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John Cherry: 'The Best Knowledge Is Free' - The Groundwater Project as Knowledge Philanthropy

I am publishing articles from the recent issue of Water Resources IMPACT. Click here to see info on the issue. Here is the PDF:

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The Best Knowledge is Free: Groundwater Project as Knowledge Philanthropy
Getting the world's leading hydrogeologists to write new textbooks, translate old ones and then distributing them freely is no minor task. But for the only hydrogeologist to win the Stockholm International Water Prize, it's eminently doable.

I might add that John was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize in 2016, is a foreign member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Here is John's 3-page article:

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The first few paragraphs:

For the most part, groundwater is out of sight and out of mind. But we depend so heavily on this resource that we cannot afford to ignore it or misunderstand it. All across the globe, excessive groundwater pumping is depleting aquifers. To make matters worse, widespread pollution is seeping into these aquifers and making the little groundwater remains more difficult to use. As if that were not enough, climate change is impacting rainfall patterns and worsening droughts in many parts of the world, making these polluted and overused groundwater sources even more critical as surface water sources dry up. While certain parts of the world are depleting groundwater supply, others struggle to access this crucial source of water.

For many people in developing countries, where groundwater is underused, crushing poverty is often compounded by water problems. The drilling of water wells on a large scale, using sound technical methods that are socially and economically sustainable, is needed to overcome water poverty.

The underlying factor in all these cases—be it overuse, underuse, or pollution—is a poor understanding of groundwater. Because it stays out of sight and out of mind people generally do not worry about groundwater’s ecological role and impact on human health—but ignoring groundwater problems does not make them go away.

We know a lot about groundwater from decades of research, professional practice, and local experience. But this information, much like an underground aquifer, is often out of reach to lay people. In many cases it is accessible only by groundwater experts. Greater awareness is the first step in tackling the difficult problems surrounding groundwater.  

To spread greater spread groundwater awareness, we must ensure that groundwater knowledge is comprehensible, easily accessible, free, and widely distributed.

I recall when John told me of his plans 10 or so years ago at a meeting in Calgary. I was enthralled, but I knew him well enough to know he could do it.  John's The Groundwater Project produces scores of free textbooks produced by world experts, in a number of languages, for FREE! Make a donation here. 

"He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.” – Confucius

Josh's Water Jobs and More! 4 October 2022 >300 Jobs!

1) Josh's Jobs

 

Featured jobs 1) Advisor to the Director General – International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Colombo, Sri Lanka): 9 October   2) Consultant: Water Systems and Infrastructure Mapping – International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Battaramulla, Sri Lanka/Uzbekistan/Home-based): 7 October   3) Research Intern (Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems) – International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Kathmandu, Nepal): 14 October   4) Communication Intern – International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (New Delhi, Delhi, India): 14 October Highlighted 5) Local recruitment: Water Programme Officer – C40 (Eight different countries): 11 October   6) Research Associate in Water Security and Governance – University of Oxford (Oxford, UK): 12 October   7) Water Quality, Health and Justice Cooperative Extension Specialist – University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) (Los Angeles, CA, USA): Until filled   8) Water Equity and Adaptation Policy Cooperative Extension Specialist – University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) (Los Angeles, CA, USA): Until filled   9) Phd position in “Valuing Water for Sustainable, Equitable, Efficient, and Resilient Water Allocation” – University of Twente (Twente, Netherlands): 15 October   10) Phd position in “Water Footprint Assessment and Water Allocation Modelling” – University of Twente (Twente, Netherlands): 15 October   11) Scientific Knowledge Broker – Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) (Switzerland): 1 December Deadline today (4 October)! 12) Water Sector Institutional Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Nepal): 4 October   13) Re-advertisement - Technical Specialist for Pipeline Development (3 vacancies) - IPSA 11 – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Home-based): 4 October   14) Local recruitment: Manager of Water Infrastructure – Grand River Conservation Authority (Cambridge, ON, Canada): 4 October Jobs by Region Africa jobs Asia jobs Europe jobs Latin America and Caribbean jobs Oceania jobs North America jobs Home-based/Remote jobs Minimum years experience requested 0-2 years (See all) 15) Associate Programme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Nairobi, Kenya): 12 November   16) Regional recruitment: Pacific Island Fisheries Professional (Management & Policy) – Pacific Community (SPC) (Nouméa, New Caledonia): 16 October   17) Spanish speakers: VAC-2022-65 – Personal técnico grupo River Dynamics and Hydrologic Engineering (FLUMEN Institute) – International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) (Barcelona, Spain): 13 October   18) Sri Lanka nationals: Field Engineer (Irrigation) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka): 13 October   19) Local recruitment (Indigenous): 2023 MDBA Graduate Development Program – Murray-Darling Basin Authority (Australia): 16 October   20) Local recruitment: Partnership Manager 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Senior Regional Water Policy Analyst – Western Resource Advocates (United States/Home-based): Until filled   29) Local recruitment: Environmental Technician- 1 – Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) (Harrisburg, PA, USA): 16 October   30) Colorado residents: DWR - Lead Water Commissioner - Water Districts 1 & 64 (Engineering/Phys Sciences Technician III) – Colorado Department of Natural Resources (Greeley, CO, USA): 14 October   31) Local recruitment: Environmental Analyst – Drinking Water Technical Assistance – NEIWPCC (Rochester, NY, USA): 23 October   32) Local recruitment: Environmental Technician – City of Missoula (Missoula, MT, USA): 14 October 3-4 years (See all) 33) Extended deadline: Project Hydrogeologist – Epic Environmental Pty Ltd (Sydney NSW/Brisbane QLD, Australia): 31 October   34) Local recruitment: Senior Digital Marketing Associate – Global Water Partnership (GWP) (Stockholm, Sweden): 18 October   35) Local recruitment: Environmental Analyst – Water Resource 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Australia): 31 October   45) Sustainability Specialist (hire 3 positions) – Green Climate Fund (GCF) (Incheon, South Korea): 16 October   46) German speakers: Hydroinformatics Engineer (m/w/d) – Xylem (Germany/Home-based): Until filled   47) French speakers: Environment and Climate Referent – Acción Contra El Hambre (Madrid, Spain): Until filled   48) Local recruitment: Environmental Specialist – The World Bank (Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo): 12 October   49) Local recruitment: Environmental Specialist – The World Bank (Niamey, Niger): 12 October   50) Somalia nationals: Irrigation Engineer (SC10) – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Mogadiscio, Somalia): 14 October   51) Local recruitment: Senior Manager (Water Planning) – eThekwini Municipality (Durban, South Africa): Until filled   52) Local recruitment: Water & Wastewater Project Manager – Senior – Stantec (Calgary, AB, Canada): Until filled   53) Local recruitment: Water & Wastewater Project Manager – Senior – Stantec (Edmonton, AB, Canada): Until filled   54) Technical Program Manager (Water and Cooling Efficiency) – Google (Chicago, IL, USA): Until filled   55) Local recruitment: Water Conservation Coordinator – Town of Gilbert (Gilbert, AZ, USA): 17 October   56) Environmental Program Manager – Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (Dauphin County, PA, USA): 12 October   57) Water Resource Professional IV – New Mexico Department of Environment (Santa Fe, NM, USA): 10 October   58) Water Resources Program Manager (EMS Band 3) – Washington Department of Ecology (Lacey, WA, USA): Until filled   59) Water Resources Specialist Associate – Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) (Phoenix, AZ, USA): Until filled   60) Local recruitment: Western Hydrogeological & Water Resource Leader (Planning Group) – Black & Veatch (Denver, CO, USA): Until filled   61) Water Supply Planning Section Head – Maryland Department of the Environment (Baltimore, MD, USA): 14 October 10+ 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Environmental Science (Teaching & Scholarship) – Queen Mary University of London (London, UK): 12 October   111) Senior Lecturer (Education and Research) in Water Systems Engineering – University of Exeter (Exeter, UK): 15 October   112) Assistant Professor of Environment & Sustainability (Earth Science) – Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH, USA): 15 October   113) Tenure Track Faculty, Hydrology – Indiana University (Bloomington, IN, USA): 15 October   114) Tenure Track Faculty Position: Environmental and Health Justice (Natural Sciences) – California Polytechnic State University (Pomona, CA, USA): 15 October   115) Assistant Professor in Global Environmental Change – Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH, USA): 15 October   116) Assistant Professor of Geosciences (Hydrogeology) – Hamilton College (Clinton, NY, USA): 17 October   117) Professor and Department Head (Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation) – Virginia Tech University (Blacksburg, VA, USA): Until filled   118) Assistant Professor in Environmental Geoscience – Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS, Canada): Until filled   119) Assistant Professor, Environmental and Water Resources (EWR) Engineering – Portland State University (Portland, OR, USA): Until filled   120) Associate Professor - Climate and Aquatic Environment (Director, Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center) – The City University of New York (Brooklyn, NY, USA): Until filled   121) Assistant Professor of Environment & Human Health, Tenure Track – University of Chicago (Chicago, IL, USA): Until filled Postdocs (See all) 122) Post Doctoral Research Scholar (Water quality valuation, nonmarket valuation techniques, and the social cost of water pollution) – University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, MO, USA): 15 October   123) Postdoc Economics of Water Resources – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands): 15 October   124) HBOI Postdoctoral Fellow Coupled Physical-biogeochemical Modeling of Water Quality and Harmful Algal Blooms – Florida Atlantic University (Pierce, FL, USA): 16 October   125) Research Scientist / Post-Doc - Applied hydrological sciences – The Institute of Bio- and Geosciences – Agrosphere (Jülich, Germany): Until filled   126) Post-doc Assistant Professor (Adjunct) in Department of Hydrology and Hydrodynamics – Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw, Poland): 16 October   127) Senior Research Fellow or Postdoctoral Researcher in Groundwater Systems Modelling – University of Oulu (Oulu, Finland): 16 October   128) Postdoctoral Research Associate I (Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences) – University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, USA): Until filled Researchers/Other 129) Research assistant / Junior Researcher – Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) (Oslo, Norway): 13 October   130) Scientist (f/m/d) in the area of unstructured data analysis applied to climate extremes research – Leipzig University (Leipzig, Germany): 14 October   131) Research Fellow (Drought monitoring and forecast, Water resources management) – National University of Singapore (NUS) (Singapore): Until filled   132) Part-time expert (Expert vacataire) in Hydrological modelling – Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (Benguerir, Morocco): Until filled   133) Climate Applications Scientist – NIWA (Wellington, New Zealand): 16 October   134) Research fellowship: Waterscapes under threat (New approaches to rivers in the Anthropocene) – Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (Italy): 13 October   135) Assistant Manager (NEWIComm) – Nanyang Technological University (Singapore): Until filled   136) Technologies and management for water distribution systems, Control and energy recovery systems – Politecnico di Milano (Italy): 17 October   137) Impact Of Climate Change On Integrated Water Management, Surface-Subsurface Flow Modeling Under Model And Parametric Uncertainty Conditions – Politecnico di Milano (Italy): 17 October   138) Master Thesis: Reducing the carbon footprint by innovative water treatment methods – Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Stuttgart, Germany): Until filled   139) Use of high resolution satellite observations for hydrological applications – National Research Council - Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection (Italy): 18 October   140) Water resources management and environmental planning within international cooperation for development – University of Trento (Italy): 17 October   141) German speakers: Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in (d/m/w) – Technische Universität Berlin (Berlin, Germany): 14 October   142) Local recruitment (New Zealand/ Australia): Research Projects Coordinator (Water Security Program) – The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Canberra ACT, Australia): 26 October   143) Europe and Asia nationals: Estimation and monitoring of river flow, also with innovative methodologies, in support of hydrological and hydraulic applications – National Research Council - Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection (Italy): 18 October   144) U.S. nationals: EPA Wildfire Effects on Aquatic Habitat Research Fellowship – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Corvallis, OR, USA): 17 October   145) U.S. nationals: Hydrologist – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Lawrenceville, Lawrence Township, NJ, USA): 17 October   146) County Extension Agent (Urban Stormwater) – University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR, USA): Until filled   147) SEAS CIGLR Data Analyst (Research Lab Specialist Assoc) – Cooperative Institute of Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) (Ann Arbor, MI, USA): 12 October   148) Local recruitment: Staff Research Engineer I-IV – University Enterprises Inc. (UEI) (Sacramento, CA, USA): 7 October   149) Research Manager – North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC, USA): 14 October   150) U.S. nationals: EPA Water Quality Restoration and Safe Drinking Water Program Research Opportunity – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Seattle, WA, USA): 18 October WASH (SEE ALL) 0-2 years (See all) 151) Activity Manager : WASH Cholera Response Team (H/F) – Solidarités International (Raqqa, Syria): Until filled   152) Spanish speakers: WASH Technical Assistant – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Arauca, Colombia): 6 October   153) Myanmar nationals: WASH Officer – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Maungdaw, Myanmar): 5 October   154) Yemen nationals: WASH Officer – World Health Organization (WHO) (Sana'a, Yemen): 12 October   155) Bangladesh nationals: Information Management Officer (WASH) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh): 12 October   156) Burkina Faso nationals: Un (1) Assistant (e) abris, Eau, Hygiène et Assainissement – Danish Refugee Council (Dori, Burkina Faso): 8 October   157) Afghanistan nationals: WASH Technical Assistant – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan): 5 October 3-4 years (See all) 158) Research/Program Manager – Aquaya (Kenya/Ghana): Until filled   159) Emergency WASH, Infrastructure & Telecommunications Project Manager – ACTED (Chișinău, Moldova): 15 October   160) Water Sanitation Engineer (MONUSCO) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo): 11 October   161) WASH Program Manager – Action Contre La Faim (ACF) (Kharkiv, Ukraine): Until filled   162) WASH Coordinator – Action Contre La Faim (ACF) (Abuja, Nigeria): Until filled   163) Hindi speakers: Cluster Coordinator (WaSH) – Tata Trusts (Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, India): 16 October   164) Hindi speakers: Program Associate – M&E (WaSH) – Tata Trusts (Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, India): 16 October   165) Project Engineer (WaSH) – Tata Trusts (Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, India): 16 October   166) Angola nationals: WASH Officer (UNICEF) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Luanda, Angola): 10 October   167) Angola nationals: WASH Officer (UNICEF) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Lubango, Angola): 10 October   168) Dari/Pashto speakers: WASH Engineer-2 – World Vision (WV) (Chaghcharan/Ghowr, Afghanistan): Until filled   169) Afghanistan nationals: Environmental Health Engineer – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Herat, Afghanistan): Until filled   170) Local recruitment: Rural Development Specialist (California) – Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) (California, USA): Until filled 5-9 years (See all) 171) WASH Specialist – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Nairobi, Kenya): 16 October   172) Temporary Appointment: WASH Specialist, Sanitation & Hygiene – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Honiara, Solomon Islands): 12 October   173) Infrastructure Coordinator – Danish Refugee Council (Sana'a, Yemen): 11 October   174) WASH Coordinator (Consortium Community Mobilization Lead) – Oxfam (Sittwe, Myanmar): 11 October   175) Shelter/WASH Delegate – Swiss Red Cross (SRC) (Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine): 18 October   176) Spanish speakers: Responsable operaciones (Experto WaSH) – COOPI -  Cooperazione Internazionale (Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela): 10 October   177) French speakers: Chef (fe) de Projet – Plan International (Koupela, Burkina Faso): Until filled   178) French speakers: Directrice/Directeur Pays Niger – IRC WASH (Niamey, Niger): 10 October   179) Wastewater Diagnostics Specialist (Zambia) – FHI 360 (Lusaka, Zambia): 6 October   180) Arabic speakers: WASH & Shelter Program Coordinator – Maram Foundation (Gaziantep, Turkey): 9 October   181) Local recruitment: Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist – The World Bank (Cotonou, Benin): 12 October   182) Yemen nationals: WASH Manager – Danish Refugee Council (Aden, Yemen): 10 October   183) Local recruitment: WASH Officers & Advisors (24 positions) – Committed To Good (CTG) (Afghanistan): 15 October   184) Local recruitment: Assessor/a de Serviços de Saneamento Público – SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (Quelimane, Mozambique): Until filled   185) Local recruitment: Assessor/a de Saneamento Escolar e Instituições de Saúde – SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (Quelimane, Mozambique): Until filled   186) Hindi speakers: Project Officer – Oxfam (Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India): 12 October   187) Afghanistan nationals: Environmental Health Manager – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Herat, Afghanistan): Until filled   188) Local recruitment: MERL Manager - USAID Global Fragile Waters – FHI 360 (United States/Home-based): Until filled 10+ years (See all) 189) Local recruitment: Project Coordinator – Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation (Antananarivo, Madagascar): 31 October   190) Local recruitment: Marketing and Behavior Change Advisor-USAID DRC Rural and Peri-Urban Sanitation Activity – FHI 360 (Democratic Republic of the Congo/Home-based): 31 December Not specified (See all) 191) French speakers: Coordinateur Eau, Hygiene et Assainissement Adjoint (EHA) (H/F) – Solidarités International (Bamako, Mali): Until filled   192) U.S. nationals: Water and Sanitation Advisor (Senior Learning Specialist) – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) (Washington, D.C., USA): 3 November   193) Local recruitment: Wash Program Coordinator – Bodoland Territorial Council (Kokrajhar, Assam, India): 10 October   194) Niger nationals: Wash Officer – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Filingué, Niger): Until filled Consultancies (SEE ALL) 195) Editor/publisher: Global report on WASH in health care facilities – World Health Organization (WHO) (Home-based): 15 October   196) Editor: WHO Scheme to Evaluate Household Water Treatment Technologies – World Health Organization (WHO) (Home-based): Until filled   197) Technical expert to support water quality and safety – World Health Organization (WHO) (Home-based): Until filled   198) Independent Expert for Performance-Based Contract (PBC) for Water Loss Reduction (WLR) and Management in Accra East Region of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) – The World Bank (Ghana): 10 October   199) International Climate Adaptation Specialist (Urban and Water) – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Home-based): 6 October   200) Call for Proposals: SEI Asia Strategy Mid-term Evaluation (MTE) – Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) (Home-based): 9 October   201) Technical Assistant to support the Vanuatu National Implementation Plan/Capital Assistance Program – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Port Vila, Vanuatu): 11 October   202) WASH Humanitarian Response Expert – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Amman, Jordan): 10 October   203) Technical advisor on EbA – Kingston – SC UNDP SB4 – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Kingston, Jamaica): 5 October   204) International Consultant for Development of GEF8 Project Identification Form on Nature-based solutions in Dong Nai river basin in Viet Nam – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Viet Nam): 14 October   205) Consultant International PPG Team Leader & Ecosystem Restoration – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Djibouti): 10 October   206) Multisectoral assessment of Nutrition, WASH, Protection and Livelihood gaps in selected states in Northeast and Northwest Nigeria – Christian Aid (Nigeria): 8 October   207) Consultant on TEEB National Implementation - Level A – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Home-based): 5 October   208) Environmental Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Marshall Islands): 14 October   209) Hydrogeologist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Vanuatu): 7 October   210) Spanish speakers: Training Consultant for Beneficiaries of PSE on NbS Implementation – Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) (Meta, Colombia): 10 October   211) French speakers: External Evaluator - Supporting immediate needs and enhancing community self-sufficiency in response to new and chronic conflicts in CAR – Concern Worldwide (Central African Republic): 15 October   212) Consultant - Faith and Natural Resource Governance in Colombia – World Resources Institute (WRI) (Home-based): 12 October   213) Consultant - Faith and Natural Resource Governance in Brasil – World Resources Institute (WRI) (Home-based): 12 October   214) Gujarati speakers: Consultant - Water quality mapping for improvement of domestic water in housing societies in Gujarat – Aga Khan Agency For Habitat India (India): 13 October   215) Tanzania nationals: Evaluation/WASH Expert – AAN Associates (Tanzania): 12 October   216) Nepal nationals: Climate Resilient WASH Consultant – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Kathmandu, Nepal): 9 October   217) Algeria nationals: Consultants/Freelancers specialised in WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) – Oxfam (Home-based): 12 October   218) Egypt nationals: Consultancy for WASH field coordinator – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Cairo, Egypt): 8 October RFP (SEE ALL) 219) RFP: Conduct a systematic assessment of the barriers, and design operation and maintenance of handwashing stations in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga provinces – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (South Africa): 13 October   220) Development of 5 years plan for Climate Environment and DRR – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Pakistan): 6 October   221) French speakers: Elaboration of preparatory studies and development of the full proposal to be submitted to the Adaptation Fund – Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) (Mono River Basin (Benin and Togo)/Home-based): 11 October   222) RFP: Terms of Reference for a Multi-Country Project Evaluation, SNV Bhutan, Nepal and Lao PDR – SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (Various): 7 October   223) RFP: Development of 5 years plan for Climate Environment and DRR – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Pakistan): 6 October   224) RFP: WASH Baseline Assessment and Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) – READVERTISED – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Papua New Guinea): 5 October   225) RFP: Capacity development for climate resilient urban sanitation in EAP – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Various): 18 October   226) French speakers: Technical Assistance for Improved Urban Water Sector Management and Strategic Planning using Utility of the Future Tool in Central African Republic – The World Bank (Central African Republic): 10 October   227) Local recruitment: Data collection support for Impact Evaluation of USAID IUWASH Tangguh in Indonesia – Tetra Tech (Indonesia): 19 October Internships (SEE ALL) 228) Intern (m/f/d) in the field of Sanitation and Hygiene: support of the Sector Programme Water Policy – Innovations for Resilience – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Bonn, Germany): 6 October   229) Intern (Environment Affairs) - United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Nairobi, Kenya/Home-based): 12 October   230) German speakers: Praktikant*in Internationale Klimapolitik / Anpassung an den Klimawandel – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Bonn, Germany): 10 October   231) Watershed Planning Program Intern – Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (Worcester, MA, USA): Until filled   232) U.S. nationals: Student Trainee (Hydrology) – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Fort Worth, TX, USA): 7 October   233) U.S. nationals: Student Trainee (Hydrology) – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Various, NM, USA): 10 October   234) Computational Eco-hydrology Graduate Research Associate – Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos, NM, USA): Until filled Scholarships/Assistantships (SEE ALL) 235) PhD Studentship: Potential environmental impacts of shallow aquifer geothermal systems in urban areas – Newcastle University (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK): 14 October   236) PhD position: Groundwater dynamics in Flanders and impact on denitrification – KU Leuven (Leuven, Belgium): 12 October   237) Two Funded Graduate Student Positions – Virginia Tech University (Blacksburg, VA, USA): 5 January 2023   238) PhD: Optimising water table management on carbon rich soils – Teagasc (Dublin, Ireland): 14 October   239) PhD position on Development of Digital Twins to Optimize Urban / Industrial Water Treatment Systems – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) (Lyngby, Denmark): 15 October   240) PhD position (m/f/d): Trace organic compounds (TrOCs) in streams and their streambeds – Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) (Berlin, Germany/Israel): 15 October   241) PhD candidate: Co-designed pathways towards sustainable water futures – University of Potsdam (Potsdam, Germany): 16 October   242) M.S. position: Develop better within-season yield and water use forecasting tools – The University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS, USA): 15 October   243) PhD Candidate in Desalination and Membrane Technology – IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (Delft, Netherlands): 17 October   244) PhD position - Nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems – Forschungszentrum Jülich (Jülich, Germany): Until filled   245) Phd position "Towards a Digital Twin of Drinking Water Treatment and Supply Systems: Data Fusion for By-Product Monitoring" – University of Twente (Twente, Netherlands): 16 October   246) Ph.D. opportunities in aquatic greenhouse gas emissions and aquatic ecology – University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC, USA): 13 December Fellowships 247) Ogeechee Riverkeeper (ORK) research fellowship – Ogeechee Riverkeeper (United States): 15 October Other 248) Ramsar COP 14 Volunteers – The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (Wuhan, Hubei, China): Until filled     Last week’s list, in case you missed it   Post a job   Support Josh’s Water Jobs   Recruitment services

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249) Position: @SkagitGov (Mount Vernon, WA) - Hydrogeologist - Public Works Department. Closes: Continuous. https://tinyurl.com/ycs9285c #JobWaWi

 

250) Position: @EcologyWA (Lacey, WA) - Hydrogeologist (Hydrogeologist 3) (In-Training); Closes: Continuous. https://tinyurl.com/53t37cw3 #JobWaWi

 

251) Position: @EcologyWA (Lacey, WA) - Environmental Engineer 5 (In-Training). Closes: Continuous. https://tinyurl.com/ym8f7m3x #JobWaWi

 

252) Positions: Many! From @joshswaterjobs: Oregon Water Resources Dept. - Many jobs available! Visit: https://tinyurl.com/2v32cprx #JobWaWi

 

253) Position: @SkagitCounty  (Mount Vernon, WA) - Natural Resources Division Manager. OUF - Continuous. https://tinyurl.com/2ftaasky #JobWaWi

 

254) Position:@EPA (Research Triangle Park, NC) - Fellowship for Toxicokinetic Data Analyst. Closes: 1 December 2022. https://tinyurl.com/k73cjkyy #JobWaWi

 

255) Position:@EPA (Research Triangle Park, NC) - Fellowship for the Study of Emerging Contaminants in the Indoor Environment. Closes: 2 December 2022. https://tinyurl.com/yfpj6jse #JobWaWi

 

256) Position: @EPA (Narragansett, RI) - Fellowship for Microplastic Research: Raman Analytical Analysis. Closes: 25 November 2022. https://tinyurl.com/3y68paxk #JobWaW

 

257) Position: Klamath Soil and Water Conservation District (Klamath Falls, OR) - Conservation Coordinator. OUF. https://tinyurl.com/4upkcp6v #JobWaWi

 

258) Position: Southern Oregom Land Concervancy (Ashland) - Development Director. OUF; App review on rolling basis. https://tinyurl.com/4vmxc639 #JobWaWi

 

259) Position: Southern Oregom Land Concervancy (Ashland) - Development Director. OUF; App review on rolling basis. https://tinyurl.com/4vmxc639 #JobWaWi

 

260 - 294)  Positions (35): @EPA (many locations - DC, NC, FL, OR, RI, etc.) - Current Research Opportunities - BS, MS, PhD, Postdocs. Many disciplines. Closing dates: Variable. https://tinyurl.com/yws7wsev #JobWaWi

 

 

 

295) Position: @EWEButility (Eugene OR) - Water Operations Manager. OUF. https://tinyurl.com/3s3yrecr #JobWaWi

 

296) Position: @CalPoly (San Luis Obispo, CA) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering. OUF. https://tinyurl.com/ycknm4vs #JobWaWi

 

297) Position: NM Environment Department (Santa Fe) - Surface Water Discharge Permit Program Lead (NMENV #10114473). Closes: 29 October 2022 https://tinyurl.com/2p8m662h #JobWaWi

 

298) Position: King County - (Bellevue, WA) - On-Site Sewage & Individual Well Investigator. Continuous. https://tinyurl.com/mwx2ph83 #JobWaWi

 

299) Position: King County (Bellevue, WA) - Wastewater Planning Manager. Continuous. https://tinyurl.com/2wfdpjyh #JobWaWi

 

300) Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland) - Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Agency Director. Closes: 16 October 2022 https://tinyurl.com/2fa7vhkc #JobWaWi

 

301) Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland) - Complaints & Open Burn Coordinator (Natural Resource Specialist 2). Closes: 9 October 2022. https://tinyurl.com/nhfds7xj #JobWaWi

 

302) Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland) - NPDES Permit Writer (Natural Resource Specialist 3). Closes: 10 October 2022. https://tinyurl.com/yc8dcfj9 #JobWaWi

 

303) Position: @portlandwater (Portland, OR) - Hydrogeologist. Closes: 10 October 2022. https://tinyurl.com/a267ystx #JobWaWi

 

304) Position: Skagit County (Mt. Vernon, WA) - Hydrogeologist. Closes: Continuous. https://tinyurl.com/kev3mfr6 #JobWaWi

 

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Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 3 October 2022

Spent the weekend in Astoria, OR. Mary Frances and I celebrated our 29th anniversary. Columbia River is really impressive.

Photo from the Port of Astoria.

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Geoscience Bulletin Board - 3 October 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Declining water levels in Lake Mead once again exposing deposits volcanic ash layers – most are 6 to 12 myo but also as young as 32,000 years

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/low-lake-mead-water-levels-now-revealing-ancient-volcanic-eruptions/ar-AA12ik72
• https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/geologic-secrets-lake-mead
• Abstract: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2022CD/webprogram/Paper374326.html

Some calling for publisher to withdraw a peer-reviewed study that says evidence of a climate crisis is lacking – like the IPCC does not cherry pick data

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/scientists-urge-top-publisher-to-withdraw-faulty-climate-study/ar-AA12ieHx
• Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-02243-9

Satellite-based measurements of land surface temperatures

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/satellites-can-accurately-take-earths-temperature
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022EA002317

Tracking ship exhaust that releases sulfur oxides & other aerosols

• https://eos.org/articles/tracking-climate-through-ship-exhaust
• Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn7988

Seismic sources of tsunamis in the Aleutian Islands – seismic gaps

• https://eos.org/features/seismic-sources-in-the-aleutian-cradle-of-tsunamis

“Landslide Graveyard” contains long-term history of tsunamis in New Zealand - “Ka mua, ka muri.”

• https://eos.org/science-updates/landslide-graveyard-holds-clues-to-long-term-tsunami-trends

Simulations of long-lasting impacts of large-scale nuclear war on the ocean

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/the-long-lasting-impact-of-a-nuclear-war-on-the-ocean
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021AV000610

Cache of fish fossils from southern China includes oldest teeth ever found

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fish-fossil-catch-from-china-includes-oldest-teeth-ever/ar-AA12lRqJ

Photo-essay:  Tour of Athabasca Glacier

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2022/09/indigenous-led-tour-athabasca-glacier

DART hit the asteroid and then went silent

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/dart-goes-silent-after-hitting-an-asteroid/

A plane plunges into the eyewall of a hurricane to gather real-time data

• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/What_happens_when_a_plane_plunges_into_the_eyewall_of_a_hurricane_999.html

CryoSat-2 provides year-round satellite measurements of thickness of Arctic Sea ice

• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/For_the_first_time_we_can_measure_the_thickness_of_Arctic_sea_ice_all_year_round_999.html

Water stored in Transition Zone (TZ) between ipper and lower mantle

• https://sciencesprings.wordpress.com/tag/ocean-water-accompanies-subducting-slabs-and-thus-enters-the-transition-zone/

Global tsunamis caused by submarine volcanic eruptions

• https://beta.nsf.gov/news/global-tsunamis-driven-underwater-volcanic-eruptions
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05170-6

Antarctic deep-sea coral larvae may be resistant to warming water

• https://beta.nsf.gov/news/antarctic-deep-sea-coral-larvae-may-be-resistant-climate-change

USGS releasing National Strategy for Landslide Loss Reduction

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/new-nationwide-strategy-brings-scientists-communities-together-help
• Open-File Report 2022-1075: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2022/1075/ofr20221075.pdf

Wufengella bengtsoni – Extinct species of Cambrian tommotiid worm found in China

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/wufengella-bengtsoni-11236.html

Serpentisuchops pfisterae – newly discovered Cretaceous plesiosaur found in Wyoming had both long neck and elongated jaws

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/serpentisuchops-pfisterae-11234.html
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222013050

Decline of dinosaur biodiversity began millions of years before Chicxulub impact & Deccan Trap volcanism

• https://www.sci.news/paleontology/cretaceous-dinosaur-biodiversity-11228.html

Protocodium sinense – Latest Ediacaran fossil algae provide insight into early diversification of plant kingdom

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220920211225.htm
• Paper: https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-022-01394-0

Rethinking evolution of “bird-hipped” dinosaurs – evolved from silesaurs

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220922103147.htm
• Paper: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac062/6680019

2021 Acapulco Bay tsunami amplification – resonant interactions with shelf modes & edge waves

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220927133413.htm

Can gold mining be more “sustainable” meaning can it have less adverse environmental impacts?

• https://phys.org/news/2022-09-gold-sustainable.html
• Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ldr.4430

Extreme heat waves are not happening more than expected

• https://phys.org/news/2022-09-extreme-1.html

Comprehensive map of lightning strikes over the UK and Ireland over past 12 years

• https://phys.org/news/2022-09-major-lightning.html
• Paper: https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.7680

Influence of Tibetan uplift on evolution of Westerly circulation

• https://phys.org/news/2022-09-tibetan-uplift-affects-evolution-westerly.html

15-mile-wide asteroid created the Vredefort Crater in South Africa about 2 billion years ago

• https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ancient-asteroid-which-hit-earth-was-15-miles-wide-160505283.html

Glass beads reflect asteroid bombardments on the Moon and Earth

• https://theconversation.com/glass-beads-in-lunar-soil-reveal-ancient-asteroid-bombardments-on-the-moon-and-earth-191342
• Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq2542

Planetary geology:  Cryptomaria on the Moon

• https://aasnova.org/2022/09/28/deciphering-the-cryptic-mystery-of-buried-ancient-lava-flows/
• Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/ac8670

Plan to assess gold and other valuable minerals at Kinsley Mine property in Elko County, Nevada

• https://elkodaily.com/mining/geologist-assessing-gold-reserves-of-elko-county-property/article_a160dc92-3e93-11ed-9749-ab843d64e3a0.html

Little Springs Lava flow in Arizona

• https://www.knau.org/knau-and-arizona-news/2022-09-28/earth-notes-little-springs-lava-flow

Elevation of a delta is a balance between sediment load, subsidence and sea level

• https://hakaimagazine.com/news/river-deltas-are-running-out-of-land/

1961 Kurenivka mudslide in Ukraine

• https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2022/09/28/the-1961-kurenivka-mudslide-in-ukraine/

Considering sunlight as it impacts the fate of oil spills at sea

• https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/sunlight-and-the-fate-of-oil-at-sea/

Suggesting technology could help reduce noise that results in deaths of whales

• https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/26/world/whales-noise-pollution-anti-collision-c2e-spc-intl-scn/index.html

Enhanced mantle cooling during last 1B years marked onset of modern plate tectonics

• https://phys.org/news/2022-09-mantle-cooling-late-neoproterozoic-onset-modern.html

Asymmetrical tropical precipitation due to lag time for ocean to respond to carbon dioxide removal

• https://phys.org/news/2022-09-ocean-response-carbon-dioxide-asymmetric.html

Amasia – simulation suggests next supercontinent most likely to form when Pacific Ocean closes in 200-300 million years

• https://phys.org/news/2022-09-pacific-ocean-world-supercontinent.html
• Link to Paper pdf: https://academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nsr/nwac205/6726649

Just for fun:  Mount Doom in Lord of the Rings – the Rings of Power

• https://www.slashfilm.com/1033158/one-of-the-biggest-landmarks-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-was-in-plain-sight-this-whole-time/

Neighborhoods are at risk of sinkhole damage

• https://www.heraldonline.com/living/article266612751.html

Stromboli volcano on Eolian Islands in Italy exhibits sudden major explosive eruption

• https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/stromboli/news/193054/Stromboli-volcano-Eolian-Islands-Italy-sudden-major-explosion-yesterday.html

Large landslide disasters of the 1960s

https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2022/09/30/1960s-landslide-disasters/

 

Environmental Science Bulletin Board - 3 October 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

US Preventive Services Task Force recommends anxiety screening for just about everyone –the next pandemic – will they mandate antidepressant drugs for a whole lot of people? – open for public comment till 17 October 2022

• https://europa.duhuta.com/the-next-pandemic-anxiety-over-life-itself/
• https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/depression-suicide-risk-anxiety-adults-screening-draft-rec-bulletin.pdf
• Draft Recommendations download: https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-evidence-review/anxiety-adults-screening

Taking common antidepressants (SSRIs) may increase risk of heart disease (34%) and early death from heart disease (87%)

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/common-antidepressants-may-increase-risk-050000700.html

Final recommendation on screening for syphilis infection at increased risk for infection (i.e., sexually active) – separate recommendation for those who are pregnant

• https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/syphilis-nonpregnant-adults-adolescents-screening-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
• https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening

Proposed “Project Bison” in Wyoming is intended to remove 5 metric tons of CO2 per year by direct air capture (DAC) at estimated cost of $600-$700 per ton – compare that with 31.5 gigatons world emissions per year (5,130M metric tons by US) – will fail to be cost effective & will raise energy costs and subsidies

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/the-world-s-largest-carbon-removal-project-yet-is-headed-for-wyoming/ar-AA12abbO
• https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220908005446/en/CarbonCapture-Inc.-Announces-Five-Megaton-Direct-Air-Capture-and-Storage-Project-in-Wyoming
• https://cowboystatedaily.com/2022/09/13/wyoming-carbon-capture-project-will-be-largest-in-country-but-will-raise-energy-costs/
• https://singularityhub.com/2022/09/21/a-massive-carbon-capture-plant-in-wyoming-will-pull-5-million-tons-of-co2-from-the-air-each-year/

Irony:  “consumers seem to be concerned with their health and the things they put into their bodies” but still use weed, traditional or ‘clean’ processed

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/what-is-clean-weed-and-why-is-everyone-talking-about-it/ar-AA12at1f

Other than smallpox, can humans really wipeout viral diseases?

• https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-01914-z

Number of sewer backups in New York City have doubled – blamed on ‘climate change’

• https://citylimits.org/2022/09/22/sewer-backups-nearly-doubled-in-nyc-last-year-due-to-climate-change/

Struggling to recover $Billions in plandemic aid stolen or fraudulently obtained & combined with  Federal Reserved & Dept of Education & green energy loan funds then the government has lost $Trillions

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/biden-administration-struggles-to-recover-billions-in-stolen-pandemic-aid/ar-AA129zB5
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-government-is-not-only-spending-trillions-it-s-losing-trillions/ar-AA12aS49

Perspective:  Biden’s Green Great Leap Forward – we need to learn from history

• https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/09/22/wsj-bidens-green-great-leap-forward/

Current purported cigar smoking & tobacco use in the US – FDA seeking to ban flavored cigars – economics, choice, or cancer?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/flavored-cigar-ban-is-extreme-overreach-by-biden-s-fda/ar-AA12b58l

New tool provides estimate of your vacation “Carbon Footprint”

• https://travelandclimate.org/

More irony:  Al Gore calling out “greenwashing” risks of net-zero pledges

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/al-gore-calls-out-greenwashing-risks-as-funds-quit-green-club/ar-AA12e45X

Cost of heating a home with hydrogen 70% more expensive than using natural gas

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/hydrogen-could-nearly-double-cost-of-heating-a-home-compared-with-gas/ar-AA12e8Lq

Crossing the US Southern Border without authorization or inspection is a criminal act

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/yes-illegal-border-crossers-are-breaking-the-law/ar-AA12fLdK

Hunter killed one of the rare loan wolves roaming upstate New York

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/crying-wolf-one-of-three-gray-wolves-found-in-new-york-in-decades-killed/ar-AA12frwM

Conditions in meat packing plants in the early 1900s

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/were-1900s-meatpacking-plants-really-as-bad-as-they-say/ar-AA12d82r

Using antiseptic mouthwash may increase risks to your health – “oral nitrate-reducing bacteria are beneficial to the host” & are killed off by antiseptic mouthwash

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/cm/common-bathroom-habit-may-spike-110303795.html
• Paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605573/

Heat waves no more common today than in early 1900s – rapid growth in technology means massive power demand that cannot be met by wind & solar panels

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/energy-renewables-too-much-hot-air/ar-AA12ihff

US Bureau of Reclamation to use most of $4B for short-term conservation of Colorado River Basin water

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28092022/feds-will-spend-billions-to-boost-drought-stricken-colorado-river-system/

Visualizing the world population at 8 Billion

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualized-the-worlds-population-at-8-billion/

Some calling for publisher to withdraw a peer-reviewed study that says evidence of a climate crisis is lacking – like the IPCC does not cherry pick data

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/scientists-urge-top-publisher-to-withdraw-faulty-climate-study/ar-AA12ieHx
• Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-02243-9

Land Tender - new tool for land management decisions in Lake Tahoe basin

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/land-tender-a-new-technology-aimed-to-prevent-wildfires-in-the-tahoe-basin/ar-AA12iGRy
• https://www.vibrantplanet.net/landtender
• https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3cda15682b394f8fa2aa769dc5a808a7

Waste plastic packaging from burgeoning marijuana industry adding to massive urban litter problem

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27092022/marijuana-plastic-packaging/

Feasibility of using constructed wetlands to minimize spread of micro-plastics in water & sediment

• https://news.griffith.edu.au/2022/09/26/manmade-wetlands-a-barrier-to-the-spread-of-microplastics/

NPS allocating $1.1M to improve transportation in parks & provide visitors with travel information

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2022/09/infrastructure-law-sends-11-million-national-park-service-transportation-needs

FAA issues new interim design standards & guidelines for U.S. vertiports, infrastructure for electric-powered, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft

• https://theconstructionbroadsheet.com/faa-issues-new-vertiport-design-reqs-florida-service-in-the-works-p1063-175.htm
• FAA Engineering Brief: https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/2022-09/eb-105-vertiports.pdf

USFS lost “control” of two prescribed burns in New Mexico – fire destroyed 100s of homes & watershed

• https://news.yahoo.com/mexicos-largest-wildfire-set-off-120452446.html

Energy crisis in California – change in federal & state policies created potential for failure

• https://news.yahoo.com/dodging-blackouts-california-faces-questions-145526111.html

New California law allows licensed hunters to kill unlimited number of feral hogs

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-lifts-all-restrictions-on-feral-hog-hunting-despite-local-hunter-opposition/ar-AA12jWWH

200+M pounds industrial discharges into waterways - Another dubious number 1 ranking for Texas

• https://motonewstoday.com/texas-is-now-the-nations-largest-polluter-of-toxic-substances-into-streams-rivers-and-lakes/65624/
• https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3664240-200m-pounds-of-toxic-chemicals-dumped-into-us-waterways-in-2020-analysis/
• https://www.ehn.org/water-contamination-chemicals-2658354078.html
• https://environmentamerica.org/resources/wasting-our-waterways/
• Report: https://publicinterestnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Wasting-our-Waterways-Sep22.pdf

Too much trash in the US

• https://environmentamerica.org/center/resources/trash-in-america-2/
• Report: https://publicinterestnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/US_Trash-in-America-2021-SCRN.pdf

$7.4B on ag programs that do not achieve “climate goals” & some increase GHG emissions

• https://www.ewg.org/research/new-ewg-analysis-74b-spent-two-usdas-biggest-conservation-programs-recent-years-very

Visualizing 4 decades of global energy production by country

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/global-energy-consumption-and-production-since-1980/

Visualizing countries with the highest flood risks

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-highest-flood-risk/

HFCs were commercially produced beginning in the 1990s as replacement for CFCs – but there are adverse consequences

• https://theconversation.com/cooling-conundrum-hfcs-were-the-safer-replacement-for-another-damaging-chemical-in-refrigerators-and-air-conditioners-with-a-treaty-now-phasing-them-out-whats-next-191172

26% of Amazon rainforest has already reached a “tipping point” due to deforestation & degradation

• https://www.treehugger.com/in-progress-native-amazonians-warn-the-amazon-approached-its-tipping-point-6743761
• Report: https://burness.com/assets/pdf_files/informe-regional-full-version-eng-vsf.docx.pdf

Exploited for oil or turned into a reserve for isolated indigenous tribes in Peruvian Amazon?

• https://www.treehugger.com/perenco-threatens-amazon-reserve-indigenous-6743762

Industry says “chemical recycling” could solve plastic waste crisis but need to consider environmental impacts and whether such an approach is economically viable

• https://www.ehn.org/chemical-recycling-grows-along-with-concerns-about-its-environmental-impacts-2658348681.html
• Report: https://echa.europa.eu/documents/10162/1459379/chem_recycling_final_report_en.pdf/887c4182-8327-e197-0bc4-17a5d608de6e

Canadian Army deployed to assist with cleanup from Hurricane Fiona

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Canada_army_deployed_for_hurricane_cleanup_999.html

Word parsing to create a non-existent climate crisis

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/it-makes-climate-change-real-how-carbon-emissions-got-rebranded-as-pollution/ar-AA12nT7I

Call to end flagrant abuse of power since “pandemic is over”

• https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/the-pandemic-is-over-so-stop-bidens-flagrant-abuse-of-power

Red Wolf – rarest canine species in the world – captive breeding releasing a few into wildlife refuges

• https://www.microsoftnewskids.com/en-us/kids/animals/the-quest-to-save-the-world-s-rarest-canine-faces-setbacks/ar-AA12nqVh

Post-Enumeration Survey (PES) reveals over- and under-counts of US population in 2020

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/2020-census-overcounted-democratic-states-undercounted-gop-states/ar-AA12o1jd

Swan Lake is an ephemeral playa lake north of Reno, Nevada – drying up & emitting odors since sewage effluent from two plants is directed there

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/smell-emitting-from-swan-lake-described-as-death/ar-AA12pG0D

A history of breaking treaties & now maneuvering to halt sale of ancestral land to Ute Indian Tribe

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ute-indian-tribe-responds-to-public-expos%C3%A9-of-tabby-mountain-irregularities/ar-AA12oSEV

Surprise:  Light Rail Project is 9 years behind schedule and $1.5B over budget – this one in Minnesota

• https://www.enr.com/articles/54884-minn-light-rail-project-is-nine-years-late-billions-over-budget
• Report: https://www.auditor.leg.state.mn.us/sreview/SWLRTbudgettimeline.pdf

Arable land is limited – can agrivoltaic farming balance conflict between food and energy?

• https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/renewables/food-vs-energy-can-agrivoltaic-farming-solve-both-crises

Ice on frozen lakes may not be as thick as it once was – safety risk

• https://phys.org/news/2022-09-deteriorating-safety-frozen-lakes-world.html
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022EF002907

Perspective:  Need to assess potential impacts of new lithium mine in Quebec, Canada

• https://phys.org/news/2022-09-demand-evs-social-ecological-lithium.html

USDA Plant & Protection Quarantine (PPQ) uses molecular diagnostic methods to identify pests

• https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/ppq-program-overview/plant-protection-today/articles/lab-identifies-pests-using-molecular-diagnostics

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 3 October 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Louisiana still thinks ‘structural controls’ will work to prevent damage from storm surge – cost $31B next year

• https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_f95ab3d4-3abd-11ed-90c9-6fbd8bbc5b46.html

Nord Stream gas pipeline leaking beneath the Baltic Sea – plumes rising to surface – sabotage suspected

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/what-is-known-so-far-about-the-nord-stream-gas-pipeline-leaks/ar-AA12iyYW
• Video: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/leaking-natural-gas-from-the-damaged-nord-stream-pipelines-is-erupting-like-geysers-in-the-baltic-sea-danish-military-video-shows/ar-AA12iFAw
• Underwater blasts: https://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2022/09/28/underwater-blasts-recorded-prior-to-nord-stream-leaks
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sabotage-suspected-in-undersea-gas-pipeline-explosions-in-the-baltic/ar-AA12jrGY

US Army COE latest proposal is $52B plan for 12 moveable sea barriers around New York Harbor – seeking public comment on Draft Integrated Feasibility Report & Tier 1 Environmental Impact Statement

• https://gothamist.com/news/army-corps-52-billion-dollar-storm-surge-barriers-new-york-new-jersey-harbor-waterways
• https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2022/09/27/army-corps-of-engineers-releases-details-of-long-awaited-coastal-resiliency-plan/
• Draft IFR & EIS: https://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Portals/37/NYNJHATS%20Draft%20Integrated%20Feasibility%20Report%20Tier%201%20EIS.pdf

Port of Port Arthur plans further expansion - $13.6M grant from US DOT as part of $150M program

• https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/business/article/Federal-grant-will-help-Port-of-Port-Arthur-17423037.php

EPA may block TCEQ permit for first proposed marine desalination plant in Texas

• https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/22/texas-desalination-plant-corpus-christi-tceq-epa/

Entangled North Atlantic right whale “Snow Cone” enduring excruciating suffering off Nantucket

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gut-wrenching-dying-right-whale-snow-cone-facing-inexcusable-suffering/ar-AA12eOKR

Toward a global coastal carbon model – first simulations of biogeochemistry circulation coastal grid

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/substantial-advance-towards-a-global-coastal-carbon-model
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021MS002789

Mexico plans LNG export hub in port of Coatzacoalcos on Gulf of Mexico – estimate pipeline cost of $4.5B

• https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/mexico-plans-4-5-bln-lng-hub-gulf-port-president-says-2022-09-27/

Suggesting amphibious houses & floating cities to house increasing coastal population in risky area

• https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/27/amphibious-houses-oceanixs-floating-city-adapt-to-sea-level-rise.html

Sprawling coastal cities in Asia are sinking faster than elsewhere in the world

• https://phys.org/news/2022-09-asian-coastal-cities-fast.html

Hurricane Ian to cross coastal Florida cities with growing populations

• https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/23372996/hurricane-ian-tampa-florida-miami-storm-surge-flood

USGS expecting Hurricane Ian to cause significant changes along Gulf Coast of Florida

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/hurricane-ian-expected-cause-significant-coastal-change-along-floridas

Hurricane Ian impacts along Texas Coastal Bend

• https://www.audacy.com/krld/news/state/hurricane-ian-churns-up-problems-along-the-coastal-bend

Shellfish growers will need to obtain proper permits to build floating structures in coastal NC waters

• https://coastalreview.org/2022/09/shellfish-growers-will-need-approval-to-build-floating-structures/

Wales reappoints Chair of the Flood & Coastal Erosion Committee (FCEC)

• https://gov.wales/chair-flood-and-coastal-erosion-committee-reappointed-continue-delivering-face-climate-change

New report approved by ERDC:  Wave Attenuation of Coastal Mangroves at a Near-Prototype Scale

• https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/Publication-Notices/Article/3171557/wave-attenuation-of-coastal-mangroves-at-a-near-prototype-scale/
• Abstract & download link: https://erdc-library.erdc.dren.mil/jspui/handle/11681/45565

Reduction in O&G spills from tankers & pipelines in US waters from 1990s to 2010-2019

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-report-oil-spills-from-offshore-transportation-way-down/ar-AA12lR53
• Link to download report: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26410/oil-in-the-sea-iv-inputs-fates-and-effects

Desalination of sea water is a “solution” that causes significant environmental impacts in coastal regions

• https://theconversation.com/desalinating-seawater-sounds-easy-but-there-are-cheaper-and-more-sustainable-ways-to-meet-peoples-water-needs-184919

Déjà vu:  US Army COE announces it will build 45-ft-high 1500-ft-wide underwater sill of dredged sediment to block “wedge” of saltwater from reaching Plaquemines' Belle Chasse and Dalcour water treatment plants – how it is intended to work and how it will actually work may be two very different things

• https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_cbd1d586-3f55-11ed-a3bb-ef55e88078a6.html

Investigating population collapse of sea otters in southwest Alaska in the 1990s

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/revisiting-marine-mammal-mystery-help-new-data-and-powerful-statistics
• Paper: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecm.1472

Chemical waste & forever chemicals dumped into Maryland waterways slow efforts to restore Chesapeake Bay

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30092022/toxic-releases-from-industrial-facilities-compound-marylands-water-woes-a-new-report-found/

New Jersey BPU approves proposed transmission line through Ocean City from offshore wind farm

• https://ocnjdaily.com/bpu-approves-transmission-line-ocean-city-wind-farm/

Port of New Orleans hopes to start construction for new $1.5B shipping terminal near Violet by 2025

• https://www.fox8live.com/2022/09/29/port-new-orleans-hopes-have-new-shipping-terminal-violet-by-2025/

Hurricane Ian may increase pollution from old phosphate fertilizer industry ponds into Florida waters

• https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-florida-storms-pollution-e82ff089f4ffc2e16c73c29e9818f58b

Port of Albany foregoes $29.5M federal funds to speed up permitting process as $350M wind turbine tower manufacturing facility falls behind schedule – clearcut 80 acres waterfront land without federal permits

• https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Port-of-Albany-walks-away-from-25-million-for-17472551.php

Japan designates 108 municipalities across 7 prefectures as most likely to suffer tsunami damage

• https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220930/p2g/00m/0na/068000c

Sediment compaction is key to projecting coastal resilience – factor is often overlooked

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/when-projecting-coastal-resilience-sediment-compaction-is-key

"Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo." - H.G. Wells (quoted in Forbes)

CRS Insight Report: 'Hurricane Ian Recovery - Brief Overview of FEMA Programs and Resources'

Lauren R. Stienstra, Elizabeth M. Webster, Bruce R. Lindsay, William L. Painter and Diane P. Horn assembled the CRS Insight report (30 September 2022): 'Hurricane Ian Recovery: Brief Overview of FEMA Programs and Resources'

Download CRS_Insight_Report_Hurrican_Ian_FEMA_Resources_30Sept2022

Insight reports have embedded URLs that may not show up in text that is pasted in. I will paste the introduction.

Introduction
On September 28, 2022 Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Category 4 major hurricane near Cayo Costa, Florida. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the storm has caused an extremely dangerous storm surge, winds, and flooding across the Florida Peninsula, and later, the South Carolina coast. On September 25, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden issued an emergency declaration for Florida under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act, P.L. 93-288, as amended; 42 U.S.C. §§5121 et seq.) to support state and local efforts to save lives, protect property, and avert the incident from becoming a major disaster. On September 29, 2022, the President signed a major disaster declaration for the incident and authorized a suite of disaster assistance programs, including Individual Assistance, Public Assistance, and Hazard Mitigation Assistance. Several counties have been authorized to receive Individual Assistance and Public Assistance—Category A (debris removal), and even more have been authorized to receive Public Assistance—Category B (emergency protective measures.) The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) has been made available statewide. The situation in Florida is still dynamic; additional declarations for other counties and designated areas (or additional forms of assistance for existing declarations) may be forthcoming if the President determines that federal assistance is necessary to support state and local recovery. Later that same day, the President additionally authorized an emergency declaration for South Carolina under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act, P.L. 93-288, as amended; 42 U.S.C. §§5121 et seq.).

Information about state and county disaster assistance authorizations is published in FEMA’s declaration database.

The photo is from NPR:

FEMA’s Hurricane Ian webpage provides information on and directions to apply for disaster assistance.

Some of the links to CRS reprts are broken. In that case, search on the CRS Reports page.

Best of luck!

"When a butterfly flutters its wings in one part of the world, it can eventually cause a hurricane in another." ~ Edward Norton Lorenz

WaterWired: 'Hydrophilantrophy - I Can't Define It But I Know It When I See It!'

My introduction to the Water Resources IMPACT issue:

I had a dream about this third 'Hydrophilanthropy' issue of Water

Resources IMPACT  - a bad one! Why? Because we've had two previous issues on Hydrophilanthropy (HP for short) - January 2010 and 2016. Had we lost our mojo? NO! I got a few old authors with new ideas. Dave Kreamer on HP and sustainability; Peter Wampler (with Roderick Morgan) on potable water; and yours truly. I may have little new to say but I am looking back to see how I got here. Stuart Smith and Laurra Olmsted both discuss Africa - with different but complementary approaches. John Cherry, one of the world's great hydrogeologists has a new program that is especially attractive to the developing world (Stuart and Laurra). Kabir Thatte of DigDeep has a very novel concept to consider. Maria Daugherty-Gibson has a 501(c)(3) approach to groundwater. She might find synergy with Brown et al. working on Oregon Water Futures! Jim F. Chamberlain and Becky Svatos have something to say about important elements in development work. So why have we not lost our mojo? SYNERGY! That is what I want to see! I'm talking about 2028!

Here is the July-August 2022 issue as a PDF:

Download AWRA JulyAug 2022_IMPACT

and a flipping-book version: click here.

The first two paragraphs of my article:

This issue of Water Resources IMPACT is the third to feature the topic of hydrophilanthropy.. I have edited all three of these issues—in 2010, 2016, and 2022—and this will likely be my last. The cover of the 2010 issue introduced me to the concept of “poverty porn,” as some call it. (Notice that the current issue's cover avoids that type of imagery.) So the title of this article is my tongue-in-cheek definition of hydrophilanthrop taken from former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart. In the early 1960s, the Supreme Court was dealing with cases related to pornography and protected speech. Stewart wrote that even though he could not define hard-core pornography pornography “I know it when I see it.”

Despite the title of my article, here is my definition of hydrophilanthopy. You may have your own.

1. Altruistic concern for the water, sanitation, and related needs of humankind, as manifested by donations of work, money, or resources.
2. Use of water to express kindness or benevolence, such as the healing of psychological, spiritual, and other wounds.

It was not until 2005 that I heard the term “hydrophilanthropy” in a phone conversation with Dave Kreamer, who did not define it at the time but has written articles for all three hydrophilanthropy issues of Water Resources IMPACT. But my interest in hydrophilanthropy started long before that conversation. 

Here is the PDF if my article:

Download MEC_Water Resources IMPACT July-August 2022

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