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  • Authentically Wired
    Water and a lot more from Paul F. Miller.
  • AWRA
    The water resources blog of the American Water Resources Association.
  • Blue Marble Earth
    An articulate Earth scientist with an MS in Geography from Oregon State University, Courtney van Stolk explores the 'whys' of this fantastic planet.
  • California Water Blog
    A biologist, economist, engineer and geologist walk onto a bar…From the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC-Davis.
  • Campanastan
    That's 'Campana-stan', or 'Place of Campana', formerly 'Aquablog'. Michael Campana's personal blog, promulgating his Weltanschauung.
  • Chance of Rain
    Journalist Emily Green's take on water and related issues.
  • Dr. Anne Jefferson's Watershed Hydrology Lab
    Anne blogs from Kent State University on a variety of earth science topics.
  • Great Lakes Law
    Noah Hall's blog about - what else - all things wet and legal in the Great Lakes region!
  • International Water Law Project
    Gabriel Eckstein, Professor of Law at Texas A&M University School of Law, comments on international and transboundary water law and policy.
  • John Fleck
    Former science writer @ Albuquerque Journal and current director of the Water Resources Program at U of NM. Topics: Colorado River basin, Western USA water, more!
  • Legal Planet: Environmental Law and Policy
    From the UC-Berkeley and UCLA law schools, it highlights the latest legal and policy initiatives and examines their implications.
  • Maven's Notebook
    A water, science, and environmental policy blog by Chris Austin, aka 'Maven'. Focus is on California.
  • On The Public Record
    A 'low level civil servant who reads a lot of government reports writes about California water and related topics.
  • Wettit - the water reddit
    Water blog with tons of news items, other blogs, etc.
  • Texas Agriculture Law Blog
    Don't let the name fool you - there are lots of water issues in agriculture and Tiffany Dowell of Texas A&M University does a fabulous job with this important Internet resource. Give it a read - I do every day!
  • The Water Blog
    From the Portland, OR, Water Bureau.
  • The Way of Water
    Dr. Jennifer Veilleux records her fieldwork, research, and thoughts about water resources development and management, indigenous rights, ethics, and a host of other issues.
  • Thirsty in Suburbia
    Gayle Leonard documents things from the world of water that make us smile: particularly funny, amusing and weird items on bottled water, water towers, water marketing, recycling, the art-water nexus and working.
  • This Day in Water History
    Michael J. 'Mike' McGuire, engineer extraordinaire, NAE member, and author of 'The Chlorine Revolution', blogs about historical happenings in the fields of drinking water and wastewater keyed to calendar dates.
  • WaSH Resources
    New publications, web sites and multi-media on water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH).
  • Waste, Water, Whatever
    Elizabeth Royte's ('Bottlemania', 'Garbage Land') notes on waste, water, whatever.
  • Water Matters
    News from the Columbia University Water Center.
  • Watershed Moments: Thoughts from the Hydrosphere
    From Sarah Boon - rediscovering her writing and editing roots after 13 years, primarily as an environmental scientist. Her writing centres around creative non-fiction, specifically memoir and nature writing. The landscapes of western Canada are her main inspiration.
  • WaterWired
    All things freshwater: news, comment, publications and analysis from hydrogeologist Michael E. Campana, Professor at Oregon State University and Technical Director of the AWRA.

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31 posts from March 2017

Friday, 31 March 2017

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 25 - 31 March 2017

Last one of the month!  

Here's an interesting graphic - from here. You can click on it to enlarge it or go to the publication. It's about embedded groundwater depletion.

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C8OCD8gUMAAIR5JI wanted to give a shout-out to another book. Last week it was Pat Mulroy's The Water Problem; Climate Change and Water Policy in the United States. This week it's Jeremy J. Schmidt's Water: Abundance, Scarcity, and Security in the Age of Humanity. Jeremy just moved form Canada to the UK where he accepted a faculty position in the Department of Geography at Durham University. He also owns the.anthropo.scene blog. He is one of the smartest ones in the room when it comes to water - governance, policy, ethics, management, etc.

His new book will greatly enlighten the water discourse. 

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User's Guide - if you are new to this summary: each of the items here is a Tweet from my WaterWired Twitter account for the week ending today, arranged by category. It is not a comprehensive summary of the week's water news; it is my summary.

To access a story, click on the link beginning with 'http://', 'is.gd', or 'bit.ly' (usually). Clicking on a link beginning with '@' will take you to that person's Twitter account; clicking on a link beginning with '#' (hashtag) will take you to a Twitter list containing Tweets about a particular topic. Some items may not have a hot link to a story, which is fine - it may have been just an informational item or a personal message to someone. Or, I may have screwed up and forgotten the link!

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

Top Thirty (More or Less)

 

Books, Plays, Films, and Reviews
Book review in : 's 'The Death and Life of the Great Lakes'

New book from : 'Water: Abundance, Scarcity, and Security in the Age of Humanity'

 

Bottled Water, Beer, Drinking Water/TapWater, and Flint Water Crisis
In : New Zealand anger as pristine lakes tapped for bottled water market tnx

In by : Flint to replace 18,000 lead-tainted water lines tnx

 

Bullshit and Crap Detection
WTF? From : says Science is "not known as an objective magazine." Literally USA's most prestigious

Four-and-a-half false statements head made in just one interview

 

California
In : Amid controversy, returning to Fresno to talk water (tnx )

Next manual snow survey at Phillips on March 30. Sierra Nevada snowpack usually peaks c. April 1.

 

Canada
In Op-Ed: Why construction of B.C.’s dam should be scrapped tnx

Protect headwaters upstream or pay 4 water trtmnt downstream? Socioeconomic, not just env question

 

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
 Next manual snow survey at Phillips on March 30. Sierra Nevada snowpack usually peaks c. April 1.  

MT Why US leadership on climate is important – great blog by ’s :

 

Conferences, Webinars, Workshops and Calls for Abstracts/Papers
 Webinar 22 March 1 PM ET with Molly Wood of : 'Innovations in Sediment Monitoring' 

 

Conflict, Cooperation, and Security
In : El Salvador, Prizing Water Over Gold, Bans All Metal Mining

 

Droughts, Floods, Fires, and Disasters
RT Four drown in Peru after Piura river overflows, floods town

 

Education and Opportunities
Apply by 31 March! Water Cooperation & Diplomacy Joint MS Pgm w/ , ,

 

E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers
The Digest - 30 March 2017. News, Jobs, Information, RFPs and More! cc:

From Update Newsletter - March 2017

The Weekend -- Top Stories for 20 - 24 March 2017

The Digest 27 March 2017. News, Information, Jobs, RFPs and More!

Via SDG Update - 28 March 2017 - SDG Knowledge Hub

From : 'The Current' Newsletter 30 March 2017: Your Weekly Guide to All Things Energy and Water!

 

Ethics, Gender, Indigenous People, Rights
In : El Salvador, Prizing Water Over Gold, Bans All Metal Mining

20 May Resistance GIS Conference: GIS for Comm Empower & Social Mvmnt Support spkr:

Op-Ed in : Water is not a commodity to be pumped to depletion via

In : Washington State Senate advances ‘use it or lose it’ water bill via

RT Training Navajo gifted students how to water sample for their community project. cc:

Just heard about the Berlin Water Charter from . Take a look. cc:

 

 

 

Groundwater and Hydrogeology 
Paper: 'Groundwater Depletion Embedded in International Food Trade' Surprising? No. Important? Yes!

 

Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy
From : 'The Current' Newsletter 30 March 2017: Your Weekly Guide to All Things Energy and Water!

 

Personal, People, Interviews, and Quotes
By in : Gov. Kate Brown fires majority of state environmental commissioners

 

Policy, Planning, Law, Governance, Economics, IWRM, and Management
In Key TX Senate & House committee chairs discuss 85th Legislature water issues tnx

In : Amid controversy, returning to Fresno to talk water (tnx )

In A roadmap to a smart city, Dakar’s urban water governance and more…

In Louisiana governor lobbies for $50B coastal plan via

 

Positions Open  Josh Newton's Water Jobs & More - 28 March 2017

Check out jobs @ 's Water Resources Graduate Program 

Check out !  

For the latest  Employment opportunities visit  

Amazing resource! Follow  and visit his website:  

Check out   jobs!  

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

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

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

Positions (many):  - Various locations and duties.  

 

Previous Weeks' Positions Open    Josh Newton's Water Jobs & More - 22 March 2017 - Special World Water Day Edition! 

Josh Newton's Water Jobs and More! 14 March 2017 

It's 's Water Jobs & More - Updated: 10 March 2017  

Josh's Water Jobs - updated 3 March 2017  

 

Previous Weekly Water Summaries - Go To #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 25 - 31 March 2017

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 18 - 24 March 2017

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 11 - 17 March 2017 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 4 - 10 March 2017 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 25 February - 3 March 2017 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 11 - 17 February 2017 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 4 - 10 February 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 21 - 27 January 2017 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 14 - 20 January 2017 

 TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 14 - 20 January 2017  

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 7 - 13 January 2017 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 24 - 30 December 2016  

 

Reports, Publications, and Journals

 

Science, Medicine, Health, Data and Technology 
Big Data, Big Judgment, Big Deal: RNRF Publication: 'Congress on Harnessing Big Data for the Environment'

 

Streams, Wetlands, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
In Louisiana governor lobbies for $50B coastal plan via

By in : Rio Grande water managers freed up from some ESA constraints

  

 

Visuals and Infographics
RT Watch as frozen Utah Lake builds up mountains of crumpled ice

RT : Congrats for rising to the challenge! Excellent infographic.

 

WASH and Development
Via . In : People are walking miles for clean water in drought-struck Kenya —and finding none

 

Water/Land Quality and Contamination
By in : Gov. Kate Brown fires majority of state environmental commissioners

 

Water Supply, Quantity, Reuse, Conservation, Infrastructure
In No money for Lake Okeechobee reservoir in Florida House budget via

In Banking on resilience: Tucson, Arizona, dealing with water scarcity

 

WTF?
WTF? From : says Science is "not known as an objective magazine." Literally USA's most prestigious

Four-and-a-half false statements head made in just one interview

Posted on Friday, 31 March 2017 at 09:41 AM in Blogs, Twitters, WWW sites, e-Newsletters, & Lists, Tweets Galore It's Friday!, World Water | | Comments (0)

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Thursday, 30 March 2017

Paper: 'Groundwater Depletion Embedded in International Food Trade' Surprising? No. Important? Yes!

This GRACE-based paper was just published in Nature: 'Groundwater Depletion Embedded in International Food Trade' by Carole Dalin, Yoshihide Wada, Thomas Kastner, and Michael J. Puma, Nature 543, 700–704  doi:10.1038/nature21403.

Click on the graphics to enlarge them.

Download Dalin2017nature

Abstract

Recent hydrological modelling and Earth observations have located and quantified alarming rates of groundwater depletion worldwide. This depletion is primarily due to water withdrawals for irrigation, but its connection with the main driver of irrigation, global food consumption, has not yet been explored. Here we show that approximately eleven per cent of non-renewable groundwater use for irrigation is embedded in international food trade, of which two-thirds are exported by Pakistan, the USA and India alone. Our quantification of groundwater depletion embedded in the world’s food trade is based on a combination of global, crop-specific estimates of non-renewable groundwater abstraction and international food trade data. A vast majority of the world’s population lives in countries sourcing nearly all their staple crop imports from partners who deplete groundwater to produce these crops, highlighting risks for global food and water security. Some countries, such as the USA, Mexico, Iran and China, are particularly exposed to these risks because they both produce and import food irrigated from rapidly depleting aquifers. Our results could help to improve the sustainability of global food production and groundwater resource management by identifying priority regions and agricultural products at risk as well as the end consumers of these products.

Dalin1

From an article in Phys.Org

Wheat, rice, sugar, cotton and maize are among the essential internationally traded crops in the global economy. To produce these crops many countries rely on irrigated agriculture that accounts for about 70 percent of global freshwater withdrawals, according to the United Nations Water program. One freshwater source is underground aquifers, some of which replenish so slowly that they are essentially a non-renewable resource.

A new study by researchers at the University College London and NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies in New York City shows that 11 percent of the global non-renewable groundwater drawn up for irrigation goes to produce  that are then traded on the international market. Additionally, two-thirds of the exported crops that depend on non-renewable groundwater are produced in Pakistan (29 percent), the United States (27 percent), and India (12 percent).

"It's not just individual countries that experience groundwater depletion, but also their trade partners," said lead author Carole Dalin of the University College London. "When people consume certain imported foods, they should be aware that they can have an impact on the environment elsewhere."

Dalin2

This is quite a study, but are the results that surprising? No. We've known for several years about global groundwater depletion. Most of that water is used to irrigate crops. A lot of those crops are sold internationally. So a fair amount of that unsustainable groundwater goes internationally as well - as virtual water. But now we have a handle on the numbers, and that's important.

Enjoy!

Only one quote will do today - Lord Kelvin's classic one on numbers....

"I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind..." - William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)

Posted on Thursday, 30 March 2017 at 04:34 PM in Groundwater and Hydrogeology, Land, Food & Water , Readings, Journals, Videos, Films & Visuals, Water Quantity & Availability, World Water | | Comments (1)

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Wednesday, 29 March 2017

Big Data, Big Judgment, Big Deal: RNRF Publication: 'Congress on Harnessing Big Data for the Environment'

  RoundlogoTim Smith sent me the link to this publication from the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation: Congress on Harnessing Big Data for the Environment. It is actually Volume 30, No. 4 of the Reneable Natural Resources Journal.

Download RNRF_Big_Data_Congress

 Executive Summary

Observations for the Future

Our objective in conducting this congress was to explore the challenges and opportunities in harnessing big data for the environment. Big data has three primary components: 1) data generated in massive quantities by electronic sensors, 2) computational capacity that permits unprecedented speeds and the manipulation of huge datasets, and 3) technology that provides inexpensive storage of more data than ever before. The combination of these three advances has created a new technological capability of unprecedented power and speed.

Big data has already seen extensive use in finance, market research, social media, manufacturing, healthcare (records and technology management), math-intensive science, and ap- plications heavily dependent upon binary measurement. Most big data used for environmental assessment and monitoring are collected by satellites that record surface and atmospheric conditions (such as Landsat and NOAA weather satellites), and NOAA's 32,000 data collection stations. Satellite images provide inventory and condition data – both current status and trends over time. However, harnessing big data for environmental decision-making presents difficult challenges.

Big Data versus Big Judgment

Typical decisions about the use and conservation of natural resources, including land-use and environmental standards decisions, must consider social, economic and political factors. As has been the case since people first began debating the value of a duck or open space or how much pollution is permissible, social factors are considered in addition to physical assessment data. 

However, it is the case that social data are not available as big data, and concerted efforts to apply big data processes to environmental decision-making are nearly non-existent. Thus, most environmental decisions will continue to be made through human integration of social and physical data – big judgment.

Most Historical Environmental Data is Big Data Incompatible

In the absence of recently developed big data technology, environmental data that was collected in the past is not big data compatible. During the RNRF Congress, the representative from the U.S. Geological Survey observed that none of the water research data that has been collected by the agency is big data compatible.

A major impediment to using previously gathered data in big data analyses is the need to integrate disparate datasets. With many scientists in many fields collecting and analyzing data, comprehensive data integration is problematic. Data sets must be managed from the time of origination so that they can be integrated into larger or more complete datasets. Interoperability of datasets requires use of similar units, similar collection methods, and open access. As future data is made in- teroperable, more groups will be able to contribute to and collaborate on projects through the input of their data. It is likely that much historical environmental data will be not available for use in big-data processes. The science community will need to devote resources to promote interoperability.

Has Big Data Redefined the Value of Data?

The generation of data by electronic monitors and sensors has changed the nature of data. Historically, data was gathered by investigators for a specific purpose and to answer specific ques- tions. Data was considered uniquely valuable among scientists. Data is now being generated in torrents by ma- chines. More than 90 percent of existing data has been generated in the past two years. There is so much data that only 0.5% is currently being used and that percentage is destined to drop. The gap between generation and use of data is growing. So much data is being generated that it cannot be stored. This characteristic of big data will change notions of the value and necessity of storing and maintaining datasets. The science community will need to come to terms with what data should be preserved.

Defining the Public Sector – Private Sector Collaboration

Both public and private sectors collect and utilize big data. Potential benefits from public-private partnerships promoting the use of big data for the environment are intuitive, however, the history of such partnerships is relatively brief. Delegates at the RNRF Congress recognized that there is a need and opportunity for conversations among representatives of the public and private sectors to develop ideas and approaches for advancing big data for the environment.

There also was a strong consensus that publicly-financed big data for the environment is a significant public good, and the need for robust advocacy for such data has never been greater. A meeting of the interested parties should be convened.

Enjoy! Lots of good stuff!

"Big data is not about the data." - Gary King, Harvard University

Posted on Wednesday, 29 March 2017 at 09:27 AM in Energy & Water, Land, Food & Water , Policy, Planning, Governance, IWRM & Management, Readings, Journals, Videos, Films & Visuals | | Comments (0)

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Tuesday, 28 March 2017

Josh Newton's Water Jobs & More - 28 March 2017 (Updated: 31 March 2017)

PrickettCareer Development Webinars: Josh is planning to develop some of these. Vote here for your favorites!

Speaking of career opportunities, you won't have to worry about learning to use an electric-analog groundwater flow model. Here's the cover of the March-April 2017 issue of the journal Groundwater, showing the (late) legendary modeling guru Tom Prickett using one in the 1960s or earlier.

Check out the Global Water Partnership's new website!

You can check out Josh's website for all the jobs. His jobs are on Facebook, too.  

I will list the jobs I posted last week that are still open, any new ones and my Josh_logousual general employment resources sites. 

Here are Josh's 28 March 2017 jobs online.

Josh's 28 March list as a:

PDF: Download 28_March_2017_JWJ

Word docx: Download 28 March 2017 - JWJ

Here is a link to the weekly water news for 18 - 24 March 2017 

Follow Josh on Twitter: @joshnewtonH2O. Follow Josh's Water Jobs on Twitter: @joshswaterjobs

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

As more jobs come in I will post them at the bottom (Additional Positions) and date when I post them. I start the additional positions with the ones I posted the week before that are still open. I am also posting some general job sites. 

Some General Employment Resources:

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

2) UN Jobs in Water Resources

3) UN Jobs in Water Management

4) UN Jobs in Water and Sanitation

5) Global Water Jobs

6) WASH Vacancies

7) Academic Jobs Online

8) Get Hydrology Jobs

9) AAG Jobs

18) State of Washington Careers

19) Idaho DEQ 

20) OSU Water Resources Program

21) Water District Jobs

22) Academic Jobs in Schools of Physical/Earth Sciences

23) Mac's List - Jobs in Portland and Beyond!

24) New Zealand Hydrological Society Jobs Board

To the jobs!

Josh’s Pick:

1) Junior Lecturer in Water Diplomacy – UNESCO-IHE (Netherlands): 5 April (Water diplomacy folks not of the senior variety, here’s your shot)

Highlighted: 

2) Spanish speakers: Global Program Coordinator – Water for People (Denver, CO, USA): 4 April

Minimum experience level requested:

0-4 years

3) French speakers: Advisor (m/f) to support the Congo River Basin Commission CICOS – GIZ (DRC): 21 April

4) German/French speakers: Junior-Berater (m/w) zur Unterstützung der Kongobeckenkommission CICOS – GIZ (DRC): 2 April

5) Africa Associate – Natural Resource Governance Institute (Ghana): 14 April

6) Economics and Monitoring/Evaluation/Reporting Consultants (multiple positions) – Aither (Australia): Rolling (More experienced practitioners may also apply)

7) Junior Professional Officer – UN-OHCHR (Geneva): 16 April

8) Operations Associate (Andes-Amazon Initiative) – Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Palo Alto, CA, USA): Until filled

9) Officer (Investment, Green Investment Services) – GGGI (Various): 31 March

10) Project Coordinator – WRI (Washington DC): Until filled

11) Associate Academic Officer – UNU (Germany): 23 April

12) Policy Analyst – Community Water Center (Sacramento, CA, USA): 23 April

13) Watershed Steward – Snohomish County Public Works Department (Everett, WA, USA): 10 April

14) Program Specialist – Farmers Conservation Alliance (FCA) (Hood River, OR, USA): Until filled

15) Clean Water Fellow – Izaak Walton League of America (Gaithersburg, MD, USA): 6 April

16) Nepal nationals: Research Officer (Water Resources) – IWMI (Kathmandu): 9 April

17) Nepal nationals: Researcher (Irrigation Engineer) – IWMI (Kathmandu): 9 April

18) Ramsar Wetlands Crew (Conservation Practitioner II) – TNC (Sturgeon Bay, WI, USA): 7 April

19) Water Resources Division Head – Southern Ute Indian Tribe (Ignacio, CO, USA): 10 April

20) Research Associate II/III – Auburn University (Auburn, AL, USA): 31 March

21) Project Officer (Environmental Water) – North East Catchment Management Authority (Australia): 5 April

22) Egypt nationals: Programme Policy Officer (Resilience, Disaster & Risk Reduction) – WFP (Cairo): Until filled

23) Grants Manager – WaterAid (Ghana): 14 April

24) Fundraising and Grants Manager – WaterAid (Sierra Leone): 14 April

5-9 years

25) Water and Energy Policy Adviser – OSCE (Tajikistan): 19 April

26) Environment Specialists – European Investment Bank (Warsaw and Bucharest): 17 April

27) Local hire: Water Resources Specialist – World Bank (Beijing): 17 April

28) Watershed Management Advisor – Concern (Afghanistan): 5 April

29) Policy Analyst – New Climate Institute (Germany): 24 April

30) Spanish or Portuguese speakers: Program Officer (Andes-Amazon Initiative) – Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Palo Alto, CA, USA): Until filled

31) Profile Environmental (Emergency) Officer (Multiple positions) – UNHCR (Various): 30 June

32) Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Advisor (Asia) – Oxfam Novib (Asia): 6 April

33) Urban Ecology Specialist – UN-Habitat (Barcelona): 9 April

34) Programme Specialist (Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development) – UNDP (Jordan): 28 March

35) Programme Specialist on Sustainable Development – UNDP (Addis Ababa): 28 March

36) Senior Manager (Federal Government Relations) – ASCE (Washington DC): Until filled

37) Environmental Economist Senior Research Associate – WRI (Jakarta): 31 March

38) Spanish speakers: Programme Specialist (Inclusive Natural Resource Management) – UNDP (Panama): 5 April

39) Scientific Software Engineer – ISciences (Burlington, VT or Ann Arbor, MI, USA): 14 April

40) Research Scientist – ISciences (Burlington, VT or Ann Arbor, MI, USA): 14 April

41) Director of Development (Global Water) – TNC (Arlington, VA, USA): 29 March

42) French and German speakers: Consultant/project manager (m/f) specialised in utility and water management – GOPA Infrastructure (Germany): Until filled

43) French and German speakers: Consultant/engineer (m/f) with specialisation in water infrastructure sector (Germany): Until filled

44) Regional Business Development Manager – WaterAid (Cambodia): 14 April

10+ years

45) French speakers: Regional Coordinator (Central Africa) – GWP (Cameroon): 9 April

46) Head of Science and Policy – Ramsar Convention (Switzerland): 17 April

47) Executive Director – New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) (Lowell, MA, USA): 17 April

48) Senior Climate Change Specialist (Climate Change Adaptation) – ADB (Manila): 7 April

49) Regional Director (Europe, Middle East & Africa) – 100 Resilient Cities (London): Until filled

50) Associate Vice President for Water and Sustainability – Fresno State University (Fresno, CA, USA): 23 April

51) Secrétaire Général – WWF-France (Paris): 31 March

52) Director of Communications (Global Water) – TNC (London): 21 April

53) Inland Water Transport (IWT) Expert – Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP (India): 7 April

Not stated (other):

54) Chief Deputy Executive Officer – Delta Stewardship Council (Sacramento, CA, USA): 3 April

55) Partnership Communications Manager (HSBC Water Programme) – WaterAid (London): 7 April

56) Director – DESERT FOOD (Germany): Until filled

57) Project Manager – DESERT FOOD (Germany): Until filled

58) Institutional strengthening technical experts (Eastern and Southern Africa) – Chemonics (Various): 31 March

59) Program Manager – Friends of Lake Wingra (Madison, WI, USA): Until filled

60) Hydrology Technician – The West Coast Regional Council (New Zealand): 19 April

61) Senior Hydrological Technician – The West Coast Regional Council (New Zealand): 19 April

Not stated (academic):

62) Director IWRRI (Idaho Water Resources Research Institute) – University of Idaho (Moscow, ID, USA): 1 May

63) Assistant Professor (Hydroclimate Modeler) – University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL, USA): Until filled

64) Postdoctoral Opportunity in Stream Restoration – Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (Edgewater, MD, USA): 15 April

65) Assistant Professor on Water-Energy – University of Twente (Netherlands): 1 April

66) Postdoctoral Program – IIASA (Vienna): 1 April

67) Lecturer/Researcher in Urban Drainage and Sewerage – UNESCO-IHE (Netherlands): 16 April

68) Lecturer/Researcher in Solid Waste Management – UNESCO-IHE (Netherlands): 16 April

69) Researcher (m/f) (PhD position) – German Development Institute (DIE) (Germany): 16 April

70) Researcher – German Development Institute (DIE) (Germany): 30 March

71) Empire Innovation Professor Faculty Positions in Energy, Environment & Water – University of Buffalo (Buffalo, NY, USA): Until filled

WASH:

72) Director of Programmes – WSUP (London): Until filled

73) Head of Water – WSUP (London): Until filled

74) WASH Officer – UNHCR (Uganda): 11 April

75) WASH Officer – UNHCR (Ethiopia): 11 April

76) French speakers: Technicien d’exécution itinérant en EHA (WASH) – Médecins sans Frontières (Various): 21 April

77) Emergency WASH Program Manager – Action Against Hunger (South Sudan): Until filled

78) WASH Technical & Consortium Coordinator – ACTED (Iraq): Until filled

79) French speakers: Responsable de projet WASH – ACTED (DRC): Until filled

80) Portuguese speakers: Chief of Party (WASH) – DAI (Mozambique): 17 April

81) Portuguese speakers: WASH Project (Call for CVs) – DAI (Mozambique): 17 April

82) Lebanon nationals: WASH Social Activities Coordinator – Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli (Beirut): 9 April

83) Consultant (WASH) – ITAD (Hove, UK): 21 April

Consultancies:

84) National Consultant (Low Cost School Toilet Design) – UNICEF (Ghana): 6 April

85) Consultancy (Cholera Information Management Consultant) – UNICEF (Nairobi): 6 April

86) International Hydrology/Flood Expert – Mekong River Commission (Home-based): 11 April

87) French speakers: Expert en Suivi & Evaluation du Projet: Gestion des risques climatiques et d’inondations en vue de préserver des vies et des biens au Mali – UNDP (Mali) : 7 April

88) Regional Climate Change Policy and Institutional Expert – UNDP (Home-based): 10 April

89) French speakers: Consultant Résilience en Urgence – UNICEF (Madagascar): 8 April

Internships:

90) Intern (Environment Affairs) – UNEP (Nairobi): 7 April

91) Spanish speakers: Intern (Environment Affairs) – UNEP (Uruguay): 5 April

92) Intern (Environment Affairs) – UNEP (Nairobi): 7 April

93) Intern (2 positions) – UNDP (Bangkok): 7 April

94) Intern (Sustainable Development for Small Island Developing States (SIDS)) – UNDP (New York): 31 March

95) Intern (Geographic Information System) – Conservation International (Arlington, VA, USA): Until filled

Scholarships:

96) PhD Research Assistantship in Hydrology – University of California-Riverside (Riverside, CA, USA): 25 April

Additional Positions:

Posted: 28 March 2017

97) Position:  (Sacramento County) - Chief Deputy Exec Officer. Closes: 3 April 
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98) Summer Intern Position (paid - 20h/week): Edwards Aquifer Authority (San Antonio, TX) - Env Sci/Aquifer Mgmt. Closes: 31 March.  Download EAA_intern-environmental-science

99) Positions (2:  (Geospatial Center - Alexandria, VA) - Hydrologists. Closes: 30 March  

100) Position:  (Moscow, ID) - Director IWRRI: Idaho Water Resources Research Institute. OUF; App review: 1 May  

101) Position: Western University (London, ON) - Hydrogeological Engineering - T-T Asst/Assoc. Prof. OUF; App review: 24 April.  Download Hydrogeological_Engineering

102) Position: FCA - Farmers Conservation Alliance (Hood River, OR) - Program Specialist. OUF.

Posted: 29 March 2017

103) Positions: via New Zealand Hydrol Soc. (various locations & closings) - hydrologists, engineers, et al.

104) Position: Office of Brooklyn Borough President (Brooklyn, NY) - Assistant Civil Engineer. OUF;  Download Brooklyn_Position 

105) Position: Bella Vista Water District (Redding, CA) - District Engineer. Closes: 28 April.

106) Position: (Lowell, MA) - Executive Director. Closes: 17 April.

107) Position: HDR (Portland, OR) - Communications Specialist. Local preference. OUF.

108) Position: (WI) - Ramsar Wetlands Crew (Conservation Practitioner II #45025). Closes: 7 apr

109) Position: (Palmyra Atoll, USA) - Mechanic/Boat Captain, #44941). Vacancies as available.

Posted: 31 March 2017

110) Position: (Corvallis) - Associate Dean, Academic Pgms (internal only). Full consideration: 5 April; Closes: 19 April 

111) Position: (Arlington, VA) - Director, Geography and Spatial Sciences Program. Closes: 11 May

112) Position: (Olympia, WA) - Fish & Wildlife Biologist. Closes: 16 April

113) Positions (2): (WA) - Senior Engineer, Utilities (2 Positions). Continuous.

114) Position: (WA) - Senior Civil Engineer. Closes: 11 April

115) Position: (WA) - Environmental Compliance Inspector (Wastewater & FOG Team). Closes: 4 April

116) Position: (Everett, WA) - Watershed Steward - Public Works. Closes: 10 April

"We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance." -- John Archibald Wheeler

Posted on Tuesday, 28 March 2017 at 10:47 AM in Josh Newton's Water Jobs & More!, Opportunities & Positions, World Water | | Comments (0)

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Monday, 27 March 2017

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Sciences; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 27 March 2017

Asperitis.jpg__800x600_q85_cropElaine reports that Spring has come to the Reno area - stormy and cold!

She does an amazing job compiling these stories each week, like clockwork, come hell or high water! Thanks, Elaine!

Hey - we're getting 12 new cloud-related features after almost 70 years! Read about it by clicking here.

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Elaine's previous Bulletin Boards are archived here and at #EJHBB on Twitter. 

Here is a link to the weekly water news and jobs for 18 - 24 March 2017.  

Elaine2Note: all the links should be hot; if not, paste the URL into your browser. The PDF and Word lists below contain the URLs.

Here are the lists in Word/PDF: 

As a Word document:  Download Bulletin_board_listings_27March2017

As a PDF: Download Bulletin_board_listings_27March2017

 

Geosciences Bulletin Board – 27 March 2017 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Cores of crystalline salt from 1,000 feet below the bed of the Dead Sea reveal drought 120,000 and 10,000 years ago on scale never recorded by humans

Panel discusses asbestos, spillway failure, water management and the Oroville Dam

Solid evidence for global warming … OR … flat-lining of emissions … OR ... Doomed … OR … hype?

Fossil footprints can reveal much about extinct life

Namib Desert in Africa sustained by fog and dew derived from underground water resources

The “Big One” overdue in California and may cause abrupt sinking of land

Cloud Atlas adds 12 new cloud-related features & International Cloud Atlas now online

Off-road vehicles disturb naturally occurring asbestos in Boulder City-Eldorado area, Nevada

Analysis of anatomy suggests new dinosaur family tree and shaking up century-old groupings

In recognition of World Water Day (22 March), do you know these 36 facts about water?

What happened at Oroville Dam leading to the spillway failure? What risks remain? (video)

Petroglyphs in the Altai Mountains in Mongolia record human history and climate

BBC film crew gets pelted and injured by volcanic tephra when Mount Etna releases small eruption

Geological evidence of massive waves from rare tsunami or unusual hurricane hit the Caribbean sometime between 1200 and 1480 AD

How do dinosaurs get their names?

First deep-sea mining venture to launch in 2019 on floor of the Bismarck Sea off coast of Papua, New Guinea seeking copper and gold reserves

Simulating how fullerite becomes harder than diamond

Kondyor Massif in eastern Siberia is a perfect circular intrusion approximate 6 miles in diameter

4.3 billion year old basaltic rock found near Hudson Bay, Quebec, Canada

Satellite data, ground sensors & field mapping show 2016 Kaikoura EQ in New Zealand ruptured and cascaded across at least 12 major fault lines

New super high resolution view of the lithospheric magnetic field of Earth (video)

Cliffs of Newfoundland contain 500 Million year old Ediacaran fossils

Preparing for a major tsunami along the coast of Washington State

Just how did Smilodon use those saber tooth fangs?

Artificial intelligence on EO-1 spacecraft assisted in imaging eruption at Erta’Ale volcano in Ethiopia

Biocrusts change color in arid regions in response to climatic conditions

Illegal/unregulated gold mining in Venezuela is plagued by violent crime, hazardous working conditions, mercury poisoning, & malaria

Perovskite has become popular for solar cells, but how does it work?

Cascolus ravitis, a new well-preserved 430 myo fossil named in honor of Sir David Attenborough

Pyroclastic flows, not collapse of the caldera, caused the 1650 BC Santorini tsunami

Subtle fluctuations in the magnetic field may reveal ocean temperatures

Monitoring soil moisture may help predict where power outages will occur during hurricanes

Earth Observing-1 satellite will be powered off on 30 March 2017 after 17 years of monitoring Earth

Glowing lava flow on Mount Etna can be seen from space, but is outshined by urban lights

·       http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mount-etnas-fiery-eruptions-are-visible-space-180962659/

Slab roll-back and the steep rise of the Bernese Alps following continental collision

Arctic seafloor has accumulated 20 times more trash over the past decade

Questioning the rationale for Arctic oil exploration


Environmental Sciences Bulletin Board – 27 March 2017 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford  

We live in chemical soup – 8 ways to detox your home and protect your health

USDA has dropped plan to start testing for glyphosate (Roundup®) residue in food

Why the US Environmental Protection Agency was created

Royal Dutch Shell accused of hiding health hazards from oil spills in Nigeria

UN Perspective: Recycling wastewater to ease global water shortage and protect the environment

US Marines have blown up a number of dams to “re-wild” parts of Orange County, California

Belle Fourche Pipeline oil spill in North Dakota in December 2016 now estimated at 530,000 gallons

Google Street View cars now conducting pilot programs in cities detecting natural gas leaks

Book Review: “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes”

Removing GINA protections sounds like 1984: big brother is watching – workplace genetic testing is unethical and scientifically unsound

Texas VMA wisely calls for studies before Warfarin poison (Kaput®) dispersed to kill feral hogs

Rusty patched bumble bee is first bee to be listed as an endangered species

Congress votes to remove protections for wolves, bears & other predators from hunting in Wildlife Refuges in Alaska

A wet winter yields a “Super Bloom” of flowers in the desert of California – and weeds

Trying to unravel potentially fraudulent research on impacts of micro-plastics on fish

Bovine tuberculosis (TB) previously found only in central Mexico is diagnosed in South Dakota & Nebraska slaughterhouses

Bringing to light consequences of the atomic age – acute radiation sickness from fallout

LLNL posting videos of US atmospheric nuclear weapons tests to YouTube

Ruling by Kansas Supreme Court will now allow construction of new 895-MW coal-fired power plant

Chile designates 11 million acres of land in five new National Parks

Hawaiian volcanoes continue to create new crust that will be home to new communities of organisms

So far, so good – reintroduction of Scimitar Oryx into home range in north-central Africa

A better way to farm: Living off the land by raising grass-fed livestock

Despite 7-hour surgery to remove 915 coins, Omsin the sea turtle has died

Hypoxic dead zones, along with bleaching, are threat to coral reefs

Agro-terrorism bill passes House, moves to US Senate

Snakes also flee from flood waters (video)

The biggest tree canopy at Thimmamma Marrimanu stretches across almost five acres

Archeological evidence of cannibalism 10,000 years ago in Spain as the Ice Age was ending

PFC levels exceed recommended health limits in New Jersey in stream that runs from wastewater plant at Maguire-Fort Dix-Lakehurst military base into Rancocas Creek

Over-fishing and unemployed fishermen are directly linked

These mega-cities have the worst air quality: polluted with ammonia, formic acid, methanol and ozone

Time-lapse images of 3 decades of urban grown in China (videos)

Developing new strategies to protect fish in the Sacramento & San Joaquin River Delta

Demand for “medicine” in China results in slaughter of donkeys in Africa

Reliable surveys of wildlife are critical, but are traditional survey methods reliable?

Sex appeal in dung beetles is in their transcription factor

It is Spring migration time and here are some of the best places to see migrating birds

Map projection changes perspectives people have about the world

Why is coal ash being imported when we have a hazardous abundance of it already in this country?


Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 27 March 2017 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Cemented beach rocks reveal history of industrial waste production resulting from metallurgical activity during industrial development along Nerbioi-Ibaizabal Estuary

50-year coastal land loss to cost Louisiana $11.2 billion

Major Louisiana coastal restoration project won’t get permits before 2022, Corps of Engineers says

·       http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/03/mid-barataria_sediment_diversi.html

US wind energy blasts forward with new $9 million offshore lease

·       http://www.triplepundit.com/2017/03/u-s-wind-energy-blasts-forward-new-9-million-offshore-lease/

Supreme Court decision could alter some vacant lot sales in coastal zone

·       https://efficientgov.com/blog/2017/03/20/supreme-court-coastal-zone-property-decision/

Giant hammerhead shark surprises hundreds of small sharks – and videographer

·       http://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/giant-hammerhead-shark-surprises-hundreds-smaller-sharks-videographer/#WEgGVmBVl68CHju8.97

With neighboring marine labs, Bowdoin commits to long-term Gulf project – Maine

·       http://community.bowdoin.edu/news/2017/03/with-neighboring-marine-labs-bowdoin-commits-to-longterm-gulf-project/ 

UT Austin receives $5.6M for long-term study of Alaska’s Arctic coast

·       https://news.utexas.edu/2017/03/15/ut-austin-receives-56m-to-study-alaska-s-arctic-coast

FEMA’s updated flood map for Charleston County shows a smaller high-risk flood zone

Central coast steelhead are tough, but still need our conservation help

Haiti – NOTICE: tsunami warning exercise (Caribe Wave 17)

80% of world’s wastewater discharged without treatment

How Gold Coast council plans to protect endangered animals from cruise ship terminal - Australia

T-shirts designed to help protect an endangered species: the fisherman – North Carolina

New LSU study underscores regional economic costs of coastal land loss – Louisiana

Europe faces annual extreme coastal floods in future

Fishermen say water pollution killing marine life - Barbados

Sewage facility concerning some Mamaroneck residents – New York

New studies planned on coastal erosion and flood defenses – Isle of Wight, England

"University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small." - Henry Kissinger

Posted on Monday, 27 March 2017 at 08:47 AM in Blogs, Twitters, WWW sites, e-Newsletters, & Lists, Elaine Hanford's Bulletin Boards, Readings, Journals, Videos, Films & Visuals | | Comments (0)

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