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TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 25 - 31 July 2020

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The links below represent the week's water news as represented by my Tweets. I do not pretend that this survey is a comprehensive survey of the water news; it's my attempt to keep my readers informed to the best of my ability and available time.

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Coronavirus and COVID-19
From @CASTagScience 'Friday Notes' - 31 July 2020. Research in the Pandemic Era and More! https://conta.cc/3jWfmUp

It's @Nature Briefing - 31 July 2020. Today we ponder the bizarre mating behaviour of anglerfish, catch up with efforts to produce a #coronavirus vaccine and find out why skin grows bigger as you stretch it. https://bit.ly/2EEW9Xh

It's @nature Briefing - 30 July 2020. Today we celebrate the successful launch of @NASA’s Perseverance rover, discover the source of Stonehenge’s sarsen stones and explore how #coronavirus hotspots are spreading across the United States. https://bit.ly/31hnDKj

In @USATODAY Climate Point - 31 July 2020. Saving the Amazon and sourcing clean water for Navajo Nation - More! https://bit.ly/39HgCpR #SWUSwater #globalwater

It's @nature Briefing - 29 July 2020. Today we welcome some 100-million-year-old microbes back to life, investigate how much deep cleaning really helps to stop the #coronavirus spreading, and check out Pluto’s dark side. https://bit.ly/3jLPoTD

It's @nature Briefing - 28 July 2020. Today we meet the artificial-intelligence system that can recognize individual birds, catch up on the latest #coronavirus research and look back at space missions that have brought extraterrestrial material to Earth https://bit.ly/39xrNBo

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Mgmt - 27 July 2020 https://bit.ly/3eZQfMM

It's @nature Briefing - 27 July 2020. Today we learn that Earth’s atmosphere rings like a giant bell, hear from South Africa’s top #coronavirus adviser and delve into the origin of language. https://bit.ly/3g6cH8m

From @AWRAHQ: Water Resources IMPACT Special Issue: 'Water Resources In The Time of #COVID19' (free) edited by @LISABEUTLER https://bit.ly/330R4Tn

In @nytimes: With #COVID19, a Seismic Quiet Like No Other https://nyti.ms/39uwjQT (tnx @ScottKing56)

From @AP via@gtnews: Photos: #HurricaneHanna hits virus-weary Texas, floods expected https://bit.ly/30M1vY6 #txwater #globalwater #coronavirus #COVID19

“Not everyone agrees with wearing a mask, but then again, not everyone agrees with a loved one getting sick and dying either. So face up to wearing a mask and just maybe by doing that, you have saved someone's loved one. Maybe even your own.”-Anthony Hincks #COVID19 #coronavirus

Top Twenty-Five (More or Less)
From @AGU_Eos: Accessibility and Fieldwork in the Time of #Coronavirus https://bit.ly/3i75dCP

From @AGU_Eos Buzz Newsletter - 31 July 2020. The Latest Science News by@theAGU https://bit.ly/39I1Fng

In @BreakingNews_RS: @GavinNewsom asks @WarrenBuffett to back dam removal. https://bit.ly/2EAqW7r #cawater

NEW!!! @TexasPlusWater is out with results of a water infrastructure survey by @TX_WIN & @Water_Opinions plus the Outlook by @MaceatMeadows, the Q&A with @TSSWCB Executive Director Rex Isom & so much more: https://bit.ly/3fiODxU

From @WaterSourceMag: Report from @UNUniversity - A 3-D Lens on Water and Migration. https://bit.ly/3jVyTEp #globalwater

In @thelandnews Hydrating landscape key to the future https://bit.ly/3jSWvJP

The @USGAO Report: 'Climate Resilience - Actions Needed to Ensure DOD Considers Climate Risks to Contractors as Part of Acquisition,Supply,and Risk Assessment'

Thursday Trifecta! CRS Reports: 'Federally Supported Projects and Programs for Wastewater, Drinking Water, and Water Supply Infrastructure' and Two More! https://bit.ly/2P69NEO

 

In @CC_Yale: Deliberate flooding of agricultural land could recharge Idaho groundwater. https://bit.ly/2XaI1vg #PNWater

 

In @washingtonpost: The Energy 202: Hunting and fishing groups urge Congress to work together on climate change https://wapo.st/2CZOWR4

 

In @EPAwater: The final rule to reduce lead in internal plumbing materials used in public water systems,homes, schools,etc. to prevent new sources of lead from being introduced into internal plumbing systems will help protect public health https://bit.ly/3hM7wec

 

Great article by Carol Collier, former Delaware River Basin Commission ED and @AWRAHQ Past President. From @AcadNatSci: How do you manage a river? https://bit.ly/334gSh6

 

In @RuralWaterNet: Happy 10th anniversary - human rights to water & sanitation! https://bit.ly/2D9EhTA #globalwater

 

Film by@UPGroResearch: 'Unlocking Africa's Groundwater Potential' https://bitly.is/39yAco2 (tnx @RuralWaterNet)

 

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Mgmt - 27 July 2020 https://bit.ly/3eZQfMM

 

From @AWRAHQ: Water Resources IMPACT Special Issue: 'Water Resources In The Time of #COVID19' (free) edited by @LISABEUTLER https://bit.ly/330R4Tn

 

The @BCWaterNews: Top Water Stories, 20 - 24 July 2020. https://bit.ly/30StBkk

 

In @nytimes: With #COVID19, a Seismic Quiet Like No Other https://nyti.ms/39uwjQT (tnx @ScottKing56)

 

In @latimes: Trump administration clears way for Alaska's Pebble Mine, despite fears it could imperil salmon fishery. https://lat.ms/32V0zDu

 

From @WLRN: @CityofMiami Proposal For Fighting Climate Change Rattles Environmentalists https://bit.ly/3hzibsz #FLwater

 

Water, Volume 12, Issue 7 (July 2020): Hydrology and Hydraulics, Governance and Management, Urban Water, Wastewater & More! - 232 Papers! https://bit.ly/2OTOfuP

 

Free download! @AGU_Eos Volume 101, No. 8 - August 2020: 'The Data Problem' https://bit.ly/2D7u8qR

 

On the 'The Stream' with @WillSarni & Tom Freyberg: Smarter agricultural water trading with @RichaelYoung, CEO of Mammoth Water https://youtu.be/BpSS59VdJKE

 

From @GRAofCalifornia: Third Annual Western Groundwater Congress 14-17 September 2020, 8:30 - 5 PM. Registration open and draft agenda available! https://bit.ly/33fPVao

 

In @Water_MDPI: 'Socio-Hydrology: A New Understanding to Unite or a New Science to Divide?' by @KavehMadani and Majid Shafiee-Jood https://bit.ly/2BObH9X

 

Books and Reviews
New book by Philine Wehling: 'Nile Water Rights - An International Law Perspective' http://bit.ly/3gVo5UD

Bottled Water, Beer, Drinking Water/TapWater
In @EPAwater: The final rule to reduce lead in internal plumbing materials used in public water systems,homes, schools,etc. to prevent new sources of lead from being introduced into internal plumbing systems will help protect public health https://bit.ly/3hM7wec

Bullshit and Crap Detection
In @latimes: Trump administration clears way for Alaska's Pebble Mine, despite fears it could imperil salmon fishery. https://lat.ms/32V0zDu

California
In @BreakingNews_RS: @GavinNewsom asks @WarrenBuffett to back dam removal. https://bit.ly/2EAqW7r #cawater

Lois Henry of @SJVWater in @Bakersfieldcali: Valley farmers look to mountain stream to replenish groundwater https://bit.ly/33dP0HJ

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History - 27 July. 1963: Death of Garrett A. Morgan; 1976: Legionnaires' Disease in Philadelphia; 1905: Consideration of Owens Valley Water Supply for Los Angeles https://bit.ly/3hJY37k #TDIWH

From @GRAofCalifornia: Third Annual Western Groundwater Congress 14-17 September 2020, 8:30 - 5 PM. Registration open and draft agenda available! https://bit.ly/33fPVao

Canada
From @CanadianWater 'The Droplet' Newsletter - 27 July 2020. Watershed Management | Water Safety | Agricultural Water Management | More! https://bit.ly/305MYHr

In @globalnews: La Ronge Dam at risk of failing: Saskatchewan Water Security Agency https://wtrpr.tl/3hXbelr

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
In @USATODAY Climate Point - 31 July 2020. Saving the Amazon and sourcing clean water for Navajo Nation - More! https://bit.ly/39HgCpR #SWUSwater #globalwater

In @thelandnews Hydrating landscape key to the future https://bit.ly/3jSWvJP

From @WLRN: @CityofMiami Proposal For Fighting Climate Change Rattles Environmentalists https://bit.ly/3hzibsz #FLwater

In @washingtonpost: The Energy 202: Hunting and fishing groups urge Congress to work together on climate change https://wapo.st/2CZOWR4

Conferences,Webinars, Workshops and Calls for Abstracts/Paper
From @ngwatweets: 2020 Groundwater Summit will be virtual - 8-10 December. Visit: https://bit.ly/3jkAeEu

From @AWRAHQ: 2020 Virtual Geospatial Water Technology Conference: Complex Systems 4 - 13 August https://bit.ly/2UBeV79

Free conference via @michiganstateu: 'Engagement with Science: Defining and Measuring Success' Online in-depth discussions 4 & 5, 11 & 12 September. https://bit.ly/3fNE1bo

New deadline! From @iwra_water: 'Addressing Groundwater Resilience under Climate Change' online conference, 29-30 October 2020. Abstracts due: 31 July https://bit.ly/38CQCuY

AWRA's Workshop Series on 'Diversity, Equity and Inclusion' by @joegerstandt Pt. 2: 29 July 1-2 PM ET: 'Inclusive Leadership'. Free for @AWRAHQ members; Non-members = $99 https://bit.ly/31TXlzx

From @GRAofCalifornia: Third Annual Western Groundwater Congress 14-17 September 2020, 8:30 - 5 PM. Registration open and draft agenda available! https://bit.ly/33fPVao

Conflict, Cooperation, and Security
From @WaterSourceMag: Report from @UNUniversity - A 3-D Lens on Water and Migration. https://bit.ly/3jVyTEp #globalwater

Disasters: Droughts, Floods, Wildfires and More
From @AP via@gtnews: Photos: #HurricaneHanna hits virus-weary Texas, floods expected https://bit.ly/30M1vY6 #txwater 

From @nytimes: New Data Reveals Hidden Flood Risk Across America. https://lnkd.in/gZrGa3p

In @globalnews: La Ronge Dam at risk of failing: Saskatchewan Water Security Agency https://wtrpr.tl/3hXbelr

Daily Water Newsletters
California Water Daily
The Caifornia Water Daily - 31 July 2020 https://bit.ly/33cLq0k #cawater

The California Water Daily - 30 July 2020. https://bit.ly/3hVu1NF #cawater

The California Water Daily - 29 July 2020. https://bit.ly/3fbdRht #cawater

The California Water Daily - 28 July2020. https://bit.ly/333Zvgn #cawater

The California Water Daily - 27 July 2020. https://bit.ly/30R4ui2 #cawater

The California Water Daily - 26 July 2020. https://bit.ly/301nvyY #cawater

The California Water Daily - 25 July 2020. https://bit.ly/337ixmr #cawater

Colorado Water Daily
The Colorado Water Daily - 31 July 2020 https://bit.ly/313gqNL #cowater

The Colorado Water Daily - 30 July 2020. https://bit.ly/30fKab3 #cowater

 

The Colorado Water Daily - 29 July 2020. https://bit.ly/3gaAFiF #cowater

 

The Colorado Water Daily - 28 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2P9i4HP #cowater

 

The Colorado Water Daily - 27 July 2020. https://bit.ly/3gky1XL #cowater

 

The Colorado Water Daily - 26 July 2020. https://bit.ly/303CTLo #cowater

 

The Colorado Water Daily - 25 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2ZZ0igF #cowater

 

Florida Water Daily
The Florida Water Daily - 31 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2PcwiI7 #FLwater

The Florida Water Daily - 30 July 2020. https://bit.ly/3jXRAqY #FLwater

The Florida Water Daily - 29 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2P5jvHB #FLwater

The Florida Water Daily - 28 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2X5DkCN #FLwater 

The Florida Water Daily - 27 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2X0qGVw #FLwater

The Florida Water Daily - 26 July 2020. https://bit.ly/3jOuvav #FLwater

The Florida Water Daily - 25 July 2020. https://bit.ly/30QKmN3 #FLwater

Northeast US Water Daily
The Northeast US Water Daily - 31 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2Xgepwv

The Northeast US Water Daily - 30 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2EAjxoM #NEWater

The Northeast US Water Daily - 29 July 2020. https://bit.ly/3134uvc #NEWater

The Northeast US Water Daily - 28 July 2020. https://bit.ly/30TMvHI #NEWater

The Northeast US Water Daily - 27 July 2020. https://bit.ly/39yBvDr #NEWater

The Northeast US Water Daily - 26 July 2020. https://bit.ly/39sYaks #NEWater

The Northeast US Water Daily - 25 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2BvvlYh #NEWater

Pacific Northwest Water Daily
The Pacific Northwest Water Daily - 31 July 2020. https://bit.ly/33dRMwA #PNWater

The Pacific Northwest Water Daily - 30 July 2020. https://bit.ly/3hQch6p #PNWater

The Pacific Northwest Water Daily - 29 July 2020. https://bit.ly/3g9zJva #PNWater

The Pacific Northwest Water Daily - 28 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2CVm2S3 #PNWater

The Eugene Water Weekly - 27 July 2020. https://bit.ly/3g7p5ou #EUGwater #PNWater

The Pacific Northwest Water Daily - 27 July 2020. https://bit.ly/3f7cWPh #PNWater

The Pacific Northwest Water Daily - 26 July 2020. https://bit.ly/3g5EB4u #PNWater

The Pacific Northwest Water Daily - 25 July 2020. https://bit.ly/301ftGl #PNWater

Southwest US Water Daily
The Southwest US Water Daily - 31 July 2020. https://bit.ly/318uDZx #SWUSwater

The Southwest US Water Daily - 30 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2BIZwvb #SWUSwater

The Southwest US Water Daily - 29 July 2020 https://bit.ly/2EwyAzP #SWUSwater

The Southwest US Water Daily - 28 July 2020. https://bit.ly/30TM1Bo #SWUSwater

The Southwest US Water Daily - 27 July 2020. https://bit.ly/3jJObvQ #SWUSwater

The Southwest US Water Daily - 26 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2CP107E #SWUSwater

The Southwest US Water Daily - 25 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2WQlNhZ #SWUSwater

Texas Water Daily
The Texas Water Daily - 31 July 2020. #txwater cc: @TxWRI https://bit.ly/2XfoFoM

The Texas Water Daily - 30 July 2020. https://bit.ly/33bRvtY #txwater

The Texas Water Daily - 29 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2D0EwR1 #txwater

The Texas WaterDaily - 28 July 2020. https://bit.ly/332L8cv #txwater

The Texas Water Daily - 27 July 2020. https://bit.ly/3hHvbfL #txwater

The Texas Water Daily - 26 July 2020. https://bit.ly/300ZZCh #txwater

The Texas Water Daily - 25 July 2020. https://bit.ly/39uOHZT #txwater

Education, Events, and Opportunities
From @OSUCEOAS 'On the Horizon' Newsletter - 31 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2D81gi3

From @AGU_Eos: Accessibility and Fieldwork in the Time of #Coronavirus https://bit.ly/3i75dCP

 

In @RuralWaterNet: Happy 10th anniversary - human rights to water & sanitation! https://bit.ly/2D9EhTA #globalwater

 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History - 31 July. 1859: Birth of Theobald Smith https://bit.ly/33bnn1S #TDIWH

 

From @CaptDocMike
This Day in Water History - 30 July. 2018: Wooden Water Pipes in Edinburgh; 1982: Surgeon General Koop discusses fluoride; 1894: Jersey City’s Contaminated Water Supply https://bit.ly/2XbKEwQ #TDIWH

 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History - 29 July. 1911: Common Cup Observations on New Jersey Trains. https://bit.ly/2P5URX9 #TDIWH

 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History - 28 July. 1909: Stream Pollution in America https://bit.ly/3g7riQN #TDIWH

 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History - 27 July. 1963: Death of Garrett A. Morgan; 1976: Legionnaires' Disease in Philadelphia; 1905: Consideration of Owens Valley Water Supply for Los Angeles https://bit.ly/3hJY37k #TDIWH

 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History - 26 July. 1930: Allen Hazen Dies. https://bit.ly/3jGgJ9v #TDIWH

 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History - 25 July. 1698: Thomas Savery Gets Patent for Steam Pump; 1799: Birth of James Simpson https://bit.ly/32UchhJ #TDIWH

E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers
From @CASTagScience 'Friday Notes' - 31 July 2020. Research in the Pandemic Era and More! https://conta.cc/3jWfmUp

The@BCWaterNews: Top Water Stories, 20 - 24 July 2020. https://bit.ly/30StBkk

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Mgmt - 27 July 2020 https://bit.ly/3eZQfMM

From @CanadianWater 'The Droplet' Newsletter - 27 July 2020. Watershed Management | Water Safety | Agricultural Water Management | More! https://bit.ly/305MYHr

In @USATODAY Climate Point - 31 July 2020. Saving the Amazon and sourcing clean water for Navajo Nation - More! https://bit.ly/39HgCpR #SWUSwater #globalwater

From @OSUCEOAS 'On the Horizon' Newsletter - 31 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2D81gi3

From @AGU_Eos Buzz Newsletter - 31 July 2020. The Latest Science News by@theAGU https://bit.ly/39I1Fng

The @WaterNetwork1 Newsletter-31 July 2020. Essential Industry Trending Technology~Editor's Choice~Articles & Knowledge Exchange~Featured Jobs~Online Course~Events~More https://bit.ly/3ghE537

NEW!!! @TexasPlusWater is out with results of a water infrastructure survey by @TX_WIN & @Water_Opinions plus the Outlook by @MaceatMeadows, the Q&A with @TSSWCB Executive Director Rex Isom & so much more: https://bit.ly/3fiODxU

It's @Nature Briefing - 31 July 2020. Today we ponder the bizarre mating behaviour of anglerfish, catch up with efforts to produce a #coronavirus vaccine and find out why skin grows bigger as you stretch it. https://bit.ly/2EEW9Xh

It's @nature Briefing - 30 July 2020. Today we celebrate the successful launch of @NASA’s Perseverance rover, discover the source of Stonehenge’s sarsen stones and explore how #coronavirus hotspots are spreading across the United States. https://bit.ly/31hnDKj

It's @nature Briefing - 29 July 2020. Today we welcome some 100-million-year-old microbes back to life, investigate how much deep cleaning really helps to stop the #coronavirus spreading, and check out Pluto’s dark side. https://bit.ly/3jLPoTD

It's @nature Briefing - 28 July 2020. Today we meet the artificial-intelligence system that can recognize individual birds, catch up on the latest #coronavirus research and look back at space missions that have brought extraterrestrial material to Earth https://bit.ly/39xrNBo

It's @nature Briefing - 27 July 2020. Today we learn that Earth’s atmosphere rings like a giant bell, hear from South Africa’s top #coronavirus adviser and delve into the origin of language. https://bit.ly/3g6cH8m

Ethics, Gender, Indigenous People, Rights
In @USATODAY Climate Point - 31 July 2020. Saving the Amazon and sourcing clean water for Navajo Nation - More! https://bit.ly/39HgCpR #SWUSwater #globalwater

In @RuralWaterNet: Happy 10th anniversary - human rights to water & sanitation! https://bit.ly/2D9EhTA #globalwater

Florida  #FLwater
From @WLRN: @CityofMiami Proposal For Fighting Climate Change Rattles Environmentalists https://bit.ly/3hzibsz #FLwater

Global Water  #globalwater
In @USATODAY Climate Point - 31 July 2020. Saving the Amazon and sourcing clean water for Navajo Nation - More! https://bit.ly/39HgCpR #SWUSwater #globalwater

From @WaterSourceMag: Report from @UNUniversity - A 3-D Lens on Water and Migration. https://bit.ly/3jVyTEp #globalwater

New deadline! From @iwra_water: 'Addressing Groundwater Resilience under Climate Change' online conference, 29-30 October 2020. Abstracts due: 31 July https://bit.ly/38CQCuY

In @RuralWaterNet: Happy 10th anniversary - human rights to water & sanitation! https://bit.ly/2D9EhTA #globalwater

Film by@UPGroResearch: 'Unlocking Africa's Groundwater Potential' https://bitly.is/39yAco2 (tnx @RuralWaterNet)

In @Water_MDPI: 'Socio-Hydrology: A New Understanding to Unite or a New Science to Divide?' by @KavehMadani and Majid Shafiee-Jood https://bit.ly/2BObH9X

On the 'The Stream' with @WillSarni & Tom Freyberg: Smarter agricultural water trading with @RichaelYoung, CEO of Mammoth Water https://youtu.be/BpSS59VdJKE

Groundwater and Hydrogeology
Lois Henry of @SJVWater in @Bakersfieldcali: Valley farmers look to mountain stream to replenish groundwater https://bit.ly/33dP0HJ

In @CC_Yale: Deliberate flooding of agricultural land could recharge Idaho groundwater. https://bit.ly/2XaI1vg #PNWater

From @ngwatweets: 2020 Groundwater Summit will be virtual - 8-10 December. Visit: https://bit.ly/3jkAeEu

New deadline! From @iwra_water: 'Addressing Groundwater Resilience under Climate Change' online conference, 29-30 October 2020. Abstracts due: 31 July https://bit.ly/38CQCuY

Film by@UPGroResearch: 'Unlocking Africa's Groundwater Potential' https://bitly.is/39yAco2 (tnx @RuralWaterNet)

From @Hatarilabs: Are hydrogeologist - numerical modelers limited without programming? https://bit.ly/302jjPr

From @GRAofCalifornia: Third Annual Western Groundwater Congress 14-17 September 2020, 8:30 - 5 PM. Registration open and draft agenda available! https://bit.ly/33fPVao

Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy
In @CSTribune via @MtnWestNews: Major Wyoming shale producer @Chesapeake Energy files for bankruptcy. https://bit.ly/3gghqDX

NE Water #NEWater
Great article by Carol Collier, former Delaware River Basin Commission ED and @AWRAHQ Past President. From @AcadNatSci: How do you manage a river? https://bit.ly/334gSh6

PA @GovernorTomWolf Announces $66 Million Investment in Water Infrastructure Projects in Nine Counties https://bit.ly/301gbmO #NEWater

Personal, People, Interviews, and Quotes
"I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble, necessary trouble." - Rep. John R. Lewis

“Not everyone agrees with wearing a mask, but then again, not everyone agrees with a loved one getting sick and dying either. So face up to wearing a mask and just maybe by doing that, you have saved someone's loved one. Maybe even your own.”-Anthony Hincks #COVID19 #coronavirus

"Democracy means the belief that humanistic culture should prevail." - John Dewey, 1939 (tnx @JayLund113)

"Unearned suffering is redemptive." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Big data is like teenage sex: everybody talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it." - Dan Ariely

"Kill them all; the Lord will know his own." - Arnauld-Amalric, 1209, Abbot of Citeaux, when his soldiers asked how they could distinguish heretics from Christians.

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illuseon of knowledge." - Daniel J. Boorstin (quoted in @goodreads via @TheWeek)

"To err is human - but it feels divine." - Mae West (quoted in  @Forbes via @TheWeek)

PNW Water
In @CC_Yale: Deliberate flooding of agricultural land could recharge Idaho groundwater. https://bit.ly/2XaI1vg #PNWater

In @sfchronicle: Klamath water arrives, saving 50,000 ducklings from certain death https://bit.ly/2EnvIFv #cawater #PNWater

Policy, Planning, Law, Governance, Economics, IWRM, and Management
Great article by Carol Collier, former Delaware River Basin Commission ED and @AWRAHQ Past President. From @AcadNatSci: How do you manage a river? https://bit.ly/334gSh6

On the 'The Stream' with @WillSarni & Tom Freyberg: Smarter agricultural water trading with @RichaelYoung, CEO of Mammoth Water https://youtu.be/BpSS59VdJKE

Positions Open  #JobWaWi
Josh's Water Jobs and More! 28 July 2020 https://bit.ly/30WFPs9

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Previous Weeks' Positions Open    #JobWaWi
Josh's Water Jobs and More! 14 July 2020 https://bit.ly/3h2QsA3

Josh's Water Jobs and More! 7 July 2020 https://bit.ly/2VWk3n0

Josh's Water Jobs and More! 30 June 2020 https://bit.ly/3ge7zhY

Previous Weekly Water Summaries - Go To #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 25 - 31 July 2020 https://bit.ly/2DlMbcA

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 11 - 17 July 2020 https://bit.ly/2COz1o1

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 4 - 10 July 2020 https://bit.ly/2W7v3Oe

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 27 June - 3 July 2020. https://bit.ly/2VLdB1V

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 20 - 26 June 2020. https://bit.ly/2NBSlak

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 13 - 19 June 2020 https://bit.ly/3eqGdFa

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 6 - 12 June 2020 https://bit.ly/2zxYSQ8

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 30 May-5 June 2020 https://bit.ly/2Bw3kPM

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 23 - 29 May 2020 https://bit.ly/2yOTkQS

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 16 - 22 May 2020 https://bit.ly/2LSgZms

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 9 - 15 May 2020 https://bit.ly/2ZaaqTU

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 2 - 8 May 2020 https://bit.ly/3dqXMDY

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 25 April - 1 May 2020 https://bit.ly/2Wi9JF1

Reports, Publications, and Journals
Thursday Trifecta! CRS Reports: 'Federally Supported Projects and Programs for Wastewater, Drinking Water, and Water Supply Infrastructure' and Two More! https://bit.ly/2P69NEO

In @Water_MDPI: 'Socio-Hydrology: A New Understanding to Unite or a New Science to Divide?' by @KavehMadani and Majid Shafiee-Jood https://bit.ly/2BObH9X

From @AWRAHQ: Water Resources IMPACT Special Issue: 'Water Resources In The Time of #COVID19' (free) edited by @LISABEUTLER https://bit.ly/330R4Tn

Free download! @AGU_Eos Volume 101, No. 8 - August 2020: 'The Data Problem' https://bit.ly/2D7u8qR

Water, Volume 12, Issue 7 (July 2020): Hydrology and Hydraulics, Governance and Management, Urban Water, Wastewater & More! - 232 Papers! https://bit.ly/2OTOfuP

Science, Medicine, Health, and Technology
From @AGU_Eos Buzz Newsletter - 31 July 2020. The Latest Science News by@theAGU https://bit.ly/39I1Fng

In @ScienceMagazine: From rocks to icebergs, the natural world tends to break into cubes. https://bit.ly/2X1K5W8

Free download! @AGU_Eos Volume 101, No. 8 - August 2020: 'The Data Problem' https://bit.ly/2D7u8qR

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Mgmt - 27 July 2020 https://bit.ly/3eZQfMM

In @WaterWorld: Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology releases new strategic plan. LIFT is a joint initiative of @WaterResearch and @WEForg. https://bit.ly/2Dcb6iU

Southwest Water   #SWUSwater
By @waltonwater in @circleofblue: Phoenix Tests Water Shutoff Alternative. https://bit.ly/3h5Dr91 #SWUSwater

By @MarkOlalde in @mydesert: Imperial Irrigation District seeks Salton Sea consideration in lawsuit over Colorado River water https://bit.ly/395Gcod

From @USATODAY (tnx@PhDRosarioSF): Arizona's border fence -- and taking groundwater from an iconic desert preserve to do so https://bit.ly/394RZTF #SWUSwater

Streams, Wetlands, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
In @BreakingNews_RS: @GavinNewsom asks @WarrenBuffett to back dam removal. https://bit.ly/2EAqW7r #cawater

Great article by Carol Collier, former Delaware River Basin Commission ED and @AWRAHQ Past President. From @AcadNatSci: How do you manage a river? https://bit.ly/334gSh6

In @sfchronicle: Klamath water arrives, saving 50,000 ducklings from certain death https://bit.ly/2EnvIFv #cawater #PNWater

In @globalnews: La Ronge Dam at risk of failing: Saskatchewan Water Security Agency https://wtrpr.tl/3hXbelr

Texas   #txwater
NEW!!! @TexasPlusWater is out with results of a water infrastructure survey by @TX_WIN & @Water_Opinions plus the Outlook by @MaceatMeadows, the Q&A with @TSSWCB Executive Director Rex Isom & so much more: https://bit.ly/3fiODxU

From @AP via@gtnews: Photos: #HurricaneHanna hits virus-weary Texas, floods expected https://bit.ly/30M1vY6 #txwater

Visuals, Audios, Podcasts and Infographics
Film by@UPGroResearch: 'Unlocking Africa's Groundwater Potential' https://bitly.is/39yAco2 (tnx @RuralWaterNet)

On the 'The Stream' with @WillSarni & Tom Freyberg: Smarter agricultural water trading with @RichaelYoung, CEO of Mammoth Water https://youtu.be/BpSS59VdJKE

Water/Land Quality and Contamination
From @NPR via @BCWaterNews: President Trump announces overhaul of National Environmental Policy Act https://n.pr/2DMs7jT

In @clevelanddotcom Scientists predict moderate harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie this summer https://bit.ly/2CwH2Og #NEWater #cdnwater

Water Supply, Quantity, Reuse, Conservation, Infrastructure
Thursday Trifecta! CRS Reports: 'Federally Supported Projects and Programs for Wastewater, Drinking Water, and Water Supply Infrastructure' and Two More! https://bit.ly/2P69NEO

PA @GovernorTomWolf Announces $66 Million Investment in Water Infrastructure Projects in Nine Counties https://bit.ly/301gbmO #NEWater

WTF?
In @ScienceMagazine: From rocks to icebergs, the natural world tends to break into cubes. https://bit.ly/2X1K5W8

Via @NewYorker “The Far Side” Returns to a Weird World https://bit.ly/3f1s54F

"Big data is like teenage sex: everybody talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it." - Dan Ariely

Thursday Trifecta! CRS Reports: 'Federally Supported Projects and Programs for Wastewater, Drinking Water, and Water Supply Infrastructure' and Two More!

From the pens of Jonathan L. Ramseur, Tadlock Cowan, Elena H. Humphreys, Julie M. Lawhorn, Anna E. Normand, Charles V. Stern and Megan Stubbs comes the CRS report (30 July 2020): Federally Supported Projects and Programs for Wastewater, Drinking Water, and Water Supply Infrastructure. 

1) Download CRS_Report_Fed_Projetcs_Pgms_Water_Infra_30July2020

From the report:

Summary

For decades, Congress has authorized and modified federal programs to help communities address water supply and water infrastructure needs, including both wastewater and drinking water. Departments and agencies that administer this assistance include the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Department of Commerce’s EconomicDevelopment Administration (EDA).

These agencies administer these programs in multiple ways. In terms of funding mechanisms, projects developed or assisted by Reclamation and USACE are often funded through direct, individual project authorizations from Congress. In contrast, the other agencies administer programs with standing authorizations that establish eligibility criteria rather than identify specific projects. A key practical difference is that with the individual project authorizations, there is no predictable assistance or even guarantee of funding after a project is authorized, because funding must be secured each year in the congressional appropriations process. The programs, on the other hand, have generally received some level of annual appropriations and have set program criteria and processes by which eligible parties can seek funding.

In terms of scope and mission, the primary responsibilities of the federal agencies discussed in this report cover a wide range. For example, EPA’s authorities relate to protecting public health and the environment. The EDA and HUD focus on community and economic development. Likewise, the specific programs differ in several respects. Some are national in scope (those of USDA, EPA, and EDA, for example), while others are regionally focused (Reclamation’sprograms and projects). Some focus primarily on urban areas (HUD) and some on rural areas (USDA), and others do not distinguish based on community location or size (e.g., EPA, USACE, EDA).

Federal funding for these programs and projects varies greatly. Congressional funding for the water supply and wastewater and drinking water programs continue to compete with many other programs that are supported by discretionary spending. Stakeholders and others continue to call for increased appropriations for these programs. FY2020 appropriations highlights include the following:

•   $1.126 billion for capitalization grants to states under EPA’s State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan program fordrinking water systems and $1.639 billion for EPA’s SRF program for wastewater projects;

•   $55 million for subsidy costs for the EPA-administered Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program, allowing the agency to provide credit assistance for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects, not to exceed $11.5 billion;

•   $443 million for grants and approximately $1.4 billion in loan authority for USDA’s rural water and wastedisposal program;

•   $3.425 billion for HUD’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program (water and wastewater projects are among many eligible uses);

•   $100 million for USACE environmental infrastructure projects; and

•   $67 million for Reclamation’s Title XVI reclamation/recycling projects.

Check out Table 1 - it's too big to reproduce here. Great summary.

Here are some more relevant CRS reports, each short (two or three pages).

2) Download CRS_Insight_Water_Infrastructure_116th_Congress_28July2020

3) Download CRS_InFocus_WRDA_Primer_28July2020

Enjoy!

"I want to see young people in America feel the spirit of the 1960s and find a way to get in the way. To find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble, necessary trouble." - Rep. John R. Lewis

GAO Report: 'Climate Resilience - Actions Needed to Ensure DOD Considers Climate Risks to Contractors as Part of Acquisition, Supply, and Risk Assessment'

This latest GAO report involving climate: Climate Resilience: Actions Needed to Ensure DOD Considers Climate Risks to Contractors as Part of Acquisition, Supply, and Risk Assessment.

Download Highlights_GAO-20-511_25June2020

Download Full_Report_GAO-20-511_25June2020

Fast Facts

The Department of Defense relies on contracted goods and services to carry out missions. Since 2010, DOD has identified climate change as a threat to its operations and installations.

Climate effects can damage infrastructure—for example, flooding can damage roads or electrical infrastructure—in turn delaying critical goods like food or services like information technology. However, DOD hasn’t routinely assessed how climate change or extreme weather risks could affect its contractors and its access to goods and services.

We recommended, among other things, incorporating climate resilience into military acquisition and supply guidance.

Road washed out from flooding at Fort Irwin

What GAO Found

The Department of Defense (DOD) has not routinely assessed climate-related risks faced by its contractors as part of its acquisition and supply processes, through which DOD obtains contracted goods and services. DOD's acquisition process includes long-term planning activities such as life-cycle sustainment planning. Its supply chain process includes steps to identify and assess potential disruptions, such as severe storms affecting transportation or energy systems, in order to mitigate risk. However, these processes in general do not systematically identify and consider climate-related risks to materiel acquisition and supply or the acquisition of weapon systems, according to Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and military department officials. DOD's climate change adaptation directive indicates that OSD and the military departments should include climate considerations in acquisition and supply and integrate those considerations into relevant policy and guidance.

However, GAO's review of DOD and military department guidance on acquisition and supply found that the guidance did not implement DOD's climate change directive by including consideration of climate change or extreme weather. Until DOD and the military departments include these considerations in their guidance on acquisition and supply chain processes, they risk continuing to develop acquisition strategies and managing supply chains without building climate resilience into these processes and potentially jeopardizing their missions.

DOD guidance requires consideration of climate-related risks as part of the mission assurance process, when appropriate. However, GAO found that the department has not assessed risks—including those associated with climate change or extreme weather—to commercially owned facilities, which can support DOD installations as well as weapon systems, as part of this process. Assessing risks to commercial facilities has been a longstanding challenge for DOD, with the department noting in 2012 that it had paid inadequate attention to challenges outside of DOD-owned facilities and citing a limited understanding of supply chain risks as a pervasive problem. DOD's mission assurance guidance includes minimum requirements for assessments of certain non-DOD-owned facilities, such as completion of an all-hazards threat assessment. However, DOD officials stated that they had not conducted such assessments.

The officials noted that DOD is limited in its ability to conduct such assessments, as it does not have the same access to commercial facilities as it does to its own facilities. While DOD officials stated that they are exploring alternative ways of assessing risks to commercial facilities, they noted that these efforts are in the early stages. Without determining what approaches may be feasible for assessing risks to commercial facilities as part of the mission assurance process and issuing or updating guidance accordingly, DOD may not fully evaluate the risks to critical commercial facilities as part of the mission assurance process, leaving gaps in its knowledge of potential risks—to include climate and weather-related risks—to its ability to fulfill key missions dependent on such facilities.

Why GAO Did This Study

Since 2010, DOD has identified climate change as a threat to its operations and installations. The department relies on contracted goods and services for its mission and installations. Climate change is projected to have broad effects that could affect DOD's supply chains, and any associated risks to contractors can have an impact on DOD. One way DOD assesses risk to its missions is through mission assurance, which is a process to protect or ensure the function of capabilities and assets critical to its missions.

GAO was asked to review potential threats to national security from the effects of climate change on defense contractors. GAO examined the extent to which DOD assesses the potential effects on its operations from climate change and extreme weather risks faced by its contractors through the department's (1) acquisition and supply processes, and (2) mission assurance process. GAO reviewed DOD acquisition, supply, and mission assurance documents and interviewed relevant DOD officials and contractor representatives.

What GAO Recommends

GAO is making six recommendations, including that DOD incorporate climate adaptation into its acquisition and supply guidance and issue or update guidance on mission assurance-related assessments for commercial facilities. DOD concurred with three recommendations and partially concurred with three. GAO continues to believe that DOD should fully implement its recommendations.

For more information, contact Elizabeth A. Field at (202) 512-2775 or f[email protected].

Enjoy!

"To err is human - but it feels divine." - Mae West (quoted in @Forbes via @TheWeek)

Josh's Water Jobs and More! 28 July 2020

Happy anniversary! It's the 10th anniversary of the human rights to safe, clean water and sanitation! Click here for more info. 

From Josh:

Another big list! And, when I sent this last night, there were 720 opportunities on the platform.  We haven’t crossed the 700 threshold in a very long time.

Thank you everyone who contributed to support us last week. We really appreciate it. The link is always active, so feel free to help out anytime!

1) Josh's Jobs

Highlighted:
 
1) Country Project Officer – Global Water Partnership - Southern Africa (GWP-SA)(Lesotho): 10 August
 
2) Senior Water Rights Engineer/Hydrologist – Colorado River District (Glenwood Springs, CO, USA): 14 August
 
3) Senior Policy Analyst (Governance) – WaterAid (Where WaterAid has a country office): 9 August
 
Deadline today (28 July)!
 
4) Irrigation Modernization Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Home-Based): 28 July
 
5) India nationals: Institutional Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (India, Home-based): 28 July
 
6) India nationals: Irrigation Modernization Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (India, Home-Based): 28 July
 
7) Arabic speakers: Project Assistant (WASH) – ACTED (Syria): 28 July
 
8) Papua New Guinea nationals: Support for Water and Sanitation Sector Management – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Papua New Guinea): 28 July

Jobs by Region:   Africa jobs Asia-Pacific jobs Europe jobs     Latin America and Caribbean jobs   North America jobs Home-based/Remote jobs

Minimum years experience requested:

0-2 years

 

9) Associate Programme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Geneva): 14 August

 

10) Programme Assistant (Ecosystem-based Adaptation) – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Washington, DC): 29 July

 

11) V.I.E. Supply Chain Analyst Danone Waters – Danone (Germany): Until filled

 

12) German speakers: Junior-Berater (m/w/d) Klimafinanzierung und internationale Klimapolitik – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Germany): 5 August

 

13) Canada nationals: Environmental Data Science Specialist – British Columbia Public Service (Victoria, BC, Canada): 9 August

 

14) Specialist (ClimateWise) – Ocean Wise (Vancouver, BC, Canada): Until filled

 

15) Program Planner – Alliance for Water Efficiency (Chicago, IL, USA): Until filled

 

16) Associate (Sustainable Development & Global Policy) – United Nations Foundation (New York): Until filled

 

17) Hydrological Software Engineer – University of Massachusetts-Amherst(Amherst, MA, USA): 14 August

 

18) Environmental Program Associate – University of Wisconsin-Madison(Madison, WI, USA): 5 August

 

19) Water Specialist – Colorado Judicial Branch (Greeley, CO, USA): 3 August

 

20) Organizational Assistant – Project WET Foundation (USA, Home-Based): Until filled

 

21) Hydrogeologist – Stone Environmental Inc. (Montpelier, VT, USA): Until filled – 2-5 years’ experience

 

22) Entry Level Water Resources Engineer – AECOM (Dallas, TX, USA): Until filled

 

23) Water Resources Engineer I – Straughan Environmental, Inc. (Columbia, MD, USA): Until filled

 

24) Entry Level Water Engineer – Arcadis (USA): Until filled

 

25) Staff Attorney – Orange County Coastkeeper (Costa Mesa, CA, USA): Until filled

 

26) Groundwater Monitoring Specialist (Natural Resources Specialist II) – Texas Water Development Board (Austin, TX, USA): Until filled

 

27) Water Conservation Program Manager – Banyan Water (Los Angeles, CA, USA): Until filled

 

28) Environmental Regulatory Specialist, Junior – Booz Allen Hamilton(Alexandria, VA, USA): Until filled

 

3-4 years

 

29) Programme Manager (Liberia) – Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)(Liberia): Until filled

 

30) Canada nationals: Environmental Project Officer – Water Security Agency(Swift Current, SK, Canada): 3 August

 

31) Canada nationals: Senior GIS Analyst – Water Security Agency (Moose Jaw, SK, Canada): 3 August

 

32) Environmental Monitor – Peace River Hydro Partners (Calgary, AB, Canada): Until filled

 

33) Volunteer Coordinator – Calgary Climate Hub (Calgary, AB, Canada): 12 August

 

34) Program Manager (Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative) – Yale University (New Haven, CT, USA): Until filled

 

35) Stream Restoration Specialist – Straughan Environmental, Inc. (Columbia, MD, USA): Until filled – 4-10 years’ experience

 

36) Stream Restoration Manager – Ausable River Association (Wilmington, NY, USA): Until filled

5-7 years

 

37) Principal Water Resources Management and Development Officer – African Development Bank (AfDB) (Nairobi): 13 August

 

38) Environmental and Social Development Specialist – Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) (Bangkok): 8 August

 

39) French speakers: Chargé(e) des systèmes d’information et du suivi et évaluation_PREE – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)(Burkina Faso): 9 August

 

40) Spanish speakers: Consultoría en la Construcción de la Cuenta Agua y Gastos de protección del ambiente en el marco del Sistema de Cuentas Ambientales – Económicas (SCAE) – Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)(Uruguay): 10 August

 

41) Upstream Officer (Global) (including water) – International Finance Corporation (IFC) (Washington, DC): 5 August

 

42) Natural Resource Management & Governance Team Leader – Winrock International (Solomon Islands): Until filled

 

43) Technical Specialist (Environmental (Climate Change)) – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) (Various): 6 August

 

44) French speakers: Natural Resources Management, Resilience, and Conflict Expert – FHI 360 (Ivory Coast): Until filled

 

45) Senior Manager (Environment Sustainability Impacts) – DAI (India): Until filled

 

46) Local recruitment: Environmental Specialist – The World Bank (Argentina): 3 August

 

47) New Zealand nationals: Senior Environmental Scientist (Freshwater) – Gisborne District Council (New Zealand): 5 August

 

48) New Zealand nationals: Senior Environmental Scientist – Gisborne District Council (New Zealand): 5 August

 

49) Australia nationals: Manager (Operations) – Government of South Australia(Adelaide, SA, Australia): 3 August

 

50) Executive Director – Red Deer River Watershed Alliance (Red Deer, AB, Canada): 5 August

 

51) Communications Manager, Provide Food and Water Sustainably – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Various locations in US, UK): 7 August

 

52) Danish speakers: Seniorspecialist inden for hydraulisk modellering – Niras(Denmark): 10 August

 

53) Irrigation Infrastructure Program Manager – Confederated Salish And Kootenai Tribes Of The Flathead Nation (Pablo, MT, USA): 13 August

 

54) Watershed Manager Stream (East) – West Virginia Conservation Agency(Romney, WV, USA): 4 August

 

55) Sustainability Editor – POLITICO (Arlington, VA, USA): Until filled

 

56) Water Resources Manager I – State of New Mexico (Santa Fe, NM, USA): Until filled

 

57) Environmental Planner, Project Manager – Sustainable Water (Glen Allen, VA, USA): Until filled

 

58) Environmental Program Manager – Groundwork San Diego (San Diego, CA, USA): Until filled

 

59) Environmental Scientist (Wetlands) – Stantec (Rochester, NY, USA): Until filled

 

60) Pakistan nationals: Water Resources Management Specialist – Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) (Pakistan): 4 August

 

8-9 years

 

61) Senior Climate Change Specialist – The World Bank (Washington, DC): 5 August

 

62) Local recruitment: Upstream Investment Officer, Infrastructure (LAC Region) (including water) – International Finance Corporation (IFC) (Mexico City): 31 July

 

10+ years

 

63) Senior Private Sector Engagement Specialist for Water – Global Water Partnership - Mediterranean (GWP-Med) (Athens): 14 August

 

64) Head of Climate Advocacy – Open Society Foundations (Brussels): Until filled

 

65) Senior Advisor (Environment and Conflict) – U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP)(Washington, DC): Until filled

 

66) Vice President (State Racial Justice & Equity) – League of Conservation Voters (United States, Home-Based): 4 August

Not specified:

 

67) Catchment Modeller (Temporary) – Teagasc (Ireland): 5 August

 

68) Technologist (Riparian Buffer Zones (Temporary)) – Teagasc (Ireland): 7 August

 

69) German speakers: Leiter (m/w/d) des Länderpakets "Sambia" im Vorhaben Agrarfinanzierung & "Klimaresilienz durch Risikoprävention und innovative Klimarisikoversicherungen in Sambia" – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Zambia): 9 August

 

70) Netherlands nationals: Directeur Water – Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier (Netherlands): 9 August

 

71) Chinese speakers: Technical Manager (Climate Action Planning) – C40(Beijing): 31 July

 

72) Mandarin speakers: Oceans Program Director – Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) (Beijing): Until filled

 

73) Team Leader (Asia Pacific Climate Resilience Platform) – Palladium (India): Until filled

 

74) Groundwater Modeller - Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd (ESR) (New Zealand): 2 August

 

75) Australia nationals: Partnership and Engagement Programs Coordinator – West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (Various, VIC, Australia): 3 August

 

76) Australia nationals: Indigenous knowledge broker, National Environmental Science Program – Australia Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment(Canberra, ACT, Australia): Until filled

 

77) U.K./Commonwealth/E.E.A. nationals: Senior Policy Adviser, COP26 Nature Campaign – United Kingdom Cabinet Office (London): 3 August

 

78) French-speaking U.K. nationals: Project Officer: Promoting Adaptation to Changing Coasts Project (PACCo) – Environment Agency (United Kingdom): 5 August

 

79) Non Executive Director – The James Hutton Institute (Scotland): 7 August

 

80) U.K. nationals: Officer 2 (Environment Team Dwyfor & Meirionnydd) – Natural Resources Wales (Wales): 9 August

 

81) Senior Project Officer (Ise Valley Initiative) – River Nene Regional Park(United Kingdom): 10 August

 

82) Principal Research Fellow (Climate and Sustainability Programme) – Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (London): 14 August

 

83) Canada nationals: Project Hydrogeologist – Regional Municipality of Waterloo (Kitchener, ON, Canada): 2 August

 

84) Local recruitment: Junior Environmental Engineer (Ecohydrologist / Hydrogeologist) – Beacon Environmental (Peterborough, ON, Canada): Until filled

 

85) Climate Justice Legal Fellow – Iowa Environmental Council (Des Moines, IA, USA): 5 August

 

86) Watershed and GIS Support – Penn State University (University Park, PA, USA): Until filled

 

87) Executive Director – Chatttahoochee River Conservancy (Columbus, GA, USA): 7 August

 

88) U.S. nationals: Water Rights Specialist – U.S. National Park Service (Fort Collins, CO, USA): 2 August

 

89) U.S. nationals: Supervisory Hydrologist – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)(Lincoln, NE, USA): 4 August

 

90) Watershed Coordinator – Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (Various, UT, USA): 4 August

 

91) Restoration Projects Manager – Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council (MFWWC) (Dexter, OR, USA): 17 August

 

92) Study Coordinator for CDC-funded water contamination and health study – Silent Spring Institute (Newton, MA, USA): Until filled

 

93) Water Resources Engineer/Scientist – Tetra Tech (Research Triangle Park, NC, USA): Until filled

 

94) Riparian & Wetland Program Manager – Kansas Department of Agriculture(Manhattan, KS, USA): Until filled

 

95) Environmental Protection Director – Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians(Redwood Valley, CA, USA): Until filled

 

96) U.S. nationals: Program Manager – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)(Atlanta, GA, USA): 7 August

 

97) U.S. nationals: Foreign Service Limited Position Opportunity: Natural Resources Advisor (Senior Climate Change Advisor) FSL-01, Bureau for Africa, Office of Sustainable Development (AFR/SD) – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) (Washington, DC): 29 July

 

Not specified (academic):

• Professors/lecturers

98)Faculty Position in Hyperspectral Imaging and Water Resource Sensing – Penn State University (University Park, PA, USA): Until filled

 

99) Part-Time Faculty (Civil Engineering) – Wentworth Institute of Technology(Boston, MA, USA): Until filled

 

100) Adjunct Faculty Pool: Life Science / Environmental Studies – New York University (New York): Until filled

 

101) Part-Time Lecturer in Environmental Science – Penn State University (Erie, PA, USA): Until filled

 

102) Adjunct Faculty (Environmental Policy and Management) – University of Denver (Denver, CO, USA): Until filled

• Postdocs

103)Postdoc: Water Innovation Fellow – Cleveland Water Alliance (CWA)/Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR)/LimnoTech Inc.(Ann Arbor, MI, USA): 15 August

 

104) Post Doctoral Fellow 1 (Hydrology & Water Temperature Modeling) – National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) (Boulder, CO, USA): 5 August

 

105) Post-doc: Strengthening scientific knowledge on climate and environmental science by using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning tools (Environmental Intelligence for Global Change Lab) – Politecnico di Milano(Italy): 2 September

 

106) Post-doc: Equity and justice concerns in the planning and management of large-scale water systems, particularly for transboundary river basins involving competing multisectoral dynamics (Environmental Intelligence for Global Change Lab) – Politecnico di Milano (Italy): 2 September

 

107) Post-Doctoral Research and Knowledge Exchange Specialist (UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science) – University of Dundee (Scotland): 17 August

 

108) Postdoc Scholarship: Effects of hydrological connectivity on the fisheries productivity of floodplain lakes in the Amazon – National Institute for Space Research (Brazil): 12 August

 

109) Postdoctoral Researcher (Large-scale watershed modeling) – University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS, USA): 12 August

 

110) Postdoctoral Researcher (Natural Resources & Environmental Systems) – Prairie View A&M University (Prairie View, TX, USA): 13 August

 

111) Postdoctoral Fellow in the Horizon 2020 project B-Watersmart – Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Norway): 15 August

 

112) Environmental data scientist: water quality data mining (advanced master or post-doc) – UCLouvain (Belgium): 31 August

 

113) Post Doctoral Fellow (Institute of Northern Engineering Water and Environmental Research Center) – University of Alaska-Fairbanks (Fairbanks, AK, USA): Until filled

 

114) Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Remote Sensing applied to Conservation Ecology – Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)(Brazil): 10 August

 

115) One senior assistant – postdoc – University of Split (Croatia): 15 August

 

116) Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Valuation – Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) (Norway): 15 August

• Researchers/other

117)Research Engineer with focus on assembling hydro-climatic data – KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm): 14 August

 

118) Research Assistant / Research Fellow in Network Analysis for Off-Grid Sanitation – Cranfield University (United Kingdom): 16 August

 

119) Local recruitment: Associate Scientist: Gender Transformative Approach (Watershed research) – International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) (India): 2 August

 

120) Research Fellow (Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM)) – University of Queensland (Brisbane, QLD, Australia): 14 August

 

121) E.U. nationals: Project to support the civil protection governance: hydrogeological and hydraulic risk - PON governance and institutional capacity – National Research Council - Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection(Italy): 5 August

 

122) Open Geo Data and Citizen Science for water, landscape and socio-economic resource modelling, monitoring and mapping – Università per Stranieri di Perugia (Italy): 12 August

 

123) E.U. nationals: Statistical models for simulating rainfall time series useful for continuous hydrological modelling – Università degli Studi della Tuscia (Italy): 14 August

 

124) U.S. nationals: Assessing Resilient Fish Populations Research Opportunity – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Corvallis, OR, USA): 14 August

 

125) U.S. nationals: Program Development and Jurisdiction Branch Research Opportunity (Developing and administering EPA wetland policies and science-based wetland analysis) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)(Washington, DC): 17 August

 

126) U.S. nationals: Reservoir Sediment Management Researcher – U.S. Department of Defense (USA): Until filled

 

WASH:

 

0-2 years

 

127) Spanish speakers: Técnico de Agua y Saneamiento – Acción Contra El Hambre (Peru): Until filled

 

128) Spanish speakers: Asistente Técnico Alojamiento e Infraestructura – WASH – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Colombia): 3 August

 

129) WASH Project Officer – Water for People (Malawi): Until filled – 2-3 years’ experience required

 

130) Local recruitment: WASH Officer – Maram Foundation (Turkey): 30 July

 

131) Nigeria nationals: WASH Assistant – International Medical Corps (Nigeria): 1 August

 

132) Afghanistan nationals: WASH Assistant – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Afghanistan): 4 August

 

133) Afghanistan female nationals: WASH Assistant – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Afghanistan): 4 August

 

134) Somalia nationals: Hygiene promoters (3) Position – Danish Refugee Council (Somalia): 2 August

 

135) Assistant Program Manager (Water Services) – DC Water (Washington, DC): 31 July – 2-4 years’ experience

 

3-4 years

 

136) Senior Project Officer (WASH) – Concern Worldwide (Somalia): 1 August

 

137) WASH Officer – Plan International (Mozambique): Until filled

 

138) French speakers: WASH Project Manager – Action Contre La Faim (ACF)(Paris): Until filled

 

139) Manager of Monitoring and Evaluation – Lifewater International (Bentonville, AR, USA): Until filled

 

140) Arabic speakers: Project Officer (WASH) – ACTED (Syria): 30 July

 

141) Arabic speakers: Project Officer (WASH) (Hygiene Promotion) – ACTED(Syria): 30 July

 

142) Local recruitment: Senior WaSH Officer – Independent Doctors Association (IDA) (Turkey): 2 August

 

143) Training Coordinator (3) – WASH Institute (New Delhi): 15 August – 7-8 years’ experience with Bachelor’s degree

 

144) Nigeria nationals: WASH Project Manager – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Nigeria): 3 August

 

5-7 years

 

145) French speakers: Chargé.e de Programmes EAH – CARE (Madagascar): 10 August

 

146) Water Sanitation and Hygiene Program Manager – Save the Children(Lebanon): 29 July

 

147) WASH Cluster Coordinator (Field Support Team Project) – Action Contre La Faim (ACF) (France, Home-Based): Until filled

 

148) WASH Programme Manager – Oxfam (Jordan): 5 August

 

149) WASH Advisor – CARE (Yemen): Until filled

 

10+ years

 

150) International Engineering Expert – World Vision (WV) (Sudan): 6 August

 

Not specified

 

151) French speakers: Coordinateur.trice EHA – Solidarités International (Niger): Until filled

 

152) WASH Working Group Information Manager (Northeast Syria) – Solidarités International (Iraqi Kurdistan): Until filled

 

153) Project Manager (Drinking Water for Schools) – Self-Help Enterprises(Visalia, CA, USA): Until filled

 

154) French speakers: Chargé(e) d’Affaires Afrique (F/H) – Vergnet Hydro(France): Until filled

 

155) Somalia nationals: WASH Officer (Engineer) – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Somalia): 6 August

 

Consultancies:

 

156) Project Officer (Water circular economy and Industrial Water Management workstream) – 2030 Water Resources Group (Nairobi): 14 August

 

157) Senior Consultant on Water – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Home-Based): 5 August

 

158) Develop a Draft Environmental Management Policy – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Botswana): 30 July

 

159) Enhancement of Water Catchments in Somaliland – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Home-Based): 30 July

 

160) International Trainer/Coach in Negotiation Skills and Conflict Resolution – Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) (Home-Based): 4 August

 

161) Call for International Sectoral Experts to support GCF on funding proposal assessments – Green Climate Fund (GCF) (Home-Based): Until filled – They are making this call a second time, water expertise sought

 

162) Call for Technical Experts to assist the independent TAP in the review of Funding Proposals 1 – Green Climate Fund (GCF) (Home-Based): Until filled – Water expertise sought

 

163) Call for Technical Experts: WASH & Water Security – Resonance (Various): Until filled

 

164) Consultant (Young SDG Innovators – Global Operations) – United Nations Global Compact (Home-Based): 14 August

 

165) Consultancy: Monitoring menstrual health and hygiene (WASH) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Home-Based): 29 July

 

166) Consultancy: Preparing a Report to Identify Potential and Innovative Financing Instruments for Drought to Make Available Related Information and Guidance for Facilitating the Access of Parties to These Instruments – United Nations Convention to Combat Des (Home-Based): 8 August

 

167) Spanish speakers: Elaboración de protocolos de monitoreo de variables hidrolólogicas en ecosistemas andinos – Forest Trends (Home-Based): 31 July

 

168) Spanish speakers: Elaboración de protocolos de monitoreo de transpore de sedimentos en el agua en ecosistemas anidos – Forest Trends (Home-Based): 31 July

 

169) Spanish speakers: Elaboración de protocolos de monitoreo de propriedades hidrofísicas del suelo en ecosistemas andinos – Forest Trends(Home-Based): 31 July

 

170) Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption – Adeso (Somalia): 31 July

 

171) Consultant: African Natural Resources Strategy, 2015-2020 – African Development Bank (AfDB) (Home-Based): 1 August

 

172) Economist Consultant–GEORGIA TEEB for Sustainable Land Management – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Home-Based): 4 August

 

173) Review of Green Growth Strategy from a Child Lens, Viet Nam – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Home-Based): 5 August

 

174) Disaster Risk Assessment Specialist (Retainer) – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) (Home-Based): 5 August

 

175) Russian speakers: Institutional Analysis (NAPs and Sectoral Integration of Climate Change Adaptation) – National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network(Home-Based): 7 August

 

176) Arabic speakers: Climate Change Policy Expert – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Jordan): 31 July

 

177) Nepal nationals: Crowd-Based Applications Expert for the Bagmati River Basin – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Nepal, Home-Based): 31 July

 

178) Nepal nationals: Crowd-Based Applications Expert for the Bagmati River Basin – Asian Development Bank (ADB) #2 (Nepal, Home-based): 31 July

 

179) Local recruitment: Principal Civil Engineer (Drainage) – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) (Nigeria): 3 August

 

180) Kenya nationals: Consultancy for a Water Engineer for Lwanda Kina Irrigation Project Construction – Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT) (Kenya): 4 August

 

181) Local recruitment: Call for Proposal (Midterm Evaluation of the (AQTEVET) Project) – WorldFish (Zambia): 31 July

 

182) Local recruitment: Consultancy (Advocacy and Governance Trainer) – Search for Common Ground (Nigeria): 3 August

 

183) Rwanda nationals: National Irrigation Specialist – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Rwanda): 5 August

 

184) Sri Lanka nationals: National Biodiversity and Ecosystems Specialist – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Sri Lanka): 6 August

 

185) Philippines nationals: Water and Sanitation PPP Project Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Philippines): 31 July

 

 

RFP:

 

186) Request for Proposal for the Evaluation of ECHO-DACAAR WASH Emergency Response Mechanism – DACAAR (Afghanistan): 2 August

 

187) Preparation of Site Specific Environment and Social Managemenet Plan (ESMP) for Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) – The World Bank (Nigeria): 4 August

 

188) GIS-based mapping for erosion sites and flood zones – The World Bank(Nigeria): 6 August

 

 

Internships:

 

189) Water Security Volunteer Intern – CDP (London): 7 August

 

190) German speakers: Intern (m/f/d) Natural Resources Stewardship Programme – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)(Germany): 2 August

 

191) Internship in the area of tracking climate action – NewClimate Institute(Germany): Until filled

 

192) Internship (Climate Change Policy) – Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)(Washington, DC): Until filled

 

193) 2020 Undergraduate Environmental Scientist – AECOM (Darwin, NT, Australia): Until filled

 

194) 2020 Undergraduate Water Engineer – AECOM (Sydney, NSW, Australia): Until filled

 

195) Undergraduate Water Resources Engineer – Jacobs (Brisbane, QLD, Australia): Until filled

 

196) Undergraduate Water Resource Engineer/Hydrologist – Jacobs (Melbourne, VIC, Australia): Until filled

 

197) Earth Data Observation Internship – RTI International (Durham, NC, USA): Until filled

 

 

 

Scholarships:

 

198) PhD Climate effects of Land Restauration at the Water Systems and Global Change Group – Wageningen University & Research (Netherlands): 15 August

 

199) U.K. nationals: WATERAGRI PhD Studentship in Water Engineering – University of Salford (United Kingdom): 3 August

 

200) E.U./U.K. nationals: PhD: Portable Hand-washing Facility using Bio-based Materials for Sustainable Water Treatment: Increase Pandemic Preparedness – Coventry University (United Kingdom): 14 August

 

201) E.U./U.K. nationals: PhD Studentship in Engineering (Sub-surface impacts of green infrastructure in cities) – Newcastle University (United Kingdom): 14 August

 

202) PhD scholarship within aquaculture – Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) (Norway): 15 August

 

203) PhD position on modelling water in the firn of Antarctic Ice Shelves – Utrecht University (Netherlands): 15 August

 

204) Doctoral Student in Physical Geography & Ecosystem Science – Lund University (Sweden): 15 August

 

205) Research Associate (m/f/d) for the project Kili-SES – Leuphana University(Germany): 15 August

 

206) PhD Position Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt and Hydrology – Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) (Netherlands): 16 August

 

 

Other:

 

207) U.S. nationals: Big Sky Watershed Corps Member – Montana Conservation Corps (Bozeman, MT, USA): Until filled

 

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2) Additional Jobs from WaterWired

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208) Position: @UBC(Vancouver, BC) - T-T Assistant Professor - Sustainable Business Management of Natural Resources. Closes: 31 August 2020. https://bit.ly/2RxXdjn

209) Position: Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (Costa Mesa, CA) - Ecologist (PhD). OUF. https://bit.ly/2zY2MSp#JobWaWi

210) Position: @OCWDWaterNews (Fountain Valley, CA) - Principal Hydrogeologist. Closes: 31 July. https://bit.ly/3gJ0Dtp

211) Position: Wolf Water Resources (Portland, OR) - Geomorphologist. OUF. https://bit.ly/3eCQgG6 #JobWaWi

212) Position: @CIG_UW (Seattle, WA) - CIG Social/Policy Scientist and Project Manager. OUF. https://bit.ly/2CKrVRr #JobWaWi

213) Position: Mid-Coast Watersheds Council (Newport, OR) - Watershed Restoration Specialist. Closes: 5 August. https://bit.ly/3eHxspm #JobWaWi

214) Position: @nwcouncil (Portland, OR) - Fish and Wildlife Biologist (Program Performance). Closes: 31 August. https://bit.ly/3jq34DD #JobWaWi

215) Postdoc Position: Prairie View A&M (Prairie View, TX) - Natural Resources & Environmental Systems. Closes: 13 August. https://bit.ly/2CJyKmJ #JobWaWi

216) Position: Middle Fork Willamette River Watershed Council (Lowell, OR) - Restoration Projects Manager. OUF; First app. review: 17 August. https://bit.ly/2CWzZz0 #JobWaWi

217) Position: Middle Fork Willamette River Watershed Council (Lowell, OR) - Youth Education Coordinator. OUF; App. review: 3 August. https://bit.ly/2OXzBTo #JobWaWi

218) Position: Klamath Tribes (Chiloquin, OR) - Chemist. Closes: 14 August.
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219) Postdoc Position: @UniSouthampton (UK) - Research Fellow in Enhanced Rock Weathering. Closes: 21 August. https://bit.ly/2P3sJ6U #JobWaWi

220) Position: Powder Basin Watershed Council (Baker City, OR) - Executive Director. Closes: 24 August. Download PBWC Executive Director Announcement

3) Some General Employment Resources

AGU Career Center for research/academic jobs

GoodWorkCanada - Canada's Green Jobs Site

Congressional Research Service Positions

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

Conservation Jobs Board

UN Jobs in Water Resources

UN Jobs in Water Management

UN Jobs in Water and Sanitation

Global Water Jobs

WASH Vacancies

Academic Jobs Online

Higher Education Job Site

Get Hydrology Jobs

AAG Jobs

@BCWaterNews Jobs Click View Jobs

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

King County (WA)Jobs

Geoscience Job Board

California DWR Jobs

AZ Water Career Center

Florida Water Jobs

NYC DEP

Nature Conservancy jobs

State of Washington Careers

Idaho DEQ

OSU Water Resources Program

Water District Jobs

Academic Jobs in Schools of Physical/Earth Sciences

Mac's List - Jobs in Portland and Beyond!

New Zealand Hydrological Society Jobs Board

Government Jobs

Association of Oregon Counties Job Postings

Soil Science Societies Career Center

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

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

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"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illuseon of knowledge." - Daniel J. Boorstin (quoted in @goodreads via@TheWeek)

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 27 July 2020

The bimonthly AWRA magazine Water Resources IMPACT but this issue, like the times, is quite special - super-sized and free: Water Resources in the Time of COVID-19. Our immediate Past President Lisa Beutler served as Guest Editor and did an incredible job.

Here is the blurb that accompanied the AWRA email blast:

This issue of Water Resources IMPACT brings you articles from the front-lines of dealing with water resources in the time of COVID-19.

 

From water and wastewater treatment and groundwater protection, to on-the-ground experiences in Knoxville, TN and Flint, MI, this issue presents a wide range of information related to water resources and the COVID-19 virus.

 

Also included is an article giving us all tips on operating in the world of virtual meetings and one of our regular columns. We hope you find this double issue of IMPACT informative, as well as useful.

 

More resources related to water resources management and COVID-19 are available on the AWRA COVID-19 online repository.

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Geoscience Bulletin Board – 27 July 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

29,000-year-old volcanic ash layer blanketed Mediterranean traced to Campi Flegrei

• https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2019-04-25-mysterious-volcanic-ash-layer-blanketing-mediterranean-29000-years-ago-traced

110 quadrillion pounds of meteoroids hit the Earth-Moon system during asteroid shower 800 myo & may have caused “snowball Earth”

• https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/.premium-asteroid-storm-800-million-years-ago-may-have-caused-snowball-earth-1.9009584
• https://www.iflscience.com/space/up-to-50-quadrillion-kilograms-of-rock-bombarded-earthmoon-system-800-million-years-ago/

The heterogeneous abyssal seafloor

• https://www.pnas.org/content/117/29/16729.short?rss=1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pnas%2FSMZM+%28Current+Issue%29
• Paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/29/16729.full

100,000 years of the evolution of the geomagnetic field

• https://eos.org/editors-vox/the-global-geomagnetic-field-of-the-past-hundred-thousand-years

“Impact winter” caused by solar dimming would have decimated dinosaur habitats

• https://eos.org/articles/asteroid-impact-not-volcanism-likely-spelled-dinosaurs-end

Escape from Thera volcanic eruption 3,600 years ago

• https://eos.org/articles/podcast-escape-from-thera

Tsunami warning issued following M7.8 shallow EQ in southern Alaska SE of Perryville

• https://www.foxnews.com/us/tsunami-warning-issued-for-parts-of-alaska-after-7-4-magnitude-earthquake
• https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000asvb/executive

Phase one of Qatargas offshore North Field site investigation complete

• https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/fugro-completes-phase-one-qatargas-north-field/

Planetary alignment and potential increase in volcanic activity

• https://earthsky.org/space/planetary-alignment-increase-in-volcanoes-july-2020

Landslide blocked the Quinjiang River in Hubei Province in China

• https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2020/07/22/quinjiang-river-landslide-1/

History of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

• https://www.ehn.org/east-antarctic-ice-sheet-and-climate-change-2646451298.html

Long-term climate sensitivity vs equilibrium climate sensitivity

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/huge-climate-sensitivity-study-shrinks-uncertainty-on-critical-number/
• https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/07/a-new-solution-to-climate-sciences-biggest-mystery-sensitivity/614581/

Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite ready for launch to monitor sea level

• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Sea_level_charting_satellite_passes_with_flying_colours_999.html

Life in ocean abyss recovered quickly following end-Cretaceous mass extinction event

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Life_in_ocean_abyss_recovered_quickly_after_end-Cretaceous_mass_extinction_event_999.html

PACE high-resolution instruments will minatory ocean & atmospheric features

• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/A_Walk_Through_the_Rainbow_with_PACE_999.html

Dinosaurs & pterosaurs originated from extremely small ancestors

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200706152659.htm

Leviathan Cave in southern Great Basin provides evidence for 4,000-year “worst-case” drought

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200722142739.htm

South Atlantic Anomaly in Earth magnetic field is a recurring feature

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200720152407.htm

Candidatus Manganitrophs noduliformans– newly discovered bacterium residing in ground water feeds on manganese – may help explain manganese nodules on seafloor

• http://www.sci-news.com/biology/manganitrophus-noduliformans-08660.html

Desmacella hyaline -New species of glass sponge identified in HSQCS-MPA reef complex off coast of British Columbia, Canada

• http://www.sci-news.com/biology/new-species-glass-sponge-08655.html

Novel theory of climate dynamics suggests 3-pattern decomposition of global atmospheric circulation

• https://phys.org/news/2020-07-theory-climate-dynamics-three-pattern-decomposition.html

2,000-year record of hurricanes in the Caribbean – the Common Era recprd

• https://phys.org/news/2020-07-years-storms-caribbean.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-68633-8

First active methane seep identified in Antarctica

• https://phys.org/news/2020-07-discovery-seep-antarctica-methane.html
• Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2020.1134

In Memoriam:  Sakiko Olsen (2020) – migmatite researcher at Johns Hopkins University

• https://hub.jhu.edu/2020/07/21/sakiko-olsen-obituary/

Strong evidence of active fault underlying Hollywood Center mega-development site

• https://patch.com/california/hollywood/earthquake-fault-runs-under-hollywood-skyscrapers-project-state

The voyage of the HMS Challenger reshaped the science of oceanography

• http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200719-hms-challenger-the-voyage-that-birthed-oceanography

Baleen whales (humpbacks, blue, fin & sei whales) have expanded their range

• https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/baleen-whales-have-changed-their-distribution-western-north-atlantic
• Paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.15191

The initiation & propagation of fracturing the crust to prompt Plate Tectonics

• https://www.universetoday.com/147154/what-cracked-the-earths-outer-shell-and-started-its-plate-tectonics/
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17480-2

“Anthropause” has resulted in quieting of high-frequency seismic noise

• https://en.farsnews.ir/newstext.aspx?nn=13990504000258
• https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/coronavirus-raspberry-shake-earthquake-24072020/

Deeper fracking can increase risk of earthquakes by ten-fold

• https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/fracking-climate-crisis-earthquakes-fossil-fuels-a9636786.html

Analyzing 37,000 years of climatic events revealed by benthic foraminifera in Bay of Biscay

• https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-07/uotb-ofa072420.php

Quick tour of important rocks: Uluru, Grand Canyon & Yosemite

• https://www.varsity.co.uk/science/19644

Celebrating the work of Marie Tharp – mapping the sea floor

• https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/07/24/marie-tharp-connecting-dots/

Olivine micropillars rheological properties correspond to shallow lithospheric conditions

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/olivine-micropillars-reveal-shallow-lithosphere-rheology

Planetary geology:  Active volcanoes are abundant on Venus

• https://www.popsci.com/story/science/venus-volcanoes-ring-of-fire/

Paper:  anisoptropic growth of water films on minerals driven by defects and surface tension

• https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/30/eaaz9708

Two new reports on critical minerals in Utah

• https://moabtimes.com/2020/07/09/importance-of-potash-reports-highlight-utahs-contribution-to-mineral-resources/
• C-129: https://ugspub.nr.utah.gov/publications/circular/c-129.pdf 
• MP-174: https://ugspub.nr.utah.gov/publications/misc_pubs/mp-174/mp-174.pdf

Everything you need to know about nickel – Elon Musk’s new favorite mineral

• https://www.inverse.com/innovation/nickel-elon-musks-new-favorite-mineral

Desert mosses use quartz rocks as sun shades in the Mojave Desert

• https://phys.org/news/2020-07-mosses-quartz-sun.html

Well-reserved mammoth skeleton found in Pechevalavato Lake in Siberia

• https://phys.org/news/2020-07-well-preserved-mammoth-skeleton-siberian-lake.html

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 27 July 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

New York plans $750M expansion of electric-vehicle infrastructure

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-autos-electric-new-york/new-york-to-invest-750-million-to-expand-electric-vehicle-infrastructure-idUSKCN24H3DD

CRS Report:  USDA Adaptation – adaptation is much better approach than mitigation

• https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46454

Dam on the Chuhe River in Anhui province in China blasted to release floodwaters

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/dam-blasted-release-floodwaters-death-063917747.html
• https://apnews.com/6e2e510a8a41999c5729204881a61429
• https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3970298

Federal approval given for Gross Reservoir Expansion Project in Colorado – 77,000 acre-ft increase

• https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/07/17/gross-reservoir-expansion-project-approval-boulder-county/

Phoenix, Arizona, attempting to reduce heat island effect by spray-coating streets

• https://kjzz.org/content/1602245/cool-pavement-coming-soon-some-phoenix-neighborhoods

Investigating impacts of human demand on shared water resources – transboundary water stress

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/modeling-water-stress-for-shared-water-resources
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019EF001321

Babies born near natural gas flaring are 50% more likely to be premature due to air pollution

• https://www.ehn.org/fracking-preterm-births--2646411428.html

TRAILS Project earns 2020 ESRI SAG award

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/trails-project-earns-2020-esri-sag-award

US Army COE inspects Hills Creek Dam in Oregon –

• https://www.registerguard.com/news/20200720/corps-conducts-annual-inspection-of-hills-creek-dam

US Army COE to recommend approval of Pebble Mine in Alaska despite environmental opposition

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-alaska-mine/u-s-army-corps-poised-to-recommend-approval-of-alaskas-pebble-mine-idUSKCN24L2UC

Using solar power for poultry farms

• https://coastalcourier.com/news/local-solar-company-partners-poultry-farm/

Toxic blue-green algae bloom ripening on Lake Okeechobee

• https://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/20200716/lake-o-stinky-potential-danger-is-lurking-in-its-waters

Restoration options for rehabilitation of Ackerson Meadow in Yosemite National Park

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/07/yosemite-national-park-detailing-restoration-options-ackerson-meadow

Great American Outdoors Act is a “band-aid” for backlog of maintenance work in National Parks

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/07/great-american-outdoors-act-not-panacea-national-park-service-woes
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-great-american-outdoors-act-is-the-legislation-of-a-generation/ar-BB174m1G

Restoration effort aimed at re-wilding areas of Grand Teton National Park

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/07/ambitious-restoration-effort-aims-re-wild-areas-grand-teton

National Park Service seeks public help in identifying arsonist(s) who started wildfire in Ahwahnee Meadows in Yosemite National Park

• https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/07/there-seems-be-arson-problem-yosemite-national-park

Update:  Mexico attempting to honor Treaty – military police vs farmers - US Commissioner demands Mexicocomply with requirements of 1944 Water Treaty – deficit of 432,360 acre-feet for 5-year period ending Oct 2020 – did not comply during cycle that ended in 2015

• https://thefacts.com/ap_news/texas/article_7f7fa195-920f-5d53-8da9-79484b9f712e.html
• https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/u-s-commissioner-demands-mexico-deliver-rio-grande-water-to-the-united-states/

Perspective:  Protecting our national sovereignty along the southern Border – a future crisis?

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexican-migration-could-first-crisis-140005661.html

John Muir – the Father of Our National Parks – “there is a moral purpose for wilderness” - now being derided as a racist

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/sierra-club-john-muir-racism-monuments-182629801.html
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-miseducation-of-john-muir

Need to determine effective & non-polluting methods to recycle rare earth elements

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/are-we-ready-to-recycle-the-rare-earths-behind-an-energy-revolution/

1979-2016 one-child policy is now two-child policy in China – using maternal name

• https://www.sinodaily.com/reports/Chinas_two-child_policy_means_more_babies_named_after_mum_999.html

Bayer (Mosanto) loses appeal in Roundup (glyphosate) cancer verdict in California Court of Appeals

• https://www.seeddaily.com/reports/Bayer_loses_appeal_in_California_Roundup_cancer_verdict_999.html

Update:  $4.6 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – filling of reservoir has begun

• https://apnews.com/3783b6627bb2e7da650fae5456dec1b1
• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Ethiopias_Abiy_praises_historic_start_to_dam_filling_999.html
• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Ethiopia_says_first_year_of_Nile_mega-dam_filling_achieved_999.html

Beluga whales form social networks that include family & friends

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200710212233.htm
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-67314-w

7 Chinese & 2 Malawian wildlife trafficking gang members jailed in Malawi

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Malawi_jails_9_Chinese_wildlife_trafficking_gang_members_999.html

Explaining how you get “goose bumps”

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200720112325.htm

Dragonflies help reveal the extent of mercury pollution (methylmercury) in National Parks across the US

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200722083811.htm
• Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.0c01255

Tongoenas burleyi– large fruit-eating bird was hunted to extinction following arrival of humans in Tongo

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200722163236.htm
• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/tongoenas-burleyi-08669.html

Human immune systems would likely struggle to fight extra-terrestrial micro-organisms

• http://www.sci-news.com/space/mammalian-immune-system-extraterrestrial-microorganisms-08668.html

Mercury remains persistent in Still River in western Connecticut – “Mad Hatters” danger

• https://phys.org/news/2020-07-mercury-persistent-poison-connecticut-river.html

Oil spills and waste from storage facilities are deadly to livestock in Syria

• https://phys.org/news/2020-07-black-oil-pollute-northeast-syria.html

Fluoroethers from drinking water comprise 24% of PFAS in residents of Wilmington, North Carolina

• https://phys.org/news/2020-07-pfas-comprise-blood-wilmington-north.html
• Paper: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP6837

500-year record of flood data in Europe

• https://phys.org/news/2020-07-years-rivers-climate-europe.html

Oldest water rights on Western Slope in Colorado get extra protection from State Engineer

• https://www.craigdailypress.com/news/colorados-oldest-water-rights-get-extra-protection-from-state-engineer/

Tulsa, Oklahoma, approved $46M for reconstruction of Zink Dam on the Arkansas River

• https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/government-and-politics/zink-dam-work-to-begin-in-august/article_11e9c468-7781-5b25-b4de-0645e0eec531.html

Three Gorges Dam failed to regulate flood waters on Yangtze River – less severe than worst-case scenario

• https://asiatimes.com/2020/07/yangtze-deluge-tests-limits-of-three-gorges-dam/

Concrete dam in Mie Prefecture in Japan is being built almost entirely with robots – humans on stand-by

• https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Engineering-Construction/Dam-built-by-robots-Japan-s-Obayashi-tests-it-out

CRS Insight report:  What happens if National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) lapses?  Maybe people would have to shoulder the burden for their decision to buy property in flood-prone areas?

• https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN10835

“Greenwashing” accusation against Shell for using Scottish forests for carbon offsetting

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/shell-offsetting-carbon-scottish-forest-150459585.html

Climber died after trying to retrieve a backpack – fell from Dragon’s ridge in Glacier National Park

• https://us.cnn.com/2020/07/23/us/montana-climber-glacier-national-park-death-trnd/index.html

CORONAVIRUS

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

• https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Some people (me included) cannot wear face masks

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/disabled-people-invisible-illness-fear-face-mask-shaming-050000510.html

Anthropause – massive cessation of human activity impacting the environment

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/nature-biggest-winner-covid-19-070000657.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-1237-z

Marine life enjoying a quieter environment

• https://www.npr.org/2020/07/20/891854646/whales-get-a-break-as-pandemic-creates-quieter-oceans

Global infection-fatality rate ranges from 0.53% to 0.82% - aggregate about 0.68%

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/how-deadly-is-covid-19-researchers-are-getting-closer-to-an-answer/ar-BB1704sb

Random sampling identifies numerous asymptomatic cases

• https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/cdc-finds-lots-of-asymptomatic-carriers-in-the-us/
• Paper: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2768834

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 27 July 2020 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Estuary research has overlooked nutrient cycling in tropical & low-nutrient estuaries

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/estuary-research-suffers-from-scientific-bias

• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020JG005766

Erosion is claiming luxury homes built along the coast in New South Wales

• https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/australia/australia-coastal-erosion-homes-intl-hnkscli/index.html

Construction of 3 living shoreline sills underway in North Carolina

• https://www.thecoastlandtimes.com/2020/07/19/construction-of-three-new-living-shorelinesills-underway-near-nc-coastal-federation-wanchese-office/

Upwelling cools Oregon coastal areas

• https://www.koin.com/weather/summer-is-cranking-inland-but-coastal-upwelling-cools-thecoast/

Updated permit approved for nuclear storage at San Onofre

• https://www.encinitasadvocate.com/news/story/2020-07-17/coastal-commission-signs-off-onupdated-san-onofre-nuclear-storage-program

Massachusetts Homeowners Handbook to Prepare for Coastal Hazards is updated

• https://www.capecod.com/newscenter/homeowners-handbook-to-prepare-for-coastalhazards-gets-update/

• Handbook: https://seagrant.whoi.edu/wpcontent/uploads/sites/106/2020/07/MAHomeowners-Handbook-2020-1.pdf

Man-made reefs may have some positive value when combined with natural habitat restoration to increase fish abundance in estuaries

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200716101539.htm

$10M Tamar Estuary Catchment Management Project delivered environmental benefits

• https://www.miragenews.com/healthy-waterways-flow-for-tamar-estuary/

Perspective: Santa Clara River Estuary is perfect for breeding & nesting western snowy plovers

• http://www.coastalview.com/opinion/at-the-very-least/article_4f6378b4-cb90-11ea-ad6b-87a8b5346695.html

Construction of tunnel will allow removal of power pylons from Dwyryd Estuary

• https://www.wales247.co.uk/snowdonia-moves-closer-to-pylon-free-estuary/

Some 57,000 beluga whales travel to Churchill River Estuary in Canada each summer

• https://www.travelandleisure.com/animals/beluga-whale-underwater-livestream

• Livestream: https://explore.org/livecams/beluga-whales/beluga-boat-cam-underwater

Greece protests seismic research by Turkey within territorial waters – Turkey rejects claim

• https://sputniknews.com/world/202007211079948007-greece-expresses-protest-overturkeys-seismic-research-in-territorial-waters-appeals-to-un-eu/

• https://www.turkishminute.com/2020/07/22/turkey-rejects-greek-claim-over-mediterraneanseismic-research-report/

Beach erosion puts seaside holidays at risk along Mediterranean & Atlantic coats

• https://www.europeandatajournalism.eu/eng/News/Data-news/Beach-erosion-puts-European-seaside-holidays-at-risk

Chinese vessels illegally fishing in North Korean waters

•https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Chinese_vessels_fishing_illegally_in_NKorea_waters_study_999.html

• Paper: https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/30/eabb1197

US Army COE plans to expand East Side disposal site on Lake Michigan for contaminated sediment

• https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/07/a-new-solution-to-climate-sciencesbiggest-mystery-sensitivity/614581/

Efforts to protect shoreline at Cedar Dunes Provincial Park and West Point Lighthouse

• https://us.cnn.com/2020/07/23/us/montana-climber-glacier-national-park-deathtrnd/index.html

"Unearned suffering is redemptive." - Martin Luther King, Jr.