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CRS Report: 'Daylight Saving Time (DST)'

Daylight Saving Time: always guaranteed to generate discussion in the USA. Even the CRS is now weighing in! Here's a report by Corrie E. Clark and Lynn J. Cunningham (30 September 2020) aptly titled: 'Daylight Saving Time (DST).

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Introduction
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is a period of the year between spring and fall when clocks in most parts of the United States are set one hour ahead of standard time. DST begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. The beginning and ending dates are set in statute. Congressional interest in the potential benefits and costs of DST has resulted in changes to DST observance since it was first adopted in the United States in 1918.

The United States established standard time zones and DST through the Calder Act, also known as the Standard Time Act of 1918. The issue of consistency in time observance was further clarified by the Uniform Time Act of 1966. These laws as amended allow a state to exempt itself—or parts of the state that lie within a different time zone—from DST observance. These laws as amended also authorize the Department of Transportation (DOT) to regulate standard time zone boundaries and DST. The time period for DST was changed most recently in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT 2005; P.L. 109-58).

Congress has required several agencies to study the effects of changes in DST observance. In 1974, DOT reported that the potential benefits to energy conservation, traffic safety, and reductions in violent crime were minimal. In 2008, the Department of Energy assessed the effects to national energy consumption of extending DST as changed in EPACT 2005 and found a reduction in total primary energy consumption of 0.02%. Other studies have examined potential health effects associated with the spring and fall transition to DST and found a cumulative effect of sleep loss and increased risk for incidence of acute myocardial infarction (heart attacks) in specific subgroups.

Only Congress can change the length of the DST observance period; however, since 2015, at least 45 states have proposed legislation to change their observance of DST. These efforts include proposals to exempt a state from DST observance, which is allowable under existing law, and proposals that would effectively establish permanent DST, which would require Congress to amend the Uniform Time Act of 1966. Most of the proposals have not passed. Eleven states have enacted permanent DST legislation: Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, Tennessee, Washington, and Wyoming. In addition, Arkansas and Georgia have adopted resolutions in support of permanent DST.

Congress may consider whether to make additional changes to DST observance or standard time. Several bills have been introduced in the 116th Congress that would make changes to standard time to effectively implement year-round DST. On March 12, 2018, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce sent a letter to DOT requesting updated information related to DST and standard time. On June 20, 2018, DOT informed the committee that it had initiated a literature review of the issue and would share the results with the committee, but as of September 2020 these results have not been submitted.
Cutting to the chase...

Potential Issues for Congress
Congress may again consider whether to make changes to DST observance or standard time. In the 115th Congress, four bills were introduced that would have made changes to standard time. The four bills introduced were two sets of related House and Senate bills: the Sunshine State Act (S. 2536 and H.R. 5278) and the Sunshine Protection Act of 2018 (S. 2537 and H.R. 5279).

In the 116th Congress, several bills have been introduced that would allow states to observe DST year-round: a set of House and Senate companion bills, the Sunshine Protection Act of 2019 (S. 670 and H.R. 1556); three stand-alone bills, H.R. 1601 (Daylight Act), H.R. 2389, and S. 4582. The Sunshine Protection Act of 2019 would make DST permanent for most states and areas in the United States by advancing standard time one hour (with exemptions for states and areas that do not observe DST on the day before enactment). H.R. 1601 and H.R. 2389 would provide additional flexibility in DST observance by adding an option for year-long DST observance. S. 4582 would temporarily extend the DST observance period that began on March 8, 2020, through November 7, 2021.

Information on the benefits and costs of changing the length of DST observance may be of congressional interest. On March 12, 2018, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce sent a letter to the DOT requesting updated information related to DST and standard time “to more fully appreciate the various policy factors associated with changing between Standard and [DST].”69 DOT responded to the committee with a letter on June 20, 2018, stating the Department has “initiated a literature review of this issue” and it “will share the results” once completed. As of September 2020, the committee has not received the results of the literature review.

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Josh's Water Jobs and More! 29 September 2020

From Josh:

Just a note on the featured job email you received last week. This is a service we’re offering for organizations to highlight their jobs, in a standalone email and/or in the list each week. It’s one way we are helping match the Swiss funding for the site. I’m very aware of sending too many emails to you all, as I don’t like receiving a lot myself, and I will always try to keep them to a minimum. Thanks for understanding!

1) Josh's Jobs

Featured job:
 
1) Executive Director – Lake Hopatcong Foundation (Landing, NJ, USA): Until filled
 
Highlighted:
 
2) Science Lead for the Earth Commission Secretariat – Future Earth (Stockholm): 9 October
 
3) Chief WASH (Qualified Female Candidates Strongly Encourage to Apply) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Mozambique): 8 October
 
4) Postdoc fellowship in Valuing Water (Designing norms and behaviours for water positive lives at home) – Linnaeus University (Sweden): 11 October
 
5) Consultant for Tanintharyi River Ecosystem Survey – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (Myanmar): 5 October
 
6) Research Fellow (Hygiene Hub) – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine(London): 7 October
 
Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) has a cluster hire going on right now. Great opportunities for junior professionals:
 
7) Spanish speakers: Consultor(a) Individual: Asociado de proyecto (América Latina y el Caribe) – Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) (Home-Based): 5 October
 
8) French speakers: Conseil individuel: Attaché de projet (Afrique - francophone) – Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) (Home-Based): 5 October
 
9) Individual Consultancy: Project Associate (AFRICA/Anglophone) – Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) (Home-Based): 5 October
 
10) Individual Consultancy: Project Associate (Asia) – Sanitation and Water for All (SWA)(Home-Based): 5 October
 
Deadline today (29 September)!
 
11) Australia nationals: Senior Economist (Water) – Government of New South Wales(Sydney, NSW, Australia): 29 September
 
12) Arabic speakers: Sub-WASH Engineer – ACTED (Syria): 29 September
 
13) Kenya nationals: Technical Program Manager (Integrated Health and WASH) – World Vision (WV) (Kenya): 29 September

Jobs by Region:

Africa jobs

Asia-Pacific jobs

Europe jobs

Latin America and Caribbean jobs

North America jobs

Home-based/Remote jobs

0-2 years
 
14) Project Field Assistant (Water and Climate Change) – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Jordan): 15 October
 
15) Senior Research Assistant – UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) (Germany): 7 October
 
16) Regional Global Adaptation Network (GAN) Liaison (UN Environment) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Nairobi): 4 October
 
17) German and Portuguese or Spanish speakers: Juniorfachkraft (m/w/d) im Programmmanagement Klimapolitik – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Brazil): 2 October
 
18) India nationals: Junior Engineer – India Ministry of Jal Shakti (New Delhi, DL, India): 13 October
 
19) Zimbabwe nationals: Junior Programme Assistant – United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (Harare, Zimbabwe): 6 October
 
20) Thailand nationals: Project Manager – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Bangkok): 7 October
 
21) Canada nationals: Natural Resource Officer – British Columbia Public Service(Various, BC, Canada): 5 October
 
22) Canada nationals: Conservation Specialist – British Columbia Public Service(Kamloops, BC, Canada): 6 October
 
23) Engineer-in-Training (EIT) (Infrastructure Planning) – WSP (North Vancouver, BC, Canada): Until filled
 
24) U.S. nationals: Environmental Protection Specialist – District of Columbia Government (Washington, DC): 17 October
 
25) Geospatial Coordinator – Conservation International (CI) (Arlington, VA or Seattle, WA, USA): Until filled – 2-4 years’ experience
 
26) Entry Level Water Resources Engineer – Dewberry (Parsippany, NJ, USA): Until filled

3-4 years
 
27) Local recruitment: Analyste chargé(e) de Recherche: Gouvernance des Ressources Naturelles (Forest and Biodiversity Support Activity) – Tetra Tech (RDC): Until filled
 
28) Program Manager (Fish Forever) – Rare (Various): Until filled
 
29) Hydrologist – Hydro-GIS Ltd (United Kingdom): Until filled
 
30) Conservation and Environmental Project Coordinator – Okanagan Collaborative Conservation Program (Okanagan, BC, Canada): 5 October
 
31) Water Resources Associate – Coachella Valley Water District (Palm Desert, CA, USA): 9 October
 
32) Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Coordinator – Upper Mattaponi Tribe (King William, VA, USA): 2 October
 
33) Drinking Water Analyst – Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (Boise, ID, USA): 2 October
 
34) Water Planner (Interstate Stream Commission) – Government of New Mexico(Santa Fe, NM, USA): 6 October
 
35) Environmental Analyst (Lake Champlain Basin Program – CAC Coordinator) – NEIWPCC (Grand Isle, VT, USA): 23 October
 
36) Media Relations Officer – Food & Water Watch (Los Angeles or Washington DC, USA): Until filled
 
37) Global Environmental Senior Program Manager – Amazon (USA): Until filled
 
38) Manager for Groundwater Unit – Arizona Department of Environmental Quality(Phoenix, AZ, USA): Until filled
 
39) Water Resources Coordinator – Medford Water Commission (Medford, OR, USA): Until filled

5-7 years
 
40) Programme Management Officer (2 positions) – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Germany): 11 October
 
41) French speakers: Project Officer for the “Sahel Opportunities” Project – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Ghana): 11 October
 
42) MedProgramme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Athens): 17 October
 
43) Legal Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)(Nairobi): 28 October
 
44) Technical Expert - Water Security and Climate Adaptation in Rural India – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Bangalore, KA, India): 5 October
 
45) Program Manager (Supply Chain Environmental) – Google (Taiwan): Until filled
 
46) French speakers: Projects coordinator – Plan Bleu (France): 5 October
 
47) Asia Pacific Policy Lead – Conservation International (CI) (Auckland, Manila, Jakarta or Singapore): Until filled
 
48) Policy Manager (Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data) – United Nations Foundation (Various): Until filled
 
49) Arabic speakers: Gender and Youth Development Specialist (Jordan Water Governance Activity) – Global Communities (Jordan): 30 October
 
50) Global Social and Environmental Risk - VP Climate Risk – JP Morgan Chase & Co (London): Until filled
 
51) Kenya nationals: Project Officer (Water; UNESCO) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Nairobi): 4 October
 
52) Japan nationals: JICA Special Commission (JICA Global Environment Department Environmental Management Group) – Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) (Japan): 10 October
 
53) Canada nationals: Water Resources Engineer – Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority (Chatham, ON, Canada): 7 October
 
54) Canada nationals: Environmental Project Officer – Water Security Agency (Swift Current, SK, Canada): 2 October
 
55) Uganda nationals: Project Manager Project Support – Danish Refugee Council(Uganda): 2 October
 
56) Lebanon nationals: Regional Climate and Resilience Senior Officer (MENA) – International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (Beirut): 6 October
 
57) Indonesia nationals: Programme Specialist (Environment & Climate Action) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Jakarta): 7 October
 
58) India nationals: Deputy Director – India Ministry of Jal Shakti (New Delhi, DL, India): 2 October
 
59) India nationals: Assistant Director – India Ministry of Jal Shakti (New Delhi, DL, India): 2 October
 
60) India nationals: Joint Director – India Ministry of Jal Shakti (New Delhi, DL, India): 2 October
 
61) Hindi speakers: Communications Manager – Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) (India): Until filled
 
62) Executive Officer – Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership (QLD, Australia): 5 October
 
63) Project/Program Manager III (White and Sammamish River Basins) – King Countys (Seattle, WA, USA): 11 October
 
63) Deputy Director (Environment Program) – Walton Family Foundation (Denver or Washington DC): Until filled
 
64) Program Manager (National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) team) – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) (Berkeley, CA, USA): Until filled
 
65) Environmental Reviewer (Natural Resources Specialist III) – Texas Water Development Board (Austin, TX, USA): Until filled

8-9 years
 
66) Senior Environmental Specialist – The World Bank (Washington, DC): 9 October
 
67) Senior Water Resource Engineer (Green Infrastructure and Rainwater Management) – City of Vancouver (Vancouver, BC, Canada): 16 October

10+ years
 
68) Stakeholder Engagement Expert (Jordan Water Governance Activity) – Global Communities (Jordan): 30 October
 
69) Arabic speakers: Private Sector Engagement Specialist (Jordan Water Governance Activity) – Global Communities (Jordan): 30 October
 
70) Chief of Party (USAID Sri Lanka and Maldives Climate Change Adaptation Program) – DT Global (Maldives): Until filled
 
71) Deputy Director (Science Division) – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Nairobi): 7 October
 
72) Director (Programme Management) – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Nairobi): 24 October
 
73) European Union Environmental Leader – Amazon (Europe): Until filled
 
74) Principal Consultant (Land & Water) – South Pole (New York): Until filled
 
75) Principal Consultant (Land & Water) – South Pole (Berlin, Frankfurt or Zürich): Until filled
 
76) Principal Consultant (Sustainable Supply Chains) – South Pole (London): Until filled
 
77) Senior Fishery Resources Officer (Inland Fisheries) – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Rome): 9 October
 
78) Program Manager – NEIWPCC (Lowell, MA, USA): 2 October
 
79) Senior Restoration/Water Resources Engineer – ICF International (Various, USA): Until filled
 
80) Program Manager (Monitoring & Compliance - Water Program) – Sealaska (Los Alamos, NM, USA): Until filled

Not specified:
 
81) French speakers: Advisor (m/f/d) for the project "Regional Resource Governance in West Africa" – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)(Ivory Coast): 8 October
 
82) Local recruitment: Senior Consultant (Climate Change and Disaster Resilience) – Oxford Policy Management (OPM) (Nepal): 7 October
 
83) Assistant Manager (CSR & Sustainability) – Diageo (India): Until filled
 
84) German speakers: Scientific Project Coordinator – Climate Analytics (Berlin): 11 October
 
85) Netherlands nationals: Senior beleidsmedewerker Waterveiligheid – Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat (Netherlands): 7 October
) River Modeller/Hydrodynamics Engineer – NIWA (New Zealand): 18 October
 
86) Manager Coast and Catchments – Northern Beaches Council (Dee Why, NSW, Australia): 5 October
 
87) Program Manager Water Quality (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Projects) – Great Barrier Reef Foundation (Townsville or Cairns, QLD, Australia): 11 October
 
88) Australia nationals: Regional Coordination Officer - Lower Murray (pt) – Murray-Darling Basin Authority (Goolwa, SA, Australia): 15 October
 
89) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants: Aboriginal Waterway Assessment (AWA) Project Officer – Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (Melbourne, VIC, Australia): 25 October
 
90) Australia nationals: Project Officer (Sustainable Irrigation Program (SIP)) – Victoria Government (Melbourne, VIC, Australia): 5 October
 
91) Australia nationals: Water Strategy Officer – Government of New South Wales(Various, NSW, Australia): 6 October
 
92) Analyst (Water Resources) – Wessex Water (United Kingdom): 1 October
 
93) Senior Project Manager – Bristol Avon Rivers Trust (Bristol Avon Catchment, UK, Home-Based): 4 October
 
94) U.K. nationals: Water Quality Officer, Environmental Assessment and Advice – Natural Resources Wales (Wales): 4 October
 
95) U.K./Commonwealth/E.E.A. nationals: Water Quality Data Team Manager (Drinking Water Inspectorate) – U.K. Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (London): 11 October
 
96) U.K./Commonwealth/E.E.A. nationals: Inspector (SPTO) (Drinking Water Inspectorate) – U.K. Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)(London): 14 October
 
97) U.K. nationals: Hydrometric Data Specialist Advisor – Natural Resources Wales(Wales): 4 October
 
98) U.K. nationals: Water Quality Officer, Environmental Assessment and Advice – Natural Resources Wales (Wales): 4 October
 
99) Catchment Officer (Multiple positions) – South East Rivers Trust (United Kingdom): 11 October
 
100) Scientist to work on Modelling Cryosphere Processes – European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) (United Kingdom): 12 October
 
101) Project Manager – Manitoba Association of Watersheds (Winnipeg, MB, Canada): 4 October
 
102) Policy Analyst (Green Infrastructure and Rainwater Management Development Review) – City of Vancouver (Vancouver, BC, Canada): 4 October
 
103) Resource Protection Officer – Walpole Island First Nation (Walpole Island, ON, Canada): 7 October
 
104) Junior Water Resources Engineer – Golder (Vancouver, BC, Canada): Until filled
 
105) U.S. nationals: Supervisory Hydrologist – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)(Albuquerque, NM, USA): 14 October
 
106) U.S. nationals: Soil Scientist/Hydrologist – U.S. Forest Service (USFS)(Roanoke, VA, USA): 30 September
 
107) Water Resources Spec./Engineer (Eng Spec. II-VI/Engineer I-III) – Texas Water Development Board (Austin, TX, USA): Until filled
 
108) Water Quality Scientist I – San Antonio River Authority (San Antonio, TX, USA): Until filled

Not specified (academic):

• Professors/lecturers

109) Associate Professor in Water Infrastructure Asset Management – IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (Netherlands): 31 October
 
110) Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Policy – Colorado State University(Fort Collins, CO, USA): 12 October
 
111) Open-rank Professorship in Governance Innovation – University of Bern(Switzerland): 12 October
 
112) Professorship in ICT for Nature and People – University of Bern (Switzerland): 12 October
 
113) Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy – University of Portland (Portland, OR, USA): 15 October
 
114) Faculty Position in Environment, Climate Change and Peace – University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN, USA): 15 October
 
115) Assistant Professor (Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience) – University of California-Berkeley (Berkeley, CA, USA): 16 October
 
116) Assistant/Associate/Professor in Environmental Studies – Swarthmore College(Swarthmore, PA, USA): 16 October
 
117) Assistant Professor Environmental Science and Policy – Smith College(Northampton, MA, USA): 19 October
 
118) Assistant Professor Environmental and Sustainability Governance – Utrecht University (Netherlands): 23 October
 
119) Greek speakers: Assistant Professor: "Real-time flow control strategies, with applications in vehicle traffic networks and water networks" – University of Western Macedonia (Greece): 28 October

• Postdocs

120) Postdoctoral Researcher Position (Interactions between biodiversity, ecosystems functions and climate in ponds) – University of Vic (Barcelona): 15 October
 
121) Environmental Fellows Program – Princeton University (Princeton, NJ, USA): 15 October
 
122) UW-EPA Postdoctoral Fellowship in PFAS Toxicology – University of Wisconsin-Madison (Duluth, MN, USA): 26 October
 
123) Postdoctoral Scholar in Water Supply Forecasting and Decision-Support System – University of California-Merced (Merced, CA, USA): 21 October
 
124) Postdoctoral Associate (Water quality in the Mississippi Sound) – Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS, USA): Until filled
 
125) Post-Doctoral Fellow: Innovative Water Technologies – International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) (Dubai): Until filled
 
126) Postdoctoral Researcher-landslide and glacier based geohazards in High Mountain Asia – University of Dayton (Dayton, OH, USA): Until filled
 
127) Post-doctoral Fellow (Water Quality) – Carnegie Mellon University (Qatar): Until filled
 
128) Post-Doc Scholar (Oceans Governance) – University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC, USA): 15 October
 
129) Postdoc (Modelling of Freshwater Food Webs) – Biology Centre CAS - Institute of Hydrobiology (Czechia): 15 October
 
130) Postdoc Integral Sustainability Analysis in Resources Recovery Systems – Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) (Netherlands): 19 October
 
131) Natural Climate Solutions Postdoctoral Researcher – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Arlington, VA, USA): 30 September – I’m confused about postdocs that don’t require a doctorate, but there you have it

• Researchers/other

132) Research Assistant/Associate in Climate and Hydrology – Newcastle University(United Kingdom): 10 October
 
133) Research Associate in Water Supply Sanitation and Community Engagement – Loughborough University (United Kingdom): 16 October
 
134) Research Fellow in Desalination and Water Treatment – University of Birmingham (United Kingdom): 21 October
 
135) Research Scientist / Postdoc in applied hydrological science – Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany): Until filled
 
136) Study Coordinator for CDC-funded water contamination and health study – Silent Spring Institute (Newton, MA, USA): Until filled
 
137) Research Associate (Civil Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering) – University of Calgary (Calgary, AB, Canada): 7 October
 
138) Researcher in quality of water detection – Fundacio Bosch i Gimpera(Barcelona): 15 October
 
139) Postdoctoral and post-master’s applicants for the J. Philip Keillor Great Lakes-Wisconsin Sea Grant Fellow – University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI, USA): 26 October
 
140) Mathematical modeling of flooding scenarios in industrial and highly anthropized sites – Università degli Studi di Brescia (Italy): 2 October
 
141) Hydrologic water balance for the Water Management Plan of the Northern Appennine Hydrographic District – University of Florence (Italy): 2 October
 
142) Analysis of the industrial cost management system related to the managerial processes of the integrated water service, of the recognition criteria and of the periodic reporting methodologies related to the costs – Università Politecnica delle Marche (Italy): 5 October
 
143) Assessment of energetic impacts, from the viewpoint of environmental sustainability, due to different water supply strategies in a perspective of resource optimisation – Universita' di Bologna (Italy): 7 October

WASH:

0-2 years

144) Project Manager Multisectorial (WASH & education) – Triangle Génération Humanitaire (Sudan): 9 October
 
145) WASH Project Manager – Medair (South Sudan): Until filled
 
146) Regional Water Coordinator – Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat (Dartmouth, NS, Canada): 2 October
 
147) Hindi speakers: Project Manager – Vatsalya (Amethi, UP, India): 30 September
 
148) Hindi speakers: Project Manager – Vatsalya (Amethi, UP, India): 4 October
 
149) Natural Resources Specialist (Water and Wastewater Services) – Broward County (Pompano Beach, FL, USA): Until filled

3-4 years
 
150) French speakers: Un Expert EAH Urgence (Mentoring) – Action Contre La Faim (ACF) (Burkina Faso): Until filled
 
151) Spanish speakers: Asistente Ingeniero WASH – Save the Children (Venezuela): Until filled
 
152) Ethiopia nationals: Environmental Health Assistant – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Ethiopia): Until filled
 
153) Ethiopia nationals: Environmental Health Officer – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Ethiopia): Until filled
 
154) Environmental Engineer VII – Vermont Public Water Drinking Program(Montpelier, VT, USA): 5 October

5-7 years

155) French speakers: Directeur/Directrice des Programmes et du Plaidoyer – WaterAid (Niger): 3 October
 
156) Water and Sanitation Technician – United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) (South Sudan): 7 October
 
157) Senior Specialist (WASH Governance & Infrastructure) – Save the Children(Washington, DC): Until filled
 
158) Bangladesh nationals: WASH Information Management Officer – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Bangladesh): 1 October

8-9 years
 
159) Spanish speakers: Coordinador/a de Proyectos del sector “Agua y Saneamiento” – KfW Development Bank (Peru): 4 October

10+ years

160) Regional Director (Southeast Asia) – water.org (Manila): Until filled
 
161) Hindi and/or Bengali speakers: WASH Infrastructure Specialist – Splash(Kolkata, WB, India): 4 October
 
Not specified
 
162) Local recruitment: Sanitation Lead – Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) (Mozambique): 5 October

Consultancies:

163) Gender and inclusion consultant – Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP)(Home-Based): ASAP
 
164) WASH Sanitation and Hygiene Program Manager for EU-UNICEF Kiribati Program on Line and Phoenix Islands – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(Kiribati): 6 October
 
165) Local recruitment: Consultant for Flood Analysis (Hydrologist) – World Resources Institute (WRI) (Jakarta): 30 September
 
166) Policy coherence and system thinking to support strategic planning for SDGs – United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) (Home-Based): 30 September
 
167) Spanish speakers: Consultancy for the analysis of best practices in incorporating Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability related skills in vocational training curricula – Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)(Washington, DC): 2 October
 
168) Portuguese speakers: International Consultant, to organize learn-by-doing seminars about best practices and innovations for the integration of the Rio Convention through the use of environmental accounting and natural resources valorisation – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Guinea-Bissau): 4 October
 
169) Consultant for Preparing Regional Report of Fish Larvae – Mekong River Commission (MRC) (Home-Based): 7 October
 
170) GCCA+ SUPA National Consultant for Impacts Analysis/Adaptation Specialist – Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) (Tonga): 8 October
 
171) Senior Environment Expert for Advisory Support to WBIDC – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (India): 14 October
 
172) Consultancy Service for Alignment of National Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Policy and Strategy for the Gambia – African Union (AU) (Home-Based): 2 October
 
173) International consultant: Support strengthening policy framework on the application of hydro technologies – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Home-Based): 4 October
 
174) Papua New Guinea nationals: Support strengthening policy framework on the application of hydro technologies – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Home-Based): 4 October
 
175) Sudan nationals: Peacebuilding and Natural Resources Expert – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Sudan): 3 October
 
176) Ukraine nationals: Climate Change Adaptation Working Group Coordinator – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Ukraine): 5 October
 
177) Nepal nationals: Water Supply and Commissioning Expert – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Nepal): 7 October

RFP:

178) Invitations to tender for Strategic Environmental Assessment Consultants for the Development of The Environmental Strategy and Action Plan of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH ESAP 2030+) project – Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)(Bosnia and Herzegovina): 13 October
 
179) Spanish speakers: Análisis del Diagnóstico Transfronterizo (ADT) y Plan de Acción Estratégica (PAE) para la Ecorregión del Arrecife Mesoamericano – Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA): 15 October
 
180) ToR: Conduct environmental risk and disasters assessment as a results of climate change among the pastoralists in Narok county – Action Africa Help – International (Kenya): 5 October
 
181) Assess the vulnerability of the SADC region to drought and review the comprehensiveness and quality of existing policies and strategies to improve resilience capacity towards drought hazards – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Home-Based): 7 October
 
182) Consultancy services for drafting the Water Supply and Sanitation Law – The World Bank (Mozambique): 7 October
 
183) South Asia Water Initiative (SAWI) Rivers and Plastics - Plastic Pollution Management in India - Inland Waterways to Seas – The World Bank (India): 5 October
 
184) Batakundi hydropower project: Technical Consultant – The World Bank(Pakistan): 6 October

Internships:

185) Intern (Environment Affairs) – United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) (New York): 26 October
 
186) Spanish speakers: Intern (Economic Affairs; Water-focused) – United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) (Chile): 14 October
 
187) Communications Internship – Climate Action Network (Home-Based): 2 October
 
188) German speakers: Praktikant (m/w/d) im "Support Project for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement" (SPA) – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Berlin): 4 October

Scholarships:

189) Decision support tools for the remediation of groundwater arsenic – University of Manchester (United Kingdom): 5 October
 
190) PhD fellowship intelWATT H2020 project – IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (Netherlands): 10 October
 
191) Wastewater Integrated Selection Environment (WISE): A UK Model comprising regulation, resilience and sustainability PhD – Cranfield University (United Kingdom): 11 October
 
192) PhD position: removal of anthropogenic contaminants in drinking water treatment – Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands): 1 October
 
193) MA/PhD Student in Climate Change Impacts – Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY, USA): 17 October

Fellowships:

194) Policy and Legislation (Environmental Justice Fellowship) – League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) (Washington, DC): Until filled

Other:

195) Chairperson – Ginninderra Catchment Group (Canberra, ACT, Australia): 2 October
 
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201) Position: @USAID (Washington, DC) - Foreign Service Contracting Officer. Closes: 1 March 2021. https://bit.ly/2YLHwIG

202) Position: @OregonState (Corvallis, OR) - Faculty Research Assistant - School of Chem/Bio/Envr Eng. Closes: 2 October; Full consideration: 18 September. https://bit.ly/2ZH0SiD   

203) Positon: @A4WE (Chicago) - President and CEO. Closes: 5 November. https://sforce.co/3mI2T8r #JobWaWi

204) Position: @DeschutesRiver (Bend, OR) - Executive Director/CEO. Closes: 5 October https://bit.ly/364QrJW #JobWaWi   

205) Position: @Penn (Philadelphia, PA) - Tenure-Track Position in Water Science (Asst. Prof. preferred but higher ranks may be considered). OUF; App review: 20 November. https://apply.interfolio.com/78685 #JobWaWi 

206) Position: @GWPnews (Stockholm) - Chief Financial Officer. Closes: 15 October. https://bit.ly/3ioclug #JobWaWi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

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

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! 

"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change, I am changing the things that I cannot accept." - Angela Y. Davis

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 28 September 2020

The USGS Oregon Water Science Center has been extra busy because of this bad wildfire season. Click here to see what they have been dealing with and grim pictures of destroyed equipment and facilities.

Thanks to Chauncey W. Anderson of the USGS for sending these my way.

Two samples:

Cableway on North Santiam River at Niagara, Oregon (Site number 14181500)
(Credit: Johnathan Shannon, USGS. Public domain.)

Stream gage on McKenzie River near Vida, Oregon (Site number 14162500) (Credit: James King, USGS. Public domain.)

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 28 September 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

First DEEP geothermal well drilled in Saskatchewan, Canada – hits brine temp averaging 122º C

• https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/19/first-deep-geothermal-well-in-saskatchewan-exceeds-expectations/

Explosion of steam & gas on Caribbean island of Dominica – harbinger for renewed activity?

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dominica-volcano/volcanic-caribbean-island-of-dominica-shaken-by-explosion-of-steam-and-gas-idUSKBN26937R

Geology of PGE deposits in Paleoproterozoic Bushveld Complex in South Africa

• https://www.geologyforinvestors.com/geology-of-the-pge-deposits-in-the-bushveld-complex-south-africa/

Rare “medicane” Ianos strikes Greece – heavy rain & strong winds – 2 fatalities

• https://phys.org/news/2020-09-hurricane-like-storm-greece.html

Expedition finds new corals, cones and a rare fish in Great Barrier Reef

• https://www.freethink.com/articles/deep-sea-creatures
• https://schmidtocean.org/australian-scientists-discover-new-corals/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosscience&stream=science

Rains trigger landslides & erosion in river valley near Edmonton, Canada

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/rain-leads-more-landslides-erosion-edmonton-river-valley-1.5729085

120,000-year old footprints of humans, elephants, horses and other animals in Saudi Arabia

• https://en.farsnews.ir/newstext.aspx?nn=13990630000213

US Army COE begins assessing Presumpscot River landslide in Westbrook

• https://www.pressherald.com/2020/09/19/army-corps-of-engineers-takes-a-look-at-westbrook-landslide/

Lightning counts recorded by NLDN 32% less in May & June 2020 than in previous years

• https://eos.org/articles/decrease-in-lightning-recorded-over-the-lower-48

3-D modeling suggests phytoplankton bloom under Arctic sea ice

• https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020JC016211
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020JC016211

Seismic data helps explain continental collision beneath the Himalaya

• https://news.stanford.edu/2020/09/22/seismic-data-explains-continental-collision-beneath-tibet/

Ongoing sediment wave & sand bank survey in the Irish Sea – includes link to Marine Notice 43

• https://afloat.ie/resources/news-update/item/47779-sediment-wave-sand-bank-survey-continues-in-south-irish-sea

New insight into formation of iron oxide-apatite deposits

• https://www.ualberta.ca/science/news/2020/september/iron-deposits.html

Solar ripples may help forecasting size & severity of solar flares

• https://www.techexplorist.com/solar-ripples-tell-lot-about-flares/35409/

380+ long-finned pilot whales dead in mass stranding in Tasmania, Australia

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/at-least-380-whales-dead-in-mass-stranding-in-australia/ar-BB19lhtp

Do not take sand home from the beach as a souvenir

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/los-angeles-hid-a-methane-leak-for-a-year-activists-want-the-power-plant-shut-down/ar-BB19lpAf

Just for fun:  why Sheldon Cooper hates geology

• https://screenrant.com/big-bang-theory-sheldon-geology-hate-science-reason/

The geologic field guides for O’Keeffe & Tewa country in New Mexico

• https://www.abqjournal.com/1495783/geological-field-guide-explains-the-formation-of-okeeffe-and-tewa-country.html

Tourism to focus on geology – Geotourism NZ

• https://www.odt.co.nz/business/tourism-venture-focus-geology

Planetary geology – layered, folded & eroded rocks in portion of oldest terrain on Venus

• http://www.sci-news.com/space/venusian-tesserae-08882.html

Archeologists identify production of crucible steel containing about 1 wt% chromium in Persia

• http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/chromium-crucible-steel-persia-08879.html

Gnathomortis stadtmani – newly described Cretaceous mosasaur genus

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/mosasaur-genus-gnathomortis-08881.html
• Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2020.1784183

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus – Cretaceous theropod dinosaur had aquatic lifestyle

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/spinosaurus-aegyptiacus-aquatic-lifestyle-08875.html

Gemstone commodity overview

• https://www.geologyforinvestors.com/gemstone-commodity-overview/

Oceans are capturing more carbon than expected – up to 900M metric tons per year

• https://scitechdaily.com/our-oceans-are-capturing-more-carbon-than-expected-underestimated-by-up-to-900000000-metric-tons-of-carbon-per-year/

Seismic ocean thermometry

• https://scitechdaily.com/caltechs-seismic-innovation-uses-undersea-earthquakes-to-shake-up-climate-science/

USGS dye-tracing study on Kansas River to assess water supplies

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-dye-tracing-study-kansas-river-aid-protecting-water-supplies
• https://www.usgs.gov/centers/kswsc/science/kansas-river-time-travel-study?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects

Funding for critical minerals projects in 21 States

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/earth-mri-funds-critical-minerals-projects-twenty-one-states-0
• Earth MRI: https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/earthmri

Planetary geology – new chronology of the moons of Saturn based on crater scaling

• https://phys.org/news/2020-09-chronology-saturn.html

Mitigating geohazard risk to potentially save lives in Nepal

• https://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/mitigating-geohazard-risk-help-save-lives-nepal

Careless use of excavator causes significant sediment pollution of Gill Beck

• https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/18742204.beck-pollution-fears-brown-sluggish-stream-spotted/

Perspective:  California needs to retrofit buildings for EQs and wildfires

• https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-24/skelton-california-preparation-wildfires-earthquakes

How much precipitation is needed to trigger debris flow in wildfire burn scar?

• https://blog.azgs.arizona.edu/index.php/blog/2020-07/after-wildfire-how-intense-does-rainfall-need-be-cause-debris-flow

Why hurricanes stall & the difficulty of predicting that slowed motion

• https://theconversation.com/what-makes-hurricanes-stall-and-why-is-that-so-hard-to-forecast-146804

Microbes may have used arsenic to thrive on early Earth with little/no oxygen

• https://theconversation.com/ancient-microbial-life-used-arsenic-to-thrive-in-a-world-without-oxygen-146533

Visualizing the importance of environmental management in the mining industry – 4 key issues identified by IGF

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/environmental-and-mining/

Use of satellite science to monitor conditions on Earth

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/emanuelabarbiroglio/2020/09/23/satellite-science-is-helping-the-environment-from-farms-to-oceans/#23b507fb76e4

University of Nevada once again conducting DOE sponsored grant to develop geothermal energy exploration by developing “toolkit” for industry

• https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2020/geothermal-exploration

Field work on bedrock & surficial deposits along the North Shore of Lake Superior - podcast

• https://www.wtip.org/geologist-shares-update-north-shore-research-2020

Toward a better understanding of carbon cycle of Earth

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200923124730.htm

In Memoriam:  Samuel Arthur Friedan (1927-2020) – coal geologist

• https://obituaries.normantranscript.com/obituary/samuel-friedman-1080294535

Infusing geology into art

• https://www.themonitor.com/2020/09/21/surface-treatment-new-exhibit-imas/

Curved slickensides trace directions of ancient earthquakes

• https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6511/1555.full

DNR to celebrate Earth Science Week 11-17 October

https://dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/dnr-set-to-celebrate-earth-science-week-oct-11-17/article_d8514376-2f0b-5a85-ba1c-b2c8913f31d8.html

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 28 September 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Impact of Mexican drug production & trafficking in the US

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mexico-sees-fentanyl-seizures-up-465-denies-making-drug/ar-BB19bbm5

Perspectives on court ruling on Monsanto (Bayer) Roundup (glyphosate) settlement

• https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/517055-a-judges-monsanto-ruling-affects-both-the-law-and-the-economy
• https://www.law.com/2020/09/17/under-fire-from-judge-bayer-settles-thousands-more-roundup-lawsuits/?slreturn=20200818141410
• https://www.producer.com/2020/09/bayer-appeals-roundup-ruling/

CBP drones conducting flyovers near homes of Indigenous pipeline activists – impinging on sovereignty?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/cbp-drones-conducted-flyovers-near-homes-of-indigenous-pipeline-activists-flight-records-show/ar-BB19bg7T

On-going controversy over Dicamba herbicide

• https://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/killing-fields/Content?oid=12598292

Some insight into the history of wildfire & forest “management”

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/almost-one-third-covid-deaths-155426618.html

First John Muir, now John James Audubon is target of derision

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/john-james-audubon-was-never-good/ar-BB19cWs9

Perspective:  Good initiative rendered ineffective by systemic flaws – villages lost to river erosion & flooding due to lack of feasibility studies

• https://www.newagebd.net/article/116714/a-good-initiative-rendered-ineffective-by-systemic-flaws

Fish dying in Teichert Ponds – oxygen supply cut off by layer of ash from wildfires

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/teichert-ponds-fish-dying-due-to-ash-poor-air-quality-and-lack-of-oxygen/ar-BB19cGUk

Book Review:  “Apocalypse Never – Why environmental alarmism hurts us all”

• https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/07/review-bad-science-and-bad-arguments-abound-in-apocalypse-never/
• Background: https://weatherwest.com/archives/7550
• Related: https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/wildfire-rise-1984-northern-californias-coastal-ranges/

Perspective:  High confidence in tap water but much work remains

• https://awwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/awwa.1571

History, demand and heavy pumping impact the Sparta-Memphis aquifer – cones of depression now common as much as 100 feet of decline – “forcibly siphoned” water – interstate conflict

• https://grist.org/climate/in-a-cross-state-aquifer-spat-a-view-of-a-water-stressed-future/

Mapping 1.6B “forest-proximate people”

• https://phys.org/news/2020-09-billion-people-forests.html
• Paper: https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(20)30425-5

Smoky rural Nevada lack sufficient air monitoring

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/parts-of-now-smoky-rural-nevada-lack-government-air-monitors/ar-BB19caXe
• Interactive air quality map: https://gispub.epa.gov/airnow/

Deaths of 350 elephants in Botswana likely due to toxin produced by cyanobacteria algae blooms

• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/21/botswana-says-it-has-solved-mystery-of-mass-elephant-die-off-age-of-extinction-aoe

Trekking 800 miles on the Arizona Trail:  “hiker trash” & snakes & scorpions & scarce water

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hiker-trash-a-fat-rattlesnake-and-fickle-mother-nature-what-it-s-like-to-trek-800-miles-on-the-arizona-trail/ar-BB19fGYM

America’s Conservation Enhancement Act – a boon or a boondoggle?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/congress-must-finish-work-on-popular-conservation-bill-before-time-runs-out/ar-BB19g6zd
• ACE Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3051/text
• Estimated cost of $1.1B over 5 years: https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56036
• CBO cost estimate: https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2020-01/s3051.pdf

Water wars at the Supreme Court

• https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/water-wars-at-the-supreme-court-its-only-going-to-get-worse

Strategies for filling Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) may not be feasible in critical river flow conditions

• https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/filling-africas-largest-dam-risks-political-tension-if-engineering-realities-are-ignored/
• Paper: https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(20)30424-3

Despite failures elsewhere, Texas has released final RPA and ROD for high-speed Texas Central Railroad

• https://www.kbtx.com/2020/09/21/this-is-the-moment-we-have-been-working-towards-dallas-houston-high-speed-rail-project-federally-approved/
• https://www.kens5.com/article/news/after-todays-federal-approval-construction-on-dallas-houston-bullet-train-to-begin-next-year/287-decb2e53-5db5-461b-884d-b729f60aeecf

US Bureau of Customs & Border Protection provides critical service in protecting US agriculture

• https://www.porkbusiness.com/article/border-inspections-first-line-defense-protect-agriculture

Cigarette butts – most abundant litter- may be recycled into construction materials

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/allisongasparini/2020/09/19/from-butts-to-bricks-this-is-the-plan-to-recycle-cigarettes-into-construction-materials/#7a8110fb2232

Norway plans to spend $3B for “Longship” carbon capture project

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/nilsrokke/2020/09/21/norways-18-billion-ccs-proposal-is-great-news-for-the-climate/#78797946179e

NRCS Conservation Outcomes Webinar Series

• https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/technical/nra/ceap/?cid=nrcseprd1576043

Millions of feral swine running rampant across the country are a ticking “feral swine bomb”

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-faces-ticking-feral-swine-165858424.html

Ah, the joys of living in California – raging wildfires and skyrocketing prices

• https://www.marketwatch.com/story/as-wildfires-burn-up-the-west-coast-where-should-displaced-residents-move-2020-09-21

Roadmap to reducing salmonella – driving change through science-based policy

• https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/connect/388d5b27-b821-42ba-a717-526f3bc68b4a/FSISRoadmaptoReducingSalmonella.pdf?MOD=AJPERES

Perspective:  Protect Ruby Mountains from development in Nevada

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/protect-ruby-mountains-from-development-erquiaga/ar-BB19k6Lz

Los Angeles hid methane leak for a year – calls for Valley Generating Station to be shut down

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/los-angeles-hid-a-methane-leak-for-a-year-activists-want-the-power-plant-shut-down/ar-BB19lpAf

More than 4 tons of trash removed by Clean Up the Lake from Donner Lake & Lake Tahoe

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/more-than-8-000-pounds-of-trash-removed-from-lake-tahoe-and-donner-lake/ar-BB19kjlf

Grizzly bear kills hunter in Wrangell-St Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska

• https://news.yahoo.com/grizzly-bear-kills-hunter-national-044425911.html

CRS InFocus:  Recent Developments in Everglades Restoration

• https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11336

The almighty California Governor issues Executive Order that calls for phase out and then ban on selling gasoline passenger vehicles by 2035 and trucks by 2045 – wants to phase out fracking

• https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2020/09/23/the-almighty-gavin-newsom-orders-new-gas-powered-cars-banned-by-2035-n959775
• https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/california-governor-gavin-newsom-bans-174438751.html

Bilbies reintroduced to Sturt National Park in NSW – “trained” to fear cats & foxes – next to reintroduce to Mallee Cliffs National Park which is now “predator free” for bilbies and other native species

• https://phys.org/news/2020-09-landmark-bilbies-sturt-national-nsw.html
• https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/accelerating-evolution-greater-bilbies-will-be-trained-to-fear-cats-20200923-p55yhb.html
• https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mallee-cliffs-park-is-now-feral-predator-free-with-zero-feral-cats-and-foxes/

Mulgara – related to Tasmanian Devil – reintroduced to Sturt National Park more than a century after being declared extinct in New South Wales

• https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/mulgara-move-tassie-devil-relative-establish-stronghold-nsw

The Critical Zone - Physical structure & chemical composition of soil reflects lasting influence of humans – the influence of plants, microbes & lithology

• https://eos.org/science-updates/soil-signals-tell-of-landscape-disturbances
• https://eos.org/science-updates/life-teems-below-the-surface
• https://eos.org/agu-news/next-steps-for-the-critical-zone
• https://eos.org/features/critical-zone-science-comes-of-age

Fires are charring the Pantanal – vast floodplain in South America

• https://scitechdaily.com/extraordinary-fires-char-the-pantanal-a-vast-floodplain-in-south-america/

Residents threatened by California wildfire choose marijuana crops over personal safety

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/largest-california-wildfire-threatens-marijuana-144740306.html

USDA releases Final EIS for Alaska Roadless Rule

• https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2020/09/24/us-department-agriculture-releases-final-environmental-impact
• Project site: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=54511

Humans ignite almost every wildfire that threatens homes – made worse by forest mismanagement

• https://theconversation.com/humans-ignite-almost-every-wildfire-that-threatens-homes-145997
• https://theconversation.com/climate-change-and-forest-management-have-both-fueled-todays-epic-western-wildfires-146247

Captivity in zoos & aquariums leads to brain damage in large mammals

• https://theconversation.com/the-neural-cruelty-of-captivity-keeping-large-mammals-in-zoos-and-aquariums-damages-their-brains-142240

Horseshoe Lake dam replacement project will cost estimated $10M

• https://www.cleveland.com/community/2020/09/horseshoe-lake-dam-project-back-on-drawing-board-with-10-million-estimate.html

3 new environmental documentaries:  “Kiss the Ground”  “America’s Public Lands” “Life on our Planet”

• https://www.ecowatch.com/environment-movies-2020-2647790203.html

UNECE wants nuclear energy included in “sustainability” debate

• https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Door-opens-for-nuclear-to-enter-sustainability-deb

Nevada Supreme Court ruled against reshuffling water rights to fix environmental issues

• https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/indy-environment-the-nevada-supreme-court-ruled-against-reshuffling-water-rights-to-fix-environmental-issues-advocates-for-walker-lake-still-see-a-path-forward

Perspective:  “Environmental Justice” starts by providing more water for everyone in California

• https://reason.com/2020/09/25/environmental-justice-starts-by-providing-more-water-for-everyone/

Florida residents concerned about health effects of burning of sugar cane fields

• https://www.miamiherald.com/article245726380.html
• https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-sugar-harvest-sends-fields-110000379.html

Researcher fired from teaching for telling truth – polar bear populations are stable or thriving despite “global warming” – “cancel culture” strikes academic freedom

• https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/20/susan-crockford-fired-after-finding-polar-bears-th/

Can better planning reduce urban heat island effects?

• https://commercialobserver.com/2020/09/how-climate-data-can-inform-better-urban-design-report/
• https://newyork.uli.org/resources/urban-design-climate-workshop-gowanus-brooklyn/
• Report:https://ulidigitalmarketing.blob.core.windows.net/ulidcnc/sites/54/2020/09/5f5bc22d59be9-5f5bc22d59beaULI-NY-Gowanus-UDCW-Report-Final-spreads.pdf.pdf

CORONAVIRUS

Coronavirus COVID-19 statistics by country (click on USA to get state statistics)

• https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
• https://time.com/5800901/coronavirus-map/
• interactive maps: https://geodacenter.github.io/covid/map.html

Approximately 30% of virus death toll due primarily to other conditions in July & August

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/almost-one-third-covid-deaths-155426618.html

Collateral deaths – 202,000 to 263,000 excess deaths through late August in the US exceed those deaths confirmed or presumed to have died of or with the virus

• https://www.sciencealert.com/2020-has-killed-up-to-200-000-extra-people-in-the-us-so-far
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/death-toll-from-covid-19-pandemic-extends-far-beyond-virus-victims/ar-BB19cFWX

No measurable reduction in atmospheric CO2 detected by TCCON – nitrogen dioxide reductions noted

• https://phys.org/news/2020-09-coronavirus-induced-carbon-dioxide-emission-reductions.html
• https://phys.org/news/2020-09-air-pollution-post-covid-world.html

Once again talking about herd immunity

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/what-it-would-take-for-herd-immunity-to-stop-the-coronavirus-pandemic/ar-BB19dL7k

Opioid & tobacco additions means more likely to die

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/substance-abuse-linked-to-covid-19-susceptibility-study/ar-BB19rUff
• https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-19-exacerbates-fractured-opioid-addiction-treatment-framework/story
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-020-00880-7

Politics over the virus & regarding potential vaccine

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-face-quandary-on-vaccine-support-as-election-nears/ar-BB19d5LR

The first vaccine or the best?  Hoping the vaccine is more effective & specific than rapid tests

• https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/moderna-ceo-downplays-vaccine-timeline-pressure-we-dont-want-the-first-we-want-the-best-132609857.html

How & when will we know if vaccine is safe & effective?

• https://theconversation.com/how-and-when-will-we-know-that-a-covid-19-vaccine-is-safe-and-effective-146091
• https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/937412
• https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/15/health/covid-19-vaccine-trial-astrazeneca-nih-fda-kaiser/index.html
• https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/coronavirus-vaccine-makers-see-eu-shield-against-side-effect-claims-2020-09-22

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 28 September 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Anticipating electrification of offshore O&G platforms on the UK continental shelf

• https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Electrification-Of-UK-Offshore-Oil-Gas.html

US Gulf of Mexico oil & gas production resumed following Hurricane Sally

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-sally-energy/offshore-us-gulf-of-mexico-oil-outputcontinues-to-rebuild-idUSKCN26A0XB

Report on Offshore Containers (shipping containers industry – details forecast trends & threats

• https://thedailychronicle.in/news/1516088/offshore-containers-shipping-containers-marketopportunities-and-threats-faced-by-the-key-vendors-2024/

Ferry runs aground on Finnish island – 200+ passengers, 80 crew, no casualties

• https://www.euronews.com/2020/09/20/passenger-ferry-with-nearly-300-people-on-boardruns-aground-off-finland

US DOI proposing regulation for oil producers to decommission abandoned offshore wells

• https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Wants-Bankrupt-Offshore-Drillers-To-Pick-Up-The-Tab-For-Abandoned-Wells.html

• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-seeks-stricter-funding-rules-183009971.html

•https://www.haynesboone.com//media/files/energy_bankruptcy_reports/oil_patch_bankruptcy_monitor.ashx

Massive bait balls have drawn sharks to waters off Waikiki

• https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/09/18/sharks-spotted-near-shore-kaimana-beachfour-straight-days/

Maine lottery for entry into scallop harvest

• https://www.wabi.tv/2020/09/16/maine-to-hold-a-lottery-for-entry-into-scallop-harvest/

Extensive damage to Pensacola Bay Bridge now being documented

• http://www.northescambia.com/2020/09/pensacola-bay-bridge-barge-damage-worse-thanfirst-thought

• https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2020/09/21/pensacola-bay-bridge-repair-expected-takelonger-hurricane-sally/5857987002/

On Pensacola Bay, the force of Hurricane Sally pushed massive barges ashore & into yards

• https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2020/09/20/hurricane-sally-pensacola-bay-damage-bargeshomes/5844480002/

Florida F&W seized 109 undersized lobsters and jailed 3 for illegal catch

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/keys-boat-captain-2-crew-213904698.html

Estimated $7.4B for restoration in the Everglades focus on water quality

• https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article245830475.html

Perspective: Education & research are key to tsunami hazard preparation

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/nilsrokke/2020/09/21/norways-18-billion-ccs-proposal-is-greatnews-for-the-climate/#78797946179e

US Army COE seeking comments on environmental effects of $2B Mississippi River levee work

• https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_0eecaa54-fcef-11ea-948d0b2c2d09acfe.html

• Draft SEIS II: https://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/MRLSEIS/

Concrete work platforms for nearshore wind park in Ijsselmeer Lake in the Netherlands

• https://renewablesnow.com/news/first-concrete-work-platforms-on-the-way-to-dutchnearshore-wind-project-714471/

Updates: Turkey trying to impose claim on Eastern Mediterranean – violating EEZ of Cyprus

• https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/25/cypriot-president-macron-is-a-ray-of-hope-to-save-euprinciples-and-values-%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b/

• https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/09/19/geopolitics-of-the-eastern-mediterranean/

Perspective: Commitments arising from invocation of international law - delimitations of EEZ & continental shelf

• https://www.ekathimerini.com/257252/opinion/ekathimerini/comment/the-commitmentsarising-from-the-invocation-of-international-law

International Criminal Court addresses China encroachment on Filipino fishermen in EEZ

• https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/756989/ex-ombudsman-morales-to-duterteseek-more-int-l-support-for-hague-ruling/story/

• https://opinion.inquirer.net/133860/what-the-code-of-conduct-shouldnt-be

Loss of terrain for seagrass means potential loss of protection & biodiversity on Caribbean Islands

• https://phys.org/news/2020-09-caribbean-islands-loss-biodiversity-seagrass.html

“The Cove” proposal to develop Piers 30-32 in San Francisco – “Bermuda Triangle of waterfront development”

• https://www.archpaper.com/2020/09/heatherwick-studio-reveals-details-the-cove-proposal/

California endangered whales being killed by ships – “Whale Safe” may protect them

• https://www.newsweek.com/ai-whale-california-shipping-system-1532611

Marine food webs recover quickly when hurricanes temporarily halt fishing

• https://theconversation.com/when-hurricanes-temporarily-halt-fishing-marine-food-websrecover-quickly-144180

Questions remain on why H Laura blew out windows of 22-story tower in Lake Charles – “swiss cheese”

• https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/weather_traffic/article_e70053b8-e85f-11ea-bbd8-9b5bdabf8207.html

Port Houston officials say widening of shipping channel is “necessary”

• https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-houston-bigger-ships-need-wider-channel

City of Havre de Grace, Maryland, to create “living shoreline” – estimated project cost $2.5M

• https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/harford/aegis/cng-ag-hdg-living-shoreline-0925-20200924-bxqhxkfgbjc6vjlwwdw7gb7bfm-story.html

Tonga Geological Service has no working offshore dredge - sand mining on beaches to meet construction demands

• https://matangitonga.to/2020/09/26/sand-miners-hit-best-beaches

Hurricane force wind & high wave warning issued for Gulf of Alaska

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/a-rare-hurricane-force-wind-warning-was-just-issued-for-alaska/ar-BB19sk2P

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CRS Report: 'The U.S. Energy Information Administration'

Who knew? The U.S. Energy Information Administration? Yes, Virginia there is such a thing - to learn more read this CRS report (9 September 2020): 'The U.S. Energy Information Administration' by Ashley J. Lawson, Mark Holt and Michael Ratner.

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Overview
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is the lead federal agency for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating data on U.S. and world energy supply and consumption. EIA was established in 1977 by the Department of Energy Organization Act (P.L. 95-91), though other federal agencies had regularly collected energy-related information since at least the early 1900s.

A main driver for the creation of EIA was the energy crisis of the 1970s. At the time, many lawmakers felt a lack of federal energy data had contributed to the crisis and limited policymaking in response. EIA’s statutory authorities reflect many congressional concerns at the time. Congress authorized EIA with substantial political independence—the EIA Administrator does not need approval from any other DOE officer or employee for data collection, analysis, or projections. EIA must “promptly” disseminate to the public the energy information it collects, except for information deemed confidential or proprietary. Additionally, Congress authorized EIA to compel the submission of data from energy companies. In other words, reporting to EIA is mandatory.

EIA’s appropriation for FY2020 is $126.8 million, which includes $54.3 million for a staff of 359 full-time equivalent federal employees. EIA’s budget has varied substantially since its first year of operation in FY1978. As with the rest of DOE, the annual Energy and Water Development appropriations bill currently funds EIA.

One of EIA’s core functions is to collect “data and information which is relevant to energy resource reserves, energy production, demand, and technology, and related economic and statistical information” (42 U.S.C. §7135). EIA data collections span the energy system from supply and transport to consumption. All energy sources are included in EIA’s data and analysis products, though some (e.g., petroleum) are more detailed than others (e.g., renewables). EIA’s emphasis on petroleum data partly stems from the founding of the agency, when oil supply was a focus of national policy. EIA primarily collects domestic energy information, but it also aggregates and analyzes international energy information.

EIA publishes its data on its website by fuel or energy source: Petroleum & Other Liquids, Natural Gas, Electricity, Consumption & Efficiency, Coal, Renewables & Alternative Fuels, Nuclear & Uranium, and Total Energy. Time frames for data collection span a wide range: some data are collected hourly, while other data are collected every few years. EIA also provides mapping tools on its website that show the location of energy infrastructure. Some maps can display congressional district boundaries, providing a potentially useful tool for responding to constituent requests or informing policy decisions. Appendices to this report summarize EIA’s mapping tools and data collection surveys.

EIA also produces analysis and projections. EIA often draws a distinction between projections (i.e., estimates based on specified assumptions) and forecasts or predictions (i.e., best guesses about the future). Its flagship projection, the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO), is widely used among Members of Congress, industry, and other observers. The AEO provides an outlook for U.S. energy supply, demand, prices, certain air emissions, and other factors over a 25-30 year period, based on the laws and regulations in place at the time of publication. The International Energy Outlook (IEO), updated annually, projects global energy supply, demand, and prices over a 25-30 year period. These long-term projections include scenarios based on alternative assumptions. Scenarios provide information about the possible range of future energy supply and demand conditions, and they can help identify how sensitive the U.S. energy system might be to changes in certain factors such as fuel prices and potential policy changes. EIA also produces the Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), a monthly forecast of U.S. energy supply, demand, and prices over the next 12-24 months.

EIA’s projections have been criticized for not taking into account potential changes in laws and regulations. Some critics argue that this presents a misleading reference upon which many policy and investment decisions are made. Others argue EIA insufficiently accounts for policy or technology changes in its projections.

EIA also performs ad hoc analysis at the request of Congress. In the past, EIA has projected potential energy system outcomes for proposed energy policies (e.g., lifting the crude oil export ban), environmental policies (e.g., federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions), and tax policies (e.g., extended production tax credits for wind generators). EIA’s projections have been used during congressional debate, alongside projections from other organizations. EIA has also produced a series of reports at the request of Congress estimating the value of federal energy subsidies.

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Concluding Observations
Congress established EIA in the 1970s so that policymakers, regulators, and the public could have more transparency into U.S. energy system conditions. EIA continues to fulfill this role today. EIA can collect information through its statutory authority that private firms might not be able to collect on their own.

The current overall U.S. energy balance is very different than when EIA was established. At that time, the United States had a shortage of energy supply relative to its needs, but now the United States has a net surplus (or close to it).67 Congress could choose to evaluate the desired role of EIA given this different context. As the energy mix changes and a wider array of fuels are integrated, EIA might need expand its data collection and analysis to fully cover the U.S. energy sector. Expanding EIA’s coverage while maintaining its existing portfolio would likely require additional funding, especially to meet the depth required by the market.

EIA data have become essential for the functioning of U.S. energy markets, with some markets (e.g., the oil market) relying upon EIA data releases for price formation. The consolidation of industry data and the transparency of published data are important components of how market entities currently analyze the sector. The private sector uses EIA data to inform its analysis of different energy commodities. The nature of the energy sector is one of constant change, shifting priorities, new data and information, and varied analysis and interpretations. EIA must constantly evaluate changes for their short, medium, and long term effects and whether or not they require EIA to modify its collection of specific data and analytical reports.

Members of Congress may use EIA projections to inform their decisions. Members of Congress may also use information from other organizations, such as private firms, trade associations, and think tanks. Members of Congress could choose to evaluate EIA’s modelling capabilities, compared to other organizations, and determine whether EIA should make changes. Changes to EIA’s modelling capabilities could affect its annual appropriation requirement and raise other considerations.

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Water, Volume 12, Issue 9 (September 2020) - Hydrology & Hydrogeology; Policy, Management & Governance; Treatment & Reuse; Hydraulics & Hydrodynamics; Ecosystems; More! - 336 Articles

Water, 12(9) - September 2020 - 336 articles  

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Cover Story

Article: Mapping of Major Land-Use Changes in the Kolleru Lake Freshwater Ecosystem by Using Landsat Satellite Images in Google Earth Engine

Meena Kumari Kolli, Christian Opp, Daniel Karthe and Michael Groll

Water 2020, 12(9), 2493; doi:10.3390/w12092493

Featured Papers

Article: Performances of the New HEC-RAS Version 5 for 2-D Hydrodynamic-Based Rainfall-Runoff Simulations at Basin Scale: Comparison with a State-of-the Art Model

Pierfranco Costabile, Carmelina Costanzo, Domenico Ferraro, Francesco Macchione and Gabriella Petaccia

Water 2020, 12(9), 2326; doi:10.3390/w12092326

Article: Understory Limits Surface Runoff and Soil Loss in Teak Tree Plantations of Northern Lao PDR

Layheang Song, Laurie Boithias, Oloth Sengtaheuanghoung, Chantha Oeurng, Christian Valentin, Bounthan Souksavath, Phabvilay Sounyafong, Anneke de Rouw, Bounsamay Soulileuth, Norbert Silvera, Bounchanh Lattanavongkot, Alain Pierret and Olivier Ribolzi

Water 2020, 12(9), 2327; doi:10.3390/w12092327

Article: Natural Surface Hydrocarbons and Soil Faunal Biodiversity: A Bioremediation Perspective

Sara Remelli, Pietro Rizzo, Fulvio Celico and Cristina Menta

Water 2020, 12(9), 2358; doi:10.3390/w12092358

Article: River Water Quality of the Selenga-Baikal Basin: Part II—Metal Partitioning under Different Hydroclimatic Conditions

Nikolay Kasimov, Galina Shinkareva, Mikhail Lychagin, Sergey Chalov, Margarita Pashkina, Josefin Thorslund and Jerker Jarsjö

Water 2020, 12(9), 2392; doi:10.3390/w12092392

Article: Influence of Season, Occupancy Pattern, and Technology on Structure and Composition of Nitrifying and Denitrifying Bacterial Communities in Advanced Nitrogen-Removal Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems

Bianca N. Ross, Sara K. Wigginton, Alissa H. Cox, George W. Loomis and Jose A. Amador

Water 2020, 12(9), 2413; doi:10.3390/w12092413

Article: Modelling Projected Changes in Soil Water Budget in Coastal Kenya under Different Long-Term Climate Change Scenarios

Cornelius Okello, Nicolas Greggio, Beatrice Maria Sole Giambastiani, Nina Wambiji, Julius Nzeve and Marco Antonellini

Water 2020, 12(9), 2455; doi:10.3390/w12092455

Article: Hybrid Pumped Hydro Storage Energy Solutions towards Wind and PV Integration: Improvement on Flexibility, Reliability and Energy Costs

Mariana Simão and Helena M. Ramos

Water 2020, 12(9), 2457; doi:10.3390/w12092457

Article: Anisotropy in the Free Stream Region of Turbulent Flows through Emergent Rigid Vegetation on Rough Beds

Nadia Penna, Francesco Coscarella, Antonino D’Ippolito and Roberto Gaudio

Water 2020, 12(9), 2464; doi:10.3390/w12092464

Article: Sea-Level Variability in the Gulf of Naples and the “Acqua Alta” Episodes in Ischia from Tide-Gauge Observations in the Period 2002–2019

Berardino Buonocore, Yuri Cotroneo, Vincenzo Capozzi, Giuseppe Aulicino, Giovanni Zambardino and Giorgio Budillon

Water 2020, 12(9), 2466; doi:10.3390/w12092466

Article: Exploring How Cyanobacterial Traits Affect Nutrient Loading Thresholds in Shallow Lakes: A Modelling Approach

Manqi Chang, Sven Teurlincx, Jan H. Janse, Hans W. Paerl, Wolf M. Mooij and Annette B. G. Janssen

Water 2020, 12(9), 2467; doi:10.3390/w12092467

Article: The Use of Straw Mulches to Mitigate Soil Erosion under Different Antecedent Soil Moistures

Ataollah Kavian, Mahin Kalehhouei, Leila Gholami, Zeinab Jafarian, Maziar Mohammadi and Jesús Rodrigo-Comino

Water 2020, 12(9), 2518; doi:10.3390/w12092518

Article: Modeling Wave Overtopping on a Seawall with XBeach, IH2VOF, and Mase Formulas

João Nuno C. Oliveira, Filipa S. B. F. Oliveira, Maria Graça Neves, María Clavero and António A. Trigo-Teixeira

Water 2020, 12(9), 2526; doi:10.3390/w12092526

Article: Optimization of Irrigation and Leaching Depths Considering the Cost of Water Using WASH_1D/2D Models

Haruyuki Fujimaki, Hassan M. Abd El Baki, Seyed Mohamad Mahdavi and Hamed Ebrahimian

Water 2020, 12(9), 2549; doi:10.3390/w12092549

Article: Modelling the Role of SuDS Management Trains in Minimising Flood Risk, Using MicroDrainage

Craig Lashford, Susanne Charlesworth, Frank Warwick and Matthew Blackett

Water 2020, 12(9), 2559; doi:10.3390/w12092559

Article: Evaluation of Satellite Precipitation Products for Hydrological Modeling in the Brazilian Cerrado Biome

Jhones da S. Amorim, Marcelo R. Viola, Rubens Junqueira, Vinicius A. de Oliveira and Carlos R. de Mello

Water 2020, 12(9), 2571; doi:10.3390/w12092571

Article: A Molecular-Level Picture of Electrospinning

Jan Jirsák, Pavel Pokorný, Pavel Holec and Šárka Dědičová

Water 2020, 12(9), 2577; doi:10.3390/w12092577

Article: Aquatic Worm Assemblages along the Danube: A Homogenization Warning

Ana Atanacković, Ferdinand Šporka, Vanja Marković, Jaroslav Slobodnik, Katarina Zorić, Bela Csányi and Momir Paunović

Water 2020, 12(9), 2612; doi:10.3390/w12092612

Article: Modelling Pluvial Flooding in Urban Areas Coupling the Models Iber and SWMM

Esteban Sañudo, Luis Cea and Jerónimo Puertas

Water 2020, 12(9), 2647; doi:10.3390/w12092647

General

Review: Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Freshwater and Terrestrial Environment: A Review

Kellie Boyle and Banu Örmeci

Water 2020, 12(9), 2633; doi:10.3390/w12092633

Article: Evaluation of Irrigation Water Resources Availability and Climate Change Impacts—A Case Study of Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kenya

George Akoko, Tasuku Kato and Le Hoang Tu

Water 2020, 12(9), 2330; doi:10.3390/w12092330

Article: Assessing Hydrological Vulnerability to Future Droughts in a Mediterranean Watershed: Combined Indices-Based and Distributed Modeling Approaches

Youssef Brouziyne, Aziz Abouabdillah, Abdelghani Chehbouni, Lahoucine Hanich, Karim Bergaoui, Rachael McDonnell and Lahcen Benaabidate

Water 2020, 12(9), 2333; doi:10.3390/w12092333

Article: Influence of Plasma-Activated Water on Physical and Physical–Chemical Soil Properties

Jana Šimečková, František Krčma, Daniel Klofáč, Lukáš Dostál and Zdenka Kozáková

Water 2020, 12(9), 2357; doi:10.3390/w12092357

Article: Lag Time as an Indicator of the Link between Agricultural Pressure and Drinking Water Quality State

Hyojin Kim, Nicolas Surdyk, Ingelise Møller, Morten Graversgaard, Gitte Blicher-Mathiesen, Abel Henriot, Tommy Dalgaard and Birgitte Hansen

Water 2020, 12(9), 2385; doi:10.3390/w12092385

Article: Real-Time Estimation of Disinfection By-Products through Differential UV Absorbance

Guilherme Stéphanie and Dorea Caetano

Water 2020, 12(9), 2536; doi:10.3390/w12092536

Article: Research on Livestock Carrying Capacity of Arid Pastoral Areas Based on Dynamic Water–Forage–Livestock Balance in OtogBanner, China

Lin Qin, Xiaoyu Song, Wang Wen, Xiaodi Liu and Hui Liu

Water 2020, 12(9), 2539; doi:10.3390/w12092539

Article: Dynamic Evaluation of Sustainable Water Resource Systems in Metropolitan Areas: A Case Study of the Beijing Megacity

Chaoyang Du

Water 2020, 12(9), 2629; doi:10.3390/w12092629

Editorial: Land Use and Water Quality

Brian Kronvang, Frank Wendland, Karel Kovar and Dico Fraters

Water 2020, 12(9), 2412; doi:10.3390/w12092412

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