No, this is not a late April Fools' Day joke - it's the real deal! Everyone's favorite ex-New Yorker and erstwhile Golden Stater (Truckee and Santa Cruz) WaterWired/Aquadoc is editing the July-August 2021 issue of Water Resources IMPACT with the working title 'SYPs: Speaking on Water'. I need your help in populating the issue with 6 - 9 short (800 - 1300 words, more or less) articles.
Why SYPs? Well, why not? Let's hear what they have to say. I am not necessarily soliciting articles that describe what it is like to be an SYP in a 'boomer' world, although a few such articles would be valuable. I am just looking for articles written from the SYP vantage point. Climate change. The 'water crisis'. Diversity, inclusion, equity. Gender issues. IWRM. Sustainability/resilience. Water quality. Water security. A short story about droughts. Forever chemicals.
I am not seeking journal-style articles but ones that are much shorter, less technical, and written in a conversational, 'story-telling' style. The audience will be water-resources practitioners and students who are not necessarily technical geeks; even those who aren't WaterWonks read the magazine, which is published online-only. Circulation is a couple thousand or so.
If you think your proposed topic is too speculative or 'off the wall' - run it past me. If it is labeled as such - no problem - I like thinking outside the box. For example: you may be older than 35 and going back to school to switch to a new career. That could make a very interesting article.
Here are two IMPACT articles I wrote that may help you:
Growing Up...with Managed Aquifer Recharge - recounts my 'childhood adventures' on 1950s Long Island, NY, and the 'sumps' (recharge basins) I encountered.
Here is a brief article I wrote for the March 2018) of Water Resources IMPACT - Managing Water Ethically. It's sure to raise the hackles of some, as I promote the concept of Managed Aquifer Depletion (MAD) to assess when a groundwater supply is going to run out and then manage it to prolong it for as long as possible.
If you have never seen a copy of Water Resources IMPACT, take a look at our current
issue Connecting Land and Water for Healthy Communities, edited by our friend and colleague Mike Antos.
If you are interested in submitting an article please let me know as soon as possible by sending a title and several sentences. We would like the complete articles by 24 June or so. We have some flexibility. Email: [email protected]. My cell is 541-602-4085. Please don't send an article written without checking with me first; I don't want you wasting your time. Previously-written articles may be suitable for publication in Water Resources IMPACT as long as there are no copyright restrictions.
Here are author instructions:
Download IMPACT Author Instructions_08.2019
Questions? Let me know ASAP.
Thank you!
Tell me a story.
"An ill-chosen word is the fool's messenger."- Anonymous
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