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Water, Volume 11, Issue 9 (September 2019): Management, Governance, Water Quality, Ecosystems, Hydraulics, Hydrology, Water-Energy-Food Nexus, Groundwater, Wastewater Treatment, More!

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Article: An Integrated Approach for Studying the Hydrology of the Ljubljansko Polje Aquifer in Slovenia and Its Simulation

Janja Vrzel, Ralf Ludwig, Goran Vižintin and Nives Ogrinc

Water 2019, 11(9), 1753; doi:10.3390/w11091753

 

Featured Papers Review: On Some Properties of the Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Fingerprints Giorgio Spada and Daniele Melini Water 2019, 11(9), 1844; doi:10.3390/w11091844 Article: Sensitivity of Agricultural Development to Water-Related Drivers: The Case of Andalusia (Spain) Pilar Martinez and Maria Blanco Water 2019, 11(9), 1854; doi:10.3390/w11091854 Article: Implementation of a Full Momentum Conservative Approach in Modelling Flow Through Tidal Structures Nejc Čož, Reza Ahmadian and Roger A. Falconer Water 2019, 11(9), 1917; doi:10.3390/w11091917 Article: Analysis of the Effects of High Precipitation in Texas on Rainfed Sorghum Yields Om Prakash Sharma, Narayanan Kannan, Scott Cook, Bijay Kumar Pokhrel and Cameron McKenzie Water 2019, 11(9), 1920; doi:10.3390/w11091920 Article: A Continuous Drought Probability Monitoring System, CDPMS, Based on Copulas João Dehon Pontes Filho, Maria Manuela Portela, Ticiana Marinho de Carvalho Studart and Francisco de Assis Souza Filho Water 2019, 11(9), 1925; doi:10.3390/w11091925 Water Quality and Ecosystems Review: SPH Modeling of Water-Related Natural Hazards Sauro Manenti, Dong Wang, José M. Domínguez, Shaowu Li, Andrea Amicarelli and Raffaele Albano Water 2019, 11(9), 1875; doi:10.3390/w11091875 Review: Methods for Sample Collection, Storage, and Analysis of Freshwater Phosphorus Yusef Kianpoor Kalkhajeh, Bahman Jabbarian Amiri, Biao Huang, Azad Henareh Khalyani, Wenyou Hu, Hongjian Gao and Michael L. Thompson Water 2019, 11(9), 1889; doi:10.3390/w11091889 Article: Is There a Pattern for Occurrence of Macrophytes in Polish Ponds? Dariusz Świerk and Michał Krzyżaniak Water 2019, 11(9), 1738; doi:10.3390/w11091738 Article: Nutrient Removal from Chinese Coastal Waters by Large-Scale Seaweed Aquaculture Using Artificial Upwelling Wei Fan, Ruolan Zhao, Zhongzhi Yao, Canbo Xiao, Yiwen Pan, Ying Chen, Nianzhi Jiao and Yao Zhang Water 2019, 11(9), 1754; doi:10.3390/w11091754 Article: Predicting Lake Quality for the Next Generation: Impacts of Catchment Management and Climatic Factors in a Probabilistic Model Framework S. Jannicke Moe, Raoul-Marie Couture, Sigrid Haande, Anne Lyche Solheim and Leah Jackson-Blake Water 2019, 11(9), 1767; doi:10.3390/w11091767 Article: Using Bayesian Networks to Assess Effectiveness of Phosphorus Abatement Measures under the Water Framework Directive Jan Brabec, Jan Macháč and Jiřina Jílková Water 2019, 11(9), 1791; doi:10.3390/w11091791 Article: Combining Soil Erosion Modeling with Connectivity Analyses to Assess Lateral Fine Sediment Input into Agricultural Streams Ronald E. Poeppl, Lina A. Dilly, Stefan Haselberger, Chris S. Renschler and Jantiene E.M. Baartman Water 2019, 11(9), 1793; doi:10.3390/w11091793 Article: Factors Controlling the Spatial and Temporal Variability in Groundwater 222Rn and U Levels Soo Young Cho, Min-Ho Koo, Byong Wook Cho, Youn-Young Jung and Yong Hwa Oh Water 2019, 11(9), 1796; doi:10.3390/w11091796 Article: Coupling between Nitrification and Denitrification as well as Its Effect on Phosphorus Release in Sediments of Chinese Shallow Lakes Yao Zhang, Chunlei Song, Zijun Zhou, Xiuyun Cao and Yiyong Zhou Water 2019, 11(9), 1809; doi:10.3390/w11091809 Article: Phosphorus Removal with Coagulation Processes in Five Low Buffered Lakes—A Case Study of Mesocosm Research Michał Łopata, Renata Augustyniak, Jolanta Grochowska, Katarzyna Parszuto and Renata Tandyrak Water 2019, 11(9), 1812; doi:10.3390/w11091812 Article: Sulfur Development in the Water-Sediment System of the Algae Accumulation Embay Area in Lake Taihu Cheng Liu, Shiguang Shao, Lei Zhang, Yiheng Du, Kaining Chen, Chengxin Fan and Yang Yu Water 2019, 11(9), 1817; doi:10.3390/w11091817 Article: An Enhanced System with Macrophytes and Polyurethane Sponge as an Eco-Technology for Restoring Eutrophic Water: A Pilot Test Yijie Wang, Xinan Yin, Yanpeng Cai and Zhifeng Yang Water 2019, 11(9), 1828; doi:10.3390/w11091828 Article: Measuring Streambank Erosion: A Comparison of Erosion Pins, Total Station, and Terrestrial Laser Scanner Daniel T. Myers, Richard R. Rediske and James N. McNair Water 2019, 11(9), 1846; doi:10.3390/w11091846 Article: Comprehensive Evaluation and Source Apportionment of Potential Toxic Elements in Soils and Sediments of Guishui River, Beijing Jiankang Wang, Bo Gao, Shuhua Yin, Laisheng Liu, Dongyu Xu and Yanyan Li Water 2019, 11(9), 1847; doi:10.3390/w11091847 Article: Algae Growth Distribution and Key Prevention and Control Positions for the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project Jie Zhu, Xiaohui Lei, Jin Quan and Xia Yue Water 2019, 11(9), 1851; doi:10.3390/w11091851 Article: Changes in a Fish Community in a Small River Related to the Appearance of the Invasive Topmouth Gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Jacek Rechulicz Water 2019, 11(9), 1857; doi:10.3390/w11091857 Article: Morphological Grayscale Reconstruction and ATLD for Recognition of Organic Pollutants in Drinking Water Based on Fluorescence Spectroscopy Fei Shi, Tingting Mao, Yitong Cao, Jie Yu, Dibo Hou, Pingjie Huang and Guangxin Zhang Water 2019, 11(9), 1859; doi:10.3390/w11091859 Article: Network Analysis Reveals Seasonal Patterns of Bacterial Community Networks in Lake Taihu under Aquaculture Conditions Yuqing Lin, Dayong Zhao, Jin Zeng, Xinyi Cao and Congcong Jiao Water 2019, 11(9), 1868; doi:10.3390/w11091868 Article: Scale Effects of Ecological Safety of Water-Saving Irrigation: A Case Study in the Arid Inland River Basin of Northwest China Guangyu Jiang and Zhongjing Wang Water 2019, 11(9), 1886; doi:10.3390/w11091886 Article: Influence of Different Types of Small Hydropower Stations on Macroinvertebrate Communities in the Changjiang River Basin, China Weihua Zhao, Weijie Guo, Liangyuan Zhao, Qingyun Li, Xiaohuan Cao and Xianqiang Tang Water 2019, 11(9), 1892; doi:10.3390/w11091892 Article: Hydrochemical Characteristics and Water Quality Assessment for the Upper Reaches of Syr Darya River in Aral Sea Basin, Central Asia Long Ma, Jilili Abuduwaili, Yaoming Li, Salamat Abdyzhapar uulu and Shuyong Mu Water 2019, 11(9), 1893; doi:10.3390/w11091893 Article: Organic Contaminants in Zooplankton of Italian Subalpine Lakes: Patterns of Distribution and Seasonal Variations Simona Pascariello, Michela Mazzoni, Roberta Bettinetti, Marina Manca, Martina Patelli, Roberta Piscia, Sara Valsecchi and Stefano Polesello Water 2019, 11(9), 1901; doi:10.3390/w11091901 Article: The Impact of the Quality of Tap Water and the Properties of Installation Materials on the Formation of Biofilms Dorota Papciak, Barbara Tchórzewska-Cieślak, Andżelika Domoń, Anna Wojtuś, Jakub Żywiec and Janusz Konkol Water 2019, 11(9), 1903; doi:10.3390/w11091903 Article: Potential of Water Hyacinth Infestation on Lake Tana, Ethiopia: A Prediction Using a GIS-Based Multi-Criteria Technique Minychl G. Dersseh, Aron A. Kibret, Seifu A. Tilahun, Abeyou W. Worqlul, Mamaru A. Moges, Dessalegn C. Dagnew, Wubneh B. Abebe and Assefa M. Melesse Water 2019, 11(9), 1921; doi:10.3390/w11091921 Article: Examination of Nutrient Sources and Transport in a Catchment with an Audubon Certified Golf Course Emilio Grande, Ate Visser, Pamela Beitz and Jean Moran Water 2019, 11(9), 1923; doi:10.3390/w11091923 Article: The Influence of Riparian Corridor Land Use on the Pesquería River’s Macroinvertebrate Community (N.E. Mexico) Daniel Castro-López, Pablo Rodríguez-Lozano, Rebeca Arias-Real, Víctor Guerra-Cobián and Narcís Prat Water 2019, 11(9), 1930; doi:10.3390/w11091930 Article: The Effect of Chironomid Larvae on Nitrogen Cycling and Microbial Communities in Soft Sediments Aurelija Samuiloviene, Marco Bartoli, Stefano Bonaglia, Ulisse Cardini, Irma Vybernaite-Lubiene, Ugo Marzocchi, Jolita Petkuviene, Tobia Politi, Anastasija Zaiko and Mindaugas Zilius Water 2019, 11(9), 1931; doi:10.3390/w11091931 Article: Seasonal and Scale Effects of Anthropogenic Pressures on Water Quality and Ecological Integrity: A Study in the Sabor River Basin (NE Portugal) Using Partial Least Squares-Path Modeling António Carlos Pinheiro Fernandes, Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes, Daniela Patrícia Salgado Terêncio, Rui Manuel Vitor Cortes and Fernando António Leal Pacheco Water 2019, 11(9), 1941; doi:10.3390/w11091941 Article: Pseudo-nitzschia Blooms in a Coastal Upwelling System: Remote Sensing Detection, Toxicity and Environmental Variables Jesus M. Torres Palenzuela, Luis González Vilas, Francisco M. Bellas, Elina Garet, África González-Fernández and Evangelos Spyrakos Water 2019, 11(9), 1954; doi:10.3390/w11091954 Communication: Making Sense of “Day Zero”: Slow Catastrophes, Anthropocene Futures, and the Story of Cape Town’s Water Crisis Nick Shepherd Water 2019, 11(9), 1744; doi:10.3390/w11091744 Editorial: Environmental Flows Determination and Monitoring with Hydraulic Habitat Models—Pushing the Boundaries of Habitat Models Application Piotr Parasiewicz, Paweł Prus, Christos Theodoropoulos, Knut Alfredsen, Mikołaj Adamczyk, Claudio Comoglio and Paolo Vezza Water 2019, 11(9), 1950; doi:10.3390/w11091950 Water Resources Management and Governance Article: The Spatiotemporal Variability of Evapotranspiration and Its Response to Climate Change and Land Use/Land Cover Change in the Three Gorges Reservoir Hejia Wang, Weihua Xiao, Yong Zhao, Yicheng Wang, Baodeng Hou, Yuyan Zhou, Heng Yang, Xuelei Zhang and Hao Cui Water 2019, 11(9), 1739; doi:10.3390/w11091739 Article: Engaging with Flows: Embodied Cognition in Water Provision Edwin Rap and Pieter van der Zaag Water 2019, 11(9), 1751; doi:10.3390/w11091751 Article: Virtual Water Flow and Water Footprint Assessment of an Arid Region: A Case Study of South Khorasan Province, Iran Ehsan Qasemipour and Ali Abbasi Water 2019, 11(9), 1755; doi:10.3390/w11091755 Article: Research on the Allocation of Flood Drainage Rights of the Sunan Canal Based on a Bi-level Multi-Objective Programming Model Dandan Zhang, Juqin Shen, Fuhua Sun, Bo Liu, Zeyu Wang, Kaize Zhang and Lin Li Water 2019, 11(9), 1769; doi:10.3390/w11091769 Article: Trade-Offs between Human and Environment: Challenges for Regional Water Management under Changing Conditions Elmira Hassanzadeh Water 2019, 11(9), 1773; doi:10.3390/w11091773 Article: Rice Irrigation Schedule Optimization Based on the AquaCrop Model: Study of the Longtouqiao Irrigation District Biying Zhai, Qiang Fu, Tianxiao Li, Dong Liu, Yi Ji, Mo Li and Song Cui Water 2019, 11(9), 1799; doi:10.3390/w11091799 Article: The Influence of Channel Morphological Changes on Environmental Flow Requirements in Urban Rivers Liu Zhang, Buxian Yuan, Xinan Yin and Yanwei Zhao Water 2019, 11(9), 1800; doi:10.3390/w11091800 Article: Unfolding the Water Framework Directive Implementation at the River Basin District Scale: An Italian Case Study on Irrigation Measures Emilia Pellegrini, Lucia Bortolini and Edi Defrancesco Water 2019, 11(9), 1804; doi:10.3390/w11091804 Article: Clogging Issues with Aquifer Storage and Recovery of Reclaimed Water in the Brackish Werribee Aquifer, Melbourne, Australia Pieter J. Stuyfzand and Javier Osma Water 2019, 11(9), 1807; doi:10.3390/w11091807 Article: Assessment of the Effect of Mulch Film on Crops in the Arid Agricultural Region of China under Future Climate Scenarios Lu Deng, Xianyong Meng, Ruide Yu and Qian Wang Water 2019, 11(9), 1819; doi:10.3390/w11091819 Article: Application of GALDIT in Assessing the Seawater Intrusion Vulnerability of Jeju Island, South Korea Sun Woo Chang, Il-Moon Chung, Min-Gyu Kim, Mesfin Tolera and Gi-Won Koh Water 2019, 11(9), 1824; doi:10.3390/w11091824 Article: The Groundwater‒Energy‒Food Nexus in Iran’s Agricultural Sector: Implications for Water Security Atena Mirzaei, Bahram Saghafian, Ali Mirchi and Kaveh Madani Water 2019, 11(9), 1835; doi:10.3390/w11091835 Article: Multi-Objective Optimal Scheduling Model of Dynamic Control of Flood Limit Water Level for Cascade Reservoirs Guanjun Liu, Hui Qin, Qin Shen, Rui Tian and Yongqi Liu Water 2019, 11(9), 1836; doi:10.3390/w11091836 Article: GLOF Risk Assessment Model in the Himalayas: A Case Study of a Hydropower Project in the Upper Arun River Rana Muhammad Ali Washakh, Ningsheng Chen, Tao Wang, Sundas Almas, Sajid Rashid Ahmad and Mahfuzur Rahman Water 2019, 11(9), 1839; doi:10.3390/w11091839 Article: Comparative Analysis of Building Representations in TELEMAC-2D for Flood Inundation in Idealized Urban Districts Zejin Li, Jiahong Liu, Chao Mei, Weiwei Shao, Hao Wang and Dianyi Yan Water 2019, 11(9), 1840; doi:10.3390/w11091840 Article: Modeling Spatiotemporal Rainfall Variability in Paraíba, Brazil Elias Silva de Medeiros, Renato Ribeiro de Lima, Ricardo Alves de Olinda and Carlos Antonio Costa dos Santos Water 2019, 11(9), 1843; doi:10.3390/w11091843 Article: WinSLAMM Simulation of Hydrologic Performance of Permeable Pavements—A Case Study in the Semi-Arid Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, United States Taufiqul Alam, Ahmed Mahmoud, Kim D. Jones, Juan César Bezares-Cruz and Javier Guerrero Water 2019, 11(9), 1865; doi:10.3390/w11091865 Article: Managed Aquifer Recharge as a Strategic Storage and Urban Water Management Tool in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia Anthony Knapton, Declan Page, Joanne Vanderzalm, Dennis Gonzalez, Karen Barry, Andrew Taylor, Nerida Horner, Chris Chilcott and Cuan Petherem Water 2019, 11(9), 1869; doi:10.3390/w11091869 Article: Experience is Key: Examining the Relative Importance of Factors Influencing Individuals’ Water Conservation Derrick Holland, Kristina Janét and Asheley Landrum Water 2019, 11(9), 1870; doi:10.3390/w11091870 Article: Automatic Control of the Middle Route Project for South-to-North Water Transfer Based on Linear Model Predictive Control Algorithm Lingzhong Kong, Jin Quan, Qian Yang, Peibing Song and Jie Zhu Water 2019, 11(9), 1873; doi:10.3390/w11091873 Article: Optimization of the Multi-Start Strategy of a Direct-Search Algorithm for the Calibration of Rainfall–Runoff Models for Water-Resource Assessment Liliana García-Romero, Javier Paredes-Arquiola, Abel Solera, Edgar Belda, Joaquín Andreu and Sonia T. Sánchez-Quispe Water 2019, 11(9), 1876; doi:10.3390/w11091876 Article: Leaf Wetness Duration Models Using Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms: Application to Farms in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea Junsang Park, Ju-Young Shin, Kyu Rang Kim and Jong-Chul Ha Water 2019, 11(9), 1878; doi:10.3390/w11091878 Article: Dam Site Suitability Mapping and Analysis Using an Integrated GIS and Machine Learning Approach Rami Al-Ruzouq, Abdallah Shanableh, Abdullah Gokhan Yilmaz, AlaEldin Idris, Sunanda Mukherjee, Mohamad Ali Khalil and Mohamed Barakat A. Gibril Water 2019, 11(9), 1880; doi:10.3390/w11091880 Article: Flash Flood Risk Perception by the Population of Mindelo, S. Vicente (Cape Verde) Bruno Martins, Adélia Nunes, Luciano Lourenço and Fátima Velez-Castro Water 2019, 11(9), 1895; doi:10.3390/w11091895 Article: System Dynamics Approach to Groundwater Storage Modeling for Basin-Scale Planning Guy Bates, Mario Beruvides and Clifford B. Fedler Water 2019, 11(9), 1907; doi:10.3390/w11091907 Article: Development Trend and Frontier of Stormwater Management (1980–2019): A Bibliometric Overview Based on CiteSpace Jing Wu, Xinyu Wu and Jiawei Zhang Water 2019, 11(9), 1908; doi:10.3390/w11091908 Article: Optimized Conditioning Factors Using Machine Learning Techniques for Groundwater Potential Mapping Bahareh Kalantar, Husam A. H. Al-Najjar, Biswajeet Pradhan, Vahideh Saeidi, Alfian Abdul Halin, Naonori Ueda and Seyed Amir Naghibi Water 2019, 11(9), 1909; doi:10.3390/w11091909 Article: Characteristics and Drivers of Reference Evapotranspiration in Hilly Regions in Southern China Youcun Liu, Yan Liu, Ming Chen, David Labat, Yongtao Li, Xiaohui Bian and Qianqian Ding Water 2019, 11(9), 1914; doi:10.3390/w11091914 Article: Water Brokers: Exploring Urban Water Governance through the Practices of Tanker Water Supply in Accra Rossella Alba, Antje Bruns, Lara Esther Bartels and Michelle Kooy Water 2019, 11(9), 1919; doi:10.3390/w11091919 Article: Water Infrastructure Always In-The-Making: Distributing Water and Authority through the Water Supply Network in Moamba, Mozambique Luis Miguel Silva-Novoa Sanchez, Jeltsje Sanne Kemerink-Seyoum and Margreet Zwarteveen Water 2019, 11(9), 1926; doi:10.3390/w11091926 Article: Sites and Indicators of MAR as a Successful Tool to Mitigate Climate Change Effects in Spain Enrique Fernández Escalante, Jon San Sebastián Sauto and Rodrigo Calero Gil Water 2019, 11(9), 1943; doi:10.3390/w11091943 Article: Analysis of Rainfall Trends and Extreme Precipitation in the Middle Adriatic Side, Marche Region (Central Italy) Matteo Gentilucci, Maurizio Barbieri, Han Soo Lee and Dino Zardi Water 2019, 11(9), 1948; doi:10.3390/w11091948 Communication: Water in Descriptions of Global Geoparks: Not Less Important than Geology? Dmitry A. Ruban Water 2019, 11(9), 1866; doi:10.3390/w11091866 Case Report: Improving the Accuracy of Hydrodynamic Simulations in Data Scarce Environments Using Bayesian Model Averaging: A Case Study of the Inner Niger Delta, Mali, West Africa Md Mominul Haque, Ousmane Seidou, Abdolmajid Mohammadian, Abdouramane Gado Djibo, Stefan Liersch, Samuel Fournet, Sara Karam, Edangodage Duminda Pradeep Perera and Martin Kleynhans Water 2019, 11(9), 1766; doi:10.3390/w11091766 Case Report: Emergency Disposal Solution for Control of a Giant Landslide and Dammed Lake in Yangtze River, China Guiya Chen, Xiaofeng Zhao, Yanlai Zhou, Shenglian Guo, Chong-Yu Xu and Fi-John Chang Water 2019, 11(9), 1939; doi:10.3390/w11091939 Water–Food–Energy Nexus Article: Restructuring a Water Distribution Network through the Reactivation of Decommissioned Water Tanks Giacomo Viccione, Laura Ingenito, Stefania Evangelista and Carmine Cuozzo Water 2019, 11(9), 1740; doi:10.3390/w11091740 Article: Changes in Fish Taxonomy Affect Freshwater Biogeographical Regionalisations: Insights from Greece Theocharis Vavalidis, Stamatis Zogaris, Alcibiades N. Economou, Athanasios S. Kallimanis and Dimitra C. Bobori Water 2019, 11(9), 1743; doi:10.3390/w11091743 Article: The Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production in Uganda—An Integrated Systems Assessment with Water and Energy Implications Vignesh Sridharan, Eunice Pereira Ramos, Eduardo Zepeda, Brent Boehlert, Abhishek Shivakumar, Constantinos Taliotis and Mark Howells Water 2019, 11(9), 1805; doi:10.3390/w11091805 Article: Water-Energy Nexus for an Italian Storage Hydropower Plant under Multiple Drivers Mattia Bonato, Alessandro Ranzani, Epari Ritesh Patro, Ludovic Gaudard and Carlo De Michele Water 2019, 11(9), 1838; doi:10.3390/w11091838 Article: Willingness to Pay for Enhanced Water Security in a Rapidly Developing Shale Gas Region in China Danlu Jiang, Dong Bai, Zhaowei Yin and Gongyuan Fan Water 2019, 11(9), 1888; doi:10.3390/w11091888 Article: The Performance of Satellite-Based Actual Evapotranspiration Products and the Assessment of Irrigation Efficiency in Egypt Saher Ayyad, Islam S. Al Zayed, Van Tran Thi Ha and Lars Ribbe Water 2019, 11(9), 1913; doi:10.3390/w11091913 Article: Machine Learning Approaches to Develop Pedotransfer Functions for Tropical Sri Lankan Soils M.H.J.P. Gunarathna, Kazuhito Sakai, Tamotsu Nakandakari, Kazuro Momii and M.K.N. Kumari Water 2019, 11(9), 1940; doi:10.3390/w11091940 Correction: Correction: Gisele Cristina Rubert et al., Evapotranspiration of the Brazilian Pampa Biome: Seasonality and Influential Factors. Water 2018, 10, 1864 Gisele Cristina Rubert, Débora Regina Roberti, Luis Santos Pereira, Fernando L.F. Quadros, Haroldo Fraga de Campos Velho and Osvaldo Luiz Leal de Moraes Water 2019, 11(9), 1890; doi:10.3390/w11091890 Hydraulics Article: On the Variability of the Circulation and Water Mass Properties in the Eastern Levantine Sea between September 2016–August 2017 Elena Mauri, Lina Sitz, Riccardo Gerin, Pierre-Marie Poulain, Daniel Hayes and Hezi Gildor Water 2019, 11(9), 1741; doi:10.3390/w11091741 Article: Scour Evolution Downstream of Submerged Weirs in Clear Water Scour Conditions Dawei Guan, Jingang Liu, Yee-Meng Chiew and Yingzheng Zhou Water 2019, 11(9), 1746; doi:10.3390/w11091746 Article: Impact Assessment of Pier Shape and Modifications on Scouring around Bridge Pier Rashid Farooq and Abdul Razzaq Ghumman Water 2019, 11(9), 1761; doi:10.3390/w11091761 Article: Combined Effect of Tides and Wind on Water Exchange in a Semi-Enclosed Shallow Sea Jiancheng Shang, Jian Sun, Lei Tao, Yuanyi Li, Zhenhua Nie, Haiying Liu, Rui Chen and Dekui Yuan Water 2019, 11(9), 1762; doi:10.3390/w11091762 Article: Hydraulic Jump below Abrupt Asymmetric Expanding Stilling Basin on Rough Bed Nafiseh Torkamanzad, Ali Hosseinzadeh Dalir, Farzin Salmasi and Akram Abbaspour Water 2019, 11(9), 1756; doi:10.3390/w11091756 Article: Resistance of Laminar Drain Reinforcement Levee against Overflow Erosion Yuki Kurakami and Yasuo Nihei Water 2019, 11(9), 1768; doi:10.3390/w11091768 Article: The Effect of Modifying a CFD-AB Approach on Fish Passage through a Model Hydraulic Dam Anvar Gilmanov, Daniel Zielinski, Vaughan Voller and Peter Sorensen Water 2019, 11(9), 1776; doi:10.3390/w11091776 Article: Numerical Simulation of the Sound Field of a Five-Stage Centrifugal Pump with Different Turbulence Models Li Wang, Houlin Liu, Kai Wang, Ling Zhou, Xiaoping Jiang and Yu Li Water 2019, 11(9), 1777; doi:10.3390/w11091777 Article: A Comparative Study of Comprehensive Modeling Systems for Sediment Transport in a Curved Open Channel Keivan Kaveh, Markus Reisenbüchler, Sandip Lamichhane, Tobias Liepert, Ngoc Dung Nguyen, Minh Duc Bui and Peter Rutschmann Water 2019, 11(9), 1779; doi:10.3390/w11091779 Article: Levantine Intermediate and Levantine Deep Water Formation: An Argo Float Study from 2001 to 2017 Elisabeth Kubin, Pierre-Marie Poulain, Elena Mauri, Milena Menna and Giulio Notarstefano Water 2019, 11(9), 1781; doi:10.3390/w11091781 Article: Protecting a Pumping Pipeline System from Low Pressure Transients by Using Air Pockets: A Case Study Rafael Bernardo Carmona-Paredes, Oscar Pozos-Estrada, Libia Georgina Carmona-Paredes, Alejandro Sánchez-Huerta, Eduardo Antonio Rodal-Canales and Germán Jorge Carmona-Paredes Water 2019, 11(9), 1786; doi:10.3390/w11091786 Article: Effect of a Commercial Air Valve on the Rapid Filling of a Single Pipeline: a Numerical and Experimental Analysis Óscar E. Coronado-Hernández, Mohsen Besharat, Vicente S. Fuertes-Miquel and Helena M. Ramos Water 2019, 11(9), 1814; doi:10.3390/w11091814 Article: Comparisons of Local Scouring for Submerged Square and Circular Cross-Section Piles in Steady Currents Shengtao Du and Bingchen Liang Water 2019, 11(9), 1820; doi:10.3390/w11091820 Article: Effects of Spur Dikes on Water Flow Diversity and Fish Aggregation Tingjie Huang, Yan Lu and Huaixiang Liu Water 2019, 11(9), 1822; doi:10.3390/w11091822 Article: Modelling of Flow Parameters through Subsurface Drainage Modules for Application in BIOECODS Abdurrasheed Sa’id Abdurrasheed, Khamaruzaman Wan Yusof, Ebrahim Hamid Hussein Alqadami, Husna Takaijudin, Aminuddin Ab. Ghani, Muhammad Mujahid Muhammad, Abdulkadir Taofeeq Sholagberu, Muhammad Kashfy Zainalfikry, Manal Osman and Mohammed Shihab Patel Water 2019, 11(9), 1823; doi:10.3390/w11091823 Article: Effects of Climate Change and Flow Regulation on the Flow Characteristics of a Low-Relief River within Southern Boreal Climate Area Elina Kasvi, Eliisa Lotsari, Miia Kumpumäki, Tanja Dubrovin and Noora Veijalainen Water 2019, 11(9), 1827; doi:10.3390/w11091827 Article: Confluence Dynamics in a Modelled Large Sand-Bed Braided River Haiyan Yang and Peitong Cong Water 2019, 11(9), 1829; doi:10.3390/w11091829 Article: Application of an Analytic Methodology to Estimate the Movements of Moored Vessels Based on Forecast Data José Sande, Andrés Figuero, Javier Tarrío-Saavedra, Enrique Peña, Alberto Alvarellos and Juan Ramón Rabuñal Water 2019, 11(9), 1841; doi:10.3390/w11091841 Article: Enhancing the Flow Characteristics in a Branching Channel Based on a Two-Dimensional Depth-Averaged Flow Model Hydar Lafta Ali, Badronnisa Yusuf, Thamer Ahamed Mohammed, Yasuyuki Shimizu, Mohd Shahrizal Ab Razak and Balqis Mohamed Rehan Water 2019, 11(9), 1863; doi:10.3390/w11091863 Article: Transient Hydraulic Tomography Analysis of Fourteen Pumping Tests at a Highly Heterogeneous Multiple Aquifer–Aquitard System Zhanfeng Zhao, Walter A. 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Goslan and Francis Hassard Water 2019, 11(9), 1894; doi:10.3390/w11091894 Article: Mining Rock Wastes for Water Treatment: Potential Reuse of Fe- and Mn-Rich Materials for Arsenic Removal Barbara Casentini, Marco Lazzazzara, Stefano Amalfitano, Rosamaria Salvatori, Daniela Guglietta, Daniele Passeri, Girolamo Belardi and Francesca Trapasso Water 2019, 11(9), 1897; doi:10.3390/w11091897 Article: Preparation of Activated Biochar-Supported Magnetite Composite for Adsorption of Polychlorinated Phenols from Aqueous Solutions Byung-Moon Jun, Yejin Kim, Jonghun Han, Yeomin Yoon, Jeonggwan Kim and Chang Min Park Water 2019, 11(9), 1899; doi:10.3390/w11091899 Article: Functionalized Leather: A Novel and Effective Hazardous Solid Waste Adsorbent for the Removal of the Diazo Dye Congo Red from Aqueous Solution Camila Clavijo and Johann F. Osma Water 2019, 11(9), 1906; doi:10.3390/w11091906 Article: Adsorptive Removal of Iron and Manganese from Groundwater Samples in Ghana by Zeolite Y Synthesized from Bauxite and Kaolin Bright Kwakye-Awuah, Baah Sefa-Ntiri, Elizabeth Von-Kiti, Isaac Nkrumah and Craig Williams Water 2019, 11(9), 1912; doi:10.3390/w11091912 Article: Acetaminophen Removal from Water by Microalgae and Effluent Toxicity Assessment by the Zebrafish Embryo Bioassay Carla Escapa, Ricardo N. Coimbra, Teresa Neuparth, Tiago Torres, Miguel M. Santos and Marta Otero Water 2019, 11(9), 1929; doi:10.3390/w11091929 Article: Groundwater Autochthonous Microbial Communities as Tracers of Anthropogenic Pressure Impacts: Example from a Municipal Waste Treatment Plant (Latium, Italy) David Rossi, Anna Barra Caracciolo, Paola Grenni, Flavia Cattena, Martina Di Lenola, Luisa Patrolecco, Nicoletta Ademollo, Ruggiero Ciannarella, Giuseppe Mascolo and Stefano Ghergo Water 2019, 11(9), 1933; doi:10.3390/w11091933 Article: Removal of >10 µm Microplastic Particles from Treated Wastewater by a Disc Filter Márta Simon, Alvise Vianello and Jes Vollertsen Water 2019, 11(9), 1935; doi:10.3390/w11091935 Urban Water Management Review: Wetland Roofs as an Attractive Option for Decentralized Water Management and Air Conditioning Enhancement in Growing Cities—A Review Andreas Zehnsdorf, Keani C. U. Willebrand, Ralf Trabitzsch, Sarah Knechtel, Michael Blumberg and Roland A. Müller Water 2019, 11(9), 1845; doi:10.3390/w11091845 Article: Optimize Short-Term Rainfall Forecast with Combination of Ensemble Precipitation Nowcasts by Lagrangian Extrapolation Wooyoung Na and Chulsang Yoo Water 2019, 11(9), 1752; doi:10.3390/w11091752 Article: Using Remote Sensing Based Metrics to Quantify the Hydrological Response in a City Charlotte Wirion, Willy Bauwens and Boud Verbeiren Water 2019, 11(9), 1763; doi:10.3390/w11091763 Article: Evaluating the Risk-Based Performance of Bioinfiltration Facilities under Climate Change Scenarios Conor Lewellyn and Bridget Wadzuk Water 2019, 11(9), 1765; doi:10.3390/w11091765 Article: Assessing Risks from Groundwater Exploitation and Utilization: Case Study of the Shanghai Megacity, China Hui Zhang, Jingjie Yu, Chaoyang Du, Jun Xia and Xiaojun Wang Water 2019, 11(9), 1775; doi:10.3390/w11091775 Article: Influence of Intermittence and Pressure Differentials in Hydrogen Sulfide Concentration in a Gravity Sewer Rita Ventura Matos, Filipa Ferreira and José Saldanha Matos Water 2019, 11(9), 1780; doi:10.3390/w11091780 Article: Assessing the Freshwater Quality of a Large-Scale Mining Watershed: The Need for Integrated Approaches Daniel Mercado-Garcia, Eveline Beeckman, Jana Van Butsel, Nilton Deza Arroyo, Marco Sanchez Peña, Cécile Van Buggendhoudt, Nancy De Saeyer, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Karel A. C. De Schamphelaere, Guido Wyseure and Peter Goethals Water 2019, 11(9), 1797; doi:10.3390/w11091797 Article: The Influence of Urban Flooding on Residents’ Daily Travel: A Case Study of Macau with Proposed Ameliorative Strategies Kehong Li and Long Zhou Water 2019, 11(9), 1825; doi:10.3390/w11091825 Article: Using High-Density LiDAR Data and 2D Streamflow Hydraulic Modeling to Improve Urban Flood Hazard Maps: A HEC-RAS Multi-Scenario Approach Alin Mihu-Pintilie, Cătălin Ioan Cîmpianu, Cristian Constantin Stoleriu, Martín Núñez Pérez and Larisa Elena Paveluc Water 2019, 11(9), 1832; doi:10.3390/w11091832 Article: Estimating Errors in Sizing LID Device and Overflow Prediction Using the Intensity-Duration-Frequency Method Shuangcheng Tang, Qing Xu, Zhonghua Jia, Wan Luo and Zhengxiao Shao Water 2019, 11(9), 1853; doi:10.3390/w11091853 Article: Spatiotemporal Water Quality Variations in Smaller Water Supply Systems: Using Modified CCME WQI from Groundwater Source to Distribution Networks Husnain Haider, Mohammed Hammed Alkhowaiter, Md. Shafiquzzaman, Saleem S. AlSaleem, Meshal Almoshaogeh and Fawaz Alharbi Water 2019, 11(9), 1884; doi:10.3390/w11091884 Article: Physical Experiment and Modeling of the Transport and Deposition of Polydisperse Particles in Stormwater: Effects of a Depth-Dependent Initial Filter Coefficient Zhike Zou, Longcang Shu, Xing Min and Esther Chifuniro Mabedi Water 2019, 11(9), 1885; doi:10.3390/w11091885 Article: Hydrogeochemical Assessment of Groundwater Quality of Mokopane Area, Limpopo, South Africa Using Statistical Approach Mmasabata Dolly Molekoa, Ram Avtar, Pankaj Kumar, Huynh Vuong Thu Minh and Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan Water 2019, 11(9), 1891; doi:10.3390/w11091891 Technical Note: Physical Parameterization of IDF Curves Based on Short-Duration Storms Alfonso Gutierrez-Lopez, Sergio Bernardo Jimenez Hernandez and Carlos Escalante Sandoval Water 2019, 11(9), 1813; doi:10.3390/w11091813

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Upcoming Conference 8th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM8) (The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA, 17–19 August 2020)

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Josh's Water Jobs and More! 24 September 2019 (Updated: 26 September)

From Josh:

Almost back to normal… A little heavy on North America, but that is where I had fallen behind the most.

And, two drinks events that I will put together in the near future…

1. Before moving away from Stockholm, I will do a “Stockholm Water Happy Hour”to try to get all of you who are in the Stockholm area who work with water together for a few drinks. Stay tuned for the date, most likely early October. Email me if you’re based in the Stockholm area and I will start to compile a list (to email you directly and then so someone can continue after I leave). Please pass this along to others you know in Stockholm who work with water. There is a nice community here and it’s a shame we don’t get together more often.
2. On Monday, 14 October, the night before the Budapest Water Summit, I will organize a drinks thing there, as I’ve done for the last two Summits. So, please let me know if you’re going to be there.

I will announce more details later. Thanks!

Take a look at Greta Thunberg's powerful video.

1) Josh's Jobs

Josh’s Pick:   1) Research Assistant Position – Pacific Institute (Oakland, CA, USA): 1 October (Um, you get to work with Peter Gleick…)   Highlighted:   2) Hurricane Dorian Emergency WASH Consultant – Mercy Corps (Bahamas): Until filled   3) Consultancy: Development of a strategic cooperation plan between UNICEF and IHE-Delft – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Home-Based): 25 September   4) Young Professional (Water Resources) – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Manila): 31 October   5) Senior Water Resources Management Specialist – Green Climate Fund (GCF) (South Korea): 13 October   Deadline today (24 September)!   6) Senior Environmental Engineer – The World Bank (Zambia): 24 September   7) Local recruitment: Environmental Specialist – The World Bank (Serbia): 24 September   8) Somalia nationals: National Project Officer (WASH, 3) – CTG Global (Somalia): 24 September   9) French speakers: WASH Emergency Specialist – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Burundi): 24 September   10) Iraq nationals: National Specialist in Integrated Water Management/Irrigation – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Iraq): 24 September   11) U.S. nationals: Interdisciplinary Meteorologist/Hydrologist – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (Chanhassen, MN, USA): 24 September

Minimum years experience requested:

0-2 years   12) Computer engineer for water science – Politecnico di Milano (Italy): Until filled   13) Nepal nationals: Research Officer (Water Resources) – International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Kathmandu): 25 September 14) Nonpoint Water Quality Specialist (Environmental Specialist 3) – Washington State Department of Ecology (Bellevue, WA, USA): Until filled   15) Environmental Engineer 3 (In Training) – Washington State Department of Ecology (Union Gap, WA, USA): Until filled   16) Climate Change Program Coordinator – Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (Inuvik, NT, Canada): 27 September   17) Assistant Consultant (Hydrologist/Geomorphologist/Flood Modeller) – Wood(United Kingdom): Until filled   18) Research Associate – CEA Consulting (San Francisco, CA, USA): Until filled   19) Hydrologic Systems Support Analyst (NOAA) – Riverside Technology (Silver Spring, MD, USA): Until filled   20) Researcher 5 – University of Minnesota (Twin Cities, MN, USA): Until filled   21) Entry Level Water Resources Engineer – Dewberry (Fairfax, VA, USA): Until filled   22) Entry-Level Water Resources Professional – Geosyntec (Santa Barbara, CA, USA): Until filled   23) Entry Level Water Resources Engineer – Dewberry (Atlanta, GA, USA): Until filled   24) Resilience Planner – Dewberry (Fairfax, VA, USA): Until filled

3-4 years   25) Hydrogeologist – Deltares (Netherlands): 1 October   26) Senior Manager of Sustainable Development Policy – Conservation International (CI) (Various locations): Until filled   27) Water/Civil Group Business Analyst (Land, Buildings & Real Estate (LBRE)) – Stanford University (Stanford, CA, USA): Until filled   28) Northwest Region Water Quality Planner (Environmental Planner 4) – Washington State Department of Ecology (Bellevue, WA, USA): Until filled   29) Hydrogeologist – Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) (Harrisburg, PA, USA): 29 September   30) Water Rights Coordinator – Pueblo of Acoma (Acoma, NM, USA): 30 September   31) Program Associate for Irrigation Water Management Program – University of Arkansas (Stuttgart, AR, USA): Until filled   32) Potomac River Program Manager/Educator – Chesapeake Bay Foundation(Washington, DC): 2 October   33) Engineering Technologist (Wetland Conservation) – Ducks Unlimited (The Pas, MB, Canada): 4 October   34) Area Co-ordinator Irrigation –Lakhpati Kisan Project – Tata Trusts (India): 30 September   35) Dutch speakers: Adviseur Watermanagement en Crisisinformatie – Rijkswaterstaat Verkeer- en watermanagement (Netherlands): 4 October   36) Laos nationals: Temporary Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant – Mekong River Commission (MRC) (Laos): 26 September

5-7 years   37) Conservation Lead (Karnali Water Security Activity (KAWAS)) – Winrock International (Nepal): Until filled   38) Governance and Resource Management Lead (Karnali Water Security Activity (KAWAS)) – Winrock International (Nepal): Until filled   39) Regional Drought Information Systems Coordinator – CIRES/National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) (Boulder, CO, USA): Until filled   40) Local recruitment: Water Resources Specialist – The World Bank (Morocco or Tunisia): 9 October 41) Local recruitment: Water Resources Specialist – The World Bank (Lebanon): 9 October   42) Northern Rockies Conservation Director – American Rivers (Bozeman, MT, USA): 25 October 43) Water Policy Analyst – Alliance for the Great Lakes (Chicago, IL, USA): 26 September   44) Director (Spatial Planning and Priority Setting) – Conservation International (CI)(Arlington, VA, USA): Until filled   45) Climate Positive Approaches Fellow – Conservation International (CI) (Arlington, VA, USA): Until filled   46) Senior Analyst (Hydrology and Optimization) – Brookfield Renewable (Gatineau, QC, Canada): Until filled   47) Senior Water Resources Engineer – WSP (Boston, MA, USA): Until filled   48) Reservoir Manager – Brazos River Authority (Graford, TX, USA): Until filled   49) CPW Water Resources Unit Supervisor – Colorado Department of Natural Resources (Denver, CO, USA): 2 October   50) Natural Resource Specialist 4 (Instream Flow Scientist/Hydrologist) – State of Oregon (Salem, OR, USA): 3 October   51) Manager (Environmental Sustainability) – Hasbro (Providence, RI, USA): Until filled   52) Executive Director – Galiano Conservancy Association (Galiano Island, BC, Canada): 27 September   53) Canada nationals: Section Head, Stream Management – British Columbia Public Service (Surrey, BC, Canada): 29 September   54) Hindi speakers: Hydrogeologist – Action for Food Production (AFPRO) (India): 30 September   55) Danish speakers: Specialist i hydrologi – Niras (Denmark): None   56) Senior Program Officer (Seafood Traceability) – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (Washington, DC): Until filled

8-9 years   57) Senior Climate Change Specialist – Global Environment Facility (GEF)(Washington, DC): 11 October 58) Program Director – Conservation International (CI) (Singapore): Until filled   59) Local recruitment: Senior Environmental Specialist – The World Bank(Cambodia): 27 September

10+ years   60) Regional Programme Manager – International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) (Kathmandu): 14 October   61) Project Director (IKI Sand Project) – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)(Vietnam): 29 September   62) Senior Ecosystems Management Specialist – Green Climate Fund (GCF) (South Korea): 13 October   63) Chief of Party (Karnali Water Security Activity (KAWAS)) – Winrock International(Nepal): Until filled   64) Deputy Chief of Party (Karnali Water Security Activity (KAWAS)) – Winrock International (Nepal): Until filled   65) Chief of Staff – Green Climate Fund (GCF) (South Korea): 6 October   66) Natural Resource Valuation Senior Scientist – Stantec (Austin, TX, USA): Until filled 67) Environmental Compliance and Sustainability Leader (West Coast) – Tesla(Fremont, CA, USA): Until filled 68) Morocco nationals: Specialiste en gestion participative et durable des bassins versants – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Morocco): 29 September

Not specified:   69) Australia nationals: Senior Director Planning Policy (Conservation and Water) – ACT Government (Canberra, ACT, Australia): 2 October   70) Australia nationals: Project Officer Climate Vulnerability – Government of New South Wales (Australia): 2 October   71) Director (Environmental Science) – BP (United Kingdom): Until filled   72) U.K. nationals: IEP Water Quality Officer – Environment Agency (United Kingdom): 25 September   73) U.K. nationals: Groundwater & Contaminated Land Technical Officer – Environment Agency (United Kingdom): 27 September   74) Hydrologist (Water Resource & Environmental Planning) – Ricardo Energy & Environment (United Kingdom): 29 September   75) Senior Hydrogeologist – Jacobs (United Kingdom): Until filled   76) Senior Consultant, Climate Change & Circular Economy – Arup (London): Until filled   77) U.K. nationals: Hydrology Technical Officer 1 – Environment Agency (United Kingdom): 2 October   78) U.K. nationals: Officer 2 (Environmental Assessment Officer - Water Quality) – Natural Resources Wales (Wales): 3 October 79) Canada nationals: Senior Irrigation Technologist – Government of Saskatchewan(Outlook, SK, Canada): 25 September   80) Canada nationals: Environmental Scientist – Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John's, NL, Canada): 29 September   81) Canada nationals: Manager (Climate Change Adaptation Programs) – Government of Nova Scotia (Halifax, NS, Canada): 1 October   82) Canada nationals: Water Regulation Officer – Government of the Northern Territories (Katherine, NT, Canada): 1 October   83) Climate Change & Policy Specialist – Four Rivers Group (Thunder Bay, ON, Canada): Until filled   84) Canada nationals: Environmental Assessment Analyst – Yukon Government(Whitehorse, YT, Canada): 3 October   85) Executive Director – Engineers in Action (EIA) (Tulsa, OK, USA): Until filled   86) U.S. nationals: Supervisory Hydrologist – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)(Lakewood, CO, USA): 27 September   87) Water Resource Agent – State of Idaho (Boise, ID, USA): 27 September   88) U.S. nationals: Hydrologic Technician – U.S. Forest Service (USFS)(Springerville, AZ, USA): 30 September   89) U.S. nationals: Program Analyst (Internal Hire) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) (New Orleans, LA, USA): 30 September   90) U.S. nationals: Hydrologic Technician (Various) – U.S. Forest Service (USFS)(Idaho, USA): 30 September   91) U.S. nationals: Hydrologist – U.S. Forest Service (USFS) (Bishop, CA, USA): 30 September   92) U.S. nationals: Hydrology Aid (Various) – United States Forest Service (USFS)(Montana, USA): 30 September   93) U.S. nationals: Hydrologic Aid (Various) – U.S. Forest Service (USFS) (Wyoming, USA): 30 September   94) U.S. nationals: Hydrologic Technician – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Friant, CA, USA): 3 October   95) U.S. nationals: Hydrologic Technician – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Blythe, CA, USA): 4 October

Not specified (academic): Professors/lecturers 96) Chair of the Department of Geological Sciences – University of Alabama(Tuscaloosa, AL, USA): 6 January 2020   97) Assistant Professor (Climate Change) – University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, USA): 11 October   98) Assistant / Associate Professor (Dryland Ecohydrology) – University of Nevada-Reno (Reno, NV, USA): 15 October   99) Lecturer in International Land and Water Management – Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands): 30 September   100) Assistant Professor (Watershed and Water Quality Management) – Utah State University (Logan, UT, USA): Until filled   101) Assistant Professor of Environmental Science – Southwest Minnesota State University (Marshall, MN, USA): Until filled   102) Tenure Track, Assistant Professor, Hydrology and Surface Processes – Baylor University (Waco, TX, USA): Until filled   103) Professor of Law (Water Law, Property, and Environmental Law) – Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX, USA): Until filled 104) Assistant/Associate Professor (Environmental Studies) – Florida Gulf Coast University (Fort Myers, FL, USA): Until filled Postdocs 105) Postdoctoral Research Associate in Stochastic Hydrology and Climate Risk – University of Adelaide (Adelaide, SA, Australia): 7 October   106) Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Precision Agriculture: Site-specific Irrigation Management – University of California-Riverside (Riverside, CA, USA): 14 October   107) French speakers: Postdoctorate position (M/F): Towards Closure and Coherence of the Earth's Water and Energy Balance – Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) (France): 26 September   108) Postdoctoral opportunities (2) in Amazon peatlands research – Arizona State University (ASU) (Peru): ASAP 109) Post-Doctoral Associate/Researcher – University of Minnesota (Twin Cities, MN, USA): Until filled   110) Urban Hydro-Climate Postdoctoral Scholar – Berkeley Lab (Berkeley, CA, USA): Until filled Researchers/other 111) Research Associate – University of Texas-Austin (Austin, TX, USA): Until filled   112) An Holistic Approach as a Decision-Support Tool for Evaluating the Impact of Water Reuse Practices, A Multi-Purpose Model Development for a Sustainable Urban Water Management – Politecnico di Milano (Italy): 25 September   113) Experimental and numerical modeling of seawater intrusion processes in coastal aquifers – Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy): 27 September   114) Development of an integrated decision support system (DSS) for the management of irrigation distribution systems – Universita'di Bologna (Italy): 30 September   115) Environmental impacts, pricing and incentives in the water sector – Centro CST(Italy): 30 September   116) Executive Director (Meadows Center for Water and Environment) – Texas State University (San Marcos, TX): Until filled   117) U.S. nationals: Watershed Hydrology Research – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Athens, GA, USA): Until filled   118) Research Associate – Penn State University (University Park, PA, USA): Until filled

WASH: 0-2 years 119) Project Manager (Latin America) – Water Mission (Charleston, SC, USA): Until filled   120) Afghanistan female nationals: WASH Technical Assistant – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Afghanistan): 29 September   121) Project Coordinator – CLPOA (Kolkata): 30 September   122) Project Coordinator (WASH in Schools) – Tata Trusts (Mumbai): 30 September 3-4 years   123) Global Surge Team: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Profile – Norwegian Red Cross (Roving): 7 October   124) WASH Technical Team Leader – Oxfam (Iraq): 29 September   125) Environmental Analyst (Drinking Water Specialist) – New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) (Albany, NY, USA): 11 October   126) Environmental Analyst (Drinking Water Specialist) – New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) (Geneva or Rochester, NY, USA): 4 October   127) Local recruitment: Water Supply Engineer – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) (Afghanistan): 27 September   128) Palestine nationals: Water And Sanitation for Health (WASH) Engineer – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Palestine): 30 September 5-7 years 129) Regional WASH Advisor – Welthungerhilfe (Malawi or Uganda): 6 October   130) Chief Technical Advisor (Water Engineering) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Maldives): 1 October   131) Executive Director – Pure Water for the World (Rutland, VT, USA): 1 October   132) Sanitation Lead (Karnali Water Security Activity (KAWAS)) – Winrock International (Nepal): Until filled   133) WASH Lead (Karnali Water Security Activity (KAWAS)) – Winrock International(Nepal): Until filled   134) Programme Coordinator-Proposal and Content Development – WaterAid India(Delhi): 4 October   135) WASH Specialist – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Jordan): 30 September   136) WASH Programme Manager – Danish Refugee Council (South Sudan): 1 October   137) Western Tanzania Regional Manager – Water Mission (Tanzania): Until filled   138) Local recruitment: Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist – The World Bank(Brazil): 26 September 139) Jordan nationals: Jordan nationals: WASH/Shelter in Partnership Advisor, Amal Consortium – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Jordan): Until filled 8-9 years   140) Telugu speakers: Campaign Officer – WaterAid India (India): 30 September 10+ years 141) Senior Technical Advisor – RTI International (Nigeria): Until filled   142) WASH Manager – International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (Indonesia): 3 October   Not specified   143) Programme Support Advisor (Water) – WaterAid (London): 18 October   144) Program Manager – Abundant Water (Laos): 31 October   145) Project Officer (WASH) – Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP)(Bangladesh): 27 September 146) Project Assistant (WASH) – Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP)(Bangladesh): 27 September 147) Field Engineer and Trainer – AguaClara Reach (Home-Base): Rolling 148) India Program Project Manager – AguaClara Reach (US-based, Home-based): Rolling   149) Civil Engineer – Arup (London): Until filled

Consultancies: 150) Evaluation of WaSH, Protection and Livelihoods response to the crisis in Iraq – Oxfam (Iraq): 25 September   151) Consultancy: Ex-post evaluation of 4 BMZ funded projects – Arche noVa(Kenya): 27 September 152) International Consultant to develop a National Strategy on Water Safety – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Sierra Leone): 30 September   153) Consultant for Support the Uptake and Work Planning and Monitoring of MRC Products and Services – Mekong River Commission (MRC) (Home-Based): 26 September   154) Consultant: Study on Understanding Successful Models in Community Managed Piped Water Schemes – WaterAid India (India): 25 September   155) Consultant (State Capture of Extractives) – Ford Foundation (Home-Based): 27 September   156) WASH Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Solomon Islands): 29 September   157) Environmental Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Solomon Islands): 29 September   158) WASH Behaviour Change Consultant – WaterAid (Australia): 30 September   159) Consultant for Water Governance Policy Analysis in the Meghna Basin – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Home-Based): 30 September   160) Dam Safety Expert (Mosul Dam) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Home-Based): 1 October   161) Thai speakers: Communications Assistant (Consultant) – Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) (Bangkok): 1 October   162) Analysis of Social Media Climate Information and Early Warning in Cambodia – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Home-Based): 3 October   163) Water and irrigation specialist/civil engineering background – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Syria): 4 October   164) WASH Project Manager Consultant – World Vision (South Sudan): 4 October

RFP: 165) RFP for Hydrology & Ecology Studies in Ghod River Basin – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (India): 27 September 166) Consultancy To Develop And Empower The Water Users Associations In Seven (7) Irrigation Schemes In Zomba,machinga Neno And Ntcheu – The World Bank(Malawi): 27 September   167) Recrutement d’un Cabinet/bureau pour le Diagnostic Approfondi du Réseau Météorologique et Hydrologique de la Guinée – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Guinea): 25 September   168) Consultancy Services For Supporting Development Of Sanitation & Hygiene Framework Documents – The World Bank (Kenya): 27 September   169) Consultancy For Preparation Of Catchment Management Plans For Two (2) Sites – The World Bank (Nigeria): 30 September   170) ToR-Drought Resilience in Devnadi River Basin – Study on Agronomy for Crops in the Area – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (India): 1 October

Internships: 171) Sales & Business Development Intern – Shayp (Brussels): Until filled   172) EDF Action Intern (Political Affairs) – Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)(Washington, DC): Until filled   173) Student Trainee (Hydrologic Technician, Water Rights) – U.S. Bureau of Land Management (Boise, ID, USA): 26 September   174) Sustainable Finance and Water Intern – Danone (Paris): Until filled   175) Community Watershed Specialist Intern – North Carolina State University(Piedmont, NC, USA): Until filled   176) Hydrology Intern – Tonto National Forest (Phoenix, AZ, USA): Until filled

Scholarships: 177) PhD candidate Hydrometeorology – Wageningen University & Research(Netherlands): 30 September

Fellowships: 178) Presidential Research Fellowship: Environmental History (SALC) – University of Manchester (United Kingdom): 25 September

Other:   179) U.S. nationals: WSP AmeriCorps Member (San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board) – AmeriCorps (Oakland, CA, USA): 27 September   Last week’s list, in case you missed it   Post a job   Support Josh’s Water Jobs

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180) Position: @theNASEM (Washington, DC) - Jefferson Science Fellowship. App due: 31 October http://bit.ly/2WB2RAJ  #JobWaWi

181) Positions: @ChesWEA Job Board http://bit.ly/CWEAJobBoard #JobWaWi

182) Position: @AmherstCollege (Amherst, MA) - Tenure-track Assistant Professor - Environmental Scientist. OUF; App review: 7 October http://bit.ly/2TrlNSD #JobWaWi

183) Position: @UCCS (Colorado Springs) - T-T Assistant Professor, Human-Environmental Geography. Full consideration - apply by 1 October. http://bit.ly/2Nmfkav #JobWaWi

184) Position: @EcologyWA (Bellevue, WA) - Skagit Nonpoint Water Quality Specialist (Environmental Specialist 4). Continuous. http://bit.ly/2ZnAe0l #JobWaWi

185) Position: @NWF (Austin, TX) - Director, Texas Water Programs. http://bit.ly/2ktqgqT #JobWaWi

186) Position: @USUAggies (Logan, UT) - Assistant Professor, Watershed and Water Quality Management, Department of Watershed Sciences. OUF: App review: 7 October http://bit.ly/2m6tO2M #JobWaWi

187) Positions (2): @EcologyWA (Bellevue, WA) - 1) Nonpoint Water Quality Specialist (Environmental Specialist 3). Continuous. http://bit.ly/2lH2yb1 and 2) Northwest Region Water Quality Planner (Environmental Planner 4). Continuous. http://bit.ly/2kfjoxg #JobWaWi #PNWater

188) Position: @KCDNRP (Seattle, WA) - Technical Coordinator, Snoqualmie Watershed Forum. Closes: 29 September http://bit.ly/2kvnzVU #JobWaWi

189) Position: @UCIrvine (Irvine, CA) - Project Coordinator, Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions. Full consideration: 27 September https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF05546 #JobWaWi

190) Position: @unevadareno (Reno, NV) - Assistant / Associate Professor, Dryland Ecohydrology. OUF; Full consideration: 15 October. http://bit.ly/2kKTEJ9

191) Position: @CityofMeridian (ID) - Water Quality Manager. OUF. https://sforce.co/2lL26bD #JobWaWi

192) Position: @NEIWPCC (Geneva/Rochester, NY) - Environmental Analyst - Drinking Water Specialist. Closes: 4 October https://sforce.co/2mgTz0x

193) Position: @UWMadison (Madison, WI) - Hydrology - transport, transformation, and fate of solutes and materials. (Cluster hire - Freshwater Sustainability). OUF. App review: 31 October. http://bit.ly/2lYZw1Y

194) Position: @UConnNRE (Storrs, CT) - T-T Assistant Professor of Watershed Hydrology. OUF; Full consideration: 10 October. http://bit.ly/2msMERU #JobWaWi (tnx@AquaBgc)

195) Position: @PittTweet (Pittsburgh, PA) - T-T Assistant Professor in Hydrology & Water Sustainability. OUF; App review begins 15 October http://tinyurl.com/PittTTHydro #JobWaWi

196) Position: @HamiltonCollege (Clinton, NY) - Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies (Environmental Data Science). OUF; App review: 1 October http://bit.ly/2ktESXb #JobWaWi (tnx @MkirbyE)

Posted: 26 September 2019 

197) Position: Oregon DF&W (Salem) - Natural Resource Specialist 4 (Instream Flow Scientist/Hydrologist). OUF; First review: 3 October http://bit.ly/2m0oqye

198) Position: @ucmerced (Merced, CA) - Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Earth Surface Processes. App review: 1 January 2020 http://bit.ly/2mzGXBr

199) Position: @okstate (Stillwater, OK) - Ag Sustainability and Water Resources Research Specialist. OUF(?) http://bit.ly/2n2xpzp

200) Position: @okstate (Goodwell, OK) - High Plains Irrigation/Water Management Assistant Extension Specialist (not T-T). OUF; Apps encouraged by 25 October. http://bit.ly/2mtjrGq

201) Position: Ada County Highway District (Boise, ID) - Stormwater Quality Specialist. Closes: 3 October https://sforce.co/2n6qTrd

202) Position: @Baylor (Waco, TX) - Assistant Professor, Hydrology and Surface Processes (tenure-track). OUF; App review: 1 November http://bit.ly/2ncWPKH

203) Position: Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA) - T-T Asst/Assoc/Full Professor, Water Resources Engineering - Urban Water Resources and Hydrologic Sciences. App review: 11 November. Download VT_CEE_WR_Search2019

204) Position: Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA) - T-T Associate/Full Vecellio Professorship in Construction Engineering and Management. App review: 11 November
Download VT_CEE_VCEMPSearch2019-20

205) Position: @CdnWaterNetwork (Waterloo, ON) - Director, Canadian Municipal Water Consortium. Closes: 17 October http://bit.ly/2nShT9J

206) Position: Harney Community-Based Water Planning (CBWP) Collaborative (Burns, OR, or elsewhere) - Project Manager. Closes: 25 October http://bit.ly/2mc4GYZ #JobWaWi

207) Position: @NREL (Golden, CO) - Graduate Intern: Energy-Water Systems (0.50 - 1.00 FTE) http://bit.ly/2lFPWB5 #JobWaWi

208) Position: Engineers in Action (HQ: Tulsa, OK, but location flexible) - Executive Director. Download EIA_ED Description-9-2019

 

3) Some General Employment Resources

AGU Career Center for research/academic jobs

GoodWorkCanada - Canada's Green Jobs Site

Congressional Research Service Positions 

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

UN Jobs in Water Resources

UN Jobs in Water Management

UN Jobs in Water and Sanitation

Global Water Jobs

WASH Vacancies

Academic Jobs Online

Higher Education Job Site

Get Hydrology Jobs

AAG Jobs

@BCWaterNews Jobs Click View Jobs

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

King County (WA) Jobs

Geoscience Job Board

California DWR Jobs

AZ Water Career Center 

Florida Water Jobs

NYC DEP 

Nature Conservancy jobs

State of Washington Careers

Idaho DEQ 

OSU Water Resources Program

Water District Jobs

Academic Jobs in Schools of Physical/Earth Sciences

Mac's List - Jobs in Portland and Beyond!

New Zealand Hydrological Society Jobs Board

California Water Jobs 

Government Jobs

Association of Oregon Counties Job Postings

Soil Science Societies Career Center

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

For the full list of Josh's active water jobs, please visit www.joshswaterjobs.com/jobs

Enjoy! 

"If world leaders choose to fail us, my generation will never forgive them." - Greta Thunberg

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 23 September 2019

Happy first day of Fall/Spring!

Last Wednesday afternoon after our AWRA-Chinese Academy of Science Water Security conference concluded we toured the northern terminus of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project in the greater Beijing area. The picture below was taken by my friend and colleague John L. Sabo of Arizona State University. It shows water emerging from massive underground pipes (2 @ 30 feet or 9.3m in diameter) that move water 70m (230 feet) beneath the Yellow River. Parts of the excavation were dug by hand.

The total amount of water annually transported by all three lines of the project will be about 45 billion cubic meters (c. 36.5 MAF), about 1.5x the storage in Lake Mead at full pool.

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 23 September 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Perspective:  Exposing junk climate science – manipulating data for political purposes

• https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/09/exposing-junk-climate-science.php

Seismic waves in Oklahoma originate from McAlester Army Ammunition Plant – no body waves

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/mysterious-waves-have-been-pulsing-across-oklahoma/ar-AAHfRos

Clarifying climate versus weather

• https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/difference-between-global-warming-and-climate-change.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1

Glacial ice on the Tibetan Plateau – the “third pole”

• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/15/tibetan-plateau-glacier-melt-ipcc-report-third-pole

Alexander von Humboldt made significant contributions to the field of geology

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2019/09/14/alexander-von-humboldts-contributions-to-geology/#2dde7be47b0f

Geology of the Verde Valley - exhibit at Clarkdale Historical Society & Museum

• http://www.sedona.biz/news-from-clarkdale/geology-rocks-geology-of-the-verde-valley-exhibit/

Geological & evolutionary processes create mountain biodiversity

• https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6458/1114
• https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6458/1108

Geologist Bill Chenoweth (1929-2018) inducted into New Mexico Mining Hall of Fame

• https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/gj-geologist-inducted-into-mining-hall-of-fame/article_f937142e-d51c-11e9-8305-20677ce85d90.html

Geochemists measure composition of the mantle – not what we thought

• https://scitechdaily.com/different-than-previously-thought-geochemists-measure-composition-of-earths-mantle/

Two boreholes to be drilled in Bushveld Complex – most valuable mineral province on Earth

• http://www.canadianminingjournal.com/news/geology-scientists-to-drill-the-most-valuable-mineral-province-on-earth/
• https://www.esi-africa.com/industry-sectors/research-and-development/geologists-to-conduct-scientific-drilling-in-the-bushveld-complex/

Rocks below the impact site of the Chicxulub meteor

• https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth-sciences/the-rocks-below-a-famous-crater

Evidence that these Cretaceous dinosaurs nested in colonies – 15 nests including 50 eggs

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlymiller/2019/09/09/first-evidence-that-dinosaurs-nested-in-colonies-15-nests-and-50-eggs-discovered/#6067cc677d8e

In memoriam:  Quinn Morrison Eskelsen (1924- 2019)

• https://www.standard.net/announcements/obituaries/quinn-morrison-eskelsen/article_d0b8dd81-6d9e-53c6-9328-33c986f0df1d.html
• Thesis: Geology of Soapstone Basin:  http://cdmbuntu.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/etd2/id/329

Coastal volcanic mountains initially warm the climate and then cool it over time

• https://eos.org/articles/how-volcanic-mountains-cool-the-climate

Machine learning techniques help characterize storms and predict hailstorms

• https://eos.org/articles/finding-faces-in-hailstorms

Using luminescence signals from marine sediment cores as proxy for past precipitation levels

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/a-new-proxy-for-past-precipitation

Weathering of rock in southern Sierra Nevada results more from physical expansion than chemical decomposition

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190918161634.htm

PhD student discovered new mineral named goldschmidtite inside a diamond

• https://phys.org/news/2019-09-student-unusual-mineral-diamond.html

Continent-sized regions of rocks have remained untouched in the mantle for more than 4 billion years

• https://phys.org/news/2019-09-gigantic-masses-earth-mantle-untouched.html

Landslides in mine waste at the Kumtor Goldmine in Kyrgyzstan

• https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2019/09/19/kumtor-goldmine-landslides-1/

District-scale potential established & land position increased at Carlin-type South Grass Valley Gold Project in Nevada

• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nevada-exploration-establishes-district-scale-124500030.html

Asteroid dust triggered an ice age and shaped the history of life on Earth

• https://nypost.com/2019/09/19/asteroid-dust-helped-trigger-life-on-earth-466-million-years-ago-say-scientists/

Ice on Greenland becoming denser across broader area – less porous – runoff increases

• https://sputniknews.com/science/201909191076842498-scientist-terrified-ice-sheet-greenland/

Massive gas reservoir identified by seismic pressure wave reflections off SW Japan along axis of rifting in Okinawa Trough

• https://www.brightsurf.com/news/article/092019492710/untapped-resource-or-greenhouse-gas-threat-found-below-rifting-axis-off-okinawa-coast.html

Perspective:  What if another “great dying” occurred in the ocean?

• https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvg3zm/this-is-exactly-what-will-happen-after-the-last-fish-in-the-ocean-dies

Full-wave inversion exploration technique provides new perspective on plays in NW Texas

• https://www.oilfieldtechnology.com/exploration/20092019/cgg-seismic-technology-providing-new-perspective-on-northwest-texas-plays/

Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) linked to daily patterns of rainfall in the Maritime Continent

• https://phys.org/news/2019-09-daily-rainfall-sumatra-linked-larger.html

Opal is a hydrous silicon dioxide that exhibits many colors

• https://geology.com/gemstones/opal/

Earth Science week is 13 – 19 October 2019

• http://www.earthsciweek.org/

High-tech requires rare earth minerals – sources in China and in Africa

• https://www.mining-technology.com/features/into-africa-the-us-drive-for-african-rare-earth-minerals/

Renewable energy necessitates mining of rare earth minerals

• https://www.courthousenews.com/renewable-energy-requires-mineral-mining-investment-experts-tell-senators

1815 Eruption of Mt Tambora caused 1816 “year without summer” & inspired Frankenstein

• https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/17/world/tambora-eruption-year-without-summer-scn/index.html

A fun way to learn about the major rock types

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/08/25/3-types-of-rocks/#1cd0d4784686

Facts and fiction of Devils Tower

• https://www.falloncountyextra.com/2019/09/20/devils-tower-facts-and-myths/

In southern California most mainshocks follow foreshocks for M4+ EQs

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/most-southern-california-mainshocks-follow-foreshocks

Silicate melts containing H2) in lowermost mantle are dense and may stagnate

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/hiding-deep-hydrous-melts-at-the-core-mantle-boundary

Perspective:  Arctic sea ice at lowest ice minimum – just remember that record is only over 40 years

• https://eos.org/articles/what-the-arctic-ice-tells-us

International team about to embark on Polarstern for year-long study of central Arctic

• https://phys.org/news/2019-09-scientists-year-long-arctic-center.html

Market Research Reports for natural stones & marble

• https://commercegazette.com/2019/09/21/natural-stones-marble-market-research-report-by-key-players-analysis/

Perspective:  Glacial geology & geomorphology in Greenland

• https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/09/a-geologists-front-row-seat-to-greenland-glacial-melt/

400-year-old prophesy of a giant EQ and great flood in Yorkshire, England

• https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/news-opinion/prophecy-yeovil-would-swept-away-3326121

Most powerful EQ in 30 years hit Albania – aftershocks gradually declining

• https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/major-earthquake-causes-damage-and-injuries-in-albania
• http://en.ata.gov.al/2019/09/22/seismologist-earthquake-aftershocks-gradually-declining/

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 23 September 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Perspective:  Exposing junk climate science – manipulating data for political purposes

• https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/09/exposing-junk-climate-science.php

Perspective:  You have humans

• https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/im-afraid-you-have-humans/

Emerging & re-emerging disease could cause deadly pandemic

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/bill-gates-warned-devastating-quirk-153200649.html

100 years of measles dynamics in London, England

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190912140452.htm
• Paper: https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007305

Hansen’s disease (leprosy) could hit epidemic proportions in the US

• https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/460442-is-a-dark-ages-disease-the-new-american-plague-threat
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/a-medieval-disease-could-resurface-in-america/ar-AAH58Xp

Company towns that reflect part of US history – mining, manufacturing, milling

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/25-towns-devastated-by-losing-a-single-company/ss-AAH8zho

Two illicit marijuana vape products linked to significant number of vaping lung illness cases

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/explainer-one-possible-culprit-in-vaping-lung-illnesses-dank-vapes/ar-AAHgoxW

Hounds from Texas are chasing down rhino poachers in Kruger National Park in South Africa

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/09/texan-hounds-fight-rhino-poaching/

Ebola update:  2,000+ deaths - health minister charged with embezzling funds – indictors that epidemic may be declining

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/dr-congo-ex-health-minister-arrested-for-embezzling-ebola-funds-police/ar-AAHiprj
• http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2019/09/who-urges-caution-amid-ebola-decline-drc
• https://who.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/e70c3804f6044652bc37cce7d8fcef6c

Memphis Zoo helping repopulate & save endangered Louisiana Pine Snake – rarest in North America

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/memphis-zoo-helps-save-north-americas-rarest-snake/vi-AAGUOYT

Contrasting news stories regarding antibiotic drug resistance vs biotech advances

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/healthtrending/biotech-firms-fight-panic-over-spread-of-superbugs/ar-AAHiRJq

Questioning the adequacy of erosion control given high levels of sediment downstream of Boulder Canyon construction project

• https://www.dailycamera.com/2019/09/15/boulder-advocates-flag-sediments-presence-in-boulder-creek/

China focused on soil pollution

• https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2019/09/china-puts-soil-pollution-spotlight/

Two tourists ignored warning signs, got dangerously close to Old Faithful, now arrested – “complete stupidity”

• https://www.yahoo.com/gma/2-men-facing-charges-caught-camera-dangerously-close-194944716--abc-news-topstories.html

Perspective:  Aging inventory of dams in State of Virginia – pose potential failure risk

• https://www.richmond.com/opinion/our-opinion/editorial-don-t-be-afraid-but-be-aware/article_40bce52e-432d-5850-9532-dbaee8b30a1d.html

Major US cities have adopted stricter building energy codes in last few years

• https://www.bdcnetwork.com/least-30-us-cities-have-adopted-stricter-building-energy-codes-2017

Report card on the progress of cities attempting to attain “smart city” status

• https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/report-card-us-cities-far-from-smart-status/562850/

Déjà vu all over again – California Bullet Train project delayed by mismanagement of land acquisition

• https://www.governing.com/news/headlines/California-Bullet-Train-Slowed-by-Unforced-Errors.html
• 2013: https://www.kcra.com/article/eminent-domain-to-be-used-to-seize-land-for-high-speed-rail/5917948#

Update:  74-year old woman who gave birth to two IVF babies in Indian now in intensive care

• https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/words-oldest-parents-intensive-care-twin-girls-154035194.html

Evidence that particulate pollution may impact fetus by crossing the placenta

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/soot-particles-found-placenta-babies-164837321.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11654-3

Perspective:  Why Dems want to generate climate panic – “how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy thing”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/heres-why-dems-want-to-generate-climate-panic-as-they-ignore-ways-to-reduce-carbon-emissions/ar-AAHbPbM

47% of all unsheltered homeless people nationwide are in California

• https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-state-is-home-to-nearly-half-of-all-people-living-on-the-streets-in-the-us-2019-09-18
• Homelessness Report: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/The-State-of-Homelessness-in-America.pdf

Paiute cutthroat trout being returned to native habitat for first time in nearly a century

• https://news.yahoo.com/rare-california-trout-species-returns-050306615.html

Invasive burrowing species cause particular disruption in aquatic environments

• https://eos.org/editors-vox/invasive-species-drive-erosion-in-aquatic-environments

Lanternfly invasion killing trees & grapevines in Pennsylvania – import natural enemy?

• https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/09/16/760147903/vineyards-facing-an-insect-invasion-may-turn-to-aliens-for-help

Can drones effectively replace humans for fire lookout?

• https://www.npr.org/2019/09/15/749547034/a-fire-lookout-on-whats-lost-in-a-transition-to-technology

Mass producing human embryoids – raises questions of ethics of manufacturing “synthetic” human life

• https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/09/11/757072996/scientists-create-a-device-that-can-mass-produce-synthetic-human-embryos

Amahuaca villagers in Boca Pariamanu in Peruvian Amazon basin face battle over water vs gold, illegal logging & invasion by settlers

• https://phys.org/news/2019-09-legal-respite-temporary-amazon-indigenous.html
• https://phys.org/news/2019-09-gold-eternal-nags-ecuador-tribes.html

Perspective:  Going vegetarian is not necessarily the best diet for the planet

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/vegan-vegetarian-climate-change-diets_n_5d7fa569e4b03b5fc8873dc7

Pollution in our drinking water could cause 100,000 cases of cancer – legal limits could still pose risks

• https://www.ehn.org/water-pollution-cause-cancer-2640420606.html
• Paper: https://www.heliyon.com/article/e02314

Home Depot will phase out some products that contain PFAS chemicals

• https://www.ehn.org/home-depot-ban-pfas-2640413305.html
• https://saferchemicals.org/2019/09/17/the-home-depot-bans-toxic-pfas-in-carpets-and-rugs-it-sells/

Neonicotinoid insecticide threatens survival of wild migrating birds

• https://www.ehn.org/common-insecticide-threatens-survival-of-wild-migrating-birds-2640322064.html

Fish farming (aquaculture) dates back to the 5^thmillennium BCE in China

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/fish-farming-may-be-much-older-than-we-thought/

Chemical munitions & radioactive waste pose long-term risks – how to warn future generations?

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/how-do-you-leave-a-warning-that-lasts-as-long-as-nuclear-waste/

Understanding the risks is key to preparedness

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-hazard-science-understanding-risks-key-preparedness?qt-news_science_products=1#qt-news_science_products

Lead pollution:  the good, the bad and the ugly

• https://sciencetrends.com/be-careful-when-speaking-about-lead-pollution-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/

Steamboat American Queen will carry sensor to assess water quality along the entire Mississippi River

• https://www.apnews.com/6958af3d76ea4bfeaa59fd45a3709da0

Emergency repairs still ongoing at Bonneville Navigation Lock

• https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/sep/18/corps-mission-trying-fix-broken-bonneville-lock/

US Army COE & Kansas City Southern RR reach agreement on bridge planned over future Comite River Diversion Canal in Louisiana

• https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_ea267bda-da50-11e9-b50d-efcb96a7cf36.html

Over-pumping is depleting groundwater in Arizona – wells going dry

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/draining-arizona-residents-say-corporate-mega-farms-are-drying-up-their-wells/ar-AAHr5xj

Update on Aiken County, South Carolina, stormwater drainage design for Whiskey Road project

• https://www.aikenstandard.com/news/county-council-receives-update-on-stormwater-drainage-design-for-whiskey/article_4a151574-d989-11e9-9dd8-2f5e31d3e936.html

Honduras coping with worst outbreak of Dengue fever in Central America

• https://news.yahoo.com/central-americas-dengue-epidemic-deadly-040633256.html

Three Mile Island – site of worst US nuclear accident – will close

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/three-mile-island-closes-for-good-after-failing-to-run-profitably/ar-AAHAZl9

Timeline of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster

• https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/timeline-of-a-nuclear-disaster

Moving the headquarters of the US BLM to Grand Junction, Colorado – far outside the Beltway

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/inside-the-trump-administrations-chaotic-dismantling-of-the-federal-land-agency/ar-AAHBg6l

North America has lost 3B birds since 1970

• https://www.sciencenews.org/article/3-billion-birds-lost-since-1970-north-america

Brazilian Amazon and the Cerrado are both being destroyed along with biodiversity

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-amazon-burns-but-another-part-of-brazil-is-being-destroyed-faster/ar-AAHE5UQ

Utah campaigned for more tourists – got more than they bargained for – parks pushed beyond limits

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tourists-heeding-utahs-mighty-5-campaign-overpower-moab/ar-AAHnAER

Facts and figures on the 5 different types of rhinos

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/causes-animals/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-incredible-rhino/ss-AAHrk0Y

CRS Report:  Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal

• https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL33461

8 MILLION specimens in Sutkus dead fish bunkers – so tell me why species are verging on extinction?

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/09/where-fish-are-stuck-in-time-feature/

Seismic monitoring of Mt Hood - area protected under the 1964 Wilderness Act

• https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/commentary-heres-the-problem-with-monitoring-mount-hood-1854072/

Number of teenagers vaping is rapidly increasing since 2017

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/teen-vaping-surge-25-of-12th-graders-report-recent-use-11-daily-use/

Tech hazard:  Millions of medical images & data available on the Internet – “willful neglect”

• https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/millions-of-americans-medical-images-and-data-are-available-on-the-internet/

DRIVER+ project conducted comprehensive disaster management exercise in Austria

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Technologies_for_crisis_management_in_the_event_of_a_disaster_999.html

Planting trees to offset carbon emissions is not a cure-all

• http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Tree-planting_to_offset_carbon_emissions_no_cure-all_999.html

China launches Zhuhai-1 hyperspectral satellites to monitor vegetation, water, crops

• http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_launches_new_remote_sensing_satellites_999.html

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 23 September 2019 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Major environmental factors influencing coast plants of the Outer Banks of North Carolina

• https://www.coastalreview.org/2019/09/coastal-plants-focus-of-sept-18-program/

Habitat restoration plan for Laguna Beach preserve will close unauthorized trail

• https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2019-09-12/coastal-commission-okshabitat-restoration-plan-for-laguna-beach-preserve-that-will-close-unauthorized-trail

Seeking after-the-fact permission for Harbor Patrol changes to dock & beach access in Newport

• https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2019-09-14/county-seeks-after-the-factstate-permissions-for-harbor-patrol-changes-to-dock-and-beach-access-in-newport

Several coastal districts in Istanbul labeled as “first-degree risk” in EQ hazard map update

• https://ahvalnews.com/earthquake/istanbuls-coastal-districts-under-huge-risk-earthquake

Dolphins in Florida carry bacteria that are showing increased antibiotic resistance – human waste and/or antibiotics are entering the waterway

• https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/09/15/Antibiotic-resistance-in-Florida-dolphinsincreases-study-says/2361568414661/

Coastal birds are resilient in simulated hurricane winds

• https://phys.org/news/2019-09-coastal-birds-weather-storm-sea.html

Boston PDA releases coastal flood resilience design guidelines

• https://northendwaterfront.com/2019/09/boston-planning-and-development-agency-releasescoastal-flood-resilience-design-guidelines/

• Boston PDA Zoning Viewer: http://maps.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/zoningviewer/

• Resilient Boston Harbor: https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/resilient-bostonharbor

• Guidelines: http://www.bostonplans.org/getattachment/d1114318-1b95-487c-bc36-682f8594e8b2

History of Percy and Small shipyard

• https://www.pressherald.com/2019/09/18/coastal-history-percy-and-small-shipyard/

Explore the coastal village of Whitby in North Yorkshire, England

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaredranahan/2019/09/16/exploring-whitby-englandspicturesque-coastal-getaway/#205e19ffeb57

Legislation intended to put Fort Monroe coastal land under purview of park service

• https://www.dailypress.com/government/virginia/dp-nw-hampton-luria-fort-monroe-nps-landtransfer-20190917-aebby3qtjjdxfna7opgommfuge-story.html

$18M will reimburse expenses restoring beaches damaged during H. Florence in Carteret County, NC – how soon will the next storm wash it all away?

• https://www.coastalreview.org/2019/09/carteret-gets-18m-to-restore-beaches/

A layered approach to coastal resiliency in New York City

• https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/09/16/princeton-collaborators-bring-layered-approachcoastal-resiliency-new-york-city

Beach user fees increased in Cameron County, Texas, to pay for coastal park improvements

• https://www.kveo.com/news/cameron-county-commissioners-vote-to-increase-beach-userfees-for-coastal-park-improvements/

Man-made river diversions have previously led to coastal land loss – a lesson to be learned for Louisiana

• https://eos.org/articles/diverting-the-mississippi-river-may-not-save-louisianas-coast

4B bits of microplastics in waters of Tampa Bay, Florida, & 3B bits in surface sediments

• https://www.treehugger.com/plastic/4-billion-bits-microplastics-water-tampa-bay.html

7 places being ruined by pollution & too many tourists from cruise ships

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/7-places-being-ruined-by-cruise-ships/ss-AAHfL6V

Study suggests new sea defenses in Japan could be “overwhelmed” by future tsunamis

• https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/japans-new-sea-defences-could-be-overwhelmed-byfuture-tsunami-sea-levels-rise-1.865423

• Paper: https://apjjf.org/2019/13/Matanle.html

Record high water levels in Lake Erie caused flooding & shoreline erosion in Ottawa County parks

• https://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/story/news/local/2019/09/20/lake-erie-water-levelscause-severe-flooding-devastating-erosion/2344916001/

Costs of shielding New York City from coastal impacts will be astronomical

• https://phys.org/news/2019-09-herculean-task-shield-york.html

"There are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters." - @BorisJohnson(quoted in @nypost via @TheWeek)

CRS Report: 'The Endangered Species Act and Climate Change - Selected Legal Issues'

CRS report (20 September 2019) by Linda Tsang: The Endangered Species Act and Climate Change - Selected Legal Issues.

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Introduction
For more than a decade, federal agencies have grappled with how to address climate change effects when implementing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). The ESA aims to protect threatened and endangered fish, wildlife, and plants from extinction. As set forth by Congress,one of the main purposes of the ESA is to “provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend may be conserved.”

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the Services) have acknowledged that the changing climate may threaten the survival of and habitat for some species. As noted by courts and legal scholars, the ESA does not expressly require the Services to consider the effect of climate change in their ESA decisions. However, the ESA and its implementing regulations (1) direct the Services to consider “natural or manmade factors affecting [a species’] continued existence” when determining whether a species should be protected under the ESA;and (2) require the Services to analyze cumulative effects on a species’ survival when analyzing whether federal actionsjeopardize a species protected under the Act. The courts and the Services have interpreted these provisions as requiring the Services to consider climate change effects in the ESA decisionmaking process. Various lawsuits have challenged theServices’ interpretation of complex scientific data or models that predict short- and long-term effects from a changing global climate on specific species and their habitats.

Legal challenges have influenced how the Services implement the ESA when climate change affects species and their habitats. Lawsuits typically focus on two main issues: (1) when the Services should list, delist, or reclassify a species as threatened or endangered because of climate change effects; and (2) whether the Services can or should regulate activities that affect the climate to protect species and their habitat. Judicial review has helped to ensure that the Services consider projected climate change effects on species in their ESA decisions. However, the courts have not required the Services to curb activities that may contribute to climate change to protect threatened or endangered species.

Stakeholders disagree on whether the ESA should play a role in addressing climate change, with some arguing that the ESA is not equipped to mitigate climate change effects. Other stakeholders believe that the Services can and should wield the ESA to protect further species threatened by climate change by curbing activities contributing to climate change. From the Services’ viewpoint, the best available scientific and commercial data have been insufficient to determine whether greenhouse gas emissions from a proposed activity cause detrimental effects on a species or its habitat. In light of the judicial deference afforded to the Services, the courts have not expanded the ESA as a tool to protect listed species by regulating activities that contribute to climate change.

This report analyzes the courts’ role in shaping how the Services have factored climate change effects into ESA decisions and recent 2019 regulatory developments that aim to clarify how the Services consider and address climate change in their ESA decisions. In August 2019, the Services finalized revisions to the ESA implementing regulations, aiming to increase transparency and effectiveness of the ESA while easing regulatory burdens. Among those changes, the Services clarified their existing policies and practices for factoring climate change effects into their ESA decisions. As legislative proposals to revise the ESA continue to develop, legal battles over the how the Services interpret climate change effects in their ESA decisions will likely continue.

Cutting to the chase...

Potential Implications
When the ESA was enacted in 1973, Congress did not consider climate change as a significant factor in conserving endangered species. Although the Services and the courts have acknowledged that actions taken under the ESA must consider climate change effects on species and their habitats, the debate continues on whether the ESA can adequately protect and conserve species threatened by climate change effects. Stakeholders disagree on what role the ESA should play in addressing climate change, with some arguing that the ESA is not equipped to mitigate climate change effects. Other stakeholders believe that the Services can and should wield the ESA to protect species threatened by climate change and to curb activities contributing to climate change.

Generally, legal scholars agree that litigation has influenced how the Services factor climate change effects into ESA decisions. Legal challenges have helped to ensure that the Services consider projected climate change effects on species in their ESA decisions. In light of the judicial deference afforded to the Services, the courts have not expanded the ESA as a tool to protect listed species by regulating activities that contribute to climate change. From the Services’ viewpoint, the best available scientific and commercial data have been insufficient to determine that GHG emissions from a proposed activity cause detrimental effects on the species or its habitat. However, as climate modeling and technology advance, the Services may be able to predict the causes and effects from climate change on species with greater scientific certainty and data.

Members of Congress may be interested in the implications of revising the ESA to clarify its treatment of climate change effects. Legislation could clarify whether ESA Section 9 prohibitions or Section 7 consultation requirements apply to indirect harms that contribute to climate changes that may affect a species’ survival, or how the Services should address scientific uncertainty associated with projected climate change effects when making listing determinations. As legislative proposals continue to develop, legal battles over the how the Services interpret climate change effects in their ESA decisions will likely continue.

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CRS Report: 'Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal' Updated 16 September 2019

Mark Holt updated (16 September 2019) this CRS report, Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal.

Still don't have a solution to this issue. I still like deep burial within a formation like the Pierre Shale or salt deposits like the WIPP. One of these days....

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Summary
Management of civilian radioactive waste has posed difficult issues for Congress since the beginning of the nuclear power industry in the 1950s. Federal policy is based on the premise that nuclear waste can be disposed of safely, but proposed storage and disposal facilities have frequently been challenged on safety, health, and environmental grounds. Although civilian radioactive waste encompasses a wide range of materials, most of the current debate focuses on highly radioactive spent fuel from nuclear power plants. The United States currently has no permanent disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel or other highly radioactive waste.

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA) calls for disposal of spent nuclear fuel in a deep geologic repository. NWPA requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to develop such a repository, which would be licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Amendments to NWPA in 1987 restricted DOE’s repository site studies to Yucca Mountain in Nevada. DOE submitted a license application for the proposed Yucca Mountain repository to NRC on June 3, 2008. The State of Nevada strongly opposes the Yucca Mountain project, citing excessive water infiltration, earthquakes, volcanoes, human intrusion, and other technical issues.

Licensing and design work for the proposed Yucca Mountain repository was halted under the Obama Administration, which cited continued opposition from Nevada. To develop an alternative nuclear waste policy, the Obama Administration established the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, which in 2012 recommended a “consent based” process for siting nuclear waste storage and disposal facilities.

The Trump Administration included funds to restart Yucca Mountain licensing in its FY2018, FY2019, and FY2020 budget submissions to Congress. The FY2018 and FY2019 Yucca Mountain funding requests were not enacted. For FY2020, the House did not provide funding for Yucca Mountain in the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill (H.R. 2740), and the Senate Appropriations Committee also provided no funding in its version of the bill (S. 2470), approved September 12, 2019.

Several nuclear waste bills have been introduced in the 116th Congress. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing June 27, 2019, on a bill to create a Nuclear Waste Administration to implement a consent-based siting process for nuclear waste facilities (S. 1234). Newly proposed waste sites would require consent by host states and affected local governments and Indian tribes. The bill would not affect the existing Yucca Mountain licensing process.

A bill to provide the necessary land controls for the planned Yucca Mountain repository (H.R. 2699) was introduced May 14, 2019. The bill also would authorize DOE to store commercial waste from nuclear power plants at a nonfederal interim storage facility and ease the capacity limit on the Yucca Mountain repository from 70,000 to 110,000 metric tons, in comparison with the approximately 80,000 metric tons currently stored at U.S. nuclear plants. It is similar to a bill passed by the House in the 115th Congress (H.R. 3053, H.Rept. 115-355).

Other nuclear waste bills in the 116th Congress would prohibit expenditures on the Yucca Mountain repository without state and local consent (H.R. 1544, S. 649), establish priorities for nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 2995), and authorize grants to communities to compensate for continued waste storage at closed reactors (S. 1985), among others.

Nonfederal interim storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel are being proposed in New Mexico and Texas. Interim storage proponents contend that DOE could fulfill its disposal obligations under NWPA by taking title to spent fuel at nuclear plant sites and storing it at private facilities until a permanent underground repository could be opened.

NWPA required DOE to begin removing spent fuel from reactor sites by January 31, 1998. Because that deadline was missed, nuclear utilities have sued DOE to recover the additional storage costs they have incurred, with damage payment so far totaling $7.4 billion.

 

Cutting to the chase...

Disposal of radioactive waste will be a key issue in the continuing nuclear power debate. Without central disposal or storage facilities, spent fuel from nuclear power plants must be stored on-site indefinitely. This situation has raised growing public concern near permanently closed nuclear plants, which cannot be fully decommissioned until their spent fuel is shipped off-site. Concern about spent fuel storage safety was heightened by the March 2011 disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Under current law, the federal government’s nuclear waste disposal policy is focused on the Yucca Mountain site. However, President Obama’s actions to terminate the Yucca Mountain project and develop a new waste strategy through the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future brought most activities in the DOE waste program to a halt. Congress is continuing to debate the project’s future, particularly through the appropriations process. The NRC staff’s finding in October 2014 that the Yucca Mountain site would meet NRC standards after the repository was filled and sealed has been cited as evidence of the project’s continued viability.130

The Trump Administration’s proposed funding to restart Yucca Mountain licensing and the 2017 retirement of Senator Reid, who as Democratic Leader had strongly opposed the Yucca Mountain project, may affect legislative action on nuclear waste. In requesting $120 million in FY2018 for Yucca Mountain licensing and spent fuel storage, the Trump Administration said, “These investments would accelerate progress on fulfilling the Federal Government’s obligations to address nuclear waste, enhance national security, and reduce future taxpayer burden.”131 The Yucca Mountain funding was not approved for FY2018 or FY2019, but the Trump Administration has made a similar request for FY2020. The requested Yucca Mountain funding was not included in FY2020 Energy and Water Development appropriations bills passed by the House or approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Because of their waste-disposal contracts with DOE, owners of existing reactors are likely to continue seeking damages from the federal government if disposal delays continue. For example, DOE’s 2004 settlement with the nation’s largest nuclear operator, Exelon, could require payments of up to $600 million from the federal judgment fund. DOE estimates that its potential liabilities for waste program delays could total as much as $35.5 billion, including the $7.4 billion already paid to Exelon and other utilities in settlements and final judgments. The nuclear industry has predicted that future damages could rise by tens of billions of dollars more if the federal disposal program fails altogether.

Lack of a nuclear waste disposal system could also affect the licensing of proposed new nuclear plants, both because of NRC licensing guidelines and various state laws.132 In addition, further repository delays could force DOE to miss compliance deadlines for defense waste disposal.

Problems being created by nuclear waste disposal delays were addressed by the Blue Ribbon Commission in its final report, issued in January 2012. Major options include centralized interim storage, continued storage at existing nuclear sites, reprocessing and waste treatment technology, development of alternative repository sites, or a combination. The commission recommended that a congressionally chartered corporation be established to undertake a negotiated process for siting new waste storage and disposal facilities.

The “consent based” nuclear waste siting process recommended by the Blue Ribbon Commission, and which would be authorized by several bills in Congress, has attracted serious interest from localities in New Mexico and Texas. However, previous voluntary siting efforts, such as those by the U.S. Nuclear Waste Negotiator established by the 1987 NWPA amendments, also attracted serious local interest but were ultimately blocked by the governments of the potential host states.

Therefore, the cooperation of states is likely to be crucial to the success of any renewed “consent based” siting effort.

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Reports likw this conjure memories of running around Nevada over 30 years ago. 

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