project & Aqueduct – NY has the Catskill Aqueduct

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vintage-photos-show-how-one-of-the-worlds-greatest-engineering-feats-was-created-in-1915-to-bring-water-to-new-york-city/ss-BB11afL7

OpenET – new online water-tracking system using satellite-based data will be available in 2021

• https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/research/western-water-data-coming-to-new-online-platform/article_c80fb280-6ea9-11ea-9a8e-a7d1a85f00b4.html

Strategic resettling of herds of reindeer, horses, bison & musk oxen could settle permafrost thaw

• https://eos.org/articles/reindeer-could-trample-permafrost-thaw

Everglades have changed dramatically over 15,000 years of human habitation

• https://eos.org/features/lost-in-the-everglades

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 30 March 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Ports seek $Bs in government funding as revenues from business plummet during COVID-19 panic

• https://www.ttnews.com/articles/ports-seek-emergency-aid-business-plummets

South Beach Re-Nourishment Project on-going – sand dredged from Caxambass Pass

• https://www.coastalbreezenews.com/articles/beach-goers-share-sand-with-beachrenourishment-activities/

Scallop catch in Maine declines for second year in a row under rotational management system

• https://www.pressherald.com/2020/03/22/maine-scallops-continue-downward-trend-afteryears-of-growth/

Offshore wind industry almost ready for first zero-subsidy projects

• https://www.rechargenews.com/circuit/financiers-must-be-reassured-offshore-wind-can-stillguarantee-a-good-return/2-1-778801

New rules and guidelines for consuming oysters intended to reduce cases of Vibrio illness

• https://www.coastalreview.org/2020/03/new-oyster-rules-aim-to-reduce-vibrio-cases/

Floating solar power company has learned from aquaculture industry

• https://www.pv-magazine.com/2020/03/23/floating-pv-learning-from-aquaculture-industry/

The importance of estuaries

• https://www.coastalbreezenews.com/articles/the-importance-beauty-of-our-estuaries/

Some, but not all, California beaches are closed

• https://www.presstelegram.com/2020/03/24/some-beaches-stay-open-others-shut-downwhy-coastal-closures-are-varying-during-coronavirus-response/

Global offshore wind capacity hit new record of 6.1GW in 2019

• https://reneweconomy.com.au/global-offshore-wind-capacity-hits-29gw-after-record-2019/

Need for good practice for offshore verification and assurance in O&G industry – increased risks

• https://www.offshore-mag.com/production/article/14170377/agreement-needed-on-goodpractice-for-offshore-verification-and-assurance

Growing support for subsea power development & resident autonomous underwater vehicles

• https://www.offshore-mag.com/regional-reports/article/14172673/growing-support-forsubsea-power-development

Moving sea ice transports pollution

• https://www.futurity.org/arctic-sea-ice-pollution-2312452/

Report identifies 4 coastal areas with poorest water quality in City of Cape Town

• https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/news/city-of-cape-towns-report-shows-four-coastal-areaswith-poorest-water-quality-45393348

• Report:

http://resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/City%20research%20reports%20and%20review/Know%20Your%20Coast%202019.pdf

Innovative stormwater treatment projects in Bethany Beach to reduce runoff pollution into Anchorage Canal which flows to Little Assawoman Bay

• https://www.doverpost.com/news/20200323/solution-to-pollution-in-bethanys-anchoragecanal

Lawsuit filed against Frontier Logistics for ongoing plastic pollution of Charleston Harbor

• https://www.southernenvironment.org/news-and-press/press-releases/groups-file-lawsuitagainst-frontier-logistics-over-plastic-pollution

Plastic trash kills half a million hermit crabs on remote islands each year

• https://therising.co/2020/03/22/plastic-trash-killing-hermit-crabs/

• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389419316577

Plan for development of 30-acre South Quay land parcel on East Providence Harbor at Bold Point

• https://www.ecori.org/government/2020/3/23/plans-conflict-to-develop-south-quay-onwaterfront

Patuxent River which flows to Chesapeake Bay is “sick with pollution” resulting from urbanization and overdevelopment

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fred-tutman-sees-himself-as-the-voice-of-thepatuxent-and-he-says-the-river-has-a-warning-for-us/2020/03/17/7ddfca8e-67e6-11ea-9923-57073adce27c_story.html

• Report: https://dnr.maryland.gov/waters/cbnerr/Documents/publications/PatuxentRiverKeeper_2007.pdf

Coastal development and direct impact on Pakistan

• https://dailytimes.com.pk/578677/coastal-development-and-its-direct-impact-on-pakistan

"Yes, we know we can save 50% outsourcing IT but IT suggests we can save 80% outsourcing our online teaching." - @ass_deans

RNR Journal: 1) Managing Plastics in a Sustainable Way – A Global Necessity; 2) Particulate Matter Pollution Remains a Human Health Threat

Tim Smith sent me a link to the current issue of the Renewable Natural Resources Journal 34(2). The issue contains the two articles listed below - click here to download the issue. 

You can click on the highlighted titles below to download them free of charge.

1) Managing Plastics in a Sustainable Way – A Global Necessity

Plastic is everywhere, but insufficient thought is given to what happens to it after it is discarded. Most plastic is considered waste after its first, brief use. In the absence of an efficient recapture process, plastic "leaks" into the environment, most notably into the oceans, and creates damage far exceeding its original value. Plastic should be managed as a precious commodity because its cost skyrockets when allowed to occupy natural environments. Plastic in the environment is a big and complicated problem – the solution is also big and complicated.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, in partnership with the World Economic Forum and McKinsey and Company, proposed the implementation of a circular plastics economy to deal with these issues. Their roadmap to creating a sustainable lifecycle for plastic packaging is described in The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the Future of Plastics. This Renewable Natural Resources Foundation (RNRF) Special Report summarizes the key ideas and concepts of the New Plastics Economy.

2) Particulate Matter Pollution Remains a Human Health Threat

Particulate matter (PM) pollution remains a serious threat to human health. It causes disease in the lungs, heart and cardiovascular system, and also has neurological impacts. Recently, there has been a reversal of decades of progress in reducing PM pollution.

This is an excerpt from the Environmental Law Institute's 2020 report, Reducing Indoor Exposure to Particulate Pollution from Outdoor Sources: Policies and Programs for Improving Air Quality in Homes. It outlines the health impacts of PM exposure, the continued prevalence of PM pollution in the United States, and the challenge of reducing indoor exposure to PM.

Enjoy!

"True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it." - Karl Popper (quoted in @TheTimes via @TheWeek)