The latest September-October 2022 issue of Water Resources IMPACT has hit the streets and I will feature its 9 articles as I previously did with the July-August issue (10 articles) that focused on Hydrophilanthropy. The current issue highlights Pacific Northwest Water. On 22 October I opened with Robert T. Lackey and salmon, then on 23 October with Paul J. Pickett's 'water vision' for Washington State. Today I'll post Elaine J. Hanford's 'The Hanford Nuclear Reservation and a Legacy of Groundwater Contamination'.
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Elaine's name should be familiar to WaterWired readers. Each Monday for the last nine years I have posted her great Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management. She provides pertinent information, introduced in her own inimitable style.
I have known Elaine since my early Reno days in the late 1970s - early 1980s
when I worked with her on a geothermal energy project in Dixie Valley, NV. She was the manager. It was fascinating work. After those days I lost touch with her until 9 years ago. She's a thorough Earth scientist and a concise, thoughtful, talented writer. She also bears no relation to the Hanford site.
Here is her four-pager:
Download Hanford_Water_Resources_IMPACT_Sept_Oct2022
The intro:
A humans we try to identify pivotal moments in human in history. One
such moment occurred in 1938, when scientists working in Berlin announced that the nucleus of an atom could be 'fissioned' or split in two, releasing a large amount of energy. World events of the time shaped decisions that would have impacts on millions of people and the environment for generations to come. Among the impacts of this 1938 discovery is the lasting threat to groundwater and ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest. What follows is the story of how we got here.
Can't beat that introduction!
She also wrote articles on the Newlands Project, the first Reclamation project in the West, and Pluvial Lakes of the Great Basin:
Download Hanford_Newlands_IMPACT_May_June 2022
and Pluvial Lakes of the Great Basin.
You will be hearing more from her in the future.
Enjoy!
"All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk." - Ronald Reagan
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