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Josh Newton's Water Jobs and More! 26 December 2017 (Updated: 31 December 2017)

Just like Elaine yesterday, Josh is not taking the holidays off! He's in Vermont and will return to Stockholm tomorrow. Here is what he says:

Not sure how this happened, but this week’s list is just as large as last week’s, even during the holiday. Also, highest number of jobs at a given moment on the website. Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate!

Yes - another YUGE list!

Join the @OregonState Water Resources Graduate Program Jobs Listserv!  Click here.

Here is a link to the weekly water news summary for 16 - 22 December 2017. 

Click here for Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Sciences; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 25 December 2017. 

Check out the AGU Career Center for research/academic jobs. 

Here you will find some general job resources and posted jobs I Tweeted during the past week. All the jobs I Tweet are archived at Twitter; the hashtag is #JobWaWi and click on 'Latest' at the top left so that the latest jobs will display.  

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

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

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:

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

AGU Career Center 

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' at http://bcwaterjobs.com 

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

King County (WA) Jobs

Geoscience Job Board

California DWR Jobs

AZ Water Career Center 

Florida Water Jobs

NYC DEP 

Nature Conservancy jobs

State of Washington Careers

Idaho DEQ 

OSU Water Resources Program

Water District Jobs

Academic Jobs in Schools of Physical/Earth Sciences

Mac's List - Jobs in Portland and Beyond!

New Zealand Hydrological Society Jobs Board

California Water Jobs 

Government Jobs

Association of Oregon Counties Job Postings

Soil Science Societies Career Center

How to Find Work Overseas, with Marcelle Yeager. http://bit.ly/1pIopLT  

 Josh's Weekly Jobs List:

As a PDF: Download 26 December 2017

As a Word doc: Download 26 December 2017

Josh’s Pick:

1) Water Stewardship Advisor – WWF (Copenhagen): 8 January 2018 (A great position working at WWF engaging with corporate partners)

Minimum experience level requested:

0-4 years

2) Associate Academic Officer (E-Learning) – UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) (Germany): 31 December (4 year min, PhD)

3) French or Spanish speakers: Communications Coordinator (Maternity Leave Cover) – Water Integrity Network (WIN) (Berlin): 10 January 2018

4) Junior Communication and Membership Management Officer – Aqua Publica Europea (APE) (Brussels): 5 January 2018

5) Program Officer (Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Design) – World Vision (Nairobi): 1 January 2018

6) Applied Junior Scientist (Freshwater) – TNC (New Delhi): 8 January 2018

7) German speakers: Berater (m/w) Abfallmanagement und regionale Zusammenarbeit zur Vermeidung des Abfalleintrags in Flüsse und das Adriatische Meer – GIZ (Albania): 10 January 2018

8) Dutch speakers: Projectleider Water en Natuur Noord Nederland (via LinkedIn)

Royal HaskoningDHV (Netherlands): Until filled

9) Senior Associate (Water and Food) – Ceres (Cambridge, MA, USA): Until filled

10) Research Hydrogeologists (2) – University of Idaho (Boise, ID, USA): 16 January 2018

11) Water Resources Specialist II – Mojave Water Agency (Apple Valley, CA, USA): 11 January 2018

12) German speakers: Junior Civil/Environmental Engineer (m/f) Water and Sanitation – Dorsch International Consultants GmbH (Jordan): Until filled

13) Policy Manager – New Jersey Audubon Society (Trenton or Cape May, NJ, USA): Until filled

14) Basin Specialist (Natural Resource Specialist 3) – State of Oregon/Department of Environmental Quality (Coos Bay, OR, USA): 10 January 2018

15) Policy Analyst/Senior Policy Analyst – New York Governor's Office of Storm Recovery (New York): Until filled

16) Water and Agriculture Program Technician – TNC (Wood River, NE, USA): 19 January 2018

17) Program Coordinator (EDF Climate Corps) – Environmental Defense Fund (Washington DC): Until filled

18) DRC nationals: Specialiste en Environnement – UNOPS (DRC): 7 January 2018

19) Solomon Island nationals: Provincial Officer (WASH; SIWSAP Project) – UNDP (Fiji): 12 January 2018

5-9 years

20) Associate/Operations Officer (Energy & Water) – IFC (Johannesburg, Dakar or Nairobi): 26 January 2018

21) Manager (Investor Engagement, Water) – Ceres (Cambridge, MA, USA): Until filled

22) WASH Ground Water Monitoring Consultant – Relief International (Sudan): Until filled

23) French speakers: Senior Legal Advisor – WaterLex (Geneva): 31 January 2018

24) French speakers: Programme Manager (Africa) – WaterLex (Geneva): 31 January 2018

25) Spanish speakers: Programme Management Officer – UNEP (Panama): 19 January

26) Programme Management Officer – UNEP (Nairobi): 13 January 2018

27) Programme Management Officer (#2) – UNEP (Nairobi): 12 January 2018

28) Profile Environmental Officer – UNHCR (Various): 31 December (P3 and P4 positions available)

29) Disaster Risk Management Specialist – World Bank (Washington DC): 8 January 2018

30) Disaster Risk Management Specialist #2 – World Bank (Washington DC): 8 January 2018

31) French speakers: Corporate Operations Administrator – Geneva Water Hub (Geneva): 31 January 2018

32) Local Hire: Environmental Specialist – World Bank (Lesotho): 9 January 2018

33) Lebanon nationals: Environmental Affairs Officer – United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Lebanon): 18 January 2018

34) Senior Policy Adviser (Climate & Energy) – E3G (Berlin): 12 January 2018

35) Chief Operating Officer (Global Climate Action Summit) – United Nations Foundation (San Francisco): Until filled

36) Director of Operations (Global Climate Action Summit) – United Nations Foundation (San Francisco): Until filled

37) Director of Partnerships (Global Climate Action Summit) – United Nations Foundation (San Francisco): Until filled

38) Policy Manager (Global Climate Action Summit) – United Nations Foundation (San Francisco): Until filled

39) Director of Strategic Communications (Global Climate Action Summit) – United Nations Foundation (San Francisco): Until filled

40) Principal Consultant (Hydrogeology) – WSP (Dubai): Until filled

41) Mid- to Senior- Level Natural Resource Management/Environmental Adviser (USAID/Uganda Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Program) – Camris International (Uganda): Until filled

42) Director (Legislative Water Commission) – Minnesota Legislative Coordinating Commission (St. Paul, MN, USA): Until filled

43) Hydrogeologist – Pacific Community (Fiji): 17 January 2018

44) Executive Director – Michigan Water Environment Association (MWEA) (Bath, MI, USA): Until filled

45) Research Assistant – Villanova University (Villanova, PA, USA): Until filled

46) Environmental Compliance and Restoration Specialist – Colorado State University (San Antonio, TX, USA): 31 December

47) Environmental Scientist – Draper Aden Associates (Blacksburg, VA, USA): Until filled

48) Account Director (Risk Communications Professional) – Ogilvy (Atlanta, GA, USA): Until filled

49) Director of Water and Natural Resources – California Department of Community & Economic Development (Madera, CA, USA): 31 January 2018

10+ years

50) Team Leader (Institutional Expert) – GFA Consulting Group (Kenya): 5 January 2018

51) Inception Phase Team Leader – UNEP (Sudan): 28 December

52) Principal Portfolio Management Specialist – Asian Development Bank (Manila): 5 January 2018

53) Technical Water Experts – GOPA Infra (Afghanistan): 26 January 2018

54) Senior Coordination Officer – UNEP (Brussels): 14 January 2018

55) Disaster Risk Management Specialist – Niras (Laos): 31 March 2018

56) Water Quality Expert – Niras (Laos): 31 March 2018

57) River Basin Modeler – Niras (Laos): 31 March 2018

58) Sociologist – Niras (Laos): 31 March 2018

59) Environmental Expert – Niras (Laos): 31 March 2018

60) Water Resources Management Specialist/Team Leader – Niras (Laos): 31 March 2018

61) Hydrological Forecasting Systems Expert – Niras (Laos): 31 March 2018

62) Climate Services Expert – Niras (Laos): 31 March 2018

63) Hydrological Observing Systems Expert – Niras (Laos): 31 March 2018

64) Financial Specialist for IWRM investments – Niras (East Africa): 14 January 2018

65) Team Leader (Lake Victoria Integrated Water Resources Management Programme) – Niras (East Africa): 14 January 2018

66) Environment Engineer and Climate Resilience Specialist – Niras (Vietnam): 13 January 2018

67) Team Leader (Climate Change) – CowaterSogema International (Fiji): Until filled

Not stated (other):

68) Manager (Water Sensitive Cities) – Water Corporation (Australia): 4 January 2018

69) Spanish speakers: Research Fellow (Water) – SEI (Colombia): 21 January 2018

70) Spanish speakers: Research Fellow (SDGs) – SEI (Colombia): 21 January 2018

71) Spanish speakers: Operations Manager – SEI (Colombia): 14 January 2018

72) Dutch speakers: Project Officer (C40 Climate Adaptation Academy) – C40 Cities (Netherlands): 31 December

73) USA nationals: Director (Chesapeake Bay Program Office) – US Environmental Protection Agency (Annapolis, MD, USA): 22 January 2018

74) Principal Environmental Consultant (Hydrology and Water) – WSP (Glasgow): 31 March 2018

75) Senior Consultant (Water and Environmental Policy) – Ricardo Energy & Environment (United Kingdom): Until filled

76) Principal Consultant (Natural Capital Accounting Lead) – Ricardo Energy & Environment (London): Until filled

77) Water Project Manager – Ricardo Energy & Environment (United Kingdom): Until filled

78) Business Area Manager (Water Management) – Ricardo Energy & Environment (United Kingdom): Until filled

79) Senior Consultant (Hydrologist) – Ricardo Energy & Environment (United Kingdom): Until filled

80) USA nationals: Hydrologist – USGS (Richmond, VA, USA): 8 January 2018

81) Philanthropy Manager – WaterAid (London): 1 January 2018

Not stated (academic):

82) Call for Associate Fellow (Climate Variability and Change) – Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR2) (Chile): 30 December

83) Lecturer (Non Tenure Track Faculty) – North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC, USA): 9 January 2018

84) 11 Tenure –track positions “Assistant professor Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development” (Two w/specific water focus) – Utrecht University (Netherlands): 15 January 2018

85) Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Sea Ice, Freshwater-Marine Coupling and Climate Change – University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, MB, Canada): 24 January 2018

86) Assistant/Associate Professor (Water-Land-Atmosphere Interface) – University of Texas-Arlington (Arlington, TX, USA): Until filled

87) 3 Post-Doc’s in Hydrometeorology and Water Quality – Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (Sweden): 31 January 2018

88) Postdoctoral Fellowship – Ben Gurion University (Jacob Blaustein Center for Scientific Cooperation) (Israel): 4 March 2018

89) Environmental Geophysics Postdoctoral Scholar (Climate & Ecosystem Sciences) – Berkeley Lab (Berkeley, CA, USA): Until filled

90) Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ecology) – TNC (Fort Collins, CO, USA): 15 January 2018

91) Data Science Scholar – Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ, USA): 22 January 2018

92) Assistant Professor – Oregon State University (Klamath Falls, OR, USA): 29 December

93) Professor of Environmental Policy – ETH Zürich (Zürich): 28 February 2018

WASH:

94) WASH Technical Specialist – Plan International UK (London): 8 January 2018

95) Programme Support and Learning Advisor (HSBC Water Programme) – WaterAid (London): 14 January 2018

96) WASH Officer – UNHCR (Uganda): 9 January 2018

97) WASH Officer – UNHCR (Ethiopia – Addis Ababa): 9 January 2018

98) WASH Officer – UNHCR (Ethiopia – Gambella): 9 January 2018

99) WASH Officer – UNHCR (Chad): 9 January 2018

100) Profile WASH Officer – UNHCR (Various): 30 December

101) Call for Technical Experts (Health, WASH, Protection, Education, Nutrition, Gender) for Stand-By Roster – Relief Applications (Various): 31 January 2018

102) French speakers: Chef de project WASH – COOPI (DRC): 27 December

103) French speakers: Responsable de Programme Assainissement – ACF-España (Mali): 27 December

104) Spanish speakers: Tecnico Agua Saneamiento e Higiene – World Vision (Honduras): 31 December

105) WASH Water Treatment Plant Rehabilitation Manager – Terre des Hommes (Iraq): Until filled

106) French speakers: Flying WASH Coordinator (Interim) – ACF-España (Various): Until filled

107) Traineeship in the Water and Habitat Unit – ICRC (Geneva): 7 January 2018

108) WASH Specialist (Libya Country Office) – UNICEF (Tunisia): 3 January 2018

109) WASH and Waste Management Portfolio Manager – Practical Action (Nairobi): 4 January 2018

110) WASH Training Developer – Australian Red Cross (Various): 15 January 2018

111) WASH Program Coordinator – Saed Charity Association (Turkey): 30 December

112) WASH Coordinator – Oxfam Novib (Somalia): 3 January 2018

113) Programme Coordinator (WASH) – International Organization for Migration (South Sudan): 3 January 2018

114) French speakers: Emergency Response Team (WASH Project Manager) – Medair (DRC): Until filled

115) WASH Project Manager (Generic) – Medair (Various): Until filled

116) Emergency WASH Coordinator – World Concern (Somalia): 5 January 2018

117) Haiti nationals: WASH Officer – UNICEF (Haiti): 4 January 2018

Consultancies:

118) Climate Change Technical Specialist – UNDP (Home-based): 10 January 2018

119) WASH, Gender Equality & Behavior Change Consultant – International Organization for Migration (Home-based): 15 January 2018

120) Spanish speakers: Metodología y análisis de efectividad de las medidas de AbE con respecto a la seguridad hídrica en cuencas de Mesoamérica – IUCN (Home-based w/travel): 10 January 2018

121) Resilience Strategy Consultant (SADC) – World Food Programme (WFP) (Botswana): 15 January 2018

122) Kyrgyzstan nationals: Team Leader (Livelihoods Through Participation and Equal Access to Water) – UN-Women (Kyrgyzstan): 1 January 2018

123) Kyrgyzstan nationals: Team Member (Livelihoods Through Participation and Equal Access to Water) – UN-Women (Kyrgyzstan): 1 January 2018

124) Ghana Water P2G – United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) (Ghana): 5 January 2018

RFP:

125) Request for Proposals: Endline Data Collection for MCC Jordan Water Impact Evaluation Services (1-5 data collection events) – Social Impact (Jordan): 18 January 2018

Internships:

126) Center of Excellence WASH Interns (2 positions) – Relief International (Washington DC): Until filled

127) Summer Intern (Sustainable Water Policy in California) – Public Policy Institute of California (San Francisco): Until filled

128) Intern (Environment Affairs) – UNEP (Nairobi): 1 January 2018

129) Intern (EU Policy) – IUCN (Brussels): 21 January 2018

130) EU Partnership Intern – IUCN (Brussels): 21 January 2018

131) Federal Affairs Legislative Internship – Wildlife Conservation Society (Washington DC): 8 January 2018

Scholarships:

132) Spanish speakers: PhD Research Assistantships (3) – Purdue University (Lafayette, IN, USA): 15 January 2018

133) Fully-funded PhD position in Water Resources Planning and Management – Singapore University of Technology and Design (Singapore): 1 April 2018

134) PhD scholarship in Facilitated Modelling for Managing Multiple Stressors Impacting Water Resources – Towards a Policy Decision Support Tool for Mixed Land-use Catchments – Technical University of Denmark (DTU Environment) (Denmark): 5 January 2018

Additional Positions:

Posted: Last Week

135) Postdoc Position: @ETH (Zurich) - Climate Modeling/Uncertainty Quantification in Climate Projections. ASAP. http://bit.ly/2zWzd1F  #JobWaWi (tnx @fowler_lara)

 

136) Postdoc Position: @ETH (Zurich) - Climate Modeling/Attribution of Changes in the Water Cycle using Big Data. OUF. http://bit.ly/2hIK3xx  #JobWaWi (tnx @fowler_lara) 

 

137 Position: @EcologyWA (Lacey, WA) - Senior Nonpoint Water Quality and Shellfish Specialist (Environmental Specialist 4). Continuous. http://bit.ly/2BbrzhK  #JobWaWi

 

138) Position: @JohnsonCreekWC (Milwaukie, OR) - Community Outreach Coordinator. Closes: 5 January 2018 http://bit.ly/2AwCJzP  #JobWaWi

 

139) Position: @Caltech (Pasadena, CA) - Foster & Coco Stanback Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global Environmental Science. Closes: 26 December http://bit.ly/2Bi6HED  #JobWaWi

 

140) Position: @EcologyWA (Richland) - Lead Waste Treatment Plant Design Engineer (Environmental Engineer 5). Continuous http://bit.ly/2fvo6kJ  #JobWaWi

 

141) Position: @EcologyWA (Spokane) - Permit Unit Supervisor (Environmental Engineer 5). Continuous http://bit.ly/2xKjNwL  #JobWaWi

142) Positions (2): @uidaho - IWRRI (Boise) - Research Hydrogeologists. OUF; App review: 16 January http://bit.ly/2kWWXct  #JobWaWi

143) Position: @PortlandCorps (Portland, OR) - Interdisciplinary - Water Quality. Closes: 10 January http://bit.ly/2CWhh55  #JobWaWi

144) Position: Interstate Council for Water Policy (ICWP; location flexible) - Executive Director. Closes: 12 January. Download ICWP_ExecDir_Search

145) Position: @universityofky (Lexington) - T-T Asst Professor of Geography, Digital Geographies and Critical Mapping. OUF, http://bit.ly/2BX8d0p  #JobWaWi

146) Position: @EcologyWA (Lacey) - Dam Safety Engineer (Environmental Engineer 2) (In-Training). http://bit.ly/2wBzzFa  #JobWaWi

147) Position: @universityofky (Lexington) - T-T Asst Professor of Geography, Digital Geographies and Critical Mapping. OUF, http://bit.ly/2BX8d0p  #JobWaWi

148) Postdoc Position: @NAU (Flagstaff, AZ) - Mapping, Monitoring, and Modeling Forest Ecosystems. Closes: 1 January 2018 http://bit.ly/2ifEHtY  #JobWaWi

149) Position: @vermont_epscor (Burlington) - Deep-Learning Faculty Researcher OUF; Start: Immediately. Apps reviewed as received. http://bit.ly/2jdsFlD  #JobWaWi

150) Position: @vermont_epscor (Burlington) - Research Assistant or Associate Professor in Lake Modeling. OUF; App review: 15 December http://bit.ly/2jdsFlD  #JobWaWi

151) Postdoc Position: Trinity College (Dublin) - Community Water Infrastructures. Closes: 3 January 2018. Download Trinity_College_Dublin_Postdoc 

152) Position: @McMasterU (Hamiton, ON) - Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Remote Sensing/GIScience. Full consideration: 1 January http://bit.ly/2ymWPaY  #JobWaWi

153) Position: @McMasterU (Hamilton, ON) - Teaching Stream Assistant Professor in Geography and the Environment. Closes: 15 January http://bit.ly/2ASHVfp  #JobWaWi

154) Position: @UWindsor (Windsor, ON) - Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Geotechnical Engineering. Closes: 19 January http://bit.ly/2C2DoXb  #JobWaWi

155) Position: Interstate Council for Water Policy (ICWP; location flexible) - Executive Director. Closes: 12 January. Download ICWP_ExecDir_Search

156) Position: @Dalnews (Halifax, NS) - Canada Research Chair –Tier 2, Coastal Zone Processes. Closes: 8 January http://bit.ly/2ATobIx  #JobWaWi

157) Position: @UNUEHS (Bonn) - Director. Closes: 16 January. http://bit.ly/2BmNo0K  #JobWaWi

158) Position: INTERA (Richland, WA) - Hydrogeologist. OUF. http://bit.ly/2BqlJvX  #JobWaWi

159) Position: Naches-Selah Irrigation District (Selah, WA) - Irrigation Patrolman. Closes: 15 January
Download Patrolman_Description

160) Positions (2): @ColumbiaEstuary (Portland, OR) - 1) Accounting Assistant; 2) Limited Duration Environmental Educator. Closes: 17 January. http://bit.ly/2BJPF6t  #JobWaWi

161) Positions: @USGS (Tacoma, WA) - Hydrologists. Closes: 26 December http://bit.ly/2BxiFfb  #JobWaWi

162) Position: @WorldVision (Africa TBD) - Senior Director: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Senior Director. OUF. http://bit.ly/2D95b9I  #JobWaWi

163) Position: NM ENV Dept (Santa Fe) - Geoscientist - Supervisor (NMENV #34933). Closes: 4 January 2018 http://bit.ly/2DiLaxg  #JobWaWi

164) Position: @CAPArizona (Phoenix) - Manager, Groundwater Replenishment District (CAGRD). Closes: 30 Deccember http://bit.ly/2BoV4QX  #JobWaWi 

165) Position: @CityofChinoGov (CA) - Water Systems Operator. Closes: 10 January http://bit.ly/2kR7llP  #JobWaWi

166) Position: @LYONOEM (Dayton, NV) - Water Systems Technician III. Closes: 29 December http://bit.ly/2kwCxI3  #JobWaWi

167) Position: @CityofOxnard (CA) - Water Distribution Operator I/II. Closes: 27 January 2018 http://bit.ly/2BnlnXA  #JobWaWi

168) Position: @southcoastwater (Laguna Beach, CA) - Environmental Compliance and Emergency Services Coordinator. Closes: 2 January http://bit.ly/2BbapjW  #JobWaWi

169) Position: @snocounty (Everett, WA) - GIS Analyst - Surface Water Management. Closes: 7 January 2018 http://bit.ly/2z6gmNa  #JobWaWi

170) Position: @Columbia (NYC) - T-T Asst Prof, Earth & Environmental Engineering: Energy/Water/Minerals, Mining & Materials. OUF; Full consideration: 15 Feb 2018 http://bit.ly/2Buxgeh  #JobWaWi

171) Positions (2): @uidaho - IWRRI (Boise) - Research Hydrogeologists. OUF; App review: 16 January http://bit.ly/2kWWXct  #JobWaWi

172) Position: @PortlandCorps (Portland, OR) - Interdisciplinary - Water Quality. Closes: 10 January http://bit.ly/2CWhh55  #JobWaWi

Posted: 30 December 2017

173) Position: @nature_org (Seattle, WA) - Director of Conservation - 45969. Closes: 2 January http://bit.ly/2AVrnWY  #JobWaWi

174) Position: @nature_org (London, UK) - Associate Director, Global Strategy - 45959. Closes: 3 January http://bit.ly/2zTh9WZ  #JobWaWi

175) Position: @nature_org (Minneapolis, MN) - Field Director Minnesota - 45901. Closes: 12 January http://bit.ly/2AeSZpn  #JobWaWi

176) Position: @nature_org (Detroit or Lansing, MI) - Manager, Sustainable Storm Water Finance. Closes: 12 January http://bit.ly/2C9muHh  #JobWaWi

177) Position: @nature_org (Ventura or Monterey, CA) - Coastal Project Director - 45987. Closes: 14 January http://bit.ly/2nVlB1S  #JobWaWi

Posted: 31 December 2017

178) Position: @UCBerkeley (CA) - Lecturer - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. App review ends: 14 December 2017  but OUF. http://bit.ly/2lBH8rP  #JobWaWi

"Only she who can see the invisible can do the impossible." - Frank L. Gaines

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Sciences; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 25 December 2017

Miss Christmans Day? Not on your life.

Here are the BBs as Word/PDF documents : 

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Word: Download Bulletin_board_listings_25December2017

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A repeat from last week. Many of you don't know that Elaine is a very talented watercolorist. Here is the Christmas card I received from her - it's of one of my favorite areas - the White Mountains of New Hampshire, specifically Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch State Park:

 The weekly water news summary is here:  16 - 22 December 2017 

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 25 December 2017 - compiled by Elaine J. Hanford 

Vote for the 2017 Volcanic Event of the Year

• http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/rockyplanet/2017/12/18/time-to-vote-for-the-2017-volcanic-event-of-the-year/

Modern snowfalls in the Alaska Range are highest in at least 1,200 years

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-alaska-snow/climate-change-driving-record-snows-in-alaskan-mountains-study-idUSKBN1ED0YM

Osbornite found in meteorite impact site on the Isle of Skye in Scotland

• http://www.techtimes.com/articles/217190/20171219/60-million-year-old-meteorite-impact-in-scotland-contains-rare-minerals-from-outer-space.htm
• https://www.axios.com/meteor-strike-may-have-shaped-the-scottish-isles-2518491112.html

New theory on origins of magma in Yellowstone

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Heat_beneath_Pacific_Ocean_drives_Yellowstone_volcanism_research_shows_999.html
• https://phys.org/news/2017-12-traditional-theory-yellowstone-formation.html

Continental Drift – theory & definition

• https://www.livescience.com/37529-continental-drift.html

Videos & images hint at cause of massive catastrophic Villa Santa Lucia landslide in Chile

• https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2017/12/18/villa-santa-lucia-1/
• https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2017/12/19/villa-santa-lucia-landslide-2/

Vaderlimulus tricki - First Triassic horseshoe crab fossil found in North America

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/triassic-horseshoe-crab-vaderlimulus-tricki-05532.html

Controversial “squiggle” fossils suggest life on Earth originated 4 billion years ago

• http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/12/life-may-have-originated-earth-4-billion-years-ago-study-controversial-fossils-suggests

This TV meteorologist challenges the Flat-Earth Movement

• https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tv-meteorologist-flat-earth_us_5a336e3be4b040881be9356d?section=us_science

23 critical mineral resources – economic & environmental geology & prospects for future supply

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/critical-minerals-united-states
• USGS PP 1802: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1802

Simulations provide an explanation of why meteors explode before they reach Earth

• http://www.sci-news.com/space/why-meteoroids-explode-before-they-reach-earth-05530.html

Pairs of linked eddies spinning in opposite direction (like smoke rings) detected in southern ocean

• http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/geophysics/smoke-rings-earths-oceans-05541.html

New mechanism to explain El Niño influence on East Asian and Western North Pacific climate

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/New_mechanism_to_explain_how_El_Nino_influences_East_Asian_and_WN_Pacific_climate_999.html

Cosmic rays from supernovae help growth & formation of condensation nuclei & influence weather on Earth

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171219091320.htm

Diverse population of Cambrian microscopic animal fossils found at northern tip of Greenland

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171219093415.htm

In the footsteps of Jacques Cousteau – clues about climate since last ice age from the Blue Hole stalactite

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171218120253.htm

New discoveries related to EQs in Kansas & Oklahoma – can they be predicted?

• https://phys.org/news/2017-12-geologists-discoveries-kansas-oklahoma-earthquakes.html

Travels in geology: geological riches of the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada

• https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/travels-geology-geological-riches-quebecs-gaspe-peninsula

Down to Earth With: Volcanologist Jess Phoenix

·      https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/down-earth-volcanologist-jess-phoenix

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 25 December 2017 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

NIH lifts ban on researching high-risk viruses – potential benefits & significant risks

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nih-removes-funding-ban-high-risk-virus-research-180967598/

New “social” disease: selfitis may be sign of poor mental health – or is it the cause – or nothing to worry about? Study of university students

• http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/selfitis-selfies-obsession-real-condition-social-media-narcissism-research-notthingham-trent-a8112066.html
• http://www.businessinsider.com/psychologists-obsessive-selfie-taking-selfitis-2017-12?r=UK&IR=T
• Paper: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11469-017-9844-x.pdf

Designated “safe” levels of chemical exposures are harming human health

• http://www.ehn.org/chemical-exposures-are-small-doses-harm-2518446452.html

New data suggests almost 36B tons of soil lost annually due to water, deforestation & land use changes

• http://www.enn.com/climate/article/53469
• http://www.eurasiareview.com/19122017-almost-36-billion-tons-of-soil-lost-every-year-due-to-water-deforestation/

Volcanic simulation teaches students about crisis management

• http://www.enn.com/health/article/53486

Cruise ships provide a captive audience for disease outbreaks

• http://www.newser.com/story/252946/on-cruise-ship-5-nights-332-people-sick.html

More $81B federal tax dollars for disaster aid? Could top $133B for hurricanes & wildfires

• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-18/house-gop-is-said-to-agree-on-81-billion-in-disaster-spending

Winter ticks & brainworms have caused significant drop in moose population in Vermont

• http://digital.vpr.net/post/despite-hunting-cutback-vermonts-moose-population-not-bouncing-back#stream/0

Pseudogymnoascus destructans, invasive fungus that causes white-nose syndrome has decimated bat populations across the country, some resistance evolving

• https://consumer.healthday.com/general-health-information-16/animal-research-956/new-insight-on-killer-fungus-threatening-bats-729191.html
• Website: https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/

Following principled realism to safeguard our country & our people

• https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/new-national-security-strategy-new-era/
• Summary: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-announces-national-security-strategy-advance-americas-interests/

Human activity could soon mean the end of these species

• https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/12/16/570816522/photos-animals-that-could-disappear-because-of-us

Puerto Rico had too much trash in landfills before Hurricane Maria – where does the storm debris go?

• https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/12/14/570927809/after-maria-puerto-rico-struggles-under-the-weight-of-its-own-garbage

Arctic foxes are not only cute, they are ecosystem engineers who grow beautiful gardens

• https://www.treehugger.com/animals/arctic-foxes-grow-gardens.html

Your furnishings could be off-gassing and causing indoor pollution

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/your-furnishings-could-be-causing-indoor-air-pollution/2017/12/18/626ad808-d91c-11e7-b1a8-62589434a581_story.html

US FDA released draft guidance to boost enforcement of manufacture, marketing & safety regulations for homeopathic products – will specifically target high-risk products

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/12/fda-plans-crackdown-on-quackery-homeopaths-say-bring-it/
• https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm589243.htm
• Draft FDA Guidance: https://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/Guidances/UCM589373.pdf

Tis the season for new electronic gadgets – but only 20% of global e-waste is being recycled

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/12/just-20-percent-of-e-waste-is-being-recycled/
• UN-ISWA Report: http://ewastemonitor.info/

New technology partnership in waste treatment for managing radioactive medical waste

• http://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/Australian_waste_treatment_technology_plays_major_role_in_management_of_radioactive_waste_999.html

New satellite-based global drought severity index

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/UCI_scientists_unveil_new_satellite_based_global_drought_severity_index_999.html

Plastic rubbish in the ocean kills hundreds of marine turtles every year – with increase in plastic debris having disproportionate impact on hatchlings and young turtles

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171218154235.htm

Cleaning up air pollutants may have collateral impacts – formation of organic hydroperoxides

• https://phys.org/news/2017-12-scientists-unexpected-side-effect-urban.html

Understanding changes in the ozone layer and recovery as anthropogenic compounds are controlled & reduced under the Montreal Protocol

• https://phys.org/news/2017-12-perspective-key-elements-ozone-layer.html

Reducing amount of nitrogen entering a lake may have little impact on algal blooms & eutrophication

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/iela-rhm121817.php

Climate change, disruption of the environment & pandemic diseases contributed to fall of Roman Empire

·      https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-climate-change-and-disease-helped-fall-rome-180967591/

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 25 December 2017 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Storm erosion creates “dangerous” conditions causing closure of Australian beaches

• https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/dangerous-beach-access-blocked-off-after-storm- ng-b88695722z

Archeological sites on the fjords and coasts of Greenland threatened by coastal erosion

• https://phys.org/news/2017-12-coastal-erosion-threatens-archaeological-sites.html

Mortgage companies may pull out of coastal living long before residents at risk of flooding

• https://www.inman.com/2017/12/18/coastal-mortgage-time-bomb/

The story of the southern pines

• https://www.coastalillustrated.com/columns/coastal_columns/article_7655e1b0-9da8-5f72- a8d2-b64c6495b95b.html

Report outlines resiliency options for towns along New Jersey coast

• http://www.app.com/story/opinion/columnists/2017/12/17/nj-coastal-towns-resiliency-report- severe-weather/108697362/

• Report: http://www.njfuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/New-Jersey-Future-Resilient- Coastal-Communities-Project-Report-2017.pdf

Permeable pavement reduces runoff in coastal areas

• https://www.coastalreview.org/2017/12/soaking-special-pavement-reduces-runoff/

New Zealand provides guidance for local government on coastal hazards & climate change

• https://reliefweb.int/report/new-zealand/coastal-hazards-and-climate-change-guidance- local-government

• Guidance: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/coastal-hazards-guide.pdf

Photo-essay: US Coast Guard patrols & protects exclusive economic zone of the nation

• http://www.businessinsider.com/us-coast-guard-captivating-photos-2017-12

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/coast-guard-frees-sea-turtle-trapped-floating-cocaine-bales-n830816

• http://www.13abc.com/content/news/Coast-Guard-urges-caution-around-ice-with-fluctuating-temperatures-465086553.html

Perspective: time is ticking for our coasts

• https://www.nrdc.org/experts/alexandra-adams/time-ticking-our-coasts

Will coastal issues become a key POCD (Plan of Conservation & Development) topic?

•http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/branford/entry/will_coastal_issues_becom e_a_key_pocd_topic/

Dungeness crab season is delayed on US West Coast – prices rising due to short supply

• https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/prices-rise-as-dungeness-crab-season- delayed-on-us-west-coast

Smaller quotas could become the norm for US & Canadian West Coast halibut

• https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/smaller-quotas-could-be-on-the- horizon-for-us-canadian-west-coast-halibut

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

Water, Volume 9, Issue 12 (December 2017): Review, Research Papers, Editorial, More! (Open Access)

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Cover Story

Urban Flood Simulation Using Synthetic Storm Drain Networks

Robert Bertsch, Vassilis Glenis and Chris Kilsby

Water 2017, 9(12), 925; doi:10.3390/w9120925

Featured Papers

Article

Evolution of Uranium Isotopic Compositions of the Groundwater and Rock in a Sandy-Clayey Aquifer

Alexander I. Malov

Water 2017, 9(12), 910; doi:10.3390/w9120910

Article

Water Saving and Cost Analysis of Large-Scale Implementation of Domestic Rain Water Harvesting in Minor Mediterranean Islands

Alberto Campisano, Giuseppe D’Amico and Carlo Modica

Water 2017, 9(12), 916; doi:10.3390/w9120916

Article

Potential Impact on Freshwater Resources from Agrofuel Feedstock Cultivation in Thailand: Implications of the Alternative Energy Development Plan 2015

Pariyapat Nilsalab and Shabbir H. Gheewala

Water 2017, 9(12), 919; doi:10.3390/w9120919

Article

Scoping for the Operation of Agile Urban Adaptation for Secondary Cities of the Global South: Possibilities in Pune, India

Mohanasundar Radhakrishnan, Tejas M. Pathak, Kenneth Irvine and Assela Pathirana

Water 2017, 9(12), 939; doi:10.3390/w9120939

Article

Lignin Biodegradation in Pulp-and-Paper Mill Wastewater by Selected White Rot Fungi

Stefania Costa, Davide Gavino Dedola, Simone Pellizzari, Riccardo Blo, Irene Rugiero, Paola Pedrini and Elena Tamburini

Water 2017, 9(12), 935; doi:10.3390/w9120935

Article

Quantifying Roughness Coefficient Uncertainty in Urban Flooding Simulations through a Simplified Methodology

Vasilis Bellos, Ioannis M. Kourtis, Antonio Moreno-Rodenas and Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis

Water 2017, 9(12), 944; doi:10.3390/w9120944

Article

Modeling Stream Bank Erosion: Practical Stream Results and Future Needs

Yong G. Lai

Water 2017, 9(12), 950; doi:10.3390/w9120950

Article

UV Disinfection of Hand-Rinse Greywater and Performance Testing Using Indigenous Staphylococcus spp.

David C. Shoults and Nicholas J. Ashbolt

Water 2017, 9(12), 963; doi:10.3390/w9120963

Article

Spanish Agriculture and Water: Educational Implications of Water Culture and Consumption from the Farmers’ Perspective

Juan-Carlos Tójar-Hurtado, Esther Mena-Rodríguez and Miguel-Ángel Fernández-Jiménez

Water 2017, 9(12), 964; doi:10.3390/w9120964

Review

A Review of Ocean/Sea Subsurface Water Temperature Studies from Remote Sensing and Non-Remote Sensing Methods

Elahe Akbari, Seyed Kazem Alavipanah, Mehrdad Jeihouni, Mohammad Hajeb, Dagmar Haase and Sadroddin Alavipanah

Water 2017, 9(12), 936; doi:10.3390/w9120936

Research

Physical Experiment and Numerical Simulation of the Artificial Recharge Effect on Groundwater Reservoir

Yang Xu, Longcang Shu, Yongjie Zhang, Peipeng Wu, Abunu Atlabachew Eshete and Esther Chifuniro Mabedi

Water 2017, 9(12), 908; doi:10.3390/w9120908

Optimal Allocation Method of Irrigation Water from River and Lake by Considering the Field Water Cycle Process

Xuemin Li, Zailin Huo and Bing Xu

Water 2017, 9(12), 911; doi:10.3390/w9120911

Unraveling the Long-Term Effects of Cr(VI) on the Performance and Microbial Community of Nitrifying Activated Sludge System

Xingang Wang, Hongliang Dai, Jie Zhang, Tongyi Yang and Fangyan Chen

Water 2017, 9(12), 909; doi:10.3390/w9120909

An Assessment of Ice Effects on Indices for Hydrological Alteration in Flow Regimes

Knut Alfredsen

Water 2017, 9(12), 914; doi:10.3390/w9120914

The Source, Flow Rates, and Hydrochemical Evolution of Groundwater in an Alluvial Fan of Qilian Mountain, Northwest China

Qiaona Guo, Zhifang Zhou and Shan Wang

Water 2017, 9(12), 912; doi:10.3390/w9120912

200 kHz Sonication of Mixed-Algae Suspension from a Eutrophic Lake: The
Effect on the Caution vs. Outbreak Bloom Alert Levels

Andinet Tekile, Ilho Kim and Jai-Yeop Lee

Water 2017, 9(12), 915; doi:10.3390/w9120915

Building Blocks: A Quantitative Approach for Evaluating Coastal Vulnerability

Komali Kantamaneni, Xiaoping Du, Sainath Aher and Rao Martand Singh

Water 2017, 9(12), 905; doi:10.3390/w9120905

Propagation of Solitary Waves over Double Submerged Barriers

Yun-Ta Wu and Shih-Chun Hsiao

Water 2017, 9(12), 917; doi:10.3390/w9120917

Comparison of the Results from Microscopic Tests Concerning the Quality of Activated Sludge and Effluent

Aleksandra Sowinska, Maciej Pawlak, Jakub Mazurkiewicz and Marta Pacholska

Water 2017, 9(12), 918; doi:10.3390/w9120918

Laboratory Tests of Substrate Physical Properties May Not Represent the Retention Capacity of Green Roof Substrates In Situ

Christopher Szota, Tim D. Fletcher, Carine Desbois, John P. Rayner, Nicholas S. G. Williams and Claire Farrell

Water 2017, 9(12), 920; doi:10.3390/w9120920

Distribution Patterns of the Freshwater Oligochaete Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Influenced by Environmental Factors in Streams on a Korean Nationwide Scale

Hyejin Kang, Mi-Jung Bae, Dae-Seong Lee, Soon-Jin Hwang, Jeong-Suk Moon and Young-Seuk Park

Water 2017, 9(12), 921; doi:10.3390/w9120921

Precipitation Trends over Slovakia in the Period 1981–2013

Martina Zeleňáková, Jaroslav Vido, Maria Manuela Portela, Pavol Purcz, Peter Blištán, Helena Hlavatá and Petr Hluštík

Water 2017, 9(12), 922; doi:10.3390/w9120922

Impact of Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Rainfall Inputs on Integrated Catchment Dissolved Oxygen Simulations

Antonio M. Moreno-Rodenas, Francesca Cecinati, Jeroen Langeveld and Francois H. L. R. Clemens

Water 2017, 9(12), 926; doi:10.3390/w9120926

Estimating Sediment Flushing Efficiency of a Shaft Spillway Pipe and Bed Evolution in a Reservoir

Ching-Nuo Chen and Chih-Heng Tsai

Water 2017, 9(12), 924; doi:10.3390/w9120924

Peat as Substrate for Small-Scale Constructed Wetlands Polishing Secondary Effluents from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant

Meng Jin, Jacob Carlos, Rachel McConnell, Geof Hall and Pascale Champagne

Water 2017, 9(12), 928; doi:10.3390/w9120928

Simulating Flash Floods at Hourly Time-Step Using the SWAT Model

Laurie Boithias, Sabine Sauvage, Anneli Lenica, Hélène Roux, Karim C. Abbaspour, Kévin Larnier, Denis Dartus and José Miguel Sánchez-Pérez

Water 2017, 9(12), 929; doi:10.3390/w9120929

Effects of Using High-Density Rain Gauge Networks and Weather Radar Data on Urban Hydrological Analyses

Seong-Sim Yoon and Byongju Lee

Water 2017, 9(12), 931; doi:10.3390/w9120931

Ecological Effects of Grazing in the Northern Tianshan Mountains

Xiaotao Huang, Geping Luo, Huili He, Xinxin Wang and Tureniguli Amuti

Water 2017, 9(12), 932; doi:10.3390/w9120932

Delineating the Drainage Structure and Sources of Groundwater Flux for Lake Basaka, Central Rift Valley Region of Ethiopia

Megersa Olumana Dinka

Water 2017, 9(12), 797; doi:10.3390/w9120797

Quantifying Effectiveness of Streambank Stabilization Practices on Cedar River, Nebraska

Naisargi Dave and Aaron R. Mittelstet

Water 2017, 9(12), 930; doi:10.3390/w9120930

The Pluralistic Water Research Concept: A New Human-Water System Research Approach

Mariele Evers, Britta Höllermann, Adrian Delos Santos Almoradie, Glenda Garcia Santos and Linda Taft

Water 2017, 9(12), 933; doi:10.3390/w9120933

Hydraulic Parameter Generation Technique Using a Discrete Fracture Network with Bedrock Heterogeneity in Korea

Jae-Yeol Cheong, Se-Yeong Hamm, Doo-Hyun Lim and Soo-Gin Kim

Water 2017, 9(12), 937; doi:10.3390/w9120937

Water Security in Times of Climate Change and Intractability: Reconciling Conflict by Transforming Security Concerns into Equity Concerns

Neil Powell, Rasmus Kløcker Larsen, Annemarieke de Bruin, Stina Powell and Carmen Elrick-Barr

Water 2017, 9(12), 934; doi:10.3390/w9120934

In Situ and Satellite Observation of CDOM and Chlorophyll-a Dynamics in Small Water Surface Reservoirs in the Brazilian Semiarid Region

Christine Coelho, Birgit Heim, Saskia Foerster, Arlena Brosinsky and José Carlos de Araújo

Water 2017, 9(12), 913; doi:10.3390/w9120913

Should We Leave? Attitudes towards Relocation in Response to Sea Level Rise

Jie Song and Binbin Peng

Water 2017, 9(12), 941; doi:10.3390/w9120941

Changes in Extreme Precipitation: A Case Study in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River in China

Fengsong Pei, Changjiang Wu, Aixue Qu, Yan Xia, Kun Wang and Yi Zhou

Water 2017, 9(12), 943; doi:10.3390/w9120943

Comparison of Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Estimated by Three Different Methods

Hyoun-Tae Hwang, Sung-Wook Jeen, Ayman A. Suleiman and Kang-Kun Lee

Water 2017, 9(12), 942; doi:10.3390/w9120942

An Experimental Study of Two-Phase Pulse Flushing Technology in Water Distribution Systems

Zhaozhao Tang, Wenyan Wu, Xiaoxi Han and Ming Zhao

Water 2017, 9(12), 927; doi:10.3390/w9120927

A Statistical Method to Predict Flow Permanence in Dryland Streams from Time Series of Stream Temperature

Ivan Arismendi, Jason B. Dunham, Michael P. Heck, Luke D. Schultz and David Hockman-Wert

Water 2017, 9(12), 946; doi:10.3390/w9120946

Estimating Aquifer Transmissivity Using the Recession-Curve-Displacement Method in Tanzania’s Kilombero Valley"

William Senkondo, Jamila Tuwa, Alexander Koutsouris, Madaka Tumbo and Steve W. Lyon

Water 2017, 9(12), 948; doi:10.3390/w9120948

Characteristics and Factors Influencing the Hysteresis of Water Area–Stage Curves for Poyang Lake

Aiping Huang, Wenqi Peng, Xiaobo Liu, Yanliang Du, Shijie Zhang, Shiyan Wang, Fei Du and Fei Dong

Water 2017, 9(12), 938; doi:10.3390/w9120938

Measurement and Simulation of Soil Water Contents in an Experimental Field in Delta Plain

Wenjuan Hua, Chuanhai Wang, Gang Chen, Hai Yang and Yue Zhai

Water 2017, 9(12), 947; doi:10.3390/w9120947

Stormwater Biofilters as Barriers against Campylobacter jejuni, Cryptosporidium Oocysts and Adenoviruses; Results from a Laboratory Trial

Gayani Chandrasena, Ana Deletic, Anna Lintern, Rebekah Henry and David McCarthy

Water 2017, 9(12), 949; doi:10.3390/w9120949

An Experimental Study of Hydraulic Jump in a Gradually Expanding Rectangular Stilling Basin with Roughened Bed

Nasrin Hassanpour, Ali Hosseinzadeh Dalir, Davod Farsadizadeh and Carlo Gualtieri

Water 2017, 9(12), 945; doi:10.3390/w9120945

Spatial Evaluation of Multiple Benefits to Encourage Multi-Functional Design of Sustainable Drainage in Blue-Green Cities

Richard Fenner

Water 2017, 9(12), 953; doi:10.3390/w9120953

Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activities on the Three Gorges Reservoir Inflow

Yu Zhang, Ping-an Zhong, Juan Chen, Jianping Bing, Dinghao Xu and Manlin Wang

Water 2017, 9(12), 957; doi:10.3390/w9120957

Simulation of Pan Evaporation and Application to Estimate the Evaporation of Juyan Lake, Northwest China under a Hyper-Arid Climate

Teng-Fei Yu, Jian-Hua Si, Qi Feng, Hai-Yang Xi, Yong-Wei Chu and Kai Li

Water 2017, 9(12), 952; doi:10.3390/w9120952

Influence of Extreme Strength in Water Quality of the Jucazinho Reservoir, Northeastern Brazil, PE

Rafael Roney Camara de Melo, Ioná Maria Beltrão Rameh Barbosa, Aida Araújo Ferreira, Alessandra Lee Barbosa Firmo, Simone Rosa da Silva, José Almir Cirilo and Ronaldo Ribeiro Barbosa de Aquino

Water 2017, 9(12), 955; doi:10.3390/w9120955

Effect of Temperature Rising on the Stygobitic Crustacean Species Diacyclops belgicus: Does Global Warming Affect Groundwater Populations?

Tiziana Di Lorenzo and Diana Maria Paola Galassi

Water 2017, 9(12), 951; doi:10.3390/w9120951

Characteristics of Bacterial Communities in Cyanobacteria-Blooming Aquaculture Wastewater Influenced by the Phytoremediation with Water Hyacinth

Qing Zhou, Ting Chen and Shiqun Han

Water 2017, 9(12), 956; doi:10.3390/w9120956

Transient Modeling of Flow in Unsaturated Soils Using a Novel Collocation Meshless Method

Cheng-Yu Ku, Chih-Yu Liu, Jing-En Xiao and Weichung Yeih

Water 2017, 9(12), 954; doi:10.3390/w9120954

A Regional Water Optimal Allocation Model Based on the Cobb-Douglas Production Function under Multiple Uncertainties

Fan Zhang, Qian Tan, Chenglong Zhang, Shanshan Guo and Ping Guo

Water 2017, 9(12), 923; doi:10.3390/w9120923

A Natural Analogue Approach for Discriminating Leaks of CO₂ Stored Underground Using Groundwater Geochemistry Statistical Methods, South Korea

Kwang-Koo Kim, Se-Yeong Hamm, Jae-Yeol Cheong, Soon-Oh Kim and Seong-Taek Yun

Water 2017, 9(12), 960; doi:10.3390/w9120960

A Participatory Approach for Adapting River Basins to Climate Change

Pieter Johannes Verkerk, Anabel Sánchez, Steven Libbrecht, Annelies Broekman, Adriana Bruggeman, Hamed Daly-Hassen, Elias Giannakis, Sihem Jebari, Kasper Kok, Aleksandra Krivograd Klemenčič, Manca Magjar, Inazio Martinez de Arano, Nicolas Robert, Nataša Smolar-Žvanut, Elsa Varela and Christos Zoumides

Water 2017, 9(12), 958; doi:10.3390/w9120958

Exploring Numerically the Benefits of Water Discharge Prediction for the Remote RTC of WDNs

Enrico Creaco

Water 2017, 9(12), 961; doi:10.3390/w9120961

Spatial and Temporal Variations of Snow Cover in the Karoon River Basin, Iran, 2003–2015

Mohammad Sadegh Keikhosravi Kiany, Seyed Abolfazl Masoodian, Robert C. Balling and Bohumil M. Svoma

Water 2017, 9(12), 965; doi:10.3390/w9120965

Climate Change Impacts on Flow and Suspended Sediment Yield in Headwaters of High-Latitude Regions—A Case Study in China’s Far Northeast

Yuyan Zhou, Y. Jun Xu, Weihua Xiao, Jianhua Wang, Ya Huang and Heng Yang

Water 2017, 9(12), 966; doi:10.3390/w9120966

Detoxification of Pesticide-Containing Wastewater with Fe^III, Activated Carbon and Fenton Reagent and Its Control Using Three Standardized Bacterial Inhibition Tests

Eduard Rott, Timo Pittmann, Stephan Wasielewski, Amélie Kugele and Ralf Minke

Water 2017, 9(12), 969; doi:10.3390/w9120969

To What Extent Are Swiss Springs Refugial Habitats for Sensitive and Endangered Diatom Taxa?

Lukas Taxböck, Hans Peter Linder and Marco Cantonati

Water 2017, 9(12), 967; doi:10.3390/w9120967

Treatment of Rural Wastewater Using a Spiral Fiber Based Salinity-Persistent Sequencing Batch Biofilm Reactor

Ying-Xin Zhao, Chun-Fang Chao, Si-Yuan Zhai, Zi-Jian Wang and Min Ji

Water 2017, 9(12), 970; doi:10.3390/w9120970

Water Gender Indicators in Agriculture: A Study of Horticultural Farmer Organizations in Senegal

Francesca Alice Centrone, Angela Mosso, Patrizia Busato and Angela Calvo

Water 2017, 9(12), 972; doi:10.3390/w9120972

Changes in Pan Evaporation and Their Attribution to Climate Factors in the Zoige Alpine Wetland, the Eastern Edge of the Tibetan Plateau (1969–2014)

Nana Zhao, Si Gou, Beibei Zhang, Yilei Yu and Songjun Han

Water 2017, 9(12), 971; doi:10.3390/w9120971

Design and Modeling of an Adaptively Controlled Rainwater Harvesting System

David Roman, Andrea Braga, Nandan Shetty and Patricia Culligan

Water 2017, 9(12), 974; doi:10.3390/w9120974

SPHysics Simulation of Experimental Spillway Hydraulics

Shenglong Gu, Liqun Ren, Xing Wang, Hongwei Xie, Yuefei Huang, Jiahua Wei and Songdong Shao

Water 2017, 9(12), 973; doi:10.3390/w9120973

Water Experts’ Perception of Risk for New and Unfamiliar Water Projects

Anna Kosovac, Anna Hurlimann and Brian Davidson

Water 2017, 9(12), 976; doi:10.3390/w9120976

Water Use and Conservation on a Free-Stall Dairy Farm

Etienne L. Le Riche, Andrew C. VanderZaag, Stephen Burtt, David R. Lapen and Robert Gordon

Water 2017, 9(12), 977; doi:10.3390/w9120977

Effect of Sediment Accumulation on Best Management Practice (BMP) Stormwater Runoff Volume Reduction Performance for Roadways

Abdolreza Osouli, Azadeh Akhavan Bloorchian, Sina Nassiri and Scott L. Marlow

Water 2017, 9(12), 980; doi:10.3390/w9120980

Effect of Biological Contact Filters (BCFs) on Membrane Fouling in Drinking Water Treatment Systems

Susumu Hasegawa, Takuya Iwamoto, Taro Miyoshi, Sosuke Onoda, Kazushi Morita, Ryosuke Takagi and Hideto Matsuyama

Water 2017, 9(12), 981; doi:10.3390/w9120981

Groundwater Flow Determination Using an Interval Parameter Perturbation Method

Guiming Dong, Juan Tian, Hongbin Zhan and Rengyang Liu

Water 2017, 9(12), 978; doi:10.3390/w9120978

Enhanced Performance for Treatment of Cr (VI)-Containing Wastewater by Microbial Fuel Cells with Natural Pyrrhotite-Coated Cathode

Junxian Shi, Wenyan Zhao, Chang Liu, Tao Jiang and Hongrui Ding

Water 2017, 9(12), 979; doi:10.3390/w9120979

Contrasting Two Dimensions of Disaster-Induced Water-Shortage Experiences: Water Availability and Access

Takaaki Kato and Aiko Endo

Water 2017, 9(12), 982; doi:10.3390/w9120982

Newspaper Coverage of Potable Water Recycling at Orange County Water District’s Groundwater Replenishment System, 2000–2016

Kerri Jean Ormerod and Leann Silvia

Water 2017, 9(12), 984; doi:10.3390/w9120984

Permafrost Boundary Shift in Western Siberia May Not Modify Dissolved Nutrient Concentrations in Rivers

Sergey N. Vorobyev, Oleg S. Pokrovsky, Svetlana Serikova, Rinat M. Manasypov, Ivan V. Krickov, Liudmila S. Shirokova, Artem Lim, Larisa G. Kolesnichenko, Sergey N. Kirpotin and Jan Karlsson

Water 2017, 9(12), 985; doi:10.3390/w9120985

Factors Influencing Stormwater Mitigation in Permeable Pavement

Chun Yan Liu and Ting Fong May Chui

Water 2017, 9(12), 988; doi:10.3390/w9120988

Ancient to Recent-Past Runoff Harvesting Agriculture in Recharge Playas of the Hyper-Arid Southern Israel

Ilan Stavi, Rahamim Shem-Tov, Gidon Ragolsky and Judith Lekach

Water 2017, 9(12), 991; doi:10.3390/w9120991

Quantifying the Effects of Near-Bed Concentration on the Sediment Flux after the Operation of the Three Gorges Dam, Yangtze River

Li He

Water 2017, 9(12), 986; doi:10.3390/w9120986

An NDVI-Based Statistical ET Downscaling Method

Shen Tan, Bingfang Wu, Nana Yan and Weiwei Zhu

Water 2017, 9(12), 995; doi:10.3390/w9120995

Use and Utility: Exploring the Diversity and Design of Water Models at the Science-Policy Interface

Natalie Chong, Peter M. Bach, Régis Moilleron, Céline Bonhomme and José-Frédéric Deroubaix

Water 2017, 9(12), 983; doi:10.3390/w9120983

A Comparison of Preference Handling Techniques in Multi-Objective Optimisation for Water Distribution Systems

Gilberto Reynoso-Meza, Victor Henrique Alves Ribeiro and Elizabeth Pauline Carreño-Alvarado

Water 2017, 9(12), 996; doi:10.3390/w9120996

Interspecific Relationship and Ecological Requirements of Two Potentially Harmful Cyanobacteria in a Deep South-Alpine Lake (L. Iseo, I)

Veronica Nava, Martina Patelli, Valentina Soler and Barbara Leoni

Water 2017, 9(12), 993; doi:10.3390/w9120993

System Dynamics Modeling of Water Level Variations of Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan

Yilinuer Alifujiang, Jilili Abuduwaili, Long Ma, Alim Samat and Michael Groll

Water 2017, 9(12), 989; doi:10.3390/w9120989

Assessing the Potential Economic Viability of Precision Irrigation: A Theoretical Analysis and Pilot Empirical Evaluation

Francesco Galioto, Meri Raggi and Davide Viaggi

Water 2017, 9(12), 990; doi:10.3390/w9120990

 

Editorial

Recent Advances in Modelling and Implementation of Rainwater Harvesting Systems towards Sustainable Development

Ataur Rahman

Water 2017, 9(12), 959; doi:10.3390/w9120959

 

Technical Note

Comparisons of Different Instruments for Measuring Suspended Cohesive Sediment Concentrations

Yuyang Shao and Jerome P.-Y. Maa

Water 2017, 9(12), 968; doi:10.3390/w9120968

 

Communication

Removal of Arsenic Using Acid/Metal-Tolerant Sulfate Reducing Bacteria: A New Approach for Bioremediation of High-Arsenic Acid Mine Waters

Jennyfer Serrano and Eduardo Leiva

Water 2017, 9(12), 994; doi:10.3390/w9120994

 

Special Issues Open for Submissions

Development of Alternative Water Sources in the Urban Sector
(Deadline: 15 January 2018)

Sponge Cities: Emerging Approaches, Challenges and Opportunities
(Deadline: 15 January 2018)

Water Resources and Environmental Fluid Mechanics: From the Glacier to the Lake/Ocean
(Deadline: 15 January 2018)

Seawater Intrusion: Simulation and Control
(Deadline: 22 January 2018)

The Economic Limits of Irrigation Water Reuse
(Deadline: 31 January 2018)

Turbulence in River and Maritime Hydraulics
(Deadline: 1 February 2018)

Permeable Pavements and Their Role in Sustainable Urban Development
(Deadline: 28 February 2018)

Transdisciplinarity and Knowledge Co-production: Reflections from Water Governance
(Deadline: 28 February 2018)

Wetlands for the Treatment of Agricultural Drainage Water
(Deadline: 28 February 2018)

Contested Knowledges: Water Conflicts on Large Dams and Mega- Hydraulic Development
(Deadline: 28 February 2018)

To access the full list of Special Issues, please click here

Topical Collections (without Deadline)

Water Policy Collection

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 "I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." 
- Lily Tomlin

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A GRIPP on Global Groundwater - Case Profiles: 1) 'Aquifer Contracts - A Means to Solving Groundwater Over-exploitation in Morocco?'; 2) 'Controlling Groundwater through Smart Card Machines - Gansu Province, China'

In August 2016 I posted on the creation of the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP), a global partnership for sustainable groundwater management launched by  IWMI. GRIPP is not just a website that professes to do do great things. ; it has just published the first two Case Profiles reports.

1) Aquifer Contracts:  A Means to Solving Groundwater Over-exploitastion in Morocco? by Alvar Closas and Karen G. Villholth

Download GRIPP_GW_Contract_Morocco

Abstract (also in French, Spanish and Arabic in the publication)

The Moroccan government has used aquifer contracts as a management tool to
control groundwater depletion. The first aquifer contract was signed in 2006 for the Souss region as a technical and financial non-binding contract between stakeholders and the government. The contract contemplated specific measures to be implemented across the Souss Massa-Draa Basin, including water fees and restriction of cultivated areas. This GRIPP Case Profille reviews the evolution of aquifer contracts in Morocco and the case of the Souss, examining the various social, political and institutional challenges surrounding its endorsement and implementation. Despite its innovative approach as a multi-user platform aiming to consolidate specific groundwater management activities on the ground, the voluntary nature of the aquifer contract limited the number of
participating stakeholders. Also, the lack of institutional capacity and clarity of roles under the decentralization process prohibited its oversight and enforcement. The Case Profile illustrates the complexity of groundwater management within a context of increased resource dependence, and the necessity to enhance and sustain inclusive participatory arrangements. In order to improve the effectiveness of aquifer contracts, Morocco needs to solidify its decentralization of groundwater management, and clear up environmental, agricultural and irrigation policy inconsistencies. Better data to understand and manage groundwater resources in an integrated manner are also needed, as well as proper oversight and binding measures that encourage transparency and adherence to the water law.

Here is the second publication: 

2)  Controlling Groundwater through Smart Card Machines: The Case of Water Quotas and Pricing Mechanisms in Gansu Province, China by Eefje Aarnoudse and Bettina Bluemling

Download GRIPP_GW_Smart_Card_Machines

Abstract (in French, Spanish, and Chinese in the document). 

Since the 1970s, intensive groundwater abstraction by smallholder farmers has led to falling groundwater levels and related problems in many parts of North China. The 2002 revised Water Law urges local authorities to regulate groundwater use in regions of overdraft. This GRIPP Case Profile documents two cases of local groundwater abstraction regulation in Gansu Province, Northwest China, based on primary data collection. In both cases, smart card machines were installed on farmers’ wells to control groundwater abstraction. However, in the case of Minqin County, the local authorities opted for quotas, while in the case of Guazhou County, they opted for tiered water pricing as a regulation instrument. The quotas in Minqin have been implemented in a way that directly affected farmers’ groundwater use practices. Consequently, farmers are no longer free to decide when and how much groundwater to use. The tiered water pricing in Guazhou has had little implications for farmers’ individual groundwater use practices. The pricing threshold is flattened out at farm group level and the price is not raised to a level which instills behavioral change. Hence, it can be concluded that the potential of smart card machines to control groundwater abstraction is highly dependent on the design and implementation of the regulatory mechanism behind the machines. Although the present study cannot draw hard conclusions on the effectiveness of quotas and pricing mechanisms per se, it does provide an indication that, in the given societal context, the
practicability of quotas to reduce farmers’ groundwater abstraction is higher than that of ered pricing. Notably, the case of Minqin exemplifies that quotas lend themselves well to ensure equitable water access to all farmers and maintain the buffer function of conjunctive surface water and groundwater use. These are important principles to design effective groundwater regulation policies, both in and outside China.

Each of these looks to be a very practical, useful publication.

Enjoy!

"We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works." - Douglas Adams 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 16 - 22 December 2017

So what's the book for this holiday weekend?  Water Governance and Collective Action: Multi-scale Challenges edited by Diana Suhardiman, Alan Nicol and Everisto Mapedza. All three authors are with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - that's about the best you can do these days. IWMI was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize in 2012.

Here is the blurb:

Collective action is now recognized as central to addressing the water governance challenge of delivering sustainable development and global environmental benefits. This book examines concepts and practices of collective action that have emerged in recent decades globally. Building on a Foucauldian conception of power, it provides an overview of collective action challenges involved in the sustainable management and development of global freshwater resources through case studies from Africa, South and Southeast Asia and Latin America.

The case studies link community-based management of water resources with national decision-making landscapes, transboundary water governance, and global policy discussion on sustainable development, justice and water security. Power and politics are placed at the centre of collective action and water governance discourse, while addressing three core questions: how is collective action shaped by existing power structures and relationships at different scales? What are the kinds of tools and approaches that various actors can take and adopt towards more deliberative processes for collective action? And what are the anticipated outcomes for development processes, the environment and the global resource base of achieving collective action across scales?

Maybe it will be under your Christmas tree!

Enjoy!

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Top Twenty-Five (More or Less) 
FMSO Report: 'It's Not Just Soldiering in a Hotter Environment: Less Discussed Issues of Global Warming Relevant to Military Operations in Africa' http://bit.ly/2kt90Pq  

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Sciences; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 18 December 2017 http://bit.ly/2kdFCws  #EJHBB

@AWWAACE Whiteboard Animation: Farm Bill Reauthorization and Drinking Water http://bit.ly/2kuOQEs 

In @WaterDeeply: Why the Great Salt Lake Is Shrinking http://bit.ly/2BgkwIi  (tnx @BCWaterNews)

The @AGU_Eos Buzz Newsletter - 22 December 2017. The Latest Earth and Space Science News! http://bit.ly/2CYsVMO 

In @nytimes: Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater http://nyti.ms/2BxM1x6  (tnx @LauraPaskus) 

From @USATODAY by @Sammy_Roth: Climate Point - 21 December 2017. Your Weekly Guide to Climate Change, Energy and the Environment. https://usat.ly/2zd66mc 

Case Profile #1 from GRIPP (@IWMI_): 'Aquifer Contracts A Means to Solving Groundwater Over-exploitation in Morocco?' http://bit.ly/2kBWkpc 

Case Profile #2 from GRIPP (@IWMI_): 'Controlling Groundwater through Smart Card Machines: The Case of Water Quotas and Pricing Mechanisms in Gansu Province, China http://bit.ly/2C2iHhx

By @jonnypeace in @highcountrynews: A 26,000-ton pile of radioactive waste lies under the waters and silt of Lake Powell http://bit.ly/2BtwUVd 

In @WaterSourceMag Why Latin America’s hidden reserves are at risk: http://bit.ly/2kUWs2r 

By @waltonwater in @circleofblue: UN Expert Connects U.S. Water and Sanitation Struggles to Poverty http://bit.ly/2jaheuN 

 

By @AP: International dip: Progress slow on new Colorado Basin drought plan http://bit.ly/2zkxvWF  via @BCWaterNews

@UN investigator @CatarinadeAlbuq noted this....@WaterDeeply's new series, Toxic Taps: the Fight for Water, Health and Equity in #California's Central Valley and Beyond: http://newsdp.ly/2tRtEhv 

By @LauraPaskus in @nmreport: State water rights experts: Controversial water project is ‘speculative’ http://bit.ly/2CN5FkG 

From @MaceatMeadows: Oldie but Goodie: Underground waters of the Rio Grande Plain and Edwards Plateau (Hill and Vaughan 1898) http://bit.ly/2kPLStP  #txwater cc: @TxWRI

By @LauraPaskus in @NMreport: High stakes in Texas vs. N.M. suit over Rio Grande http://bit.ly/2Bg9PFr  (tnx @BCWaterNews) #txwater

In @WaterDeeply: A Water Right for the Environment in California http://bit.ly/2CEWy5w  #cawater

In @RTDNEWS: Virginia reaches deals with large water users to preserve aquifers http://bit.ly/2Bu3ovh  (tnx @waltonwater)

@OregonState M.S. Thesis: 'Globalization of Water Resources - Examining Social Learning Using Serious Gaming' http://bit.ly/2AZmAEj 

CRS Report: 'Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress' (11 December 2017) http://bit.ly/2yJxZSV 

From @TheWaterChannel What is #resilience and why should it shape our objectives? @USAID explains in this video: https://goo.gl/exZW2D 

In @Oregonian by @AP: U.S., Canada to begin talks on Columbia River deal in 2018 http://s.oregonlive.com/anxR39i 

In @nytimes: 60 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump https://nyti.ms/2xVTAIV  (tnx @geoflier)

Publication: Legacy and Perspectives for the Science of Hydrology: Fifty Years of Water Resources Research, 1965 - 2015 http://bit.ly/2ytMMAT 

 

Books, Films, and Reviews
.@WillSarni's new book on water stewardship with co-author David Grant and Foreword by @WWFLeadWater http://bit.ly/2nlHKWX 

Bottled Water, Beer, Drinking Water/TapWater, and Flint Water Crisis
Great idea...In @nytimes: Instead of That $5 Water Bottle at Airports, Filling Stations http://nyti.ms/2jbmA8C 

Article in @WaterDeeply by @glennonUAlaw: How Craft Brewers Are Embracing New Water Technologies http://bit.ly/2CUiP09 

From @MLive: Michigan bill proposes nation's lowest PFAS limit in drinking water http://bit.ly/2ohJ6T5  (tnx @waltonwater)

The @Nestle investigation report by California water regulators refers to @MyDesert Sun’s reporting, including this initial investigation in 2015 http://desert.sn/1G2VCDq  (tnx @TDSIanJames)

@AWWAACE Whiteboard Animation: Farm Bill Reauthorization and Drinking Water http://bit.ly/2kuOQEs 

By @glennonUALaw in @HuffPostBlog Challenges to @Nestle's Bottled Water Strategy. Suggestion: drop the word 'spring' http://bit.ly/2kg6GLr  cc: @JaneLazginNWNA

In @Oregonian: Fluoride in water: When it helps vs. when it harms http://s.oregonlive.com/86YWiMf 

 

Bullshit and Crap Detection
In @arstechnica: Big Ag + Big Pharma = Big Problems in 'Big Chicken' http://bit.ly/2BbZx8l 

Also included: sad, disgraceful, fake, media, tremendous... In @washingtonpost: The @CDCgov gets list of forbidden words: fetus, transgender, diversity http://wapo.st/2kBmYOh

In @nytimes: 60 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump https://nyti.ms/2xVTAIV  (tnx @geoflier)

California   #cawater
The @Nestle investigation report by California water regulators refers to @MyDesert Sun’s reporting, including this initial investigation in 2015 http://desert.sn/1G2VCDq  (tnx @TDSIanJames)

From @CA_DWR #cawater Plan eNews - 21 December 2017: Webathon~ Plenary Transcript~Aquifer Recharge~CAP-Map~Landscape Workshop~Water Event http://bit.ly/2CRDlO9 

.@UN investigator @CatarinadeAlbuq noted this....@WaterDeeply's new series, Toxic Taps: the Fight for Water, Health and Equity in #California's Central Valley and Beyond: http://newsdp.ly/2tRtEhv 

In @WaterDeeply: A Water Right for the Environment in California http://bit.ly/2CEWy5w  #cawater

By @matt_weiser in @WaterDeeply: @santamonicacity is building a number of big projects with the goal of becoming completely self-sufficient in water by 2020. http://newsdp.ly/2ATc2n5  #cawater

@GRAofCalifornia HydroVisions Newsletter - Winter 2017 http://bit.ly/2BxaGi2 

In @NorCal_Record: California Supreme Court fails to resolve conflict over groundwater fees, charges http://goo.gl/alerts/Er1SD  #cawater cc: @GRAofCalifornia @WaterDeeply @JayLund113 @TDSIanJames (tnx @WaterDisputes)

Canada   #cdnwater
Read different opinions from different people about water in our @WaterPortal blog http://wtrpr.tl/2qCEp1R  #cdnwater

From @CanadianWater: Has Road Salt Run its Course? http://bit.ly/2kkMUhX 

In @globalnews: Snow? Just beet it! Calgary uses beet brine to clear icy streets http://bit.ly/2yZVFm2  (tnx @WaterPortal)

In @westernproducer Prairies remain dangerously dry http://bit.ly/2yYqiZ2  (tnx @WaterPortal)

By @KBalp in @CanadianWater Shale-rich Anticosti Island among the locations selected for consideration as @UNESCO sites in Canada http://bit.ly/2kUYxeL  #cdnwater

From @circleofblue: The Stream, December 21: Canada Plans to Tap Coastal Waters in Offshore Drilling Expansion http://bit.ly/2BgNdRa  #cdnwater

In @CanadianWater: Melville, SK Completes Construction of 30-Kilometre-Long Pipeline http://bit.ly/2BXD67H  #cdnwater

In @CanadianWater Feds Commit to Best In Class Stormwater Management for New Buildings http://bit.ly/2B8pEdk  #Cdnwater

In @RedDeerAdvocate: Red Deer River winds through watercolour exhibit at Red Deer library http://bit.ly/2AYTxwy  (tnx @WaterPortal)

In @Oregonian by @AP: U.S., Canada to begin talks on Columbia River deal in 2018 http://s.oregonlive.com/anxR39i 

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
From @CBCNews: As the climate warms, some forests don't grow back after fires http://www.cbc.ca/1.4444998  (tnx @WaterPortal) 

CRS Report: 'Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress' (11 December 2017) http://bit.ly/2yJxZSV 

From @USATODAY by @Sammy_Roth: Climate Point - 21 December 2017. Your Weekly Guide to Climate Change, Energy and the Environment. https://usat.ly/2zd66mc 

From @H2OWonk: It’s still early, but snowpack in the Southwest (UT, AZ, CO & NM) is far below normal. This will have a significant impact on river base flows this year if it doesn’t change. #wx #snowpack #snow pic.twitter.com/GFfmLNEKeh 

 

Conferences, Webinars, Workshops and Calls for Abstracts/Papers
From @AWRAHQ 'GIS and Water Resources X' Spring Specialty Conference, 22-25 April 2018. Abstracts due: 9 January 2018 http://conta.cc/2BU0j6W  

@ASABEorg Conference: 'Global Water Security for Agriculture and Natural Resources', Hyderabad, India, 3-6 October 2018. http://asabewater.org 

Save the date! 2018 Crawford Symposium at @UNM, 6 March, 3:30 - 7:30 PM. http://bit.ly/2BxG1Uk 

Call for Abstracts just out - due 28 February! @AWRAHQ Summer Specialty Conference: 'The Science, Management and Governance of Transboundary Groundwater' 9-11 July, Fort Worth, TX. http://bit.ly/2zPn8Yu 

 

Conflict, Cooperation, and Security
FMSO Report: 'It's Not Just Soldiering in a Hotter Environment: Less Discussed Issues of Global Warming Relevant to Military Operations in Africa' http://bit.ly/2kt90Pq  

In @Oregonian by @AP: U.S., Canada to begin talks on Columbia River deal in 2018 http://s.oregonlive.com/anxR39i 

From @circleofblue in @AJE_English Theft and dysfunction in Karachi's water supply system http://bit.ly/2CyPkjw  (tnx @JayLund113)

By @AP: International dip: Progress slow on new Colorado Basin drought plan http://bit.ly/2zkxvWF  via @BCWaterNews

By @LauraPaskus in @NMreport: High stakes in Texas vs. N.M. suit over Rio Grande http://bit.ly/2Bg9PFr  (tnx @BCWaterNews) #txwater
 

Droughts, Floods, Fires, and Disasters
In @nytimes: Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater http://nyti.ms/2BxM1x6  (tnx @LauraPaskus)

By @AP: International dip: Progress slow on new Colorado Basin drought plan http://bit.ly/2zkxvWF  via @BCWaterNews

From @CBCNews: As the climate warms, some forests don't grow back after fires http://www.cbc.ca/1.4444998  (tnx @WaterPortal)

In @westernproducer Prairies remain dangerously dry http://bit.ly/2yYqiZ2  (tnx @WaterPortal)

From @H2OWonk: It’s still early, but snowpack in the Southwest (UT, AZ, CO & NM) is far below normal. This will have a significant impact on river base flows this year if it doesn’t change. #wx #snowpack #snow pic.twitter.com/GFfmLNEKeh 

Op-Ed in @dailytimespak: Pakistan: The Last Drop http://goo.gl/alerts/6YtK8  (tnx @WaterDisputes) cc: @GWPnews @oregonstategeog

Education, Events, and Opportunities
From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History 22 December. 1877: Nascent Oxygen; 1998: Pollution Runs Through It http://bit.ly/2phAPPA 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History 21 December. 1868: Birth of George Warren Fuller http://bit.ly/2BtHaNv 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History 20 December. 1987: Congressional Bill for Water Studies http://bit.ly/2Bo719g 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History 19 December. 2011: @EPA Water Headlines; 2011: Colorado River Supply http://bit.ly/2D4dDa1 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History 18 December. 1913: Atlanta Public Health; 1913: Fox River Pollution http://bit.ly/2zl9MWx 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History 17 December. 1914: Small Sewage Treatment Plant http://bit.ly/2BpyUuJ 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History 16 December. 1974: Safe Drinking Water Act Signed into Law http://bit.ly/2Blwcq0 

@OregonState M.S. Thesis: 'Globalization of Water Resources - Examining Social Learning Using Serious Gaming' http://bit.ly/2AZmAEj 

From @MISenate: Today is Wright Brothers Day! On this day in 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina the Wright Brothers successfully took flight in a heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled craft. pic.twitter.com/QNxbDjcuqo

Save the date! 2018 Crawford Symposium at @UNM, 6 March, 3:30 - 7:30 PM. http://bit.ly/2BxG1Uk 

E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers
From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History 22 December. 1877: Nascent Oxygen; 1998: Pollution Runs Through It http://bit.ly/2phAPPA 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History 21 December. 1868: Birth of George Warren Fuller http://bit.ly/2BtHaNv 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History 20 December. 1987: Congressional Bill for Water Studies http://bit.ly/2Bo719g 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History 19 December. 2011: @EPA Water Headlines; 2011: Colorado River Supply http://bit.ly/2D4dDa1 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History 18 December. 1913: Atlanta Public Health; 1913: Fox River Pollution http://bit.ly/2zl9MWx 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History 17 December. 1914: Small Sewage Treatment Plant http://bit.ly/2BpyUuJ 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History 16 December. 1974: Safe Drinking Water Act Signed into Law http://bit.ly/2Blwcq0 

@FLWaterDaily - 22 December 2017. #FLwater Jobs, RFPs, News, Information and More! http://bit.ly/2kZqB0y  

The @FLWaterDaily 21 December 2017. #FLwater Jobs, News, Information, RFPs and More! http://bit.ly/2DnbYN5 

The @FLWaterDaily - 20 December 2017. #FLwater News, Information, Jobs, RFPs, and More! http://bit.ly/2BFcu8L 

The @FLWaterDaily - 19 December 2017. #FLwater News, Jobs, Information, RFPs and More! http://bit.ly/2BIghVo 

The @FLWaterDaily 18 December 2017. #FLwater News, Information, Jobs, RFPs and More! http://bit.ly/2B9EwvW 

The @AGU_Eos Buzz Newsletter - 22 December 2017. The Latest Earth and Space Science News! http://bit.ly/2CYsVMO 

From @USATODAY by @Sammy_Roth: Climate Point - 21 December 2017. Your Weekly Guide to Climate Change, Energy and the Environment. https://usat.ly/2zd66mc 

From @TiffDowell: 2017 Ag Law Year in Review – Federal http://bit.ly/2kEAb94  #txwater

From @TiffDowell: 2017 Ag Law Year in Review – Texas http://bit.ly/2oSHi30  #txwater

Global WaterNews from @circleofblue 19 December 2017: HotSpots H2O, Water Shortages Plague Iraq after Years of War, More! http://bit.ly/2yYpqDJ 

@GRAofCalifornia HydroVisions Newsletter - Winter 2017 http://bit.ly/2BxaGi2 

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Sciences; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 18 December 2017 http://bit.ly/2kdFCws  #EJHBB

 
Ethics, Gender, Indigenous People, Rights
@UN investigator @CatarinadeAlbuq noted this....@WaterDeeply's new series, Toxic Taps: the Fight for Water, Health and Equity in #California's Central Valley and Beyond: http://newsdp.ly/2tRtEhv 

By @waltonwater in @circleofblue: UN Expert Connects U.S. Water and Sanitation Struggles to Poverty http://bit.ly/2jaheuN 

By @LauraPaskus in @nmreport: State water rights experts: Controversial water project is ‘speculative’ http://bit.ly/2CN5FkG 

In @WaterDeeply: A Water Right for the Environment in California http://bit.ly/2CEWy5w  #cawater

 

 Florida  #FLwater
The @FLWaterDaily - 22 December 2017. #FLwater Jobs, RFPs, News, Information and More! http://bit.ly/2kZqB0y 

The @FLWaterDaily 21 December 2017. #FLwater Jobs, News, Information, RFPs and More! http://bit.ly/2DnbYN5 

The @FLWaterDaily - 20 December 2017. #FLwater News, Information, Jobs, RFPs, and More! http://bit.ly/2BFcu8L 

The @FLWaterDaily - 19 December 2017. #FLwater News, Jobs, Information, RFPs and More! http://bit.ly/2BIghVo 

The @FLWaterDaily 18 December 2017. #FLwater News, Information, Jobs, RFPs and More! http://bit.ly/2B9EwvW 

In @FloridaPolitic via @BCWaterNews: Back to back: Everglades farmers cheer another clean water year http://bit.ly/2yZW4VG  #FLwater

Groundwater and Hydrogeology
In @nytimes: Jakarta Is Sinking So Fast, It Could End Up Underwater http://nyti.ms/2BxM1x6  (tnx @LauraPaskus) 

In @NorCal_Record: California Supreme Court fails to resolve conflict over groundwater fees, charges http://goo.gl/alerts/Er1SD  #cawater cc: @GRAofCalifornia @WaterDeeply @JayLund113 @TDSIanJames (tnx @WaterDisputes)

In @RTDNEWS: Virginia reaches deals with large water users to preserve aquifers http://bit.ly/2Bu3ovh  (tnx @waltonwater)

From @MaceatMeadows: Oldie but Goodie: Underground waters of the Rio Grande Plain and Edwards Plateau (Hill and Vaughan 1898) http://bit.ly/2kPLStP  #txwater cc: @TxWRI

The @Nestle investigation report by California water regulators refers to @MyDesert Sun’s reporting, including this initial investigation in 2015 http://desert.sn/1G2VCDq  (tnx @TDSIanJames)

Paper from @PracticalAction: The handpump choice is yours: a pilot study in Rumphi District, Malawi (open access) http://bit.ly/2BBDyG0 

Call for Abstracts just out - due 28 February! @AWRAHQ Summer Specialty Conference: 'The Science, Management and Governance of Transboundary Groundwater' 9-11 July, Fort Worth, TX. http://bit.ly/2zPn8Yu 

@GRAofCalifornia HydroVisions Newsletter - Winter 2017 http://bit.ly/2BxaGi2 

In @WaterSourceMag Why Latin America’s hidden reserves are at risk: http://bit.ly/2kUWs2r 

Case Profile #1 from GRIPP (@IWMI_): 'Aquifer Contracts A Means to Solving Groundwater Over-exploitation in Morocco?' http://bit.ly/2kBWkpc 

Case Profile #2 from GRIPP (@IWMI_): 'Controlling Groundwater through Smart Card Machines: The Case of Water Quotas and Pricing Mechanisms in Gansu Province, China' http://bit.ly/2C2iHhx


Personal, People, Interviews, and Quotes
"Email has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being." - @JeffBezos

"Por la razón o la fuerza." - Chilean motto ('By reason or by force') 

"We wanted the best possible, but it turned out the way it always does." - Russian saying

Amazing what turns up when you clean your office: 13 November 2007 article by @jfleck in @ABQJournal reporting on 'Hydrophilanthropy' session at @AWRAHQ 2007 conference. Thanks, John! cc: @chanceofraincom @cynthiabarnett @UNMwater @oregonstategeog @OSUCEOAS pic.twitter.com/dOgSvPMl2R

"We have grasped the mysteries of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants." - Gen. Omar Bradley (in @TimesFreePress via @TheWeek)

From @OUWaTERCenter: Eric Stowe of Splash receives 5th Water Prize http://bit.ly/2BKoqse 

"A life soent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful, than a life spent doing nothing." - George Bernard Shaw (in @WSJ via @TheWeek)

"Pathological altruism can be conceived as behavior in which attempts to promote the welfare of another, or others, results instead in harm that an external observer would conclude was reasonably foreseeable." - @curryja

 
Policy, Planning, Law, Governance, Economics, IWRM, and Management
From @TiffDowell: 2017 Ag Law Year in Review – Federal http://bit.ly/2kEAb94  #txwater

From @TiffDowell: 2017 Ag Law Year in Review – Texas http://bit.ly/2oSHi30  #txwater

 

Positions Open  #JobWaWi
Check out Josh's Water Jobs and More! - Updated 22 December 2017. http://bit.ly/2kleb3E  #JobWaWi

Check out jobs @ @OregonState's Water Resources Graduate Program http://oregonstate.edu/gradwater/jobs #JobWaWi

Postdocs (6): Global Water Futures Pgm @UWaterloo - Multidisciplinary Water Modeling & Forecasting. OUF http://bit.ly/2pgGu3H  #JobWaWi

Postdocs (9) - @usask Global Water Futures Pgm (Saskatoon) - Core Modelling & Forecasting Team. OUF http://bit.ly/2q6LNXt  #JobWaW

Check out @WaterDistJobs! http://waterdistrictjobs.com  #JobWaWi

For the latest @TVAjobs Employment opportunities visit http://tva.me/4mRN6k  #JobWaWi

Amazing resource! Follow @joshswaterjobs and visit his website: http://www.joshswaterjobs.com  #JobWaWi

Check out @FLWaterDaily #FLwater jobs! http://tinyurl.com/jpffgoh  #JobWaWi

Positions: @CA_DWR - Various locations and types: enviro science, geology, engineering, restoration, etc.http://bit.ly/1XaG4sw  #JobWaWi

Positions: @SeaGrant - Various positions across the USA. Updated regularly. http://1.usa.gov/1SYL5RQ  #JobWaWi

 @BCWaterNews Jobs Click 'View Jobs' at http://bcwaterjobs.com 

@EcologyWA - Current Openings - Updated every few days http://1.usa.gov/1evxlPd

Current Positions: @NYCDEP (New York City & environs) - Various. http://tinyurl.com/zoq6jqc

Positions (many): @nature_org - Various locations and duties. http://jobs.nature.org/jobs/  #JobWaWi

 

Previous Weeks' Positions Open    #JobWaWi
Josh Newton's Water Jobs and More! Updated: 18 December 2017 http://bit.ly/2iW8Ajh 

It's @joshnewtonH2O's Water Jobs and More! 12 December 2017 (Updated: 15 December!) http://bit.ly/2iW8Ajh 

Josh Newton's Water Jobs and More! 5 December 2017 http://bit.ly/2ioLx08  #JobWaWi

It's @joshnewtonH2O's Water Jobs and More - Updated 4 December 2017 http://bit.ly/2j1sSs8 

  

Previous Weekly Water Summaries - Go To #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 16 - 22 December 2017 http://bit.ly/2l3AMRZ 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 9 - 15 December 2017 http://bit.ly/2ytMMAT  #WaWiNews

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 2 - 8 December 2017 http://bit.ly/2C0J2tJ 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 25 November - 1 December http://bit.ly/2j85Nnq 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 18 - 24 November 2017 - Special Black Friday Edition! http://bit.ly/2jjCKwC  

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 11 - 17 November 2017 http://bit.ly/2zT1nrS

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary and Jobs 4 - 10 November 2017 http://bit.ly/2zAOjHG 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 28 October - 3 November 2017 http://bit.ly/2irppC4  #WaWiNew

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 21 - 27 October 2017 http://bit.ly/2yWJpX2  #WaWiNews

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 14 - 20 October 2017 http://bit.ly/2gsqMjr 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 7 - 13 October 2017 http://bit.ly/2giaPQ7  (graphic from @ATLWatershed)

Two Weeks' Worth! TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 23 September - 6 October 2017 http://bit.ly/2hSqXbI  #WaWiNews

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 16 - 22 September 2017 http://bit.ly/2hoKOeq 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 9 -15 September 2017 http://bit.ly/2h8DGGF 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 2 - 8 September 2017 http://bit.ly/2eNSSVm 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 26 August - 1 September 2017 http://bit.ly/2vRKSbV 

 

Reports, Publications, and Journals
 Publication: Legacy and Perspectives for the Science of Hydrology: Fifty Years of Water Resources Research, 1965 - 2015 http://bit.ly/2ytMMAT 

Case Profile #1 from GRIPP (@IWMI_): 'Aquifer Contracts A Means to Solving Groundwater Over-exploitation in Morocco?' http://bit.ly/2kBWkpc 

Case Profile #2 from GRIPP (@IWMI_): 'Controlling Groundwater through Smart Card Machines: The Case of Water Quotas and Pricing Mechanisms in Gansu Province, China' http://bit.ly/2C2iHhx

FMSO Report: 'It's Not Just Soldiering in a Hotter Environment: Less Discussed Issues of Global Warming Relevant to Military Operations in Africa' http://bit.ly/2kt90Pq   

CRS Report: 'Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress' (11 December 2017) http://bit.ly/2yJxZSV 

 

Science, Medicine, Health, and Technology
FMSO Report: 'It's Not Just Soldiering in a Hotter Environment: Less Discussed Issues of Global Warming Relevant to Military Operations in Africa' http://bit.ly/2kt90Pq 

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geosciences; 2) Environmental Sciences; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 18 December 2017 http://bit.ly/2kdFCws  #EJHBB

The @AGU_Eos Buzz Newsletter - 22 December 2017. The Latest Earth and Space Science News! http://bit.ly/2CYsVMO 

In @ScienceDaily: How much soil goes down the drain: New data on soil lost due to water http://bit.ly/2BNfx19 

In @Oregonian: Fluoride in water: When it helps vs. when it harms http://s.oregonlive.com/86YWiMf 

 

Streams, Wetlands, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
 By @jonnypeace in @highcountrynews: A 26,000-ton pile of radioactive waste lies under the waters and silt of Lake Powell http://bit.ly/2BtwUVd 

In @WaterDeeply: Why the Great Salt Lake Is Shrinking http://bit.ly/2BgkwIi  (tnx @BCWaterNews)

Texas   #txwater 
From @TPRNews: Louisiana To Study Interstate Water Sales To Parched Texas Communities http://www.tinyurl.com/y8qgmpw6  #txwater 

By @LauraPaskus in @NMreport: High stakes in Texas vs. N.M. suit over Rio Grande http://bit.ly/2Bg9PFr  (tnx @BCWaterNews) #txwater

In @TexasTribune: After Harvey, worry over landfill plan by floodplain http://bit.ly/2yZ32dh  (tnx @BCWaterNews) #txwater

From @MaceatMeadows: Oldie but Goodie: Underground waters of the Rio Grande Plain and Edwards Plateau (Hill and Vaughan 1898) http://bit.ly/2kPLStP  #txwater cc: @TxWRI

From @TiffDowell: 2017 Ag Law Year in Review – Federal http://bit.ly/2kEAb94  #txwater

From @TiffDowell: 2017 Ag Law Year in Review – Texas http://bit.ly/2oSHi30  #txwater

Visuals and Infographics  
RT @BasinRange Front of haboob pushing dust in strong north wind, Amargosa Valley NV pic.twitter.com/XdIx8D5pFU 

@AWWAACE Whiteboard Animation: Farm Bill Reauthorization and Drinking Water http://bit.ly/2kuOQEs 

From @TheWaterChannel What is #resilience and why should it shape our objectives? @USAID explains in this video: https://goo.gl/exZW2D 

 

WASH and Development
Paper from @PracticalAction: The handpump choice is yours: a pilot study in Rumphi District, Malawi (open access) http://bit.ly/2BBDyG0 

 

Water/Land Quality and Contamination
By @jonnypeace in @highcountrynews: A 26,000-ton pile of radioactive waste lies under the waters and silt of Lake Powell http://bit.ly/2BtwUVd 

In @ScienceDaily: How much soil goes down the drain: New data on soil lost due to water http://bit.ly/2BNfx19 

From @CanadianWater: Has Road Salt Run its Course? http://bit.ly/2kkMUhX 

In @FloridaPolitic via @BCWaterNews: Back to back: Everglades farmers cheer another clean water year http://bit.ly/2yZW4VG  #FLwater

In @TexasTribune: After Harvey, worry over landfill plan by floodplain http://bit.ly/2yZ32dh  (tnx @BCWaterNews) #txwater

Sources of Contaminants to Congaree (SC) National Park—@USGS and @NatlParkService Working Together https://on.doi.gov/2kGQ3YJ 

Water Supply, Quantity, Reuse, Conservation, Infrastructure
From @TPRNews: Louisiana To Study Interstate Water Sales To Parched Texas Communities http://www.tinyurl.com/y8qgmpw6  #txwater 

In @RTDNEWS: Virginia reaches deals with large water users to preserve aquifers http://bit.ly/2Bu3ovh  (tnx @waltonwater)

From @circleofblue in @AJE_English Theft and dysfunction in Karachi's water supply system http://bit.ly/2CyPkjw  (tnx @JayLund113)

By @matt_weiser in @WaterDeeply: @santamonicacity is building a number of big projects with the goal of becoming completely self-sufficient in water by 2020. http://newsdp.ly/2ATc2n5  #cawater

Op-Ed in @dailytimespak: Pakistan: The Last Drop http://goo.gl/alerts/6YtK8  (tnx @WaterDisputes) cc: @GWPnews @oregonstategeog

WTF?
From @circleofblue in @AJE_English Theft and dysfunction in Karachi's water supply system http://bit.ly/2CyPkjw  (tnx @JayLund113)

"Email has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being." - @JeffBezos