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Joshua Newton's Water Jobs & More - 30 September 2015 (Updated 5 October)

Last one of September and last one of the 2015 water year! Josh sent these to me on 29 September.

 

You can now follow Josh on Twitter (@joshnewtonH2O).

 

Josh's and other job notices are archived here. All the jobs I post are archived at Twitter; the hashtag is #JobWaWi.

Dates shown are closing dates unless otherwise indicated. 'None' means no closing date was indicated. 'Soon' means, well...soon!

As more jobs come in I will post them at the bottom (Additional Positions). 

Bonus: great interview by Diane Rehm of author Andrea Wulf on her new book about Alexander Von Humboldt, 'The Invention Of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World'. Fascinating man!  

 

1) Partnerships Manager (UNDP Shared Waters Partnership) - SIWI (Stockholm): 15 October

 

2) Associate Vice President (Water) - Environmental Defense Fund (San Francisco): None:  Download EDF_AVP Water_PD_FINAL

3) Assistant Professor of Wildland Watershed Management - University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY, USA): 30 October.  Download WildlandWatershed_UW

4) Senior Director (Water and Clean Energy) - Winrock International (Arlington, VA, USA): No deadline published

5) WASH Manager - UNICEF (Mauritania): 12 October

6) WASH Specialist - UNICEF (North Korea): 19 October

7) Project Manager (Global Water) - TNC (Seattle, New York or Arlington, VA, USA): 5 October

8) Policy Associate (Global Affairs) - TNC (Arlington, VA, USA): 12 October

9) Water Accounting Analyst/Junior Lecturer - UNESCO-IHE (The Netherlands): 10 October

10) Remote Sensing Water Crop Productivity Analyst/Senior Lecturer - UNESCO-IHE (The Netherlands): 10 October

11) Senior Researcher/Researcher: Ecosystem-based Water Management - IWMI (Addis Ababa): 31 October

12) Humanitarian WASH Adviser - Save the Children (London): 26 October

13) Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist - Plan UK (London): 8 October

14) Natural Resource Management Specialist - Winrock International (Ghana): 30 September

15) Senior Hydrographic Surveyor - Secretariat of the Pacific (Fiji): 11 October

16) Programmes and Data Systems Officer - WaterAid (London): 4 October

17) Freshwater Ecology Scientist (2 positions) - EOS Ecology (New Zealand): 23 October

18) Team Leader (Urban Water Sector Reform) - PMO (Nigeria): 22 October

19) Institutional Development Expert (Urban Water Sector Reform) - PMO (Nigeria): 22 October

20) Water Engineer and Modeller - ICEM (Hanoi, Vietnam): 31 October

21) Consultancy: Technical Advisor to the WASH Policy Coordinator - UNICEF (Papua New Guinea): 7 October

22) Consultancy: Integrated Water Resource Management, Water-Efficient Irrigation and Sustainable Land Management - UNDP (Home-based with travel to Turkmenistan): 7 October

23) Consultancy: Water and Sanitation Training Facilitator - UNDP (Timor Leste): 1 October

24) Consultancy: Support to development of WSSCC Strategic Plan 2017 - 2020 - WSSCC (Home-based): 6 October

25) Consultancy: Expert for Knowledge Management Information System (KMIS) on Climate Change - UNDP (Cambodia): 6 October

26) Consultancy: Elaboration of National Environmental Policy - UNDP (Guinea-Bissau): 16 October

Additional Positions

 

27) EPA Postdoc (Ada, OK) - Project: “Floodplain Restoration, Expansion, and Infrastructure Effects on Ground and Surface Water Quality”. 2 - 4 years. Deadline: 1 November Download EPA_postdoc

 

28) Position: @NSF (Arlington, VA) - Program Director,Geographer,Geography & Spatial Sciences. Closes: 21 Oct http://1.usa.gov/1P4JVmS  #JobWaWi

 

29) Positions: Landau Associates (Portland, OR) - Mid- and Senior-Level Water Resources Practitioners http://bit.ly/1LiTsac  #JobWaWi

 

30) Positions: Landau Associates (cities in WA state) - Mid- and Senior-Level Water Resources Practitioners. http://bit.ly/1KIAVAB  #JobWaWi

 

31) INTERA (Southern California) - Hydrogeologist/Water Resources Engineer
Download Intera_Hydrogeologist 

 

32) Position: @MarquetteU (Milwaukee,WI) - T-T Asst Professor, Environmental & Water Resources Engineering. Closes: 1 Feb 2016 http://go.mu.edu/1M1QUrq  #JobWaWi

 

33) Position: Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) - T-T Asst Prof, Hydrology/Surface Processes. App rev: 1 Nov; OUF  Download IU_Surface_Processes_Hydro

 

34) Position: @ucsc (Santa Cruz,CA) - Chair, Water Resources & Food Systems Sustainability. OUF; App rev: 16 Oct http://bit.ly/1O0V7jS  #JobWaWi

 

35) Position: State of NM - Office of State Engineer (Santa Fe) - Planning Project Manager. Closes: 15 Oct. http://bit.ly/1KxYHPI  #JobWaWi

 

36) Position: @MeridianIdaho - Staff Engineer. http://bit.ly/1iTMefT  #JobWaWi

 

37) Position: @NYCWater - Water Resources Associate. Job #213580. OUF. http://on.nyc.gov/1KXHbCr  #JobWaWi

 

38) Position: @DukeU (Durham,NC) - T-T Prof, Civil & Environ Engring (Asst preferred). App rev: 1 Nov. OUF http://bit.ly/1NhB8yv  #JobWaWi

 

39) Position: @USGS (Reston, VA) - Sediment Radionuclide Geochemist. Closes: 7 October http://1.usa.gov/1NjmoPJ  #JobWaWi

 

Internships

40) Internship Position (paid): @EPAwater (DC) - Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution http://1.usa.gov/1L36Aut  #JobWaWi

41) Paid: Intern/Assistant to the Senior Regional Adviser for the Asia/Oceania Region - Ramsar Convention (Gland, Switzerland): 25 October

42) Analysis of Accountability in the WaSH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Sector, based on global and regional datasets - SIWI (Stockholm): 25 October

 

"I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves." - Alexander von Humboldt

Megan Kogut's Washington State Jobs & More (AK, OR, CO, CA, AL, TX, PA, Canada) - 29 September 2015 (Updated 5 October)

Megan sent these to me on 28 September.  I have added a number of other positions. 

I archive Megan's  jobs and many others I post at #JobWaWi (Twitter) and on my blog here as well.  

As the week progresses I will post additional jobs at the bottom of the list. 

In the unlikely event that clicking on a URL takes you to an Outlook login page, then paste the URL (if it is available) into your browser.

1) Staff/Project Engineer and Project Manager, Inter-Fluve (Madison, WI) (company has office in Hood River, OR)
http://www.interfluve.com/category/news/

2) GIS Analyst Principal, Snohomish County Public Works Department (Everett, WA). Closes: 14 October
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/snohomish/default.cfm?action=viewJob&jobID=1210475

3) Social Scientist, Pacific States Fisheries Commission (Seattle, WA). Closes: 15 October or sooner
https://www2.apply2jobs.com/PSMFC/ProfExt/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=639&CurrentPage=1

4) Project Manager, David Evans and Associates (Vancouver, WA). Opened: 23 September
https://jobs-deainc.icims.com/jobs/5338/project-manager/job?mode=job 

5) Transportation Engineer 5, WA Department of Transportation (Olympia, WA). Opened: 23 septeber; Closes: 10 October
https://agency.governmentjobs.com/wdot/default.cfm?action=viewJob&jobID=1251009

6) Groundwater Pollution Prevention Specialist, City of Redmond (Redmond, WA) Closes: 9 October
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/redmondwa/default.cfm?action=viewJob&jobID=1243980

 7) Finance and Administration Manager, King County Water and Land Resources Division (Seattle, WA).Opened: 23 September; Closes: 14 October http://agency.governmentjobs.com/kingcounty/default.cfm?action=viewJob&jobID=1250549

8) Positions: @EcologyWA - Current Openings - Updated: every 5-7 days or so.  http://1.usa.gov/1evxlPd #JobWaWi 

9) Position: @waDNR (Olympia, WA) - ITS 3-LiDAR Specialist. Closes: 30 Sept http://bit.ly/1Jznnnd  #JobWaWi

10) Position: @waDNR (Olympia, WA) - LiDAR Manager-ITS 4. Closes: 12 October http://bit.ly/1GduxND  #JobWaWi

11) Position: @waDNR (Olympia,WA) - Assistant State Geologist/Assistant Division Manager - WMS 2. Closes: 4 Oct http://bit.ly/1iGjwPr  #JobWaWi

12) Position: Gilliam County SWCD (Condon, OR) - Project Manager. Closes: 12 Oct http://bit.ly/1jrWYCC  #JobWaWi

13) Position: Oregon DF&W (Veneta, OR) - Natural Resource Specialist 2 (Biologist). Closes: 2 October http://bit.ly/1LhWBXF  #JobWaWi

14) Position: @LehighU (Bethlehem, PA) - T-T Asst Prof, Earth & Environmental Sciences. Closes: 1 Nov http://bit.ly/1UA8w7v  #JobWaWi

15) Position: @USDA_ARS (Bushland, TX) - Interdisciplinary Research Soil Scientist/Research Agricultural Engineer/Research Hydrologist. Closes: 9 Oct http://1.usa.gov/1iXp1Kr  #JobWaWi

16) Positions (12): @NOAA (Alaska) - Meteorological Technician. Closes: 23 Nov http://1.usa.gov/1FuDCqN  #JobWaWi

17) Position: OR WRD (Salem, OR) - Professional Engineer 1 (Water Resource Engineer). Closes: 16 October http://bit.ly/1MQ3sId  #JobWaWi

18) Position: @DenverWater (Denver, CO) - Director of Planning. Closes: 23 October http://bit.ly/1G99iwm #JobWaWi

19) Position: @SugarLandtxgov (Sugar Land, Texas) - Water Resources Manager. OUF. http://bit.ly/1R6Xwcy  #JobWaWi

20) Two MS or PhD Assistantships - Aquatic Ecology and Limnology, Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama). Due: 1 November  Download Auburn_Assistantships

21) MS/PhD Assistantships - Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering - fluvial geomorphology, floodplains, dams and reservoirs. Start: January 2016. Apply: ASAP
Download Assistantships_Villanova

22) Position: @environmentca (Fredericton,NB) - Research Scientist - benthic ecological risk assessment. Closes: 5 Oct http://bit.ly/1LFAh93   #JobWaWi

23) Consultancy: Groundwater modeling project in Djibouti (5 months). Home-based with one mission trip. Apps due: 4 October (revised, but verify before applying).  Download UNEP_MHUE_ToRs_Djibouti_country-level_hydrogeological_study_GEF

24) Positions: Landau Associates (Portland, OR) - Mid- and Senior-Level Water Resources Practitioners http://bit.ly/1LiTsac  #JobWaWi

25) Positions: Landau Associates (cities in WA state) - Mid- and Senior-Level Water Resources Practitioners. http://bit.ly/1KIAVAB  #JobWaWi

26) INTERA (Southern California) - Hydrogeologist/Water Resources Engineer
Download Intera_Hydrogeologist

27) Four Positions with Klamath Tribes (Chiloquin, OR). OUF
Download Hydrologist
Download Fluvial_Geomorphologist
Download Wildlife_Biologist
Download Aquatics_Supervisor
Download Klamath_Tribes_Application

Volunteer Opportunity:

Oregonians! Want to be on the Oregon Groundwater Advisory Committee? http://1.usa.gov/1P0B1a  Due: 19 Oct.  Download Gwac_2015_solicitation

 "Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life." - Sophia Loren

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Enviro-Sciences - 28 September 2015

Another great week of listings before October rolls around.

A brief 'Reno report' from Elaine:

Indian summer here....rabbitbrush starting to fade....leaves showing definite change of color.....and temps supposed to drop from near 90 to more seasonal upper 70s during the days!!

 I always loved the autumn in the Reno-Tahoe area.

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Geosciences Bulletin Board – 28 September 2015. Compiled by Elaine J. Hanford. Compilation of selected current news articles pertinent to the discipline.

12 interesting facts about the Autumnal Equinox since we are now into the next season

• http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/11-facts-about-autumnal-equinox.html

Movie review:  “The Wave” a disaster movie about a geologist and his family

• http://screencrush.com/the-wave-review-fantastic-fest/

Earth science offers keys to potentially meeting UN Sustainability Goals

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Earth_science_offers_key_to_many_United_Nations_Sustainable_Development_Goals_999.html

Restrictions on fracking injections coincide with reduction in intense earthquakes in Kansas

• http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2015/09/25/382816.htm

“Icefall doctors” are carving a new route to the top of Mount Everest

• http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/24/nepal-icefall-doctors-everest-ascent-routes-sherpa-mountain

Landslides into Öskjuvatn Lake in Iceland cause tsunami waves

         http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/a-new-landslide-askja-region-nature-still-work

No surprise here….climate change models are too simplistic

• http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/285179/climate-change-models-too-simplistic-report

New insight into the composition of the core of Earth – more oxygen, less silicon

• http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/dlnl-anv092215.php

New mathematical model approach to assessing strontium isotope ratios that can be used to assess living organisms and fossil materials

• http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/uoc-ns092315.php

Massive meteor shower pummeled Earth and changed chemistry of the crust

• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3246600/Massive-meteorite-shower-pummeled-Earth-100-MILLION-years-changed-planet-s-chemistry-forever-claims-study.html

Will a strong El Niño relieve drought conditions across the US?

• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3246945/Parched-America-Satellite-images-reveal-just-dry-ground-California-Oregon-Washington.html

Down to Earth with a glaciologist

• http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/down-earth-glaciologist-erin-pettit

Bunostegos akokaensis – a pre-reptile – may have been first to walk upright on all four feet

• https://news.brown.edu/articles/2015/09/posture

Fremantle, Australia, has the highest rate of meteorological tsunamis in the world

• http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-09/23/c_134651545.htm
• Paper:  http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/roypta/373/2053/20140377.full.pdf

Bárðarbunga volcano in Iceland emits large amounts of sulfur dioxide on a daily basis

• http://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/3759/icelandic_volcanos_toxic_gas_is_treble_that_of_europes_industry

William “Strata” Smith’s first geological map of England and Wales to go on display in Cardiff

• http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/rare-edition-first-geological-map-10124569

Top 10 US cities at greatest risk of natural disasters

• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3247407/From-hurricanes-flooding-wildfires-earthquakes-10-cities-risk-natural-disasters-one-South.html

When will this “hillock of swelling” explode and become a massive sinkhole in Siberia?

• http://www.rt.com/news/316261-siberia-crater-new-abnormal/

Seismic shaking, unstable soils and ancient landslide cause concern for Washington Park reservoir in Portland, Oregon

• http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/09/portlands_washington_park_rese.html

Predicting beach erosion in the future if climate change occurs in NSW

• http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/weather-patterns-could-lead-to-more-beach-erosion/2782999/

Pollen spores in cores from Lake Elsinore suggest series of mega-droughts in California between 27,500 and 25,500 years ago

• http://phys.org/news/2015-09-ancient-pollen-mega-droughts-california-thousands.html

Earliest fossil specimens of coelacanthe in Africa is found in Devonian age fossil nursery

• http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150921090201.htm

Early human inhabitants and giant apex predator lizards co-existed in Australia

• http://phys.org/news/2015-09-giant-killer-lizard-fossil-early.html
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3247338/Giant-killer-lizards-roamed-Australia-Ice-Age-Fossil-evidence-predators-lived-alongside-Aborigines.html

Imja Lake, with glacial meltwater behind a natural dam, poses potential downstream hazard if avalanche or rockslide explodes the lake and the dam fails

• https://asunews.asu.edu/20150901-lake-sherpa

Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis, 30-foot-long herbivorous duck-billed dinosaur found in Alaska

• http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-a-cold-weather-dinosaur-20150921-story.html

Nine years and counting:  controversy over Lusi mud volcano flow in Indonesia

• http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/22/science/9-years-of-muck-mud-and-debate-in-java.html

Enviro-Sciences Bulletin Board – 28 September 2015. Compiled by Elaine J. Hanford. Compilation of selected current news articles pertinent to the discipline.

Just like Pig-Pen, Charlie Brown’s friend, everyone has a cloud of microbes

• http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/22/441841735/wherever-you-go-your-personal-cloud-of-microbes-follows
• Paper:  https://peerj.com/articles/1258/

Unlike Pig-Pen, pigs have a distinct cadaver smell from humans because of the chemicals in the decaying body

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humans-have-unique-smell-death-180956732/

Americans are sending twice as much trash to landfills than estimated by the federal government

• http://phys.org/news/2015-09-trash-landfills-thought.html

Artistic views of what humans have wrought upon the planet

• http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/stunning-contemporary-art-captures-terror-wonder-wit-anthropocene-180956742/

The truth behind the “5-second rule” for eating food you’ve dropped on the floor

• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3239784/The-truth-five-second-rule-Scientist-reveals-odds-getting-sick-eating-food-dropped-floor.html

New survey seeks to discover how all beef cattle producers use antibiotics

• http://beefmagazine.com/blog/how-do-you-use-antibiotics-new-survey-wants-know
• Survey:  https://kstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e5RY1NGhht1GGIB

Ohiopyle Park to revamp how it handles biological waste & storm water and will install geothermal HVAC system

• http://www.parksandrecreation.org/2015/September/Innovative-Water-Management-at-Ohiopyle-State-Park-Visitor-s-Center/ 

Southern Californians thinking about developing world’s largest municipal water recycling program

• http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mwd-recycled-water-20150922-story.html

Evidence of heavy metal pollution (copper, lead, nickel and zinc) caused by human activity date to the early Stone Age

• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3244837/Man-polluting-Earth-Middle-Paleolithic-Heavy-metal-contamination-caused-Neanderthal-fires-dates-40-000-years.html

Interactive real-time air quality map for cities across the world

• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3239920/How-polluted-city-Map-shows-minute-harmful-smog-levels-world-reveal-health-risk.html

El Niño and La Niña will exacerbate coastal hazards across the entire Pacific Ocean 

• http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=4336#.VgLU7N9Viko

 Old Faithful remains faithful and draw millions of tourists to Yellowstone National Park

• http://www.star-telegram.com/living/travel/article36271221.html

Will the US get or take water from Canada?

• http://www.treehugger.com/clean-water/will-canada-export-its-fresh-water-or-will-us-just-take-it.html

Changes in dairy industry in recent decades mean improved production & concern for animal welfare

• http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/ehs-cid092215.php

Evidence of gene flow from parasitic wasps to butterflies and moths

• http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/44016/title/Parasite-s-Genes-Persist-in-Host-Genomes/

“Open Tree of Life” shows relationships among 2.3 million species on Earth over 3.5B years

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/open-tree-of-life-shows-how-millions-earthlings-related_560087b9e4b08820d919e398

Sage grouse protection deemed “not warranted” by US Dept of Interior….lawsuits to follow

• http://www.thewildlifenews.com/2015/09/22/the-greater-sage-grouse-denied-esa-protection/

Oriental fruit fly invaded and shut down large segment of fruit industry in Florida

• http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/09/22/442329655/this-pest-has-shut-down-south-floridas-700-million-fruit-industry

Greenpeace report says 100% renewable energy is possible by 2050…are they correct?

• http://www.canberratimes.com.au/environment/greenpeace-on-renewables-phase-out-coal-oil-gas-and-nuclear-energy-by-2050-20150920-gjqof4.html
• Report:  http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/Campaign-reports/Climate-Reports/Energy-Revolution-2015/

Rusty-patched bumblebee may gain protection under the Endangered Species Act

• http://news.yahoo.com/u-considers-declaring-bee-endangered-first-time-181619713.html

Heartland disease, likely transmitted to humans by Lone Star tick, recognized in 13 states

• http://wvasfm.org/post/deadly-heartland-virus-much-more-common-scientists-thought

First, humans helped foster antibiotic resistance, now we are fostering anti-parasitic resistance to drugs used to treat livestock…and a call for yet more drugs

• http://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/SafetyHealth/ucm462969.htm

Hudson River dredging for Tappan Zee construction completed before the beginning of fish migration & spawning season

• http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/tappan-zee-bridge/2015/09/21/tappan-zee-dredging-now-complete/72558512/

This snake has now reproduced asexually for the second time in two years

• http://qz.com/506100/virgin-snake-gives-birth-for-the-second-time-in-two-years/

Long tradition of humans feeding & befriending deer has made them fearless, now the town wonders how to deal with droves of deer

• http://news.yahoo.com/oregon-town-seeks-solutions-droves-fearless-deer-231410933.html

A better approach to wildfires:  let them burn when prudent

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Let_wildfires_burn_when_prudent_999.html

The first continent-wide, multi-factor analysis of watersheds

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/A_new_analysis_and_approach_to_watershed_management_999.html

Methane from landfills was grossly underestimated – are really the 3^rd largest source

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/US_landfill_waste_methane_undercounted_climate_study_999.html

New pipeline safety rule, prompted by recent spills, to be proposed this month

• http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7655d79f750043dd99d324048082cf22/us-senate-committee-probes-pipeline-safety-after-oil-spills

A devastating EQ can be a good thing for the long-term economy

• http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/71699253/boom-picked-for-central-christchurch-in-2016

Concerns increase over re-emergence of bacterial pneumonia in bighorn sheep

• http://www.tbo.com/health/bacterial-pneumonia-resurfaces-in-north-dakota-bighorn-sheep-ap_health8844e62910e14e35804540dd110d0d76

Critically endangered Sumatran elephant is killed (possible poisoning) in Bukit Barisan Selatan national park just for its tusks

• http://news.yahoo.com/killing-endangered-sumatran-elephant-sparks-anger-151006000.html

More money likely to flow to Louisiana coastline for restoration of 2005 hurricane damage

• https://www.businessreport.com/business/contracting-louisiana-coastal-restoration
• http://media.iccsafe.org/news/icc-enews/2015v12n31/jump-katrina.html

Taking in thousands of Mideast refugees may be risky and is definitely costly business

• http://news.yahoo.com/plan-admit-more-refugees-faces-stiff-opposition-u-163227537.html

Bacteria, worms and beetles in the soil play critical role in climate, plant life & ecosystem health

• http://sciencenordic.com/underground-animal-world-crucial-life-above-ground

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." - George Bernard Shaw

Water, 7(9) - September 2015: Special Issues + GW + River Hydraulics + ET + Land Use + More! (Open Access)

Now available! Water, Volume 7, Issue 9 (September 2015), Pages 4593-5202

All articles are freely downloadable. If you cannot download the articles here, visit the issue's WWW site.

Special Issues. You'll note there are several 'Special Issues' in this issue, some with just one or a few papers and some of which have appeared before. Water has many special issues in progress at any given time. What happens is that when a special issue paper is accepted, it immediately goes into the next online issue of Water. If you click on the special issue title, it should take you to all the current papers in that special issue. 

Enjoy!

Table of Contents

 

Special Issue Water Resource Variability and Climate Change

Article: Farmers’ Perceptions about Adaptation Practices to Climate Change and Barriers to Adaptation: A Micro-Level Study in Ghana
by Francis Ndamani and Tsunemi Watanabe
Water 2015, 7(9), 4593-4604; doi:10.3390/w7094593

 

Special Issue Rainwater Harvesting: Quantity, Quality, Economics and State Regulations

Article: Estimating the Rainwater Potential per Household in an Urban Area: Case Study in Central Mexico
by Liliana Lizárraga-Mendiola, Gabriela Vázquez-Rodríguez, Alberto Blanco-Piñón, Yamile Rangel-Martínez and María González-Sandoval
Water 2015, 7(9), 4622-4637; doi:10.3390/w7094622

Article: Optimal Spatial Design of Capacity and Quantity of Rainwater Harvesting Systems for Urban Flood Mitigation
by Chien-Lin Huang, Nien-Sheng Hsu, Chih-Chiang Wei and Wei-Jiun Luo
Water 2015, 7(9), 5173-5202; doi:10.3390/w7095173

 

Special Issue Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Large Asian River Basins

Article: Water Security in the Syr Darya Basin
by Kai Wegerich, Daniel Van Rooijen, Ilkhom Soliev and Nozilakhon Mukhamedova
Water 2015, 7(9), 4657-4684; doi:10.3390/w7094657

Article: Sharing Benefits in Transboundary Rivers: An Experimental Case Study of Central Asian Water-Energy-Agriculture Nexus
by Shokhrukh-Mirzo Jalilov, Olli Varis and Marko Keskinen
Water 2015, 7(9), 4778-4805; doi:10.3390/w7094778

 

Special Issue Recent Advances in Riverflow Research

Article: Flow Patterns in an Open Channel Confluence with Increasingly Dominant Tributary Inflow
by Laurent Schindfessel, Stéphan Creëlle and Tom De Mulder
Water 2015, 7(9), 4724-4751; doi:10.3390/w7094724

Article: Integrated River and Coastal Flow, Sediment and  Escherichia coli Modelling for Bathing Water Quality
by Guoxian Huang, Roger A. Falconer and Binliang Lin
Water 2015, 7(9), 4752-4777; doi:10.3390/w7094752

Article: Secondary Currents and Turbulence over a Non-Uniformly Roughened Open-Channel Bed
by Thorsten Stoesser, Richard McSherry and Bruno Fraga
Water 2015, 7(9), 4896-4913; doi:10.3390/w7094896

Article: Dynamic Lift on an Artificial Static Armor Layer During Highly Unsteady Open Channel Flow
by Stephan Mark Spiller, Nils Rüther and Heide Friedrich
Water 2015, 7(9), 4951-4970; doi:10.3390/w7094951

Article: Combining Field and Laboratory Measurements to Determine the Erosion Risk of Cohesive Sediments Best
by Markus Noack, Sabine U. Gerbersdorf, Gudrun Hillebrand and Silke Wieprecht
Water 2015, 7(9), 5061-5077; doi:10.3390/w7095061

 

Special Issue Use of Meta-Heuristic Techniques in Rainfall-Runoff Modelling

Article: Applying a Correlation Analysis Method to Long-Term Forecasting of Power Production at Small Hydropower Plants
by Gang Li, Chen-Xi Liu, Sheng-Li Liao and Chun-Tian Cheng
Water 2015, 7(9), 4806-4820; doi:10.3390/w7094806

 

Special Issue Study, Development and Management of Water in Volcanic Areas

Article: Reclaimed Water Use in Biofuel Production
by María del Pino Palacios-Diaz, Vanessa Mendoza-Grimón, Idaira Hernández Brito, Juan Ramón Fernández-Vera and José Manuel Hernández-Moreno
Water 2015, 7(9), 4848-4857; doi:10.3390/w7094848

 

Special Issue Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Editorial: Wastewater Treatment and Reuse: Past, Present, and Future
by Andreas N. Angelakis and Shane A. Snyder
Water 2015, 7(9), 4887-4895; doi:10.3390/w7094887

 

Special Issue Hydrologic System Analysis, Patterns, and Predictions for Arid and Semi-arid Environment

Case Report: Flood-Runoff in Semi-Arid and Sub-Humid Regions, a Case Study: A Simulation of Jianghe Watershed in Northern China
by Hua Jin, Rui Liang, Yu Wang and Prasad Tumula
Water 2015, 7(9), 5155-5172; doi:10.3390/w7095155

 

Further Publications

Article: Improved Drinking Water Disinfection with UVC-LEDs for Escherichia Coli and Bacillus SubtilisUtilizing Quartz Tubes as Light Guide
by Andrej Gross, Felix Stangl, Katharina Hoenes, Michael Sift and Martin Hessling
Water 2015, 7(9), 4605-4621; doi:10.3390/w7094605

Article: A Multi-Scale Approach in Hydraulic Characterization of a Metamorphic Aquifer: What Can Be Inferred about the Groundwater Abstraction Possibilities
by Antonella Baiocchi, Walter Dragoni, Francesca Lotti, Simone M. Piacentini and Vincenzo Piscopo
Water 2015, 7(9), 4638-4656; doi:10.3390/w7094638

Article: Combined ICESat and CryoSat-2 Altimetry for Accessing Water Level Dynamics of Tibetan Lakes over 2003–2014
by Chunqiao Song, Qinghua Ye, Yongwei Sheng and Tongliang Gong
Water 2015, 7(9), 4685-4700; doi:10.3390/w7094685

Article: Pressure-Discharge Law of Local Tanks Connected to a Water Distribution Network: Experimental and Mathematical Results
by Mauro De Marchis, Barbara Milici and Gabriele Freni
Water 2015, 7(9), 4701-4723; doi:10.3390/w7094701

Article: Genetic Algorithm-Based Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation of Water Quality in Dongzhaigang
by Jiasheng Wen, Feng Li, Xiangyun Zeng, Kaixuan Shen, Haijun He, Yanyan Liang, Huayang Gan, Jinwei Zhang, Xiaolin Long and Yansha Wei
Water 2015, 7(9), 4821-4847; doi:10.3390/w7094821

Technical Note: A Web-Based Tool to Estimate Pollutant Loading Using LOADEST
by Youn Shik Park, Bernie A. Engel, Jane Frankenberger and Hasun Hwang
Water 2015, 7(9), 4858-4868; doi:10.3390/w7094858

Article: Impact Analysis of Lakefront Land Use Changes on Lake Area in Wuhan, China
by Jianfeng Zhu, Qiuwen Zhang and Zhong Tong
Water 2015, 7(9), 4869-4886; doi:10.3390/w7094869

 

Article: Evapotranspiration in the Nile Basin: Identifying Dynamics and Drivers, 2002–2011
by Henok Alemu, Armel T. Kaptué, Gabriel B. Senay, Michael C. Wimberly and Geoffrey M. Henebry
Water 2015, 7(9), 4914-4931; doi:10.3390/w7094914

Article: Pollutant Dispersion Modeling in Natural Streams Using the Transmission Line Matrix Method
by Safia Meddah, Abdelkader Saidane, Mohamed Hadjel and Omar Hireche
Water 2015, 7(9), 4932-4950; doi:10.3390/w7094932

Article: Territorial Vulnerability Assessment Supporting Risk Managing Coastal Areas Due to Tsunami Impact
by José Leandro Barros, Alexandre Oliveira Tavares, Angela Santos and André Fonte
Water 2015, 7(9), 4971-4998; doi:10.3390/w7094971

Article: Water Quality of Four Major Lakes in Mississippi, USA: Impacts on Human and Aquatic Ecosystem Health
by Padmanava Dash, Saurav Silwal, Julius O. Ikenga, James L. Pinckney, Zikri Arslan and Richard E. Lizotte
Water 2015, 7(9), 4999-5030; doi:10.3390/w7094999

Review: Evolution of Water Lifting Devices (Pumps) over the Centuries Worldwide
by Stavros I. Yannopoulos, Gerasimos Lyberatos, Nicolaos Theodossiou, Wang Li, Mohammad Valipour, Aldo Tamburrino and Andreas N. Angelakis
Water 2015, 7(9), 5031-5060; doi:10.3390/w7095031

Article: Controlling River Eutrophication under Conflicts of Interests—A GIS Modeling Approach
by Mark Honti
Water 2015, 7(9), 5078-5090; doi:10.3390/w7095078

Article: An Integrated Approach to Identify Water Resources for Human Consumption in an Area Affected by High Natural Arsenic Content
by Giovanna Armiento, Antonella Baiocchi, Carlo Cremisini, Cinzia Crovato, Francesca Lotti, Luca Lucentini, Maurizio Mazzuoli, Elisa Nardi, Vincenzo Piscopo, Marco Proposito and Enrico Veschetti
Water 2015, 7(9), 5091-5114; doi:10.3390/w7095091

Article: Hydraulic Jump and Energy Dissipation with Sluice Gate
by Youngkyu Kim, Gyewoon Choi, Hyoseon Park and Seongjoon Byeon
Water 2015, 7(9), 5115-5133; doi:10.3390/w7095115

Article: The Probability Density Evolution Method for Flood Frequency Analysis: A Case Study of the Nen River in China
by Xueni Wang, Jing Zhou and Leike Zhang
Water 2015, 7(9), 5134-5151; doi:10.3390/w7095134

Correction: Yaya-Beas, R.-E., et al. Helminth Egg Removal Capacity of UASB Reactors under Subtropical Conditions. Water 2015, 7, 2402–2421
by Rosa-Elena Yaya-Beas, Christian Ayala-Limaylla, Katarzyna Kujawa-Roeleveld, Jules B. van Lier and Grietje Zeeman
Water 2015, 7(9), 5152-5154; doi:10.3390/w7095152

"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority." - Ralph W. Sockman (thanks to Faruck Morcos)

Paper: 'Sustainable Water Management Under Future Uncertainty with Eco-Engineering Decision Scaling'

John Mathews, guru behind the Alliance for Global Water Adaptation, sent me this paper by N. LeRoy Poff et al., Sustainable Water Management Under Future Uncertainty with Eco-Engineering Decision Scaling, Nature Climate Change (2015) doi:10.1038/nclimate2765.

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Abstract

Managing freshwater resources sustainably under future climatic and hydrological uncertainty poses novel challenges. Rehabilitation of ageing infrastructure and construction of new dams are widely viewed as solutions to diminish climate risk, but attaining the broad goal of freshwater sustainability will require expansion of the prevailing water resources management paradigm beyond narrow economic criteria to include socially valued ecosystem functions and services. We introduce a new decision framework, eco-engineering decision scaling (EEDS), that explicitly and quantitatively explores trade-offs in stakeholder-defined engineering and ecological performance metrics across a range of possible management actions under unknown future hydrological and climate states. We illustrate its potential application through a hypothetical case study of the Iowa River, USA. EEDS holds promise as a powerful framework for operationalizing freshwater sustainability under future hydrological uncertainty by fostering collaboration across historically conflicting perspectives of water resource engineering and river conservation ecology to design and operate water infrastructure for social and environmental benefits. 

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