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Article: 'No More Dam Water - Assessing the Suitability of Managed Aquifer Recharge'

Maria Gibson and I published this brief 4-page article in the current (January-February 2022) issue of Water Resources IMPACT (volume 24, no. 1). (Click here to download the entire issue):

Download Water Resources IMPACT January:February 2022

This article is based upon Maria's PhD dissertation so if you have any questions, contact her (the groundwatergeek herself!) - she can be reached at [email protected]

Here is the introduction to the article:

Introduction
Benjamin Franklin wrote in 1746, “When the well's dry, we know the worth of water.” This holds true today, with the caveat that the value of water is tied to the timing of demand. Historically we met demand with surface reservoirs. Today, when droughts hit our communities hard we want immediate solutions, and we want more dams. However, this year we have observed reservoir conditions which signal warning signs of the future. We saw lakes drained to winding creeks. We saw exposed sandbars not visible since dam construction. We saw the unmistaken dead brown landscape - no water in sight - surrounded by the green of former shorelines which existed just a brief time ago..

Signs along Interstate 5 in California. Photo: Maria Gibson (2019)

Dams alone no longer provide the reliability to meet our water needs. 

Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) holds significant potential for providing available water to match demand. It stores water in a natural environment when flows are high, and demand is low. By placing water in aquifers for future use, MAR eliminates many of the environmental impacts associated with reservoirs. However, MAR projects must meet three requirements – a suitable location, appropriate aquifer conditions, and available water for recharge. These three requirements involve meeting multi-faceted criteria established by project participants with diverse backgrounds.

Lake Oroville, CA. Top: June 2020, Bottom: October 2021.

Success of MAR projects often hinge on collaboration between participants, public perception, and public opinion. When conflict amongst participants or the public arise, projects falter. We experienced a ban on aquifer storage and recovery in the state of Georgia due to a perceived ‘water grab.’ We saw projects fail due to the public’s fear of groundwater contamination, lack of regard for public social views, governance which lacks the oversight of property rights, and a disregard for the public’s connection to the land. Given historical lessons, the three MAR requirements necessitate the prerequisite of inclusion. Analyzing aquifer conditions is highly quantitative but identifying suitable locations for MAR and determining available water for recharge embodies many qualitative elements. To prevent conflict and encourage collaboration, methods exist that include qualitative variables analyzed with scientific rigor. A multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is one such method which mathematically assimilates the nuances of preference, including physical limitations, and incorporates a process of elimination. Other methods include dynamic modelling which incorporates the construction of proactive management models adaptable to different scenarios and supported through feedback loops.

The inherent nature of managed aquifer recharge is multidisciplinary. Participants in project development have a wide range of expertise and backgrounds.

You can also see a more detailed MAR  publication here:

Download Yakima_Report20190611-104198-ihyr1f-with-cover-page-v2

 Enjoy!

"The science of hydrology would be relatively simple if water were unable to penetrate below the Earth's surface." - Harold E. Thomas

Josh's Water Jobs and More! 22 February 2022

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Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Kramatorsk, Ukraine): 26 February 3-4 years (See all) 217) Program Officer – Ethiopia – Aquaya (Bahir Dar, Ethiopia): 3 March   218) French speakers: WASH Programme Development Manager – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Maroua, Cameroon): 4 March   219) WASH Technical Assistant – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)(Kabul, Afghanistan): 1 March   220) WASH Officer(HP) – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Jigjiga, Ethiopia): 25 February   221) French speakers: WASH Program Coordinator – Medair(Madagascar): Until filled   222) Water Sanitation and Hygiene Coordinator – Save the Children(Zahlé, Lebanon): 7 March   223) Shelter and Water Sanitation and Hygiene Coordinator – Save the Children (Zahlé, Lebanon) 4 March   224) Dari/Pashto speakers: WASH Officer – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Kabul, Afghanistan): 1 March   225) Venezuela nationals: UNV Asociado WASH (UNICEF) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Ciudad Guayana, Bolívar, Venezuela): 28 February   226) 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Governance Technical Lead (STAWI) – Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (Nairobi, Kenya): Until filled   236) Roving Emergency Advisor (Shelter & WaSH) – Danish Refugee Council (Roving): 7 March   237) WASH Expert – COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale (Sudan): 28 February   238) French speakers: WASH Manager – Oxfam Intermón (Bangui, Central African Republic): 6 March   239) Humanitarian WASH Manager – Save the Children (Maiduguri, Nigeria): 4 March   240) Spanish speakers: Apoyo al Sector de Residuos Sólidos de la División de Agua y Saneamiento – Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) (Washington, D.C., USA): 1 March   241) Arabic speakers: WASH Specialist – Acción Contra El Hambre(Hebron, Palestine): Until filled   242) Manager (Drinking Water) – Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India) (Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India): 28 February   243) Korean speakers: WASH Specialist (UNICEF) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Kampala, Uganda): 3 March   244) Local recruitment: Deputy Chief of Party for Sustainable, Transformational and Accessible Water Interventions (STAWI) – Tetra Tech (Nairobi, Kenya): Until filled   245) Local recruitment: Technical Specialists for Sustainable, Transformational and Accessible Water Interventions (STAWI) – Tetra Tech (Nairobi, Kenya): Until filled   246) Local recruitment: Chief of Party for Sustainable, Transformational and Accessible Water Interventions (STAWI) – Tetra Tech (Nairobi, Kenya): Until filled   247) Local recruitment: WASH Coordinator – Plan International(Gambella, Ethiopia): 23 February   248) Myanmar nationals: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Manager – Danish Refugee Council (Mrauk-U, Myanmar): 2 March   249) Nigeria nationals: Program Manager I Hygiene Promotion – Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (Borno, Nigeria): Until filled   250) Nigeria nationals: Program Manager I-Infrastructure – Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (Borno, Nigeria): Until filled   251) Local recruitment: Global Programs Officer – Clean the World Foundation (CTWF) (Washington, D.C., USA): Until filled   252) Sudan nationals: Senior WASH Officer – ZOA (Eldaein, South Sudan): 24 February 10+ years (See all) 253) French speakers: Un.e Assistant.e eau Assainissement et Hygiène – Base de Données et Évaluation Environnementale – Action Contre La Faim (ACF) (Paris, France): Until filled   254) Monitoring Evaluation Accountability Learning (MEAL) Manager – Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (Nairobi, Kenya): Until filled   255) Spanish speakers: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Senior Specialist (Guatemala IWASH Activity) – Global Communities(Guatemala City, Guatemala): Until filled   256) Hindi speakers: Director for Water & Sanitation Programme – India Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) (New Delhi, Delhi, India): 6 March   257) Director of Climate Impact – WaterEquity (Kansas City, MO or Washington, D.C., USA/Home-based): 18 March Not specified (See all) 258) French speakers: Responsable de Programme Eau, Hygiène, Assainissement – Inter Aide (Mozambique): Until filled   259) French speakers: Water Infrastructure Consultant (f/m/d), Sub-Saharan Africa – AGIAMONDO (Germany): 8 March   260) German speakers: Ingenieur für Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfungen im Wassersektor (m/w/d) als Integrierte Fachkraft – Centrum für internationale Migration und Entwicklung (CIM) (Lima, Peru): Until filled Consultancies (SEE ALL) 261) Feasibility analysis and roadmap for arranging supportive repayable finance instruments for Water Funds – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Latin America/Home-based): 28 February   262) Individual consultant to provide technical support for the Development of a WASH Sector Financing Strategy – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Zimbabwe): 27 February   263) Technical Assistance on WASH Sector Governance and Regulatory Framework in Liberia – Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) (Liberia): 4 March   264) Consultancy: Develop and align action plans for sanitation pilots provincial water and sanitation utilities – The World Bank (Angola): 2 March   265) Consultancy Services for Development of Faecal Sludge Management Guidelines, Capacity Bulding and Irsea Institution Development in Regulation of Sanitation Services – The World Bank(Angola): 2 March   266) Project Manager for Leadership In Business Accelerator- World Water Week – Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)(Stockholm, Sweden): 28 February   267) Water Sector Consultant – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Home-based): 24 February   268) Consultant, WASH – Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) (Aruba/Curaçao): 25 February   269) Groundwater Specialist (Small Island and Atoll Water Supplies) – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Home-based): 23 February   270) Executive Consultant within aquatic science programming and funding – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) (Lyngby, Denmark): 3 March   271) International consultant for conducting a study on youth (including children) and climate policy and action in Azerbaijan – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Home-based): 1 March   272) Inclusive assessment of sanitation and hygiene marketing, demand creation, and financing – CARE (Kigali, Rwanda): 1 March   273) Consultancy Services on Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation (PHAST) in Emergency Settings and Menstrual and Hygiene Management (MHM) – Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)(Maiduguri, Nigeria ): 24 February   274) Water Resources Infrastructure Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Indonesia): 25 February   275) Arabic speakers: Consultant: Drought Risk Finance Solutions – International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Beirut, Lebanon): 28 February   276) Arabic speakers: Consultant: Drought Risk Finance Solutions – International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Rabat, Morocco): 28 February   277) Multilateral Environmental Agreements Consultant – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Riyadh Saudi Arabia): 28 February   278) State of the Environment Report Consultant for Saudi Arabia – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Riyadh Saudi Arabia): 28 February   279) Consultant: Research to Identify Hotspots of migration and Resource-Based Conflict in the IGAD Region – International Organization for Migration (IOM) (Home-based): 24 February   280) Consultancy: Evaluation Consultant (Environment, climate change and poverty reduction) - Independent Country Programme Evaluation, Bhutan – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Home-based): 6 March   281) Final Evaluation of the 5 year Irish Aid funded Accelerating Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture and Resource Management (ANSARM) – Concern Worldwide (Liberia): 4 March   282) International Consultant/Evaluator for Final Evaluation of the Project – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Home-based): 25 February   283) Consultant: Sahel Climate Strategy & Business Development - Niger, Burkina Faso, Senegal, UK, EU – Mercy Corps (Kenya): Until filled   284) Building Back Blue - Feasibility Study for Aquaculture Component of Fiji’s Sovereign Blue Bond Issuance – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Fiji): 3 March   285) Local recruitment: Call for proposals (Capturing learning towards Leaving No One Behind) – The Sanitation Learning Hub(India): 4 March   286) Consultant (Field Program Coordinator) (Non-Payroll) – Population Services International (PSI) (Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, India): 23 February   287) Myanmar nationals: Consultant for designing pipe network water supply systems in Rakhine State and Magwe Regions – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Myanmar): 23 February   288) Local recruitment: Dialogue Facilitator (Irrigation Infrastructure & Agricultural Water Management) – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Harare, Zimbabwe): 2 March   289) Zimbabwe nationals: Main Facilitator - HIHI High-Level Executive Roundtable Meeting – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Harare, Zimbabwe): 2 March   290) Guinea Bissau nationals: Consultant for the Terminal Evaluation of the project “Strengthening natural resource valuation capacities for improved planning and decision-making to conserve the global environment” – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)(Bissau-Guinea): 27 February   291) Local recruitment: Ground Water Resource Mapping in Turkana East Sub County – Practical Action (Kenya): 28 February   292) Namibia nationals: Experts for the preparation of National Drought Plan – United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) (Home-based): 3 March   293) Local recruitment: Request For Tender (Assessment Of Water Supply Systems, Water Quality And Options To Improve Sanitation At BIEM Initiative Focal Sites, Vanuatu) – Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) (Vanuatu): 3 March   294) Cook Islands: Strengthening WASH Practices and Hygiene Behavioral Change in the Pacific – Asian Development Bank (ADB)(Home-based): 28 February RFP (SEE ALL) 295) Call for Offers: Preparation of an Assessment on the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus in Lebanon – Global Water Partnership - Mediterranean (GWP-Med) (Home-based): 11 March   296) Consultancy for the Implementation of Specific Activities for the project Effective management of Wadi El Rayan and Lake Qaroun Protected Areas – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Egypt): 28 February   297) Request for Applications: Applied Research on Sanitation and Handwashing via FSN Network – Save the Children (Ethiopia): 7 March   298) Information management and data analysis support to the WASH Cluster – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Somalia): 8 March   299) French speakers: Enquête finale du programme ASWA II Programme eau et assainissement – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Madagascar): 28 February   300) Water Desalination Assessment – The World Bank (Yemen): 24 February   301) Consulting Services to Operationalize an Online Tool for Rapid Bottom-up Climate Risk Assessment World Bank Global Water Practice – The World Bank (Home-based): 24 February   302) Organization Efficiency analysis of Six Water Service Providers (WSPs) in Kenya – The World Bank (Kenya): 24 February Internships (SEE ALL) 303) German speakers: Praktikant*in im Sektorvorhaben Wasserpolitik – Innovationen für Resilienz – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Bonn, Germany): 6 March   304) Modelling and Simulation of a Lunar Water Extractor for ISRU – Institute of Space Systems (Bremen, Germany): Until filled   305) Local recruitment: Summer Research Assistant – Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS) (Saskatoon, SK, Canada): Until filled   306) Local recruitment: Assistant Water Resources Technician Student – Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (Niagara, ON, Canada): 4 March   307) Local recruitment: Research and Publications Summer Internship – Environmental Law Institute (ELI) (Washington, D.C., USA): 11 March   308) Local recruitment: Snake River Headwaters Conservation Intern – Trout Unlimited (Jackson, WY, USA): Until filled Scholarships/Assistantships (SEE ALL) 309) British Council scholarships for women in STEM – British Council(United Kingdom): 28 February or 4 April   310) Doctoral scholarship holder, Carbon sequestration in Coastal Wetlands – University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium): 3 March   311) PhD Candidate for Fate Modelling of Microplastics – Radboud University (Nijmegen, Netherlands): 6 March   312) Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Programme - TRANSFORM - 2022 Open Call Research Projects – University of Warwick (Coventry, UK): 7 March   313) PhD: Stable isotope biogeochemistry and hydrogeology – Trinity College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland): 5 March   314) Africa nationals: Modelling the resilience of ecosystem service provision in African landscapes, Global Systems Institute/Geography– PhD (Funded) – University of Exeter (Exeter, UK): 4 March   315) PhD Cleaning the Ganges: Impact of agriculture on hydrological functioning of the Hindon river in a changing climate – Wageningen University & Research (Wageningen, Netherlands): 7 March   316) PhD Candidate in Water Distribution Systems Analysis – University of Innsbruck (Innsbruck, Austria): 28 February   317) ARC Project: Linking terrestrial-aquatic carbon fluxes across Australia (1 Postdoc and 2 PhD students) – Charles Darwin University (CDU) (Casuarina NT, Australia): Until filled   318) Ph.D. position in Compound Flood Modeling, Hazard & Risk Assessment – Virginia Tech University (Blacksburg, VA, USA): 31 March   319) Uganda nationals: Call for a PhD Scholarship Application Tenable at Makerere University in collaboration with Eawag, Switzerland – Makerere University (Kampala, Uganda): 11 March   320) U.K. nationals: Drought impacts on Amazon rainforest trees: can trees recover? - PhD – University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, UK): 3 March Fellowships 321) Aspen Climate Cohort Felloe – The Aspen Institute (San Francisco, CA, USA): 28 February   322) GPODS Fellowship 2022 – Global Policy Diplomacy and Sustainability (GPODS) (Home-based): 15 May Other 323) ICIMOD/SERVIR-HKH Small Grants Programme – International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) (Home-based): 25 March   324) Proofreading and editing of publications related to Knowledge Products and the 4th Global WOPs Congress – Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) (Home-based): 1 March   325) Research Fellowship (Volunteer): Water Justice in Latin America – Region360 (Washington, D.C., USA): Until filled     Last week’s list, in case you missed it   Post a job   Support Josh’s Water Jobs   Recruitment services

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326) Position: Oregon WRD (Salem) - Physical Hydrogeologist (NRS3 with underfill open at the NRS2 level). Closes: 21 April 2022. https://bit.ly/3vE1Paw #JobWaWi

 

327) Position: The Water Project (Anywhere in US) - Program Manager. https://bit.ly/3EkyswO #JobWaWi

 

328) Position: @waterforpeople (location negotiable) - Chief Executive Officer. https://bit.ly/3CPVzOI #JobWaWi #globalwater

 

329) Positions (2): @AZWRRC (Tucson, AZ) - Two Post-doctoral Research Associates: 1) Water RAPIDS (Research and Planning Innovations for Dryland Systems; 2) Diversifying Voices in Water Resources (DViWR). https://conta.cc/3I5leXl 

 

330) Position: Rogue Basin Partnership (Medford, OR) - Fish Passage Working Group Coordinator. OUF. https://bit.ly/3t21vmj #JobWaWi

 

331) Positions (2): @TxWRI (College Station, TX) - Communications Specialist II; Grant Administrator I. http://bit.ly/3eZyfoa #JobWaWi

 

332) Positions: @TroutUnlimited
(WA, VA, WY, WI, CA, ID, CO, NC) - Various jobs & internships. https://tinyurl.com/4app4eks #JobWaWi

 

333) Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland) - Deputy Administrator, Water Quality (Principal Executive/ Manager F). Closes: 21 February. https://tinyurl.com/2s3shmbh #JobWaWi

 

334) Position: @TroutUnlimited (WA State) - Lake Sammamish Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership Coordinator. https://tinyurl.com/2p8bmhpk #JobWaWi

 

335) Postdoctoral Position: @NASA (Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD) - Earth Science: Remote Sensing and Modeling of Terrestrial Hydrology. Closes: 1 March. (https://tinyurl.com/3jhfvthf #JobWaWi

 

336) Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland) - Climate Policy Community Engagement Coordinator (Program Analyst 4). Closes: 27 February. https://tinyurl.com/2p87pr5k #JobWaWi

 

337) Position: @OregonDEQ (Bend, Klamath Falls, Pendleton, or The Dalles) - Stormwater Quality Specialist (Natural Resource Specialist 3). Closes: 27 February. https://tinyurl.com/2p9e26tn #JobWaWi

 

338) Position: @GWPMed (Athens) - Senior Programme Officer. Closes: 23 February. https://tinyurl.com/2p96jb63 

 

339) Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland) - Solid Waste Engineer (Environmental Engineer 3 / Environmental Engineer 2 - Underfill). Closes: 28 February. https://tinyurl.com/2p8hs6wa 

 

340) Position: @SkagitGov (Mount Vernon, WA) - Noxious Weed Technician - Public Works Department. Closes: 28 February. https://tinyurl.com/4thbpvzn #JobWaWi

 

341) Position: @SkagitGov (Mount Vernon, WA) - Water Quality Analyst. Closes: 4 March. https://tinyurl.com/dpwcfnje #JobWaWi

 

342) Position: @SkagitGov (Mount Vernon, WA) - Project Manager - Natural Resources. Closes: 28 February. https://tinyurl.com/6hwmfmvp #JobWaWi

 

343) Position: @SkagitGov (Mount Vernon, WA) - Hydrogeologist - Public Works Department. Closes: Continuous. https://tinyurl.com/ycs9285c #JobWaWi

 

344) Position: @USACEHQ (Louisville, Pittsburgh, Denver) -Civil Engineer (Geotechnical). Closes: 4 March. https://tinyurl.com/2ukv74ds #JobWaWi

 

345) Position: @USACEHQ (Louisville, Pittsburgh, Denver) - Civil Engineer (Hydrologic). Closes: 4 March https://tinyurl.com/3wstpy73 #JobWaWi

 

346) Position: @MeadowsC4Water (San Marcos, TX) - Hydrogeologist. OUF. https://tinyurl.com/yc7fza6u #JobWaWi

 

347) Position: @MeadowsC4Water (San Marcos, TX) - Climate Science Director. OUF. https://tinyurl.com/mfbvn2f3 #JobWaWi

 

348) Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland) - Diesel Emissions Mitigation Analyst (Program Analyst 2). Closes: 9 March. https://tinyurl.com/492kps5s #JobWaWi

 

349) Position: @OregonDEQ (Bend, Pendleton or The Dalles) - Hydrogeologist (Natural Resource Specialist 4). Closes: 17 March. https://tinyurl.com/yckj4zks #JobWaWi

 

350) Position: @EcologyWA (Lacey, WA) - Hydrogeologist (Hydrogeologist 3) (In-Training); Closes: Continuous. https://tinyurl.com/53t37cw3 #JobWaWi

 

351) Postdoctoral Position: @UnivOfKansas
(Lawrence) - Groundwater sustainability and socio-environmental research. App review: 21 March 2022. Position: January 2023. http://bit.ly/DISES #JobWaWi

 

 

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The articles displayed herein are selected by Dr. Elaine J. Hanford. I do not necessarily agree with the viewpoints expressed and the article descriptions that precede each link.

Geoscience Bulletin Board – 21 February 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Cambrian Utaurora comosa & Opabinia fossils in Wheeler Formation in Utah

• https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/even-thing-weirdest-arthropod-evolution-002359931.html
• Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2021.2093

Weis Earth Science Museum in Menasha, Wisconsin, has excellent displays – especially for kids

• https://govalleykids.com/wisconsin-geology-weis-earth-science-museum-menasha/

Book Review:  “The Greywacke” – in an era of scientific discovery of Earth history

• https://www.insights.uca.org.au/geology-and-faith/

Book Review:  “The Wheel of Time” – incorporating geologic history into storytelling

• https://www.tor.com/2022/02/09/the-wheel-of-time-from-a-geological-perspective/

Turnip Rock in Lake Huron in Michigan near Pointe Aux Barques

• https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/michigan/geological-wonder-mi/

Heat & pressure in core means liquid & solid components co-exist – think “snow-cone mush”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/earth-s-core-is-in-a-weird-superionic-state-quite-abnormal/ar-AATPrlI

Antarctic sea ice has expanded in overall extent over the past 4 decades – contrary to models

• https://eos.org/science-updates/new-perspectives-on-the-enigma-of-expanding-antarctic-sea-ice

Sea surface temperatures during El Niño-Southern Oscillation and radiation exhibit coupling

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/el-nino-southern-oscillation-and-radiation-two-way-coupling
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021GL095261

Two studies of fledgling deep-sea mining

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/exploration-and-evaluation-of-deep-sea-mining-sites

Real world observation data indicates need to revise sediment transport & prediction models

• https://eos.org/articles/how-does-sand-move-new-observations-challenge-prevailing-formulas

Visualizing lithium production by country from 1995 to 2020

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-lithium-production-by-country-1995-2020/

New method of estimating lake evaporation suggests lakes losing 20% of flow to evaporation

• https://eos.org/articles/estimating-lake-evaporation-just-got-easier
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-27569-x

Volcanic eruption on Mount Etna triggers lightning

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mount-etna-eruption-volcanic-storm-lightning/

Impact crater field discovered in southeastern Wyoming

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/943424

Improved understanding of slow slip plate tectonics in SW Japan improves predictions

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220214095551.htm
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-03982-6

Two landslides in Southern Alps of New Zealand – one on Mount Tasman & one in Hooker Valley

• https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2022/02/14/southern-alps-1/

Megadrought in the Western US is not the worst ever – just in the last 1,200 years – trying to blame it on man-made global warming

• https://phys.org/news/2022-02-west-megadrought-worsens-driest-years.html

Call for moratorium on geoengineering to dim sunlight – will worsen conditions – political mess

• https://theconversation.com/trying-to-cool-the-earth-by-dimming-sunlight-could-be-worse-than-global-warming-175455

Largest known lithium deposit may be in Oregon in McDermitt Caldera

• https://www.opb.org/article/2022/02/16/lithium-oregon-mcdermitt-caldera-deposit-nevada/

Planetary Geologic Mapping Workshop scheduled for late June in Flagstaff, Arizona

• https://www.lpi.usra.edu/planetary_news/2022/02/15/planetary-geologic-mapping-workshop-june-2022/

Mapping potential impact zones on Olympic Peninsula from M9.0 Cascadia earthquake

• https://www.sequimgazette.com/news/geologists-map-9-0-magnitude-quakes-impact-on-olympic-peninsula/
• https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/maps-show-cascadia-quake-impact-on-region/

Theory on the origins of a major subduction zone

• https://phys.org/news/2022-02-major-subduction-zone-small.html

Potentially resolving discrepancy between marine ice-sheet behavior and reconstructed climate

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220214183329.htm

Possible cause(s) of sinkhole that has been draining Brengi stream

• https://thefederal.com/states/north/jammu-and-kashmir/sinkhole-swallows-a-stream-in-kashmir-is-climate-change-to-blame/

Gold targets and key fault zones on Hawkins Love Gold Project in southern New Brunswick

• https://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/magna-terra-identifies-gold-targets-and-key-fault-zones-on-the-hawkins-love-gold-project-southern-new-brunswick

Lake Baikal is largest, oldest & deepest freshwater lake – holds nearly 25% of liquid fresh surface water

• https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/lake-baikal/

Using AI transfer learning techniques to study oceanic internal waves

• https://phys.org/news/2022-02-ai-techniques-ocean-internal.html

Hadrosaurid and tyrannosaurid footprints found on bank of Redwillow River in Late Cretaceous Wapiti Formation in Alberta, Canada

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/tyrants-aisle-footprints-10556.html
• Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0262824

Range of environmental contaminants identified in fracking wastewater

• https://phys.org/news/2022-02-chemists-range-environmental-contaminants-fracking.html

M6.2 earthquake struck western Guatemala

• https://phys.org/news/2022-02-thousands-affected-quake-guatemala.html

Late Cretaceous Confractosuchus sauroktonos ate ornithopod dinosaurs

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/confractosuchus-sauroktonos-10549.html
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1342937X22000338

Jurassic long-necked dinosaur nicknamed “Dolly” suffered aspergillosis-like respiratory infection

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/dinosaur-respiratory-infection-10543.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05761-3

Micro-plastic pollution has up to 7-year residence time in rivers before entering ocean

• https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=304463&org=GEO&from=news
• Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abi9305

Cataclysmic eruptions likely due to significant thermal anomalies at core-mantle boundary

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Deep_down_temperature_shifts_give_rise_to_eruptions_999.html

Humpback whales may swim up to 3,700 miles to breed

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Humpback_whales_swim_up_to_3700_miles_to_breed_999.html
• Paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0547

Heavy precipitation caused flash floods and landslides in Petropolis, Brazil

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Rescuers_scour_for_survivors_after_Brazil_floods_landslides_kill_94_999.html

Missoula mega-floods scoured eastern Washington – tilting of crust due to glacial isostatic adjustment directed incision of Channeled Scabland

• https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Tilting_of_Earths_crust_governed_the_flow_of_ancient_megafloods_999.html
• Paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/119/8/e2109502119

Accidental implosion yields new measurement for depth of Challenger Deep

• https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/science-and-technology/2022/02/accidental-implosion-yields-new-measurement-for-oceans-deepest-point

Elko mine worker accidentally killed at Nevada Gold Mines Cortez Hills Underground Operation

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/elko-mine-worker-killed-in-equipment-accident/ar-AATYg3C

Sperm whales learned how to fight back by ramming whaling boats

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sperm-whales-learned-to-attack-whalers-ramming-boats-with-their-heads/ar-AAU6czg

Group of orcas save humpback whale tangled in netting near Australia - video

• https://www.newsweek.com/orca-save-entangled-humpback-whale-trapped-nets-video-1669013

Woodwardopterus freemanorum – Late Permian fossil sea scorpion found in Australia

• http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/woodwardopterus-freemanorum-10567.html

Coupled mode of cloud, atmospheric circulation & sea ice in Antarctic winter

• https://phys.org/news/2022-02-scientists-coupled-mode-cloud-atmospheric.html
• Manuscript: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5272/pdf

Armless abelisaur dinosaur species discovered in Argentina

https://phys.org/news/2022-02-armless-abelisaur-dinosaur-species-argentina.html

Environmental Science Bulletin Board – 21 February 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Webinar on 24 February:  What New Mexico jumping mice tell us about riparian ecosystems

• https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/technical/nra/ceap/?cid=nrcseprd1576043

PFAS forever chemicals are widely distributed in untreated well water in Delaware

• https://www.usgs.gov/news/state-news-release/usgs-finds-pfas-untreated-well-water-across-delaware
• USGS OFR 2021-1109: https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2021/1109/ofr20211109.pdf

Study conducted by oil industry consultants says oil wastewater is “safe” for irrigation – but cannot answer fundamental safety questions

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06022022/a-california-water-board-assures-the-public-that-oil-wastewater-is-safe-for-irrigation-but-experts-say-the-evidence-is-scant/

Definition of hubris:  humans think they can prevent next zoonotic virus pandemic driven by human activity – wildlife trade & hunting, ag intensification & habitat destruction

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/preventing-next-covid-19-cheaper-210129904.html
• https://scitechdaily.com/preventing-pandemics-costs-far-less-than-controlling-them-prevention-really-is-the-best-medicine/
• Paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl4183

A little progress on recycling solar panels

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10022022/inside-clean-energy-solar-recycling/

PG&E estimates $25B ($2.5M per mile) to bury 175 miles of power lines – consumers to pay

• https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/fires/article258249655.html

Perspective:  Time to end wildlife-killing contests in Pennsylvania

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/guest-opinion-time-end-wildlife-092808521.html

Indiana considering pumped storage hydropower stations using abandoned coal mines – need to consider potential of old coal mines to pollute the water that will seep into groundwater

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/old-mines-pumped-storage-hydropower-172700309.html
• USGS report: https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1953/0266/report.pdf
• Characterization of Hg, Se, As, Cl & other impurities (see p 28-33): https://purdue.edu/discoverypark/energy/assets/pdfs/cctr/researchReports/CharacterizationIndianaCoalResource-2004.pdf

Government needs to improve border screening of trucks to reduce illegal drugs crossing into US

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as-lethal-fentanyl-flows-across-mexico-border-cbp-tries-powerful-scanning-technology/ar-AATNFnt

HIV variant in Netherlands is more virulent – may be mutating to counteract current medications

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/new-highly-virulent-hiv-variant-discovered/ss-AATP9FJ

Lightning kills more than 2,500 people in India every year – most “shelter” under trees

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-bolt-from-the-blue-that-kills-thousands-in-india/ar-AATNSWr

Toward understanding flash drought

• https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/hot-spots-help-shed-light-on-flash-drought-causes/article_ef6d1913-dd4f-5010-a534-a4ab7b96a384.html

Genetically engineered “glowing” zerbra fish escaped fish farms & are multiplying in the wild

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/genetically-engineered-glowing-fish-have-escaped-fish-farms-and-are-multiplying/ar-AATQnDe

UN environmental report calls for immediate ban on some toxic chemicals – pesticides, plastics & electronic waste causing at least 9M premature deaths per year

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/pollution-causing-more-deaths-covid-113021595.html

Dry Creek Ranch in San Angelo, Texas, one of 7 across the nation recognized for environmental efforts

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/san-angelo-cattle-ranch-wins-222507035.html
• https://tscra.org/dry-creek-ranch-wins-rangeland-stewardship-award/

The complex evolution of the human species – the puzzle of the origins of man

• https://www.jpost.com/science/article-696454

“Worst case scenario” of climate change is no longer feasible – old models did not use real data

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/worst-case-climate-predictions-are-no-longer-plausible-study/ar-AATTb4f
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10515705/Worst-case-climate-predictions-no-longer-plausible-study-shows.html
• Paper: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac4ebf

Sentinel Landscapes Partnership to strengthen military readiness & natural resource challenges

• https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/newsroom/releases/?cid=NRCSEPRD1886222

Ethanol gas additive causes net environmental damage – 30% increase in corn prices – 8.7% increase in land use – 20% increase in price of other crops – 3% to 8% increase in fertilize use – carbon intensity 24% higher than gasoline

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/ethanol-made-from-corn-could-be-worse-for-the-environment-than-petrol-study-claims/ar-AATR0u8
• Paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/119/9/e2101084119

Rivers around the world polluted with Rx drugs:  antidepressants, antibiotics, antihistamines, drugs for epilepsy & diabetes continuously emitted to the environment – potentially toxic levels

• https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2018/research/prescription-drugs-contaminate-york-rivers/
• https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/rivers-poisoned-prescription-drugs-york-093148035.html
• https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60380298
• Paper: https://www.pnas.org/content/119/8/e2113947119

DHS redefining “terrorism” as “false or misleading narratives” as the primary terrorist threat --ahead of threats of violence and calls by foreign terrorist organizations for attacks against US – violates Constitutional freedom of speech

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/the-biden-administration-is-trying-to-criminalize-dissent-we-must-resist-opinion/ar-AATUa2w

Wastewater facilities in NYC process 1.8B gallons per day and emit hazardous (sulfur, ammonia, etc) gasses & biogas as sludge is anaerobically “processed” by good and dangerous bacteria

• https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/biofuel-made-in-new-york

“Organic food” does not mean preclude genetically modified

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/how-organic-food-could-doom-the-future-of-agriculture/ar-AATV9HI

Critical evidence missing from report suggesting massive tree cutting to reduce fires in Sierras

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/uc-researchers-omit-key-evidence-203544768.html

Another shut down of largest battery storage system in California due to malfunction & smoke

• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/california-largest-battery-storage-shut-213905435.html

Update:  Ongoing legal battle over water and the Truckee Canal portion of the Newlands Project

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nevada-town-in-canal-fight-seeks-another-chance-in-us-court/ar-AATWYLp

Micro-plastics make organic pollutants 10X more toxic – augmented joint toxicity

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/microplastics-make-organic-pollutants-ten-times-more-toxic-tau-study/ar-AATXhAr

Hawaii Supreme Court rejected “outlandish” effort to delay approval hearing for wood-burning renewable-energy power plant

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/court-rejects-bid-delay-approval-180700170.html

Environmentalists put lives on the line in Mexico

• https://www.terradaily.com/reports/Ill_kill_you_Mexicos_nature_defenders_put_lives_on_line_999.html

Small modular nuclear reactor is “too expensive, too risky and too uncertain.”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/report-says-new-nuclear-reactor-is-risky-utilities-disagree/ar-AAU0zIM
• https://ieefa.org/smr/
• Report: http://ieefa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/NuScales-Small-Modular-Reactor_February-2022.pdf

Workers at Columbia Generating Station exposed to radiation at nuclear power plant

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/richland-workers-exposed-radiation-nuclear-130000520.html

Nuclear power may not emit CO2 but there are other risks & challenges – should be called “green”

• https://interestingengineering.com/nuclear-power-is-on-the-rise-and-it-could-be-the-best-way-to-nail-zero-emissions

New tool to predict dissolved oxygen levels in streams

• https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/2022/02/17/wvu-engineer-develops-tool-to-predict-oxygen-in-water-finds-streams-along-southeastern-u-s-in-poorer-quality

Sure & Brut aerosol deodorants recalled because of potential health risk

• https://bestlifeonline.com/news-sure-brut-deodorants-recall/

Update on Line 5 tunnel-encased replacement pipeline across Mackinac Straits in Michigan

• https://michiganadvance.com/2022/02/17/state-panel-authorizes-start-of-line-5-tunnel-bidding-process/

Restoration of 200-year-old Union Chain Bridge connecting England & Scotland over River Tweed

• https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/engineers-begin-reassembly-of-200-year-old-bridge-spanning-england-and-scotland-17-02-2022/

Impact of Land Trusts & Conservancies taking action to protect natural systems

• https://nawindpower.com/land-trusts-conservancies-impact-climate-change-at-scale-with-clean-energy-initiatives-report-shows
• Link to report: https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/policy-focus-reports/from-ground-up-land-trusts-conservancies-solutions-climate-change

Citizens group pressing EPA to cleanup Rolling Knolls Landfill Superfund site – listed since 2003

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/citizen-group-presses-epa-aggressive-201140967.html

No easy fix for groundwater polluted by O&G drilling in Dimrock, Pennsylvania

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/irreversible-no-easy-fix-water-123021908.html

4 men fined $50,000 in “disturbing poaching case” in Montana – unlawfully took 48 game animals

• https://sports.yahoo.com/four-men-ordered-pay-50-233156619.html

Residents must vacate apartment building in Florida Keys – major structural & electrical issues

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/dozens-florida-keys-residents-forced-200435531.html

Electric vehicle batteries depend on toxic metals – mining & improper disposal cause environmental degradation – child-labor abuses in source countries

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/tesla-co-founder-seeks-solve-194159848.html

Nickel mining for EVs results in unsafe levels of hexavalent chromium (Cr6) in drinking water

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/we-are-afraid-erin-brockovich-pollutant-linked-to-global-electric-car-boom/ar-AAU3B1R

Bill Gates – the “expert” on coming pandemic

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/bill-gates-says-covid-risks-have-dramatically-reduced-but-another-pandemic-is-coming/ar-AAU2wVm

3 large windfarms in Scotland were paid to produce at less than 50% capacity

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/wind-farms-were-paid-not-170702811.html

Changing demographics across the US

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/seismic-hispanic-population-shifts-happen-200930189.html
• https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/u-s-hispanic-population-continued-its-geographic-spread-in-the-2010s/
• Map: https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/interactives/hispanic-population-by-county/

Resumption of normal life will signal end of the plandemic – not some epidemiologic or regulatory milestone or draconian measures or mandates

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/opinions-the-end-of-the-pandemic-won-t-come-from-biology-or-medicine-it-will-come-from-us/ar-AATGvqM

Omicron wave is receding but still pushing mandates and controls & continuation of fear-mongering

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-omicron-wave-is-receding-but-the-pandemic-is-far-from-over/ar-AATTiUW

Long-covid likely due to vagus nerve damage

• https://scitechdaily.com/long-covid-could-be-linked-to-the-effects-of-sars-cov-2-on-the-vagus-nerve/

Significant increase in “cemetery leachate” due to burials could potentially impact groundwater

• https://www.popsci.com/environment/covid-public-health-risks-cemeteries/
• Paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8542190/

$2B for failing program to make 4 at-home tests available to each household – violates government procurement guidelines

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/another-unforced-error-biden-administration-123500378.html

Has the “Pandemic Testing Board” done anything this past year? Where has $48B gone?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/whatever-happened-to-biden-s-pandemic-testing-board/ar-AATVmLN

Do we really need to test to determine immunity? – no real need for yet more pandemic policy or political rhetoric that would result from “mandated” titers test

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/a-test-to-determine-covid-immunity-could-reshape-us-policy/ar-AATZCBS

Opioid overdose deaths coincided with delivery of stimulus checks in Ohio – 28% increase in opioid deaths across the US during the plandemic

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/new-study-shows-link-between-opioid-overdoses-and-covid-19-stimulus-checks/ar-AAU01he
• https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/News-Releases/February-2022/Study-Finds-COVID-19-Stimulus-Checks-Linked-to-Rec
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395922000287

California announces future “endemic” approach – pandemic “won’t have a defined end” – no lifting of remaining executive emergency orders

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-adopts-nations-first-endemic-050706315.html

At least 12,000 people caught virus in the hospital in January – likely a fraction of the total

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nowhere-is-safe-record-number-of-patients-contracted-covid-in-the-hospital-in-january/ar-AAU464d

Pandemic is winding down but Administration asking for additional $30B funding

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-request-for-covid-19-funds-faces-resistance-from-lawmakers/ar-AAU4wey

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 21 February 2022 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Vaquita porpoises now number fewer than 10 in home range – devastated by 99% over last decade

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/tiny-vaquita-porpoise-now-numbers-060012213.html

Argentinian court suspends oil exploration in 3 maritime areas of Buenos Aires Province

• https://batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/court-blocks-offshore-oil-exploration-project-off-coastof-buenos-aires-province.phtml

8,576 participants in Ice Swimmers event in Polish seacoast town of Mielno – flower children of Baltic

• https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/thousands-of-ice-swimmers-gather-in-polish-balticcoast-town-27870

Coast Guard says claim of Mexican fishing vessels “getting lost” and illegally entering US waters is absolutely untrue

• https://myrgv.com/featured/2022/02/12/targeting-lanchas-illegal-mexican-fishing-crews-notlost-coast-guard-says/

Protecting Flagler County coast has lost 3.5M cubic yards of sand – cost to maintain is $6M per year

• https://www.palmcoastobserver.com/article/protecting-flagler-countys-coast-could-costdollar6-million-per-year

African heritage sites threatened by coastal flooding & erosion

• https://www.eurasiareview.com/11022022-african-heritage-sites-threatened-by-coastalflooding-and-erosion-as-sea-level-rise-accelerates/

• https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-african-world-heritage-sites-threatened-by-sea-levelrise-to-triple-by-2050

• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01280-1

Sand is vital resource for conserving coastal zones

• https://www.eurasiareview.com/11022022-sand-is-a-vital-resource-for-conserving-coastalzones/

• https://www.eth.mpg.de/6028608/news-2022-02-10-01

Perspective: Exclusive coastal estates cause social, economic & environmental impacts

• https://mg.co.za/opinion/2022-02-13-coastal-exclusive-estates-have-social-economic-andenvironmental-impacts/

South Fork Wind project construction begins off the coasts of New York & Rhode Island

• https://apnews.com/article/kathy-hochul-technology-business-new-york-united-states-4e20dca51edcdbac0aa4278dd9b54456

Update: residents in Red Hill can resume drinking & cooking with tap water in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/hawaii-health-officials-lift-drinking-181000893.html

Rogue wave off coast of Vancouver, British Columbia, recorded at 57.7 feet by sensor buoy in Nov 2020

• https://phys.org/news/2022-02-record-breaking-rogue-coast-vancouver-island.html

• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05671-4

Chemical dump site in Gulf of Mexico officially declared “nothing to worry about” under CERCLA by EPA

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/epa-responds-huffpost-investigates-gulf-164106490.html

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/toxic-waste-dumps-gulf-ofmexico_ n_6080551be4b03fc5b217aba9

• PPT 1972 Report: https://semspub.epa.gov/work/05/953141.pdf

4th and final wet season for SFEI field work to assess chemical pollution in untreated stormwater runoff in San Francisco Bay

• https://cen.acs.org/environment/water/Urban-stormwater-presents-pollution-challenge/100/i6

Irrawaddy dolphins, once found in coastal South & Southeast Asia, are now extinct in Mekong River in Stung Treng Province – impacts of overfishing, pollution, development & habitat destruction

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/dolphin-population-goes-extinct-after-its-lastmember-gets-entangled-in-fishing-gear/ar-AATWprW

Cruise ship passenger jumped overboard in Gulf of Mexico – other people go missing

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/carnival-cruise-passenger-goes-overboard-in-gulf-ofmexico-after-alleged-hot-tub-altercation/ar-AATZWmQ

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/mysterious-and-unsolved-disappearances-of-cruiseship-passengers/ss-AAU1JqY

Euroferry Olympia engulfed by fire near NW coast of Greece – 243 rescued by customs agency

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/greece-2-trapped-in-burning-ferry-11-othersmissing/ar-AAU18mb

Green hydrogen demonstration project in Dutch North Sea to have 300 to 500 MW capacity

• https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/16/green-hydrogen-demo-that-will-use-offshore-windplanned-for-north-sea.html

'By “budgeting,” of course we mean “cutting.”' - @ass_deans

CRS Report: 'Drought in the United States - Science, Policy, and Selected Federal Authorities'

Charles V. Stern and Eva Lipiec (Coordinators), Lisa S. Benson, Nicole T. Carter, Elena H. Humphreys, Pervaze A. Sheikh and Megan Stubbs authored this CRS report (updated 8 February 2022): 'Drought in the United States: Science, Policy, and Selected Federal Authorities'.

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Summary
Drought―a deficiency of moisture that results in adverse effects―occurs to some extent almost every year in areas of the United States. Droughts can simultaneously reduce available water supplies and increase demands for water. Drought has the potential to affect economic and environmental conditions on local, regional, and national scales, as well as to cause disruptions in water supplies for households and communities.

Droughts are a component of climate variability and may be seasonal, multiyear, or multi-decadal in duration. According to an August 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on the physical science of climate change, variable precipitation and rising temperatures are intensifying droughts in some U.S. regions. According to the report, certain types of droughts, such as those causing agricultural impacts, are expected to be more likely in the western and central regions of the United States in the future.

The federal government generally defers to state primacy in surface and groundwater allocation, and states and local entities typically lead efforts to prepare for drought. Multiple federal agencies contribute to these efforts to predict, plan for, and respond to drought. The federal government, and in particular the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, plays a key role in researching and monitoring drought through the National Integrated Drought Information System and the U.S. Drought Monitor. Other federal agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Geological Survey, also research and monitor drought factors and conditions. USDA provides the primary federal financial aid to lessen the impacts of drought and compensate for agricultural production loss after drought onset.

Congress has authorized federal assistance for other aspects of drought, but these programs generally are limited in scope. In localities or watersheds with major projects managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation, which operates exclusively in the 17 arid western states) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE, which operates nationwide), the federal role in water management is more direct and can be especially controversial during times of drought, when multiple users compete for water. Congress has directed both Reclamation and USACE to plan for future droughts at federally authorized projects. Other federal programs, such as those supporting nonfederal efforts to develop water conservation, water reuse and recycling, rural water supplies, or other municipal and industrial water supplies, may prioritize projects that lessen the impacts of drought even when these programs do not focus exclusively on drought.

Severe drought in California from 2012 to 2016, as well as widespread drought in the western United States in 2021 and other recent events, has raised the profile of drought and led to increasing congressional and administrative proposals to prepare for and respond to its impacts. The 117th Congress enacted funding for drought activities in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58). Congressional interest in drought may include new and amended authorities for drought planning and response; emergency appropriations to alleviate drought impacts and enhance related activities; and oversight of ongoing federal drought science, preparedness, and management efforts.

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AWWA Comments: Request for Information to Inform Interagency Efforts to Develop the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas

More inquiries from the AWWA!

G. Tracy Mehan III, Executive Director for Government Affairs at the American Water Works Association, just sent me this brief letter to the Department of the Interior regarding a Request for Information to Inform Interagency Efforts to Develop the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas.

Here is a PDF of the letter: Download 20220217 AWWA Comment DOI Conservation Atlas I have pasted a copy below.

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“A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.” — John James Audubon