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George Hawkins on 'Innovation and the Clean Water Act'

G. Tracy Mehan III, a frequent contributor to WaterWired, executive director for government affairs at the American Water Works Association and adjunct professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason Universitysent
me this article by George Hawkins, former general manger of the DC Water and Sewer Authority.

My friend and colleague, George Hawkins, has authored a compelling piece on the necessity of innovation to cope with the staggering costs of Clean Water Act regulations in the areas of storm water and combined overflows (“urban wet weather” issues).  It appears in The Environmental Forum published by the  Environmental Law Institute.

I highly recommend this article, a copy of which is attached for your information.

Thank you for your interest.

Tracy

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CRS Report: Overview of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Infrastructure (EI) Assistance

Anna E. Normand wrote this CRS Report (23 January 2023): 'Overview of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Infrastructure (EI) Assistance'.

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Summary
Congress has authorized and appropriated funding for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) environmental infrastructure (EI) assistance for the design and construction of certain infrastructure in specified municipalities, counties, and states. This assistance supports different projects at publicly owned and operated facilities. Projects include construction of water distribution works, stormwater management, surface water protection, and environmental restoration, among others. EI assistance authorities generally fall into one of three categories:

•   Section 219 EI. Projects and activities (e.g., design assistance) at specific geographic locations (e.g., city, county, multiple counties) authorized through Section 219 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (WRDA 1992; P.L. 102-580), as amended.

•   Non-Section 219 EI Projects. Projects authorized in provisions other than Section 219 of WRDA 1992.

•   EI Programs. EI programs authorized for broader geographic areas (e.g., states or regions of states), with eligible types of assistance authorized in various provisions of the authority.

  The Congressional Research Service (CRS) reviewed enacted legislation likely to include EI assistance authorities and deauthorization lists to identify 422 EI assistance authorities with cumulative authorizations of appropriations totaling around $12.88 billion. The authorizations of appropriations for these activities vary widely, from $100,000 for a water monitoring station to $1 billion for a seven-state EI program. CRS identified authorized EI assistance in at least 46 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. CRS did not identify authorities for EI assistance in Iowa, Maine, Nebraska, Rhode Island, or the remaining territories.

  USACE evaluates an activity’s eligibility for assistance by identifying whether an EI assistance authorization exists for the project’s geographic area, and whether the proposed work is an eligible type of assistance provided for in the authorization. The authorization’s specifics determine the nature of USACE’s involvement and the nonfederal cost share. USACE is authorized to perform design and/or construction work with USACE funds and, for certain programmatic authorities, may use appropriated funds to reimburse nonfederal sponsors for work they perform. Most USACE EI assistance requires cost sharing at 75% federal and 25% nonfederal, and the nonfederal sponsor—the owner of constructed facilities—is responsible for operations and maintenance. Unlike traditional USACE water resource projects, EI assistance is not subject to the USACE planning process (e.g., it does not require a feasibility study); however, other federal laws apply to EI assistance, including the National Environmental Policy Act.

  Congress typically funds EI assistance through USACE’s Construction account in annual Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies appropriations acts. In FY2023, Congress provided $168.5 million for USACE EI assistance authorities. The explanatory statement accompanying Division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117- 328) included recommendations to fund $130.5 million for EI assistance specifically requested by Members as Community Project Funding or Congressionally Directed Spending proposals (32 requests were funded). In addition, Division N of P.L. 117-328 provided $18.0 million in emergency appropriations for USACE to allocate to EI assistance authorities in an agency work plan and Division A of the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117- 180) provided $20.0 million for EI assistance, which USACE allocated to assistance for Jackson, MS, water and wastewater infrastructure.

  Congress may consider whether to amend, add, or deauthorize EI assistance authorities and, if so, how to address those provisions. In the 117th Congress, WRDA 2022 (Division H, Title LXXXI of P.L. 117-263) amended EI assistance authorities and enacted new EI assistance authorities, which provided a combined increase in authorization of appropriations of $6.62 billion. Congress also may consider its support for USACE’s EI assistance activities generally, in view of other federal programs that provide assistance for similar projects and activities. In addition, Congress may consider how to allocate funding among EI assistance authorities, whether based on Member requests, certain criteria, or other considerations. Congress may also consider conducting oversight of USACE’s EI assistance activities and its impacts.

  
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Josh's Water Jobs and More! 24 January 2023 >330 Jobs

1) Josh's Jobs

Featured job - Professor of Hydroinformatics (Head of Research Group) – IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (Delft, Netherlands): 31 January Highlighted 1) PhD: Evaluating how multilateral development banks produce and use benefit-cost evidence in water and sanitation project decisions – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London, UK): 19 February   2) Trans Boundary Rivers of South Asia Program Manager – Oxfam(India/Nepal/Bangladesh/Cambodia): 3 February   3) Chief of Section – United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (Paris, France): 31 January   4) Spanish/Portuguese speakers: Consultor/ en Participación de las Partes Interesadas (Stakeholders) - Proyecto Acuífero Guaraní – United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (Montevideo, Uruguay): 27 January   5) Senior WOP Advocacy Consultant – Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) (Home-based): 30 January   6) U.S. nationals: 2023 Obama Foundation Leaders USA program – Obama Foundation (United States): 3 February Deadline today (24 January)! 7) Spanish speakers: Consultor GIRH de apoyo al proyecto Trifinio del FMMA – Organization of American States (OAS) (Esquipulas, Guatemala): 24 January   8) Spanish speakers: Coordinador Regional de Proyecto – “Fomentando la Seguridad Hídrica en la Región del Trifinio” – Organization of American States (OAS) (Esquipulas, Guatemala): 24 January   9) U.S. nationals: Water Programs Lead Engineer – Idaho National Laboratory (INL) (Idaho Falls, ID, USA): 24 January Jobs by Region Africa jobs Asia jobs Europe jobs Latin America and Caribbean jobs Oceania jobs North America jobs Home-based/Remote jobs Minimum years experience requested 0-2 years (See all) 10) Technical Officer – Mangrove restoration – Wetlands International(Ede, Netherlands): 29 January   11) French speakers: Charge.e de Projets Agriculture, eau, Environnement – Agence Française de Développement (AFD) (Dakar, Senegal): Until filled   12) UN University Volunteer in Civil Engineer (ESCAP) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Bangkok, Thailand): 26 January   13) Germany nationals: Junior Professional Officer (UN-Water Associate Expert) – UN-Water (New York, NY, USA): 19 February   14) Germany nationals: JPO in Environmental Affairs – United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) (Geneva, Switzerland): 19 February   15) German nationals: JPO, Programme Officer (Climate) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Nairobi, Kenya): 19 February   16) Germany nationals: JPO in Programme Management – United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) (Bonn, Germany): 19 February   17) German speakers: Junior-Berater*in im Sektorvorhaben Ernährungssicherung, Themenfeld Fischerei und Aquakultur – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)(Eschborn, Germany): 6 February   18) Local recruitment: Action Silk Stream Project Officer – Thames21(United Kingdom): 3 February   19) Local recruitment: Graduate Hydraulic Modeller – 2023 – Stantec(Various, UK): Until filled   20) Local recruitment: Water Modelling Technologist – Government of Alberta (Calgary, AB, Canada): 1 February   21) Local recruitment: WWTP – Repairman – City of Chicopee(Chicopee, MA, USA): Until filled   22) Local recruitment: Senior Consultant – Raftelis (Charlotte, NC, USA/Home-based): Until filled   23) Local recruitment: Angler Technician in MA – Connecticut River Conservancy (Greenfield, MA, USA): 28 February   24) Local recruitment: Angler Survey Technician in CT – Connecticut River Conservancy (Hartford, CT, USA): 28 February   25) Local recruitment: Connecticut Water Quality Monitoring Assistant – Connecticut River Conservancy (Hartford, CT, USA): 1 March   26) Local recruitment: Junior Engineer (Hydrologist) – Environmental Science Associates (ESA) (Seattle, WA/Portland, OR, USA): Until filled   27) Local recruitment: Wetland Program Project Officer – New Mexico Department of Environment (Santa Fe, NM, USA): 5 February   28) Local recruitment: Program Coordinator – Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (Cambridge, MA, USA): Until filled   29) Local recruitment: Hydroelectric Program Analyst (Natural Resource Specialist 3) – Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) (Salem, OR, USA): 29 January   30) Local recruitment: Environmental Analyst III - Public Drinking Water Program (Limited Service) – Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (Montpelier, VT, USA): 25 January   31) Local recruitment: Project Manager Watershed Specialist – Middle Colorado Watershed Council (Rifle, CO, USA): Until filled   32) Data Analyst (Freshwater Tools) – The Nature Conservancy (TNC)(New York City, NY, USA): 7 February   33) Local recruitment: Regional Clean Water Legacy Specialist (State Prog Admin Principal) – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources(Bemidji/Detroit Lakes/Fergus Falls, MN, USA): 7 February   34) U.S. nationals: Hydrologist – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)(Florida, USA): 10 February 3-4 years (See all) 35) Local recruitment: Technical Manager (Water Security) – CDP(Berlin, Germany/London, UK/New York, NY, USA): Until filled   36) (Associate) Climate Change Adaptation Specialist – European Investment Bank (EIB) (Luxembourg): 2 February   37) Spanish speakers: Policy Specialist – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Quito, Ecuador): 31 January   38) Programme Support Officer, Environment and Resilience (UNDP) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Nairobi, Kenya): 29 January   39) Local recruitment: Strategy and Programs Lead – InfoNile(Kampala, Uganda): 10 February   40) Local recruitment: Hydraulic Engineer – Committed To Good (CTG) (Kabul, Afghanistan): 31 January   41) Local recruitment: Senior GIS Analyst – Water Security Agency(Various, SK, Canada): 1 February   42) Local recruitment: Stewardship and Communication Coordinator – South East Alberta Watershed Alliance (Medicine Hat, AB, Canada): 6 February   43) Local recruitment: Senior Water Resource Specialist – British Columbia Public Service (Victoria, BC, Canada): 6 February   44) Local recruitment: Operations Manager – For Love of Water (FLOW) (Traverse City, MI, USA): Until filled   45) Local recruitment: Regional Office Hydro Specialist – Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (Lewistown, MT, USA): 6 February   46) Local recruitment: Gila Trout Project Manager – Trout Unlimited(Silver City, NM, USA): 3 February   47) Local recruitment: Water Resources Engineer – Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) (Phoenix, AZ, USA): Until filld   48) Local recruitment: Environmental Scientist III-IV – Water – Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) (Dover/Georgetown, DE, USA): 31 January   49) U.S. nationals: Supervisory Civil/Environmental Engineer (Deputy Director for Project Support) – Indian Health Service (IHS)(Arizona/Alaska, USA): 30 January   50) U.S. nationals: Supervisory Civil/Environmental Engineer (Interdisciplinary) – Indian Health Service (IHS) (Throughout the United States): 26 January   51) U.S. nationals: Supervisory Civil/Environmental Engineer (Interdisciplinary) – Indian Health Service (IHS) (Throughout the United States): 26 January   52) U.S. nationals: Supervisory Civil/Environmental Engineer (Interdisciplinary- Engineer Consultant) – Indian Health Service (IHS)(Throughout the United States): 3 February   53) U.S. nationals: Supervisory Civil/Environmental Engineer (Deputy Director for Field Operations) – Indian Health Service (IHS)(Arizona/Oklahoma, USA): 30 January 54) U.S. nationals: Supervisory Civil/Environmental Engineer (Deputy Director) – Indian Health Service (IHS)(California/Oklahoma/Tennessee, USA): 30 January   55) U.S. nationals: Supervisory Civil/Environmental Engineer (Deputy Director for Project Support) – Indian Health Service (IHS)(Oklahoma/Arizona, USA): 30 January   56) U.S. nationals: Supervisory Civil/Environmental Engineer (Deputy Director for Management Operations) – Indian Health Service (IHS)(Throughout the United States): 1 February   57) U.S. nationals: Supervisory Civil/Environmental Engineer – Indian Health Service (IHS) (Throughout the United States): 1 February   58) Local recruitment: Wasterwater Plant Chief Operator – Town of Henniker (Henniker, NH, USA): 31 March 5-9 years (See all) 59) Senior Economic Development Associate-Water – Office of the Quartet (East Jerusalem): 2 February   60) Local recruitment: Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Partnerships Coordinator – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Singapore/Hong Kong/Indonesia): Until filled   61) Sustainable Development Officer – United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) (Beirut, Lebanon): 7 February   62) Programme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Nairobi, Kenya): 5 March   63) Support Services Manager – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) (Vienna, Austria): 30 January   64) Local recruitment: Bulk Water Storage & Conveyance Specialist – City of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa): 27 January   65) Local recruitment: Manager Water Demand Management Regulation& Planning – City of Cape Town (Cape Town, South Africa): 27 January   66) Trinidad and Tobago nationals: Lead Technical Specialist – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago): 31 January   67) Pakistan nationals: Irrigation / Hydraulic Engineer – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Karachi, Pakistan): 1 February   68) Pakistan nationals: Water Management Specialist – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Peshawar, Pakistan): 2 February   69) Iraq nationals: Senior GIS Officer – iMMAP (Mosul/Erbil, Iraq): 30 January   70) Hindi speakers: Coordinator for EbA Collaborative (ECOBARI) – Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) (Pune, Maharashtra, India): Until filled   71) Local recruitment: Executive Officer (Healthy Rivers to Reef Partnership) – Reef Catchments (Mackay/Proserpine QLD, Australia): Until filled   72) Local recruitment: Senior Hydrotechnical Engineer – British Columbia Public Service (British Columbia, Canada): 6 February   73) Local recruitment: House Policy Chief (Water Quality, Supply & Treatment) – State of Florida (Tallahassee, FL, USA): 1 February   74) Local recruitment: Senior Environmental Program Coordinator – Rural Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP) (USA/Home-based): Until filled   75) Maui Marine Director – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Maui, HI, USA/Makawao, HI, USA): 7 February   76) Local recruitment: Upper Salmon Basin Project Manager – Trout Unlimited (Challis/Salmon, ID, USA): 6 February   77) Lead River Scientist, California – The Nature Conservancy (TNC)(Sacramento, CA, USA): 5 February   78) Director of Freshwater Program-Flexible location within Georgia – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Atlanta, GA, USA): 2 February   79) Local recruitment: Executive Director – Long Tom Watershed Council (Eugene, OR, USA): 1 February   80) Local recruitment: Policy Manager – National Audubon Society(Phoenix, AZ, USA): Until filled   81) Local recruitment: Senior Environmental Scientist (Water Resources) – SWCA Environmental Consultants (Albuquerque, NM, USA): Until filled   82) Local recruitment: Bureau Chief (Water Protection) – Montana Department of Environmental Quality (Helena, MT, USA): 7 February   83) Water Resources Specialist 3 (Colorado River Section) – Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) (Phoenix, AZ, USA): Until filled 10+ years (See all) 84) Senior Technical Officer, Coasts and Deltas (Project management) – Wetlands International (Ede, Netherlands): 6 February   85) Senior Technical Officer, Peatland Carbon developer – Wetlands International (Ede, Netherlands): 31 January   86) Team Leader with international profile for innovative TVET in water and energy sectors, Zambia – Niras (Zambia): 30 January   87) Director, Water Resources and Technologies – The Coca-Cola Company (Various): Until filled   88) Lead Regional Technical Lead (Environment and Climate) – International Fund for Agriculture (IFAD) (India): 7 February   89) Global Director of Science Capacity – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Any TNC office): Until filled   90) Technical Director (Water) – Alluvium Consulting (New Delhi, Delhi, India): 31 January   91) Technical Manager (Water) – Alluvium Consulting (New Delhi, Delhi, India): 31 January   92) Senior Programme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Bangkok, Thailand): 2 February   93) Senior Programme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Nairobi, Kenya): 1 February   94) French speakers: Objective Lead 2: Sub-Watershed Management – DAI (Cap-Haitien, Haiti): Until filled   95) Zambia nationals: Vocational training expert for partner VTIs in Lusaka and deputy team leader – Niras (Zambia): 30 January   96) Zambia nationals: Vocational training expert for partner VTIs in Luapula Province, Zambia – Niras (Zambia): 30 January   97) Zambia nationals: Vocational training expert for partner VTIs in Southern Province, Zambia – Niras (Zambia): 30 January   98) Local recruitment: Director of Conservation (Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary) – National Audubon Society (Naples, FL, USA): Until filled   99) Local recruitment: Lead Water Resources Scientist – SWCA Environmental Consultants (Flagstaff, AZ, USA): Until filled   100) Local recruitment: Program Director, Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust – National Audubon Society (Salt Lake City, UT, USA): Until filled Not specified (See all) 101) Regional Climate Change Adaptation Advisor – World Vision (WV) (Bangkok, Thailand): Until filled   102) Senior beleidsmedewerker water en bodem – Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat (The Hague, Netherlands): 1 February   103) Local recruitment: Adviseur Watergangen, aandachtsveld waterkwantiteit – Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland (Houten, Netherlands): 5 February   104) Local recruitment: Adviseur regulering Waterkwaliteit en Klimaat – Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland (Houten, Netherlands): Until filled   105) Principal Environment (Water Stewardship) – BHP (Perth WA, Australia): 30 January   106) Local recruitment: Senior Project Officer (Hydrogeologist) – Queensland Government (Queensland, Australia): 2 February   107) Local recruitment: Water Monitoring Officers – WaterNSW(Leeton NSW, Australia): 27 January   108) Local recruitment: Flood Management Officer – Government of South Australia (Adelaide SA, Australia): 3 February   109) Local recruitment: Senior Floodplain Officer – Government of South Australia (South Australia, Australia): 3 February   110) Local recruitment: Senior Project Officer (Hydrogeologist) – Queensland Government (Queensland, Australia): 2 February   111) Local recruitment: Project Officer (Healthy Rivers to Reef) – Reef Catchments (Mackay/Proserpine QLD, Australia): 6 February   112) Local recruitment: Policy Officer – Queensland Government(Queensland, Australia): 6 February   113) Local recruitment: Scientist (Hydraulic Modeller) – Government of New South Wales (New South Wales, Australia): 5 February   114) Local recruitment: Director, Secretariat and Government Relations – Murray-Darling Basin Authority (Various, Australia): 5 February   115) Local recruitment: Water Officer – Queensland Government(Various, QLD, Australia): 1 February   116) Local recruitment: Senior Project Manager (International Programmes) – Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) (Slimbridge, UK/Home-based): 12 February   117) Framework Manager (Water) – Mott MacDonald (United Kingdom): Until filled   118) See job eligibility requirements: Senior Associate (Environment Team) – Ofwat (Water Services Regulation Authority)(Birmingham/London, UK): 6 February   119) Manager, Climate, Environment & Natural Resources – Palladium(London/Bristol, UK): Until filled   120) Local recruitment: Catchment Manager – South East Rivers Trust (SERT) (United Kingdom): Until filled   121) Local recruitment: Water Ecology (Data Specialist) – Natural Resources Wales (Wales, UK): 5 February   122) Local recruitment: Operational and Maintenance Lead – Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA) (Elmvale, ON, Canada): 31 January   123) Local recruitment: House Attorney (Water Quality, Supply & Treatment) – State of Florida (Tallahassee, FL, USA): 1 February   124) Local recruitment: Senior Engineering Geologist (SGMA) – California State Water Resources Control Board (Sacramento, CA, USA): 31 January   125) Local recruitment: LTE Water Resources Management Specialist -Advanced – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Madison, WI, USA): 2 February   126) Local recruitment: Small Watershed Coordinator – Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley (New Market, VA, USA): Until filled   127) Local recruitment: Watershed Educator – Trout Unlimited(Oregon, USA/Home-based): Until filled   128) Local recruitment: Assistant Attorney General (Federal & Interstate Water Unit) – State of Colorado (Denver, CO, USA): 6 February   129) Local recruitment: Curriculum Developer / Program Instructor – Wastewater Alternatives & Innovations (WAI) (Honolulu, HI, USA/Home-based): 31 January Academic Professors/Lecturers (See all) 130) Assistant Professor (Hydrogeology) – University of North Carolina-Wilmington (Wilmington, NC, USA): 1 February   131) Assistant Professor of Conservation Science – University of California-Berkeley (Berkeley, CA, USA): 2 February   132) Meadows Endowed Professor in Ecohydrology – Texas State University (San Marcos, TX, USA): 3 February   133) Senior Lecturer / Lecturer in Water Science – Monash University(Clayton VIC, Australia): 6 February   134) French speakers: Professor in Geological Engineering (Hydrogeology) – Polytechnique Montréal (Montreal, QC, Canada): 3 February   135) Lecturer in Water Chemistry – University of Stirling (Stirling, UK): 5 February   136) Tenure-track Faculty Position in Environmental Engineering & Science – University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB, Canada): Until filled   137) Lecturer Environmental Systems Analysis – Wageningen University & Research (Wageningen, Netherlands): 3 February   138) Assistant or Associate Professor (Tenure-Track) in Environmental- Civil Engineering – City University New York City (CUNY) (New York, NY, USA): 6 February   139) Assistant Professor in Aquatic Biochemistry (Water Faculty Cluster) – SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF)(Syracuse, NY, USA): Until filld   140) Assistant Professor, Environmental and Water Resources (EWR) Engineering – Portland State University (Portland, OR, USA): Until filled   141) Assistant Professor in Fisheries & Water Resources – University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (Stevens Point, WI, USA): Until filled   142) Tenure Track Faculty Position (Environmental and Water Resources Engineering) – Lebanese American University (Beirut, Lebanon): Until filled   143) Polish speakers: Assistant professor in the group of research and teaching staff – Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences (Wrocław, Poland): 4 February Postdocs (See all) 144) Postdoc position to model non-perennial stream networks – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) (Lausanne, Switzerland): 1 February   145) Post-doctoral researcher in hydroclimatic modelling (H/F) – Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) (Paris, France): 1 February   146) Postdoctoral Fellow - Harmful Algal Blooms – Auburn University(Auburn, AL, USA): 1 May   147) Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Geomorphology and Geohazards) – University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, USA): 3 February   148) Postdoctoral scholar: Evaluating the effectiveness of restored wetlands on water quality improvement – Kent State University(Kent, OH, USA): 5 February   149) Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Geochemistry – University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, MO, USA): Until filled   150) Post Doctoral Research Associate for Water Conservation – Texas State University (Lubbock, TX, USA): Until filled   151) Postdoctoral Researcher (PostDoc_ENGINY) – ICRA – Catalan Institute for Water Research (Girona, Spain): 31 January   152) Spanish speakers: Postdoctoral Researcher (PostDoc_VIROL) – ICRA – Catalan Institute for Water Research (Girona, Spain): 31 January   153) Postdoc: Water Economics Specialist – Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC) (Solsona, Spain): 25 January   154) Postdoctoral Research Associate (Assess Suspended Sediment and Nutrient Loading from Watersheds) – Heidelberg University(Tiffin, OH, USA): Until filled   155) Natural Capital Postdoctoral Fellow – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (Washington, D.C., USA): Until filled   156) Local recruitment: Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellow, Seaweed Product Impact – Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) (New York, U.S./Home-based): Until filled   157) Local recruitment: Wisconsin Coastal Management-Sea Grant Fellow (postdoc or post MS) – Wisconsin Sea Grant (Madison, WI, USA): 5 March   158) Wisconsin Great Lakes Climate Change and Coastal Wetlands Fellow - Postdoc or Post MS – Wisconsin Sea Grant (Madison, WI, USA): 5 March Researchers/Other 159) International Researcher (Integrated Modeling and Assessment) – International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Colombo, Sri Lanka): 19 February   160) Director of the Lycoming College Clean Water Institute (CWI) – Lycoming College (Williamsport, PA, USA): 1 February   161) Research Faculty for the Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (4 Positions, Non-Tenure Track) – Old Dominion University(Norfolk, VA, USA): 1 February   162) Researcher in the field of large-scale solute transport and hydrological modelling – Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) (Copenhagen, Denmark): 1 February   163) Research Associate (Water Sample Analysis) – Nanyang Technological University (Singapore): Until filled   164) Water Resources Hydrologist – UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (Wallingford, UK): 3 February   165) Senior expert international sustainability and environmental policy – University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium): 2 February   166) Collaborateur/trice scientifique II – Geneva Water Hub (Geneva, Switzerland): 15 March   167) Freshwater Ecologist – NIWA (Christchurch, New Zealand): 5 February   168) Quantitative Freshwater Ecologist – NIWA (Christchurch, New Zealand): 5 February   169) Assistant Research Associate – Irrigation and Scaling Pathways – International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Nepal): 31 January   170) Assessment and optimisation of agricultural water resources for mitigation of climate change negative effects – Universita' di Bologna(Bologna, Italy): 4 February   171) German speakers: Research Assistant/Associate (f/m/d) in the team of the Coastal and Flood Research Group – RWTH Aachen University (Aachen, Germany): 5 February   172) Egypt nationals: Senior Research Assistant (Land and Water Management) – International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) (Cairo, Egypt): 1 February   173) New Zealand and Australia nationals: Spatial Ecological Modeller – The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) (Canberra ACT/Adelaide SA, Australia): 1 February   174) Coastal Resilience Specialist – Texas A&M University (Corpus Christi, TX, USA): Until filled   175) Lab and Field Manager, WSU Global Change and Watershed Biochemistry Research Group, Vancouver Campus – Washington State University (Vancouver, WA, USA): Until filled   176) Multiple Research Positions: Climate Science & Society and Global Sustainability – Boston College (Boston, MA, USA): 6 February   177) Temporary Education Project Assistant – Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR, USA): 26 January   178) Research Associate in Forest and Watershed Restoration – New Mexico Highlands University (Las Vegas, NM, USA): Until filled WASH (SEE ALL) 0-2 years (See all) 179) French speakers: Responsable Programme EHA (H/F) – Solidarités International (Mayotte, Souprosse, France): Until filled   180) Global MIS and M&E Associate – Impact Water (Nairobi, Kenya): 31 January   181) UN University Volunteer in Water and Sanitation Hygiene (UNICEF) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Bangkok, Thailand): 26 January   182) Arabic speakers: Project worker- Water stations operator – ACTED (Syria): 25 January   183) Arabic speakers: Project worker- Sanitation worker (QAH) – ACTED (Syria): 25 January   184) Bangladesh nationals: Associate WASH Officer- Shelter – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh): 28 January   185) Tunisia nationals: WASH Officer – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Tunis, Tunisia): 2 February   186) Haiti nationals: WASH Officer – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Port-au-Prince, Haiti): 31 January   187) Maldives nationals: NPO (Communicable Diseases and Environment) – World Health Organization (WHO) (Maldives): 31 January 3-4 years (See all) 188) WASH Head of Departement – Action Contre La Faim (ACF)(Pemba, Mozambique): Until filled   189) WASH Emergency Field Coordinator- Roster – IsraAID(Worldwide): Until filled   190) Humanitarian WASH Advisor – Save the Children (Home-based): 31 January   191) Arabic speakers: Wash and Shelter Project Manager – Takaful Alsham (Gaziantep, Türkiye): 29 January   192) Project Officer (Mentorship and Hygiene Promotion) – Finn Church Aid (Samburu, Kenya): 26 January   193) WASH Officer (Engineer) – FHI 360 (Axum, Ethiopia): Until filled   194) Water and Habitat Project Manager – Swedish Red Cross: Until filled   195) Programme Specialist – Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India) (Sendhwa, Madhya Pradesh, India): 1 February   196) Ghana nationals: Project Officer - WinS and WASHCARE – Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (Tamale, Ghana): 27 January   197) Ghana nationals: Project Officer Sr (Community Mobilization) – Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (Tamale, Ghana): 27 January   198) Ghana nationals: Project Officer (SanMark and Construction Quality) – Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (Tamale, Ghana): 27 January   199) Mali nationals: Wash Officer – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)(Menaka, Mali): 1 February   200) Local recruitment: Development Officer – WASH – World Vision (WV) (Nacaroa, Mozambique): Until filled   201) Local recruitment: Emergency WASH and Livelihood project Coordinator – World Vision (WV) (Ethiopia): Until filled   202) Local recruitment: Donor Relations Manager – Splash (Seattle, WA, USA/Home-based): 1 March 5-9 years (See all) 203) WASH Specialist – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(Amman, Jordan): 29 January   204) Shelter/WASH Project Manager – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine): 31 January   205) Spanish speakers: Coordinador/a en Agua, Saneamiento e Higiene – Acción Contra El Hambre (Colombia): 31 January   206) French speakers: Program Manager II (Nutrition and WASH) – Catholic Relief Services (CRS) (Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo): Until filled   207) French speakers: Purpose 2 Lead: Nutrition and WASH - DR Congo RFSA – Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)(Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo): Until filled   208) Area WASH Coordinator – COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale(Addis Ababa, Ethiopia): 30 January   209) Wash Advisor – Oxfam (Damascus, Syria): 1 February   210) French speakers: Specialiste WASH Urgence/Developpement – Oxfam Novib (Niamey, Niger): 31 January   211) Arabic speakers: WASH Facilitator – Committed To Good (CTG)(Ibb/Taiz, Yemen): 26 January   212) WASH Expert, Yemen Continuous Learning and Evaluation – Management Systems International (MSI) (Jordan): Until filled   213) Global Operations Director – Impact Water (Nairobi, Kenya): 31 January   214) Burkina Faso nationals: WASH Specialist – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Kaya, Burkina Faso): 25 January   215) Local recruitment: Gestor/a de Projecto WASH – World Vision (WV) (Huambo, Angola): Until filled   216) Mali nationals: Spécialiste en sauvegarde environnementale et sociale – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Bamako, Mali): 27 January   217) District Specialist Program Support – Water for People (Nalanda, Bihar, India): 29 January   218) Local recruitment: Director Business Development – Splash(Seattle, WA, USA/Home-based): 1 March   219) Local recruitment: Technical Director, Water Security, Sanitation and Hygiene (WSSH) – Global Communities (Silver Spring, MD, USA): Until filled 10+ years (See all) 220) Chief of Party, USAID Ethiopia Markets for Sanitation Activity – Population Services International (PSI) (Ethiopia): Until filled Not specified (See all) 221) Local recruitment: Senior Media Officer – WaterAid (London, UK): 5 February Consultancies (SEE ALL) 222) Consultancy to Prepare Communication and Knowledge Management Strategy for TROSA Phase-2 – Oxfam (Cambodia): 25 January   223) Consultancy for Policy Review and Plan Development (Fifth Convention on Wetlands Strategic Plan) – The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (Home-based): 17 January   224) Call for Consultant (Healthcare Waste Management) – WaterAid(Home-based): 31 January   225) Senior Engineering Consultant (Retainer) – Sanivation(Kenya/Home-based): 15 February   226) Consultancy: Security Assessments for regional Sanitation Programme in the Sahel – Bremen Overseas Research & Development Association (BORDA) (Sahel/Remote): 31 January   227) Senior national and international short-term experts for innovative TVET in Zambia – Niras (Zambia): 30 January   228) EIA and Water and Sanitation Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Various): 26 January   229) Watershed / Irrigation Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (India): 26 January   230) Cholera Senior Consultant (WASH) – International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (Home-based): 31 January   231) Nature-Based Solutions Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Indonesia): 26 January   232) Individual consultant to Provide support to sanitation activities in rural and urban areas in Nampula Province – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Nampula, Mozambique): 26 January   233) Individual consultant to Provide support to sanitation activities in rural and urban areas in Nampula Province – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Nampula, Mozambique): 26 January   234) Technical Consultancy Services for the Project "EU Support to Integrated Water Management" – Austrian Development Agency (ADA) (Tirana, Albania): 5 February   235) Short-Term Consultant, Strengthening the capacity of vulnerable communities to respond to climate-sensitive health risks in the Eastern Division, Fiji – World Health Organization (WHO) (Fiji): 3 February   236) Short-Term Consultant, Strengthening the capacity of vulnerable communities to respond to climate-sensitive health risks in the Western Division, Fiji – World Health Organization (WHO)(Fiji): 3 February   237) Expert in Warning System for Climate Extremes – United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)(Yaoundé, Cameroon): 29 January   238) Consultant in Climate Adaptation for the AAAP – PECG – African Development Bank (AfDB) (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire): 26 January   239) Consultancy – Health, Nutrition and WASH Knowledge, Practices and Coverage Household Survey – Medair (Ad Dali, Yemen): Until filled   240) Junior Non-Key Expert Flood Management/Water Management Expert – DAI (Home-based): Until filled   241) Lead Hydraulic Structures Engineer for Implementation of Flood Protection Structural Measures – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Montenegro/Home-based): 2 February   242) Environmental Response Expert – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Geneva, Switzerland): 30 January   243) CARICOM nationals: Research Consultant (Strengthening Jamaica’s Resilience to Food and Water Insecurity) – International Organization for Migration (IOM) (Kingston, Jamaica): 30 January   244) Hindi speakers: WASH Consultant (Sabarkatha and Dahod) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Sabarkantha, Gujarat, India): 27 January   245) Hindi speakers: State WASH Consultant – Climate Resilient Sanitation – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India): 27 January   246) Hindi speakers: State WASH Consultant – Climate Resilient Water and Sanitation (Narmada and Surat) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Gujarat, India): 27 January   247) Hindi speakers: Consultant (GIS Expert) – Bharat Rural Livelihood Foundation (Ranchi, Jharkhand, India): 31 January   248) Nepal nationals: Consultant: Biophysical - Hydrology and WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene) – International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (Kathmandu, Nepal): 28 January   249) Tunisia nationals: Recrutement d’un.e consultant.e WASH – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Tunis, Tunisia): 24 January RFP (SEE ALL) 250) RFP: Technical Assistance for Capacity Building on Water and Sanitation Health Facility Improvement Tool in Agusan del Sur – World Health Organization (WHO) (Philippines): 27 January   251) RFP: International firm to conduct a hydro-engineering study – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Liberia): 6 February   252) RFP: Technical Assistance for the Training of Trainors for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Greening Activities in Health Care Facilities – World Health Organization (WHO) (Philippines): 27 January   253) Construction of a Wastewater Refill Station and the Expansion of the Irrigation Network in Spyros Kyprianos Park, in the Municipality of Aglantzia, Cyprus – Global Water Partnership - Mediterranean (GWP-Med) (Cyprus): 3 February   254) Installation of a Water Metering Network in the Green Spaces of the Municipality of Aglantzia, Cyprus – Global Water Partnership - Mediterranean (GWP-Med) (Cyprus): 3 February Internships (SEE ALL) 255) 2023 GWP Spring Internship: Water Solutions for the SDGs – Global Water Partnership (GWP) (Stockholm, Sweden/Home-based): 3 February   256) 2023 GWP Spring Internship: Innovation in Water Management – Global Water Partnership (GWP) (Stockholm, Sweden/Home-based): 3 February   257) 2023 GWP Spring Internship: Learning and Knowledge Management – Global Water Partnership (GWP) (Stockholm, Sweden/Home-based): 3 February   258) Internship: Climate, Energy, Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (CEED) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (New York, NY, USA/Home-based): 30 January   259) Intern (Environment Affairs) – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (New York, NY, USA/Home-based): 7 February   260) Intern (Programme Management) – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) (Incheon, South Korea/Bangkok, Thailand/Home-based): 4 February   261) Intern (Programme Management) – United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) (Bonn, Germany/Brussels, Belgium/Home-based): 4 February   262) Internship: Data Analyst for Contributing to the Preparation of a Needs Assessment – United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) (Home-based): 5 February   263) German speakers: Praktikant*in in der Komponente Umweltpolitik – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (Bonn, Germany): 31 January   264) Local recruitment: Internship, Water Industry - (Winter/ Spring 2023) – Bluefield Research (Boston, MA/Chicago, IL, USA/Barcelona, Spain/Paris, France): Until filled   265) Local recruitment: Technical Assistant, Groundwater Services – Water Security Agency (Moose Jaw, SK, Canada): 31 January   266) Local recruitment: Technical Assistant, Irrigation – Water Security Agency (Moose Jaw/Saskatoon, SK, Canada): 31 January   267) Local recruitment: Technical Assistant, Hydrometric – Water Security Agency (Moose Jaw, SK, Canada): 31 January   268) Local recruitment: Technical Assistant, Water and Wastewater – Water Security Agency (Moose Jaw/Regina, SK, Canada): 31 January   269) Local recruitment: Technical Assistant, Surface Water Quality – Water Security Agency (Regina/Saskatoon, SK, Canada): 31 January   270) Local recruitment: Technical Assistant, Surface Water Quality – Water Security Agency (Regina/Saskatoon, SK, Canada): 31 January   271) Local recruitment: Environmental Program Coordinator (Summer Employment) – Battle River Watershed Alliance (Camrose, AB, Canada): 6 February   272) Local recruitment: Aquatic Field/Macroinvertebrate Technician – Illinois Natural History Survey/University of Illinois (Macomb, IL, USA): Until filled   273) Local recruitment: Aquatic/Fisheries Field Technician – Illinois Natural History Survey/University of Illinois (Havana, IL, USA): 31 January   274) Local recruitment: Water Engineering Intern – Arup (New York, NY, USA): Until filled   275) Local recruitment: Internship, Water Industry - (Summer 2023) – Bluefield Research (Boston, MA, USA): Until filled   276) Local recruitment: Part-Time International Program Coordinator – American Water Works Association (AWWA) (Denver, CO, USA): Until filled   277) Local recruitment: Masters Intern – Fisheries Hydropower – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, WA, USA): 27 January Scholarships/Assistantships (SEE ALL) 278) PhD Position Asset Management for Blue Green Infrastructure – Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) (Delft, Netherlands): 1 February   279) PhD: Improved monitoring of water resource and hazard using low earth orbit small satellites – Northumbria University (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK): 7 February   280) PhD Fellow in ecosystem-based management – UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Tromsø, Norway): February   281) PhD: Improving management of rural water services – University of Leeds (Leeds, UK): Until filled   282) PhD Research position for the modelling, the design and the development of a solar-cell-enabled electrothermal energy and potable water production system using hydrogen – KU Leuven(Leuven, Belgium): 31 January   283) PhD: The politics of tracking climate change adaptation – Wageningen University & Research (Wageningen, Netherlands): 12 February   284) PhD: Artificial intelligence for tracking the politics of climate change adaptation – Wageningen University & Research(Wageningen, Netherlands): 29 January   285) German speakers: Doktorand*in Umweltpolitik (w/m/d) – Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Freiburg, Germany): 6 February   286) Two Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistantships (Forest Hydrology & Riparian Forest Hydrology) – Stephen F. Austin State University(Nacogdoches, TX, USA): Until filled   287) Local recruitment: PhD Graduate Research Assistant – Villanova University (Villanova, PA, USA): 14 February Fellowships 288) USFS Fellowship on Socioeconomic Issues Related to Water and Wildfires in the Western United States – U.S. Forest Service (USFS)(Portland, OR, USA): 1 February Other 289) Translate eLearning courses on WASH cluster from English to French and from English to Spanish (UNICEF) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Home-based): 3 February   290) Local recruitment: Volunteer Leadership Opportunities: Columbia Youth Forums – North American Youth Parliament for Water(Anywhere within the Columbia River Basin, USA/Home-based): 31 January     Last week’s list, in case you missed it   Post a job   Support Josh’s Water Jobs

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292) Position: @EcologyWA (Lacey, WA) - Environmental Engineer 5 (In-Training). Closes: Continuous. https://tinyurl.com/ym8f7m3x #JobWaWi

 

293) Positions: Many! From @joshswaterjobs: Oregon Water Resources Dept. - Many jobs available! Visit: https://tinyurl.com/2v32cprx #JobWaWi

 

294) Position: King County - (Bellevue, WA) - On-Site Sewage & Individual Well Investigator. Continuous. https://tinyurl.com/mwx2ph83 #JobWaWi

 

295) Position: Skagit County (Mt. Vernon, WA) - Hydrogeologist. Closes: Continuous. https://tinyurl.com/kev3mfr6 #JobWaWi

 

296) Position: @CGA_WM (Williamsburg, VA) - Director, Center for Geospatial Anaysis. App review: 30 January 2023 https://wm.edu/as/cga/ #jobWaWi

 

297) Position: Oregon Association of Conservation Districts (Willamette Valley, OR - need access to Salem) - Executive Director. OUF. Download OACD-ED-Position

 

298) Position: @OregonState - Sea Grant Extension (Myrtle Point, OR) - Assistant Professor (Practice) - Coastal Water Resources Extension Educator. Full consideration date: 02/09/2023; Closes: 03/09/2023. https://tinyurl.com/438d8spw #JobWaWi

 

299) Position: Sherman County S & W Conservation District (Moro, OR) - Watershed Coordinator. OUF. https://tinyurl.com/26vbuted #JobWaWi

 

300) - 333) Positions (4): @USWaterAlliance (Oakland, CA) - 1) Director of Climate Action; 2) Network & Development Manager. 3) State Policy and Government Affairs Manager; 4) Training and Education Program Manager. https://tinyurl.com/2xrabm58 #JobWaWi

 

334) Positions (many) @NOAA (Tuscaloosa, AL) - Hydrologists. Closes: 24 April 2023. https://usajobs.gov/job/699716600 #JobWaWi

 

335) Position: @UWM (Milwaukee, WI) - Dean, School of Freshwater Sciences. OUF. https://tinyurl.com/yvrpfctz #JobWaWi

 

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Geoscience Bulletin Board - 23 January 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Significant instability” of Pacific Coast Highway in California – rockslides reported and potential for more

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/highway-1-significant-instability-caltrans-005113635.html

Recognizing complex interaction of factors affects rate of melting of West Antarctic Ice Sheet

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/runaway-w-antarctic-ice-sheet-145116099.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35471-3

Canada nearing decision on selecting site for spent nuclear fuel waste – sometime in next 2 years? – stockpile of 3.1M spent nuclear fuel bundles so far

• https://thebulletin.org/premium/2023-01/final-countdown-to-site-selection-for-canadas-nuclear-waste-geologic-repository/

Czech Republic updating plans for deep geological repositor for nuclear waste

• https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsczech-republic-updates-plans-for-deep-geological-repository-10524972

Application filed for license of or the planned Centre Industriel de Stockage Géologique (Cigéo) deep geological disposal facility for high-level radioactive waste.

• https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Application-lodged-for-construction-of-French-repo

Capturing geologic and regional history of Jordan in sand art

• https://www.afar.com/magazine/in-jordan-a-sand-artist-captures-the-regions-geology-and-history

Torvants – “living rocks” of Romania appear to grow, move and spawn others

• https://www.iflscience.com/the-living-rocks-of-romania-appear-to-grow-move-and-spawn-others-67129

New geological model for Empire Mine copper-gold-iron mineralization

• https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/coast-copper-s-new-geological-model-targets-near-surface-multiple-stacked-thrust-horizons-over-1-km-x-5-km-area-826531576.html

The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

• https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/grand-story-grand-canyon-yellowstone

A plethora of mudslides in California

• https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/how-california-is-tackling-the-increasing-threat-of-mudslides

Distinguishing between sinkholes and caverns due to engineering failures in San Mateo County, California

• https://www.hmbreview.com/news/geologists-say-void-in-highway-92-not-technically-sinkhole/article_9273ebca-9393-11ed-84ec-3f0b0fc972e0.html

Geological processes revealed by “superdeep” diamonds

• https://www.mining.com/superdeep-diamond-reveals-new-info-on-earths-geological-processes/

M7.0 Earthquake in eastern Indonesia

• https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/70-magnitude-earthquake-hits-eastern-indonesia-us-geological-survey-1182197.html
• USGS: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000j553/executive

Plate tectonics in the 21^st century

• https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/976555
• Link to download paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11430-022-1011-9

Rare fossilized feathers revealed in Cretaceous hot spot

• https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-728844
• Paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.1020594/full

Broad mineralized lithium claystone system defined at Clayton Ridge Property in Esmeralda County, Nevada

• https://www.streetinsider.com/Newsfile/USCM+Defines+Broad+Mineralized+Lithium+Claystone+System+at+Clayton+Ridge+Lithium+Property/21073705.html

Human-generated noise disrupts dolphin communication & social behaviors

• https://www.abc57.com/news/human-made-noise-makes-it-harder-for-dolphins-to-work-together-study-finds
• Paper: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdfExtended/S0960-9822(22)02000-0

Tracking ocean waves caused by extratropical cyclones

• https://eos.org/editor-highlights/tracking-ocean-waves-from-extratropical-cyclones-on-global-scale

Southeastern Alps thrust region is still seismically active

• https://eos.org/research-spotlights/scientists-decipher-the-seismic-dance-of-the-southern-alps
• Paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022TC007522

Visualizing 25 years of lithium production by country – need 6-fold increase for future demand

• https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-25-years-of-lithium-production-by-country/

Retrospective on the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption of January 2022 – multiple magma sources

• https://theconversation.com/a-year-on-we-know-why-the-tongan-eruption-was-so-violent-its-a-wake-up-call-to-watch-other-submarine-volcanoes-175734

Airbourne dust from Namibian Coast found in Southern Ocean & peripheral East Antarctic Plateau

• https://phys.org/news/2023-01-southern-africa-antarctica-thousand-years.html
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00464-z

Ocean Anoxic Event 2 (OAE2) recorded in preserved planktonic microfossils

• https://phys.org/news/2023-01-malformed-seashells-ancient-sediment-clues.html

Paper:  https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00641-0

Environmental Science Bulletin Board - 23 January 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Wyoming introduces legislation to ban sales of EVs by 2035

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/wyoming-moves-to-ban-sales-of-new-electric-vehicles-by-2035/ar-AA16nEgM

Want to catch the XBB.1.5 variant – get vaxxed

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/omicron-subvariant-xbb-1-5-134145679.html

Flawed “methodology & key conclusions” in two studies the formed basis of modern pediatric trans medicine – “a penchant for exaggerating what is known…while downplaying serious health risks & uncertainties”

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/methodologically-flawed-key-studies-that-inspired-trans-medicine-don-t-hold-up-doctors-argue/ar-AA16nwBb

Plan to restore a 1905 flooded region known as Salton Sea when irrigation canal was breached – conditions exacerbated by bad irrigation practices - $250M to start – human error caused the Sea to form so why does it now need to be “saved” from collapse?

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/an-ambitious-plan-could-help-repair-one-of-california-s-biggest-ecological-catastrophes/ar-AA16oCrf
• https://theconversation.com/human-actions-created-the-salton-sea-californias-largest-lake-heres-how-to-save-it-from-collapse-protecting-wild-birds-and-human-health-196469

Keys to soil Taxonomy 13^th Edition

• https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/resources/guides-and-instructions/keys-to-soil-taxonomy
• Keys: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/Keys-to-Soil-Taxonomy.pdf

NRCS requesting public comment on proposed changes to Technical Note 430-SS-2 “Soil Color Contrast’

• https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAFARMERS/bulletins/3433eb2
• Proposed changes:https://nrcs.app.box.com/s/185k9guvdyyf92btipa1zivtt9acxscv/file/1107649820133

Fearmongering yet again – conflating contagious with virulence – still pushing vaxx

• https://www.yahoo.com/news/xbb-1-5-latest-covid-113042528.html

Al Gore goes on another “unhinged” rant on mythical dangers of man-made global warming

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/al-gore-goes-on-unhinged-rant-about-rain-bombs-boiled-oceans-other-climate-threats-at-davos/ar-AA16udWn

US BLM issued trespassing notice to Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge of unauthorized use of Tiehm’s Buckwheat habitat

• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/blm-issues-trespass-notice-to-mining-company/ar-AA16u8z0

IPCC climate models grossly exaggerate “man-made global warming” – enforcing Net Zero Emissions will lead to tragic consequences

• https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanthinker.com%2Farticles%2F2023%2F01%2Fipcc_climate_models_grossly_exaggerate_global_warming.html

Arizona governor promises to revise Groundwater Management Act as development plans to exceed resources – demand will exceed resource by 4.4M acre-feet of water over the century

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17012023/arizonas-katie-hobbs-groundwater-policy-buckeye-scottsdale/
• https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3810846-arizona-report-says-development-plans-outstrip-water-resources/
• Arizona DWR Reports:https://infoshare.azwater.gov/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-21714/Document-45688

Cyber threat to energy substations and attacks may prompt new energy security rules – like government rules will solve the problem as FERC & power sector collaborate on disclosing components of grid software

• https://www.utilitydive.com/news/substation-attacks-may-lead-to-new-energy-security-rules-in-2023-experts-s/640138/

Ohio & other states look for money sources to replace lost gas tax - $600M shortfall in Washington State

• https://www.thecentersquare.com/ohio/ohio-looking-at-options-to-replace-gas-tax/article_55138084-9360-11ed-b066-d7c7131e2ce4.html
• https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/washington-department-of-transportation-faces-600m-projected-shortfall/article_9bd8fe90-96d5-11ed-bf1e-035a8fcb7e84.html

Laser-induced filaments may provide means to “steer” lightning bolts

• https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3815449-scientists-guide-lightning-with-lasers-fired-at-thunderclouds/
• Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-022-01139-z

Oil & Gas drilling rigs by the numbers

• https://www.ogj.com/drilling-production/article/14288295/canada-rig-count-posts-another-doubledigit-increase

Human activity and only slight increase in rainfall causing lakes in African Rift in Kenya to rise – “there is little that humans can do to intervene” and reduce risks to local populations who built in floodplain

• https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/kenyas-rift-valley-lakes-rising-152245552.html
• Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581821000860?via%3Dihub
• Report: https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/bitstream/handle/123456789/22854/Rising%20Water%20Levels%20in%20Kenya%e2%80%99s%20Rift%20Valley%20Lakes....pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Coastal GasLink 490 km pipeline marks 80% completion

• https://www.worldpipelines.com/project-news/16012023/coastal-gaslink-80-overall-completion/

“Advanced” technologies of pyrolysis and gasification for plastics are costly & damaging to the environment – plastic was never designed to be recycled

• https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19012023/plastic-advanced-recycling-cost-environmental-impact/
• Paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c05497

Measuring airborne mercury

• https://phys.org/news/2023-01-milestone-airborne-mercury.html

Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board - 23 January 2023 – compiled by Elaine J. Hanford

Impact of high surf on beaches (video)

• https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/local-geologist-explains-impact-of-high-surf-on-beaches/

Not all models for forecasting coast storm wave heights are equal

• https://www.ucf.edu/news/offshore-and-coastal-risk-analyses-may-misrepresent-wave-storms-from-extreme-weather-like-bomb-cyclones/
• Paper: https://www.ucf.edu/news/offshore-and-coastal-risk-analyses-may-misrepresent-wave-storms-from-extreme-weather-like-bomb-cyclones/

Pilot Eco Wave onshore wave energy technology unveiled

• https://www.powermag.com/pioneering-u-s-wave-energy-power-plant-unveiled/

$34.4B Texas Coastal Barrier funding & $1B widening of Houston Ship Channel dependent on federal funding

• https://communityimpact.com/houston/pearland-friendswood/government/2023/01/18/landmark-bay-area-projects-seek-federal-support-through-the-coastal-texas-program/

NOAA awards $20.5M for coordinated management of ocean & coastal resources

• https://www.kinyradio.com/news/news-of-the-north/noaa-awards-20-5-million-for-ocean-and-costal-resource-management/

Reconciling coastal protection & water management

• https://phys.org/news/2023-01-coastal.html

The costs of coastal development in North Carolina – not always beneficial

• https://coastalreview.org/2023/01/exclusive-carova-showcases-costs-of-coastal-development/

The Undercliff Walk from Brighton Marina to Saltdean has been temporarily closed – falling chalk blocks

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-64308164

Using fire as part of $8M Ocean Ranch enhancement project on Eel River Wildlife Area

• https://www.ducks.org/conservation/wr/using-fire-to-restore-a-coastal-wetland

Residents fear “hideous” and expensive ($5B) seawalls will block waterfront views in Miami, Florida

• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/13/us-cities-ugly-seawalls-climate-crisis-miami

Marsh bothering to reconstruct past sea levels

• https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/marsh-bothering/

 

"It's not that we have a short time to live but that we waste a lot of it."- Seneca

My Ten Cents: Remembering Groundwater Giant John D. Bredehoeft

I heard some sad news a few days ago. Legendary hydrogeologist John D. Bredehoeft died on New Year's Day 2023. He was 89. He was a remarkable scientist, one who wanted to figure things out. Here is the citation written by Lenny Konikow, one of his mentees at the USGS, at John's reception of the Robert E. Horton award from AGU in 1997. The Groundwater Project wrote this tribute, that includes a recent picture and a brief list of publications.

I cannot top the accolades composed in his honor. In fact, I did not know John personally very well. Not so for his publications and interests - 'eclectic' is a word I would use to describe them. I also knew him from his close connection with my first employer, Burke Maxey, the renowned hydrogeologist at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, NV. John's PhD thesis at the University of Illinois dealt with the Humboldt River basin in Nevada. 

My first meeting with John occurred in September 1974 at the GSA Penrose Conference in Aspen, CO. The theme of the conference was 'Mass and Energy Transport in Porous and Fractured Media' (John was one of the organizers) and it attracted big names - among them Shlomo Neuman, Paul Witherspoon, George Pinder (his PhD student). A certain number of grad students were invited and I was one of them. Talks were informal; my compartment model of the Edwards Aquifer was one of them. My University of Arizona PhD advisor, Dr. Gene Simpson, also attended.  

Did John and I have a deep discussion on fluid flow through cavernous limestones? Well, not quite. After a few 'hellos' in the hall, we would end up at the same dinner table. There, John started talking about downhill skiing. I knew nothing about the topic. John kept talking about all the 'black diamond' runs at the Colorado resorts, I was smart enough to realize that those were the tough, expert-only trails. So I thought  I would show my chops. I recalled my conversations with the golfers I had caddied for in the NH summers. The avid skiers among them had tackled the dangerous Tuckerman Ravine, a glacial cirque on the south side of Mt. Washington, the highest mountain in the Northeast. I dropped that into the conversation, stating that 'nothing in Colorado could touch that. Well, John shot me a look and the table went silent. He then proceeded to put me in my place vis-a-vis
Colorado ski runs.

But he did say my compartment model was 'interesting'.

That was my introduction to John.

Next stop: the early 1980s at DRI in Reno. I stumbled upon this publication:

This publication floored me. I had read Theis's 1940 paper and Richmond Brown's 1963 report. But this one had a real impact me. It made so much sense to me but I did not encounter many hydrogeologists or water managers who seemed to be aware of the implications. So I took it upon myself to photocopy about 10 copies and ship them to the Nevada State Engineer with a note describing its significance and closed it with: 'Make sure all your groundwater hydrologists read and understand this paper.' It was the 'and understand' that raised the hackles in Carson City. Suffice it to say that the DRI President read me the riot act but when I explained the paper, he understood. 'Next time, leave out those two offensive words.' I like to think that John would have been happy and would have said. 'You mean they hadn't read those publications? WTH?

   Fast forward to the end of the century. John was working in private industry. I had been an officer in the Scientists and Engineers Division (S&E) of the National Ground Water Association (NGWA). Although the S&E were the most populous division the Contractors (well drillers and pump installers) ran the show. John got on the S&E Board and we welcomed him. The NGWA was agonizing over the fact that pumping wells could deplete streamflow and was looking for a reason to downplay that. John offered to write a letter to come from our S&E BoD. We thought that was great because we knew how thorough he would be. Well, after a few weeks we got John's 18-page single-spaced letter (with references) detailing the hazards of excessive pumping. He was not saying it should be banned but that it would have an effect. The letter worked and all was well with the NGWA leadership.

I might add that when John me met at the NGWA meeting he noted that I looked somewhat familiar. Where had we met? In Colorado, many years ago. He looked puzzled. Then he smiled and inquired 'When was the last time you skied Tuckerman Ravine?'. 'Quite a while ago,' I replied. 'You up for it?' was his rejoinder. We both smiled. 1974 seemed an eternity ago,  

As I close this I am thinking of the seminal Rangely EQ experiments, contaminant transport modeling, deep fluid flow, California SGMA, GW budget myths, and so much more.   

Yes, I hardly knew him, but boy, do I miss him!        .      

"These concepts must be kept in mind to manage groundwater resources adequately. Unfortunately, many of our legal institutions do not adequately account for them." -- J. D. Bredehoeft et al., 1982, p 57