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CRS InFocus Report: 'Offshore Energy Agency Appropriations, FY2023'

From Laura B. Comay comes this CRS report (updated 13 July 2023): 
'Offshore Energy Agency Appropriations, FY2023'.

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Three entities in the Department of the Interior (DOI) share responsibility for managing the nation’s ocean energy resources on almost 2.5 billion acres of the U.S. outer continental shelf (OCS). The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) administers offshore energy leasing and mineral development; the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) oversees offshore operational safety and environmental protection; and the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) manages public revenues from federally regulated offshore and onshore energy and natural resource projects. BOEM, BSEE, and ONRR receive appropriations in the annual Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations act. Issues for FY2023 included determining the aggregate and program-level appropriations for each entity and considering several Biden Administration proposals.

P.L. 117-328, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, was enacted on December 29, 2022, with FY2023 appropriations for BOEM, BSEE, and ONRR. Because appropriations were not enacted by the start of the fiscal year, several continuing resolutions had earlier provided appropriations at FY2022 levels. Earlier House and Senate bills with FY2023 appropriations for the three entities included H.R. 8294, a consolidated appropriations measure passed by the House on July 20, 2022 (also see H.Rept. 117-400 on H.R. 8262, a stand-alone Interior bill), and S. 4686, introduced in the Senate on July 28, 2022.

Total budget authority for BOEM and BSEE includes both discretionary appropriations and offsetting collections derived from a portion of OCS rental receipts, cost- recovery fees, and (for BSEE) inspection fees. The discretionary appropriations for each fiscal year are reduced by the amount of eligible fees and receipts collected, so that the final amount appropriated to each agency is the net of those collections. Discussions of account- and activity-level funding in the sections below refer to total budget authority, regardless of offsets. ONRR’s funding does not include offsetting collections.

BOEM Appropriations

Table 1. BOEM, BSEE, and ONRR Appropriations, FY2022 and FY2023 ($ millions) Click on the table to emlarge it. 

The Biden Administration requested $237.4 million in total budget authority for BOEM for FY2023 (Table 1). This would have been a 15% increase over total FY2022 budget authority of $206.7 million. P.L. 117-328 provided $220.0 million in total FY2023 budget authority for BOEM, 6% more than the FY2022 total budget authority and 7% less than requested by the Administration. House-passed H.R. 8294 would have provided $229.8 million, and S. 4686 contained $232.6 million.

BOEM’s funding is contained in a single budget account, titled Ocean Energy Management. Within this account, the Conventional Energy activity ($60.5 million FY2022; $63.6 million FY2023 request; $61.5 million enacted) funds administration of oil and gas leasing, including the development of five-year leasing programs. The joint explanatory statement (JES) for P.L. 117-328 directed that at least $2.0 million of enacted BOEM FY2023 funding be used for work on geologic carbon sequestration and that BOEM build and support necessary expertise on this topic using funds from the budgets for Conventional Energy and Environmental Programs (also called Environmental Assessment).

The Renewable Energy activity ($36.8 million FY2022; $51.7 million FY2023 request; $42.8 million enacted) supports BOEM’s management of renewable ocean energy resources. BOEM requested added funding to extend its workforce capacity and invest in research and stakeholder engagement, among other purposes. The JES directed BOEM to collaborate with maritime users and stakeholder groups in drawing project boundaries.

The Environmental Assessment activity ($79.8 million FY2022; $86.4 million FY2023 request; $82.4 million enacted) supports BOEM’s assessments of environmental impacts of ocean energy activities. The JES directed that up to $5.0 million of the enacted funds be used to establish a center for paleoenvironmental records of extreme events.

The Marine Minerals activity ($11.8 million FY2022; $15.4 million FY2023 request; $14.4 million enacted) supports management of offshore non-energy minerals, particularly sand and gravel, as well as BOEM’s assessment of critical minerals on the OCS. BOEM requested increased funds for its National Offshore Sand Inventory.

The Executive Direction activity ($17.9 million FY2022; $20.3 million FY2023 request; $18.9 million enacted) covers leadership, budgeting, technology, and related activities. The requested increase was primarily to enhance program support for the Administration’s clean energy priorities.

Net of estimated offsetting collections, BOEM’s FY2023 request was $200.4 million, 22% more than the net appropriation of $163.7 million in FY2022. P.L. 117-328 provided $183.0 million as the net FY2023 appropriation, 12% more than FY2022. The greater percentage increase from FY2022 in the net appropriation (+12%) versus the total budget authority discussed above (+6%) reflects that BOEM anticipated less in offsetting rental receipts and cost-recovery fees for FY2023 than were collected in FY2022.

BSEE Appropriations
The Administration requested $261.2 million in total budget authority for BSEE for FY2023, a 24% increase over the FY2022 total budget authority of $210.9 million in P.L. 117-103 (Table 1). P.L. 117-328 provided BSEE with total FY2023 budget authority of $229.0 million, 9% more than FY2022 and 12% less than requested. House-passed H.R. 8294 would have provided BSEE with total FY2023 budget authority of $234.2 million, and S. 4686 would have provided $235.0 million.

BSEE’s funding is appropriated under two budget accounts, Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement (OSEE) and Oil Spill Research. Under the OSEE account, the Operations, Safety, and Regulation activity ($160.1 million FY2022; $170.9 million FY2023 request; $166.9 million enacted) supports BSEE’s development of regulations and safety standards, review and approval of OCS operating permits, inspections of facilities and equipment, and oversight of operator safety programs, among other activities. Most of BSEE’s requested increase was for its renewable energy program.

The Environmental Enforcement activity ($5.5 million FY2022; $5.9 million FY2023 request; $5.9 million enacted) supports BSEE’s compliance with environmental statutes and its oversight and enforcement of environmental compliance by operators on the OCS. BSEE’s requested increase was for its renewable energy program.

The activities for Administrative Operations ($18.8 million FY2022; $20.5 million FY2023 request; $19.3 million enacted) and Executive Direction ($18.4 million FY2022; $18.8 million FY2023 request; $18.8 million enacted) fund a range of administrative services as well as BSEE’s executive offices. BSEE’s FY2023 request included funding for zero-emission vehicles and the DOI-wide Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiative, among other activities.

BSEE’s Offshore Decommissioning activity ($3.0 million FY2022; $30.0 million FY2023 request; $3.0 million enacted) was established as a separate line item in FY2022, supporting closure and removal of offshore energy infrastructure when leases reach the end of their lifetimes. BSEE requested $30.0 million for FY2023 to “properly plug and abandon” orphaned wells and pipelines for which no potentially liable party is available to decommission. However, P.L. 117-328 provided funding at the FY2022 level of $3.0 million. The House committee report expressed “strong disagreement that the ultimate responsibility for these activities should fall to the American taxpayer.”

The second BSEE account, Oil Spill Research ($15.1 million FY2022; $15.1 million FY2023 request; $15.1 million enacted), funds research and planning for oil spill responses and supports Ohmsett, the National Oil Spill Response Research and Renewable Energy Test Facility. BSEE stated in its request that it would focus funding on renewable energy research in addition to oil spills. The JES directed BSEE to continue to work on facilities to test Arctic marine conditions for oil spill detection and response.

BSEE’s requested net appropriation after offsetting collections was $198.2 million, 27% more than the FY2022 net appropriation of $155.9 million. P.L. 117-328 provided $172.0 million as the net FY2023 appropriation, 10% more than FY2022.

ONRR Appropriations
ONRR, which manages revenues from both offshore and onshore energy, is funded within the broader appropriation for DOI’s Department-Wide Programs. For FY2023, the Administration requested $175.0 million for ONRR, an increase of 3% over the FY2022 funding of $169.6 million (Table 1). The requested increase was mainly for information technology (IT) modernization. P.L. 117-328 provided $174.9 million, roughly even with the request (less than 1% difference) and 3% more than FY2022.

General Provisions
Similar to previous Interior appropriations acts, P.L. 117- 328 included a general provision (Section 107) authorizing BSEE to collect specified fees for inspections of offshore facilities. BSEE had requested that the fee amounts be increased to account for inflation, but P.L. 117-328 did not alter the fee amounts from recent years. BSEE had made a similar request in FY2022, which also was not adopted.

Additional Reading
For a broader overview of FY2023 Interior appropriations, see CRS Report R47253, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: Overview of FY2023 Appropriations.

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Links will not appear in more than two categories (excluding the very first category). I have also added two more 'Daily Water Newsletters' to increase coverage. These are the Midcontinent US Water News Daily (#MCUSwater) and the Southeast US Water News Daily (#SEUSwater). The former samples news media within 500 miles of Kansas City, KS and the latter within Knoxville, TN).  With the other seven dailies this affords pretty good daily coverage for the USA. Note that there are jobs posted in these news items

Scroll down to 'Positions Open' and 'Previous Weeks' Positions Open' to see the jobs. All my individual job Tweets are archived at #JobWaWi. Previous weekly summaries are archived at:  #WaWiNews or click here. If a link does not work, paste the URL into your browser.
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Top Twenty-Five (More or Less)
From @USATODAY & @janetwilson66: 'Climate Point' - 27 July 2023. Need job? These careers are growing as humans fight climate change. Three water filters reduced detectable PFAS by 100%; Black bear struck & killed near the Conejo Grande; More! https://tinyurl.com/5n775vvd #scicomm

Via @recorderonline: 22 attorneys general oppose @3M settlement of $10.3B over water systems contamination with 'forever chemicals'. https://tinyurl.com/2p9437ww

Saw @Oppenheimer yesterday. Outstanding! Great video from @WIRED : Atomic Expert Explains "Oppenheimer" Bomb Scenes. I'll pass on  @Barbie https://youtu.be/QaFb572jyvQ #scicomm

Via @csmonitor Under climate extremes, opportunities for deeper reflection https://tinyurl.com/fe8cut3w #scicomm

In @washingtonpost: How a Saudi firm tapped a gusher of water in drought-stricken Arizona. https://tinyurl.com/d9a6hn2a #SWUSwater

In @highcountrynews ‘The fight for our lives’: Arizona’s water regime limits the Hopi Tribe’s future. https://tinyurl.com/4j3jrcvb #SWUSwater

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 24 July 2023 https://bit.ly/451WslT

CRS Insight Report: 'FY2024 Agriculture Appropriations: Status and Scope' https://bit.ly/3Dog8EE

G. Tracy Mehan III Book Review: 'Best Things First - The 12 Most Efficient Ways to Help the Poor' by @BjornLomborg https://bit.ly/476Lnlh #hydrophilanthropy

 

From @UCDavisWater: Marsh on the move: bringing environmental education into the classroom https://tinyurl.com/2vxyusvb

 

CRS Legal Sidebar Report: 'Environmental Justice and the National Environmental Policy Act' https://bit.ly/3Op5Jib #EnvironmentalJustice

 

From @winknews: New tech studying blue-green algae in SWFL. https://tinyurl.com/2p98h3ph #FLwater

 

Via @csmonitor ‘Oppenheimer’: An ambitious – and epic – cautionary tale. Will no doubt remind me of my days at the old Nevada Test Site when I worked

@DRIScience https://tinyurl.com/27uj5c9p #scicomm

 

From @tiffdowell Texas Ag Law Blog Weekly Round Up 28 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/bddap5fc #txwater

Books, Films, Reviews and Related
G. Tracy Mehan III Book Review: 'Best Things First - The 12 Most Efficient Ways to Help the Poor' by @BjornLomborg https://bit.ly/476Lnlh #hydrophilanthropy

Saw @Oppenheimer yesterday. Outstanding! Great video from @WIRED : Atomic Expert Explains "Oppenheimer" Bomb Scenes. I'll pass on  @Barbie https://youtu.be/QaFb572jyvQ #scicomm

Via @csmonitor ‘Oppenheimer’: An ambitious – and epic – cautionary tale. Will no doubt remind me of my days at the old Nevada Test Site when I worked @DRIScience  https://tinyurl.com/27uj5c9p #scicomm

Bottled Water, Tap Water
Via @recorderonline: 22 attorneys general oppose @3M settlement of $10.3B over water systems contamination with 'forever chemicals'. https://tinyurl.com/2p9437ww

Bullshit and Crap Detection
From @OhHowByronic and @JayLund113: What crap!

 

 

 

California
The @CA_DWR Water News -> 28 July 2023 https://tinyurl.com/mwphn97f #cawater

The @CA_DWR Water News -> 27 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/uujz5nr3 #cawater

The @CA_DWR Water News -> 26 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mva9w53x #cawater

The @CA_DWR Water News -> 25 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/fxa5j8sk #cawater

The @CA_DWR Water News -> 24 July 2023 https://tinyurl.com/mtcd3b7w #cawater

California Water Plan eNews -> 26 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yt6e2wb9 #cawater

From @UCDavisWater: Marsh on the move: bringing environmental education into the classroom https://tinyurl.com/2vxyusvb

Position: California Delta Stewardship Council - Independent Science Board member. Pay: $166/hr + travel. Meetings: monthly, alternating between live & teleconference. 5-year term, maximum 2 terms. Apps due: 18 August 2023. See flyer: https://tinyurl.com/4jwsv8m6 #JobWaWi

Canada
It's @CanadianWater: Real-Time Solutions and more! https://tinyurl.com/mbtv6pkh #cdnwater

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
From @USATODAY & @janetwilson66: 'Climate Point' - 27 July 2023. Need job? These careers are growing as humans fight climate change. Three water filters reduced detectable PFAS by 100%; Black bear struck & killed near the Conejo Grande; More! https://tinyurl.com/5n775vvd #scicomm

Via @csmonitor Under climate extremes, opportunities for deeper reflection https://tinyurl.com/fe8cut3w #scicomm

Colorado
Via @fairplayflume: Lake George Dam removal will restore 45 miles of South Platte River https://tinyurl.com/2p9ca4ky #cowater

Disasters: Droughts, Floods, Wildfires and More
From @USATODAY & @janetwilson66: 'Climate Point' - 27 July 2023. Need job? These careers are growing as humans fight climate change. Three water filters reduced detectable PFAS by 100%; Black bear struck & killed near the Conejo Grande; More! https://tinyurl.com/5n775vvd #scicomm

Daily Water Newsletters Each entry provides links to articles, videos, etc. on various aspects of water in the state/region indicated. Job openings are often found at the very bottom of each entry.

Hawaii Water News Weekly 
Hawaii Water News Weekly - 24 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5a53b72k #HAwaii

Oregon Water News Weekly 
Oregon Water News Weekly - 24 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/38cnunjr #ORwater

Eugene Water News Weekly
Eugene Water News Weekly - 24 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/466ksmvp #EUGwater

California Water News Daily
California Water News Daily - 28 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/y447fk5b #cawater

27 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/55dkew6c #cawater

26 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yt2rettt #cawater

25 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/ms68bp3y 

24 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/25vf948w #cawater

22 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5n8vy9m9 #cawater

Colorado Water New Daily
Colorado Water News Daily - 28 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5t3fmj7v #cowater

27 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/bp9mbpt5 #cowater

26 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/24f3cfxr #cowater

25 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/352jc6as #cowater

24 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/rd7tucwd #cowater

23 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4utnrzmm #cowater

22 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2kry6f57 #cowater

Florida Water News Daily
Florida Water News Daily - 28 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5286wejf #FLwater

27 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/bdew76ft #FLwater

26 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4mh3fb7x #FLwater

25 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3w4d65zt #FLwater

24 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3dxf3z2m #FLwater

23 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3ryx6kpw #FLwater

22 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/spz8bze8 #FLwater

Midcontinent US Water News Daily 
Midcontinent US Water News Daily - 28 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3npwv6u7 #MCUSwater

27 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mrxcdbpd #MCUSwater

26 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5n92hjw6 #MCUSwater

25 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/44nsty7k #MCUSwater

24 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4wxw3rzf #MCUSwater

23 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/7jvyyphv #MCUSwater

22 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yc6ztcee #MCUSwater

Northeast US Water News Daily
Northeast US Water News Daily - 28 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4zk7aft5 #NEWater

27 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/5c9r63p5 #NEWater

26 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/25m2m6dy #NEWater

25 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/49brs24r #NEWater

24 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3k8syvn7 #NEWater

23 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yu38p8fm #NEWater

22 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yvt2bd8z #NEWater

Pacific Northwest Water News Daily
Pacific Northwest Water News Daily - 28 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yc4py7fz #PNWater

27 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/vz3c58ee #PNWater

26 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3dm98v4v #PNWater

25 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/fmhbj8df #PNWater

24 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/u5nvmj8u #PNWater

23 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/383trzww #PNWater

Southeast US Water News Daily
Southeast US Water News Daily - 28 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/24wnj9u7 #SEUSwater

27 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yewe9tp8 #SEUSwater

 

26 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2s44pe47 #SEUSwater

 

25 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/8wudas6y #SEUSwater

 

24 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mwntwjhb #SEUSwater

 

23 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/33ap376j #SEUSwater

 

22 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/bdhwct47 #SEUSwater

Southwest US Water News Daily
Southwest US Water News Daily - 28 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/2p9bv5d6 #SWUSwater

27 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3zr467dx #SWUSwater

26 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/v9tdcxv3 #SWUSwater

25 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4dnjdc7m #SWUSwater

24 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/ynz68tuy #SWUSwater

23 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/pecdkutu #SWUSwater

22 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mrxfvhbf #SWUSwater

Texas Water News Daily
Texas Water News Daily - 28 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/38m6th56 #txwater

27 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/yc8s7ns6 #txwater

26 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mvtjxc8x #txwater

25 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/bdzk24mz #txwater

24 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/4nyxw5eb #txwater

23 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/muz6w9rx #txwater

22 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/mry8m4su #txwater

Education, Events, and Opportunities
From @UCDavisWater: Marsh on the move: bringing environmental education into the classroom https://tinyurl.com/2vxyusvb

E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers
It's @Nature Briefing - 28 July 2023. AI eavesdrops on pink river dolphins; Dengue surges in the Americas; Social media echo chamber can’t be silenced ; Meet the scientists planning for disaster;Futures: 8 laws I broke;How to see in total darkness https://tinyurl.com/3f75sh2z #scicomm

It's @Nature Briefing-27 July 2023. Map reveals true cost of wildlife trade;Seven generations of a prehistoric family; What 'Oppenheimer' gets right; AMOC current could collapse; How to eliminate urban shade deserts;Need to break open AI black box https://tinyurl.com/4fehsbf3 #scicomm

It's @Nature Briefing - 26 July 2023. One of these eggs is unlike others; Cave claims stress-test public peer review; Retraction for controversial physicist; New Turing test for AI; 5 best science books this week; Why we need to pause deep-sea mining https://tinyurl.com/y67rj75r #scicomm

It's @Nature Briefing - 25 July 2023. Mind-reading tech creates privacy issues; SE Asia’s oldest curry; Dangerous chemicals traded big scale; How a scholarly spat shaped genetics; Time to end parachute research; Mega-fires: change how we fight https://tinyurl.com/4te3mj9a #scicomm

It's @Nature Briefing - 24 July 2023. Dementia risk linked to protein imbalance; Most ‘happiness hacks’ are unproven; ‘Unfathomable’ burden of long COVID; Podcast: rebuilding after sexual harassment'; What ‘Barbie Land’ would do to your brain. https://tinyurl.com/2t6t4s7v #scicomm

Ethics, Gender, Indigenous People, Rights
In @highcountrynews ‘The fight for our lives’: Arizona’s water regime limits the Hopi Tribe’s future. https://tinyurl.com/4j3jrcvb #SWUSwater

CRS Legal Sidebar Report: 'Environmental Justice and the National Environmental Policy Act' https://bit.ly/3Op5Jib #EnvironmentalJustice

Via @csmonitor‘The silent, good work’: Finding the roots of Mideast progress. https://tinyurl.com/mr2umafu #Peace

Florida
In @TB_Times: What the Supreme Court’s Clean Water Act decision means for Tampa Bay. https://tinyurl.com/47a27vby #FLwater

From @winknews: New tech studying blue-green algae in SWFL. https://tinyurl.com/2p98h3ph #FLwater

Global Water
CRS Testimony: Statement of Ronald O'Rourke Specialist in Naval Affairs https://bit.ly/44XwXSy #polar

G. Tracy Mehan III Book Review: 'Best Things First - The 12 Most Efficient Ways to Help the Poor' by @BjornLomborg https://bit.ly/476Lnlh #hydrophilanthropy

The @WaterNetwork Newsletter - 28 July 2023. Trending Technology~Editors Choice~Knowledge Exchange~Featured Jobs~Featured Events~Questions~More! #scicomm  https://tinyurl.com/357u3krd

Groundwater and Hydrogeology
Today's Tune? - 26 July 2023. My big opportunity! Promoting the Orange County Water District @OCWDWaterNews and its Groundwater Replenishment facility! This was about 5 years ago. https://youtu.be/HydcMLimtgM #aquadocaudio

In @washingtonpost: How a Saudi firm tapped a gusher of water in drought-stricken Arizona. https://tinyurl.com/d9a6hn2a #SWUSwater

Via @usawaternews: @MDPIOpenAccess published 3rd paper in @H2OWonk's trilogy Edwards Aquifer dispute: “The Little Fish that Roared” (1998); “Raiders of the Lost Aquifer” (2004); “Hands Across the Water” (2023) https://tinyurl.com/2j6md83j #txwater

Personal, People, Interviews, and Quotes
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas Edison

"Everyone else in your department knows it is ungovernable. Everyone else your department also knows they are not the reason why it is ungovernable." @ass_deans

"The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people." - Dian  Fossey (quoted in @NPR via @TheWeek)

Quote of the Day (7/28/23) “I want my 5,000 bazinga balls.” -J. Oppenheim bet string theorist G.Penington & quantum gravity expert C.Rovell gravity & thus space-time,isn’t quantized.If he wins against 5K-1 odds,he'll win buckets of colorful plastic balls-enough to fill a ball pit

Quote of the Day (7/27/23) “I firmly believe that every experience teaches us something, even if it is only that you never want to repeat that specific experience.” (1/2}

After a rough start to a @TEDx talk, physicist @AtheneDonald joked that she never wanted to do another one. She recommends that junior researchers find ways to thrive in an academic system that is often stacked against them — including by stepping outside their comfort zone.(2/2)

Quote of the Day (7/26/23) - “Basically, I had to tell him that I’d seen Bigfoot, knowing it could be career death.”Naturalist Tim Gallagher (E-i-C of Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s mag. was hesitant to tell the lab’s leader that he’d seen the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker (1/2)

Quote of the Dat (7/26/23) - Campephilus principalis). The 2005 spotting spawned a paper in @ScienceMagazin, a heated scientific debate and a lifelong quest to photograph the bird before it is declared extinct. (2/2)

Quote of the Day (7/25/23) “Data is the new oil. And so there’s sort of this very colonial perspective of, this is a land grab.” (1/2)

Quote of the Day (7/25/23) - Like other researchers from global south & Indigenous communities working on machine-learning models for languages, software engineer & AI ethicist Michael Running Wolf is wary of big tech companies collecting data for proprietary tools. (2/2)

"The regents decided to just make the football coach the president of the university. Let’s be honest, he is making all the important decisions anyway." - @ass_deans

Quote of the Day 7/24/23 “Allow yourself a moment to grieve, then take your place in the workshop of this extraordinary time: we have a better age to create.” In time of heatwaves & floods science writer Gaia Vince grapples w/ how to move through sadness,anger, to livable future.

“If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosophers.” ― Frederick the Great

"After spending $400,000 on a rebranding study, the dean designed a new logo from clip art." - @ass_deans

PNW Water
From @OPB by @emilycureton: Oregon regulators deny another bid for water at Thornburgh resort. https://tinyurl.com/2bn967cx 

Policy, Planning, Law, Governance, Economics, IWRM, and Management
In @LakeCountyNews: How well-managed dams and smart forecasting can limit flooding as extreme storms become more common in a warming world https://tinyurl.com/4yt9m5vv #cawater

From @tiffdowell Texas Ag Law Blog Weekly Round Up 28 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/bddap5fc #txwater

Positions Open    #JobWaWi
Josh's Water Jobs and More! 25 July 2023; 310 Jobs! https://bit.ly/43G7MCT

From @IISD_news: Climate Change Job Vacancies (42) - 20 July 2023 https://bit.ly/3Q5aJKn #climate4water 

Position: California Delta Stewardship Council - Independent Science Board member. Pay: $166/hr + travel. Meetings: monthly, alternating between live & teleconference. 5-year term, maximum 2 terms. Apps due: 18 August 2023. See flyer: https://tinyurl.com/4jwsv8m6 #JobWaWi

Position: @OregonDEQ(Portland) - LAN Administrator (Information Systems Specialist 4). Closes: 9 August 2023. https://tinyurl.com/kxa5fmks #JobWaWi

Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland) - Water Quality Manager (Natural Resource Protection and Sustainability Manager 2). Closes: 9 August 2023. https://tinyurl.com/52jkcfu3 #JobWaWi

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TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 1 - 7 July 2023 https://bit.ly/3XGGpaq #scicomm 

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 24 - 30 June 2023 https://bit.ly/44oCtNY

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 17 - 23 June 2023 https://bit.ly/448A9dW #scicomm

Reports, Publications, and Journals
CRS Testimony: Statement of Ronald O'Rourke Specialist in Naval Affairs https://bit.ly/44XwXSy #polar

CRS Insight Report: 'FY2024 Agriculture Appropriations: Status and Scope' https://bit.ly/3Dog8EE

CRS Legal Sidebar Report: 'Environmental Justice and the National Environmental Policy Act' https://bit.ly/3Op5Jib #EnvironmentalJustice

G. Tracy Mehan III Book Review: 'Best Things First - The 12 Most Efficient Ways to Help the Poor' by @BjornLomborg https://bit.ly/476Lnlh #hydrophilanthropy

 

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 24 July 2023 https://bit.ly/451WslT

Science, Medicine, Health, and Technology
It's @Nature Briefing - 28 July 2023. AI eavesdrops on pink river dolphins; Dengue surges in the Americas; Social media echo chamber can’t be silenced ; Meet the scientists planning for disaster;Futures: 8 laws I broke;How to see in total darkness https://tinyurl.com/3f75sh2z #scicomm

It's @Nature Briefing-27 July 2023. Map reveals true cost of wildlife trade;Seven generations of a prehistoric family; What 'Oppenheimer' gets right; AMOC current could collapse; How to eliminate urban shade deserts;Need to break open AI black box https://tinyurl.com/4fehsbf3 #scicomm

It's @Nature Briefing - 26 July 2023. One of these eggs is unlike others; Cave claims stress-test public peer review; Retraction for controversial physicist; New Turing test for AI; 5 best science books this week; Why we need to pause deep-sea mining https://tinyurl.com/y67rj75r #scicomm

It's @Nature Briefing - 25 July 2023. Mind-reading tech creates privacy issues; SE Asia’s oldest curry; Dangerous chemicals traded big scale; How a scholarly spat shaped genetics; Time to end parachute research; Mega-fires: change how we fight https://tinyurl.com/4te3mj9a #scicomm

It's @Nature Briefing - 24 July 2023. Dementia risk linked to protein imbalance; Most ‘happiness hacks’ are unproven; ‘Unfathomable’ burden of long COVID; Podcast: rebuilding after sexual harassment'; What ‘Barbie Land’ would do to your brain. https://tinyurl.com/2t6t4s7v #scicomm

Saw @Oppenheimer yesterday. Outstanding! Great video from @WIRED : Atomic Expert Explains "Oppenheimer" Bomb Scenes. I'll pass on  @Barbie https://youtu.be/QaFb572jyvQ #scicomm

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 24 July 2023 https://bit.ly/451WslT

Streams, Wetlands, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
In @TB_Times: What the Supreme Court’s Clean Water Act decision means for Tampa Bay. https://tinyurl.com/47a27vby #FLwater

In @LakeCountyNews: How well-managed dams and smart forecasting can limit flooding as extreme storms become more common in a warming world https://tinyurl.com/4yt9m5vv #cawater

Via @fairplayflume: Lake George Dam removal will restore 45 miles of South Platte River https://tinyurl.com/2p9ca4ky #cowater

From @winknews: New tech studying blue-green algae in SWFL. https://tinyurl.com/2p98h3ph #FLwater

Today's Tunes
Today's Tune - 28 July 2023. The Eagles perform 'Take It To The Limit', in DC, 1977. Randy Meisner, the original bassist and co-founder, sings lead and co-wrote it. He died on 26 July 2023, age 77. Thanks, Randy! https://youtu.be/55DUaitUYTg #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 27 July 2023. How 60s psychedelia? Iron Butterfly's 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' (aka 'In the Garden of Eden') was one of the top ones. Album cut 17:05 w/ a shorter version on 45. Loved playing @WCWM 'Midnight Hour' late night show. https://youtu.be/ZCkHanF4v1w #aguadocaudio

Today's Tunes - 26 July 2023. Sir Cliff Richard does a great job with 1959 hit from The Kalin Twins 'When'. https://youtu.be/vVw7OJ5xvoQ #aquadocaudio Here they are: https://youtu.be/Ywnm0iQTMKY #aquadocaudio Love the sax!

Today's Tune? - 26 July 2023. My big opportunity! Promoting the Orange County Water District @OCWDWaterNews and its Groundwater Replenishment facility! This was about 5 years ago. https://youtu.be/HydcMLimtgM #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 25 July 2023. A top 'girl group' - The Chiffons and 'One Fine Day' and another one: 'Sweet Talking Guy'. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/D0LYs-VqFuw #aquadocaudio https://youtu.be/UpFotOi3hDs #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 24 July 2023. Nick Lowe - 'I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock And Roll' https://youtu.be/Kn1CXbf2xF8 #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 23 July 2023. Ringo's All-Starr Band: Burton Cummings, Todd Rundgren, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Dave Edmunds, Nils Lofgren, et al. 'No Time' https://youtu.be/TJ0E96QlUCA #aquadocaudio

Today's Tune - 22 July 2023. Bob Dylan's 'All Along The Watchtower' by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (with Mitch Mitchell - drums & Noel Redding - bass). Jimi's arguably the greatest rock guitarist,even after 53 years.And this tune is amazing! https://youtu.be/TLV4_xaYynY #aquadocaudio

Texas Water
Via @usawaternews: @MDPIOpenAccess published 3rd paper in @H2OWonk's trilogy Edwards Aquifer dispute: “The Little Fish that Roared” (1998); “Raiders of the Lost Aquifer” (2004); “Hands Across the Water” (2023) https://tinyurl.com/2j6md83j #txwater

From @TiffDowell's Texas Ag Law: Thumbs Up Emoji Costs Canadian Farmer $82,000! https://tinyurl.com/5brzm6n8

From @tiffdowell Texas Ag Law Blog Weekly Round Up 28 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/bddap5fc #txwater

Visuals, Audios, Podcasts and Infographics
Video from @landpolicy Lincoln Institute of Land Policy: 'Sowing Seeds: How Scenario Planing Can Help Agricultural Communities Plan for a Resilient Future' https://youtu.be/XWMyTz1wKqw #scicomm

Water/Land Quality and Contamination
Via @recorderonline: 22 attorneys general oppose @3M settlement of $10.3B over water systems contamination with 'forever chemicals'. https://tinyurl.com/2p9437ww

Water Supply
From @OPB by @emilycureton: Oregon regulators deny another bid for water at Thornburgh resort. https://tinyurl.com/2bn967cx  

WTF?
In @washingtonpost: How a Saudi firm tapped a gusher of water in drought-stricken Arizona. https://tinyurl.com/d9a6hn2a #SWUSwater

"Everyone else in your department knows it is ungovernable. Everyone else your department also knows they are not the reason why it is ungovernable." - @ass_deans

G. Tracy Mehan III Book Review: 'Best Things First - The 12 Most Efficient Ways to Help the Poor' by Bjorn Lomborg

Best Things First: The 12 most efficient solutions for the world’s poorest and our global SDG promises

Bjorn Lomborg | Copenhagen Consensus Center, USA | 2023, 290 pp

Glad to have a book review from friend and colleague G. Tracy Mehan III, AWWA's Executive Director of Government Affairs, 

This review appeared in Mercator.

For two decades, Bjorn Lomborg has worked with hundreds of economists worldwide through his think tank, the Copenhagen Consensus, to study and offer practical, cost-effective solutions to the world’s pressing problems of health and poverty. Seven Nobel Laureates have participated in these deliberations, yielding useful benefit-cost research for the betterment of all. The goal is eminently practical: Find the best thing to do for the maximum benefit at the least cost. Hence, the title of his latest book, Best Things First: The 12 most efficient solutions for the world’s poorest and our global SDG promises.

When everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. For Lomborg and his colleagues the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a classic case of pretending “to say yes to everything” with 169 sprawling vows and more than 4,000 words in which “everything has been promised to everyone.” He does not use the term, but the SDGs are, essentially, unfocused and lacking adequate benefit-cost analysis or a keen sense of relative risk. The SDGs are contrasted with the much more successful Millenium Development Goals (MDGs), which were comprised of eight short, powerful goals and just 18 specific targets.    

To improve upon the SDGs, Lomborg et al. studied “100 potentially great policies to find the very best solutions” to global problems.This work, in turn, generated 12 efficient policies — “concrete, achievable, relatively inexpensive, and incredibly efficient” — to improve the lives of those living in the poorer half of the world.

“For about $35 billion per year, we can save 4.2 million lives annually, and we can make the poorer half of the world more than a trillion dollars [US] better off each and every year,” claims Lomborg. 

Fantastic vision

Ending tuberculosis, reducing the death rate from chronic diseases, increasing agricultural yields, avoiding hunger for a hundred million people and improving learning for the poor with the concomitant increase in future incomes are just some of the good things envisioned in Best Things First.  Among the other best 12 policies identified by the Copenhagen Consensus are those to address malaria (by means of “long-lasting insecticide treated net”), e-procurement (to fight corruption), land tenure security (to incentivise borrowing, investment and productivity), and other creative, cost-beneficial solutions.

 Each of the 12 policies or programs is supported by an in-depth paper or report prepared by an international team of economists. All of the papers are accessible online and in Cambridge University Press’s Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, vol. 13, S1, 2023.

 The various ideas and investments proposed are quite innovative. To take one example, education (Chapter 5): 80 percent of students, a third of a billion, are not even achieving minimal skills despite a doubling of spending in the poorer half of the world. The Copenhagen Consensus proposes two policies to increase basic reading and math proficiency at a very reasonable, small cost. “One helps students learn more effectively, while other policy helps teachers teach better.”

Notwithstanding that students are grouped by age in class, one of the best investments is to teach according to students’ learning level rather than age. Using tablet technology and software has been extensively studied and tested to allow for “a best-practice education that delivers very efficient and engaging instruction,” in native languages, allowing differential teaching or learning for students falling behind. without disrupting the progress of the rest of the class.

Practical steps

The recommendation for teacher education is “structured pedagogy.” This technique provides teachers, many of whom lack necessary education or skills, with a set of “semi-scripted lesson plans, training in how to use them and coaching them as they are used.” In Kenya, instruction is given in both Swahili and English. Each teacher gets 140 “sequential, semi-scripted lesson plans in both languages, making it easier to plan lessons and follow instructions.”

Lomborg provides a stunning table (Table 3.1 on pages 32-33) listing all 12 of these ‘best” investments with annual benefits, in lives saved and dollars, costs and, most revealing, benefit-cost ratios. All the benefit-cost ratios are positive, generously so, with benefits wildly exceeding the cost. The highest BCR is 125 for e-procurement innovations. In other words, for every dollar invested, $125 dollar in benefits results. The lowest is 18 for nutrition. Childhood immunisation generates a BCR of 101; maternal and newborn health measures show a BCR of 101. The BCR for the education proposals described above is 65. These are incredible numbers that would be the envy of most environmental regulators in the developed world.

Best Things First also provides a very helpful appendix, at least to the reader new to the discipline of benefit-cost analysis, outlining the concept and related matters such as discounting and the value of a statistical life, important elements of the calculation made by economists.

 Each of the 12 policies proposed is discussed in a single chapter offering much more detail than this review can describe. The economists are identified along with their paper and the place to access it. Best Things First presents to the reader and the global community a well-researched, thoughtful menu of programs to improve the condition of humanity at a cost that is reasonable and, thus, more likely to be adopted and implemented successfully.

G. Tracy Mehan, III, is executive director for government affairs with the American Water Works Association and adjunct professor at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University (Arlington, VA, USA)

 

Enjoy!

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas Edison

CRS Testimony: Statement of Ronald O'Rourke Specialist in Naval Affairs

This is Ronald O'Rourke's Statement on 'Strategic Competition in the Arctic' 
before the House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security. 

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Introduction
Chairman Giménez, Ranking Member Thanedar, distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss strategic competition in the Arctic.

As part of my work as the CRS specialist for naval affairs, I am the head of the CRS Arctic team, them Guard’s Polar Security Cutter (PSC) program.

The Arctic and PSC reports were initiated in 2010 and 2008, respectively, and have been updated periodically since then, most recently on July 5 and July 10, 2023, respectively. My other periodically updated CRS reports include the CRS report on the defense coordinator of the CRS overview report on the Arctic, strategic competition in the South and East China Seas, which was initiated in 2012 and the author of the CRS report on the Coast The Arctic and PSC reports were initiated in 2010 and implications of great power competition, which was initiated in 2014,

As requested by the subcommittee, my statement focuses primarily on the Coast Guard, and particularly on the PSC program. Portions of this statement are adapted from the PSC and Arctic overview reports.

Arctic Geopolitical Environment
The CRS Arctic overview report’s discussion of the Arctic geopolitical environment covers the evolution of the Arctic geopolitical environment since the end of the Cold War, the emergence of great power competition (i.e., strategic competition) in the Arctic, the impact on the Arctic of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Russian and Chinese activities in the Arctic, and military (including U.S. Coast Guard) operations in the Arctic. The discussion in that report provides a geopolitical context for the material presented below, which focuses on Coast Guard polar icebreakers, Arctic search and rescue (SAR), and a U.S. Arctic strategic seaport.

Coast Guard Polar Icebreakers

Multiple Polar Missions (Not Just Icebreaking)|Within the U.S. government, the Coast Guard is the U.S. agency responsible for polar icebreaking. The Coast Guard’s polar icebreakers, however, do not simply break ice—they are multi-mission cutters that conduct a variety of operations in polar waters. U.S. polar ice operations conducted in large part by the Coast Guard’s polar icebreakers support 9 of the Coast Guard’s 11 statutory missions. The roles of U.S polar icebreakers can be summarized as follows: 

• conducting and supporting scientific research in the Arctic and Antarctic;

• defending U.S. sovereignty in the Arctic by helping to maintain a U.S. presence in U.S. territorial waters in the region;

• defending other U.S. interests in polar regions, including economic interests in waters that are within the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) north of Alaska;

• monitoring sea traffic in the Arctic, including ships bound for the United States; and

• conducting other typical Coast Guard missions (such as search and rescue, law enforcement, and protection of marine resources) in Arctic waters, including U.S. territorial water north of Alaska.

Conclusion

Chairman Giménez, Ranking Member Thanedar, thank you again for the opportunity to appear before you today, and I will be pleased to respond to any questions the subcommittee may have.

Cutting to the chase...

Enjoy!

"The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people." - Dian  Fossey

Josh's Water Jobs and More! 25 July 2023 315 Jobs!

1) Josh's Water Jobs and More!

Highlighted

1) Water Stewardship and TEST Methodology Specialist – United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) (Vienna, Austria): 9 August   2) Local recruitment: Water Security Network Manager – C40 (Various): 7 August

Deadline today (25 July)!

3) WASH Emergency Specialist – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo): 25 July   4) Climate Adaptation Researcher – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Various): 25 July   5) Portuguese speakers: Consultant (Environmental Analyst) – United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) (São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil): 25 July   6) French speakers: Deux consultants (nationaux et/ou internationaux) d’assistance à l’exercice de la maitrise d’ouvrage des services Eau, Hygiène et Assainissement (EHA) auprès de communes des régions de Maradi et de Zinder au Niger – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)(Niamey, Niger): 25 July   7) Local recruitment: Program Officer (NABARD Funding Agency) – Abhivyakti Foundation (Jalandhar, Punjab, India): 25 July   8) Arabic speakers: Water and Sanitation Specialist – Committed To Good (CTG) (Yemen): 25 July   9) Nigeria nationals: WASH Officer – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Sokoto, Nigeria): 25 July   10) Local recruitment: Program Associate – MakeWay(British Columbia, Canada/Home-based): 25 July

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)

11) Programme Officer Environmental Regulation – African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (Midrand, South Africa): 31 July   12) Local recruitment: Senior Technical Analyst – The Rivers Trust (United Kingdom/Home-based): 30 July   13) Local recruitment: Licensed Authorizations Officer – Water – British Columbia Public Service (Various, BC, Canada): 20 August   14) Local recruitment: Upper Columbia River Monitoring Coordinator – The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (CTCR) (Nespelem, WA, USA): 28 July   15) Local recruitment: Hydrologist 2 – Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (Various, MN, USA): 26 July   16) Local recruitment: Environmental Analyst III – Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection(Worcester, MA, USA): Until filled   17) Local recruitment: Water Quality Coordinator II – Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) (Austin, TX, USA): Until filled   18) Local recruitment: Land and Water Projects Technician – Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association (Durham, NC, USA): Until filled   19) Local recruitment: Grants Programs Coordinator – Southern Ute Indian Tribe (Ignacio, CO, USA): Until filled   20) Local recruitment: Freshwater Monitoring Technicians - Scientific Technician 2 - Seasonal - Four positions – Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (Forks, WA, USA): 8 August   21) Local recruitment: (2) Physical Hydrogeologist (NRS3 with underfill option at the NRS2 level) – Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) (Various, OR, USA): 30 July   22) Local recruitment: Environmental Analyst IV – Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection(Worcester, MA, USA): Until filled

3-4 years (See all)

23) Spanish speakers: Especialista en Monitoreo, Evaluación y AprendizajeProyecto Infraestructura Natural para la Seguridad Hídrica – Forest Trends (Lima, Peru): 31 July   24) Spanish speakers: Asistente Técnico/a Proyecto Infraestructura Natural para la Seguridad Hídrica – Forest Trends (Lima, Peru): 31 July   25) Somalia Officer - Climate and Environmental Peacemaking (Service Contract) – European Institute of Peace (EIP) (Brussels, Belgium): 30 July   26) Local recruitment: Stakeholder and Engagement Coordinator – San Juan Bay Estuary Program (Estuario)(San Juan, Puerto Rico/Home-based): Until filled   27) Russian speakers: Programme Specialist (Natural Sciences) 1 – United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (Almaty, Kazakhstan): 3 August   28) Russian speakers: Chief Technical Advisor/Project Manager (Natural Sciences) – United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (Almaty, Kazakhstan): 3 August   29) Colombia nationals: Analista en Gestión del Agua conformación de Roster-NPSA 8 – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Montería, Córdoba, Colombia): 4 August   30) Local recruitment: Policy Analyst (Latin America and Caribbean - LAC) region, National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network - San Jose – International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (San José, Costa Rica): 2 August   31) Local recruitment: Policy Analyst (Latin America and Caribbean - LAC) region, National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network – Bogota – International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Bogota, Colombia): 2 August   32) Kyrgyzstan nationals: NAP Associate on Sectoral Adaptation Planning – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan): 2 August   33) Nepali speakers: Programme Policy Officer (Senior Hydrologist) – World Food Programme (WFP) (Kathmandu, Nepal): 30 July   34) Local recruitment: Project Associate, IUCN Thailand Programme (Surat Thani Province) – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Bangkok, Thailand): 6 August   35) Local recruitment: Project Associate, IUCN Thailand Programme (Chiang Rai Province) – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Bangkok, Thailand): 6 August   36) Local recruitment: Water Hydraulic Modellers (Fixed term / Secondment for 3 years) – Scottish Water(Edinburgh/Glasgow, UK): Until filled   37) Local recruitment: Water Resource Officer – Northern Territory Government (Fort Simpson, NT, Canada): 3 August   38) Local recruitment: Water & Wastewater Program Education Specialist – Halton Region (Oakville, ON, Canada): 3 August   39) Local recruitment: Water Resources Specialist (Monitoring) – South Nation Conservation (Finch, ON, Canada): 8 August   40) Local recruitment: Project Coordinator (Aquatic Restoration) – Conservation Halton (Burlington, ON, Canada): 27 July   41) Local recruitment: Water Quality Specialist: Animas River Coordinator – Southern Ute Indian Tribe (Ignacio, CO, USA): Until filled   42) Local recruitment: Assistant Environmental Programs Manager – Southern Ute Indian Tribe (Ignacio, CO, USA): Until filled   43) Local recruitment: Environmental Program Manager II (Drainage Program) – Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) (Georgetown, DE, USA): 31 July   44) Local recruitment: Senior Associate, Water – National Audubon Society (Albuquerque, NM, USA): Until filled   45) Local recruitment: Regional Office Hydro-Specialist – Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (Bozeman, MT, USA): 7 August   46) Local recruitment: Associate Engineer Civil (PE Required - 2.5% Differential Applies) – Valley Water (San Jose, CA, USA): 31 July   47) Local recruitment: Communications Coordinator – Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (Minnetonka, MN, USA/Home-based): 18 August   48) Local recruitment: Environmental Analyst – Road Stream Crossing Implementation Specialist – NEIWPCC(New Paltz, NY, USA): 20 August   49) Local recruitment: Stormwater Program Coordinator (Natural Resource Specialist 4) – Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (Portland, OR, USA): 13 August   50) Arctic Fishery Officer – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (Anchorage, AK, USA): Until filled

5-9 years (See all)

51) Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Specialist – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Riyadh Saudi Arabia): 1 August   52) Groundwater Modeling Specialist – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Riyadh Saudi Arabia): 30 July   53) Climate Change Adaption Specialist (Water Smart Agricultural Development) – CARE (Sana'a, Yemen/Hasakah, Syria): Until filled   54) French speakers: Project Officer on Thematic Initiatives – World Water Council (WWC) (Marseille, France): 31 August   55) Water Management Specialist – United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Bridgetown, Barbados): 29 July   56) Spanish speakers: Asistente de Programas/ Gestión integrada de cuencas hidrográficas – World Food Programme (WFP) (San Salvador, El Salvador): Until filled   57) French speakers: Programme Manager - Mediterranean Marine Initiative (MMI) – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (Rome, Italy): 1 August   58) Programme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Athens, Greece): 6 August   59) Programme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Geneva, Switzerland): 15 August   60) Marine Spatial Planning Coordinator Kenya – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Mombasa, Kenya): Until filled   61) Conservation Manager (South Africa) – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Cape Town, South Africa): Until filled   62) Programme Management Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Vientiane, Laos): 5 August   63) Netherlands nationals: Coördinerend adviseur vergunningenbeheer Water en Milieu Defensie – Rijksvastgoedbedrijf (Various, Netherlands): 4 August   64) Program Specialist (Environment) – H&M (Bengaluru, Karnataka, India): Until filled   65) Local recruitment: Program Coordinator Water – GoodPlanet Belgium (Brussels, Belgium): Until filled   66) Local recruitment: MEL & CLA Manager for Non-Revenue Water Management Project – Tetra Tech (West Bank/Gaza, Palestine): Until filled   67) Local recruitment: Contaminant Hydrogeologist – Government of Alberta (Red Deer, AB, Canada): 7 August   68) Local recruitment: Water Projects Management Engineer – Government of Alberta (Edmonton, AB, Canada): 3 August   69) Local recruitment: Assateague Coastkeeper – Assateague Coastal Trust (Berlin, MD, USA): 31 July   70) Local recruitment: Experienced Environmental Scientist or Engineer - Sustainability Focus – LimnoTech(Various, USA): Until filled   71) Local recruitment: Water Resources Project Manager – Tetra Tech (Denver, CO, USA): Until filled   72) Local recruitment: Project Coordinator – California Trout (San Diego, CA, USA): Until filled   73) Local recruitment: Corporate Water Stewardship Manager – World Resources Institute (WRI) (Washington, D.C., USA): 28 July   74) Northern Appalachians Freshwater Conservation Manager – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) (Various, USA): 7 August   75) Local recruitment: Water Treatment Lead – Denver Water (Littleton, CO, USA): 11 August   76) Local recruitment: Associate Civil Engineer – East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) (Oakland, CA, USA): 4 August   77) Local recruitment: Senior Climate Resilience Specialist – ICF International (Arlington, VA/Salt Lake City, UT/Boston, MA, USA): Until filled   78) Local recruitment: Executive Director – Utah Water Ways (Salt Lake City, UT, USA): Until filled

10+ years (See all)

79) Communications Manager – The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (Gland, Switzerland): 2 August   80) French speakers: Head of Thematic Initiatives – World Water Council (WWC) (Marseille, France): 31 August   81) Institutional Support Advisor for Non-Revenue Water Management Project – Tetra Tech (West Bank/Gaza, Palestine): Until filled   82) French speakers: Senior Coordination Officer – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)(Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire): 3 August   83) Senior Environment Specialist – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Manila, Philippines): 3 August   84) Water Infrastructure Manager, AWS Water Team – Amazon (Seattle, WA, USA): Until filled   85) CU Water Desk Journalism and Communications Co-Program Director – University of Colorado-Boulder(Boulder, CO, USA): 26 July   86) Local recruitment: Director of Conservation, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary – National Audubon Society(Naples, FL, USA): Until filled   87) Local recruitment: Executive Director – Wolf River Conservancy (WRC) (Memphis, TN, USA): 1 August

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88) German speakers: Berater*in im Sektorvorhaben Wasserpolitik - Innovationen für Resilienz – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)(Bonn, Germany): 6 August   89) Hydrology Analyst – GMV (Various, Spain): Until filled   90) French speakers: Eau Potable et Agriculture H/F – Agence Française de Développement (AFD) (Saint-Domingue, Dominican Republic): Until filled   91) Netherlands nationals: Beleidsmedewerker drinkwater – Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat (The Hague, Netherlands): 7 August   92) Local recruitment: Adviseur water (junior) – Waterschap Rivierenland (Tiel, Netherlands): Until filled   93) Local recruitment: Project and Executive Officer – Government of South Australia (Adelaide SA, Australia): 4 August   94) Local recruitment: Senior Manager Waterway Policy – Victoria Government (Melbourne VIC, Australia): 3 August   95) Australia nationals: Program Officers – Government of Australia (Australia): 2 August   96) Australia nationals: Communication Officers – Government of Australia (Australia): 2 August   97) Local recruitment: Manager, Water Security – Government of South Australia (Adelaide SA, Australia): 1 August   98) Local recruitment: Senior Environmental Officer Hydrogeology and Licensing – Government of Australia(Australia): 31 July   99) Local recruitment: Environmental Science Professionals – Murray-Darling Basin Authority (Various, Australia): 31 July   100) Australia nationals: Director – Government of Australia (Australia): Until filled   101) Local recruitment: Water Officer (Hydrographer) – Queensland Government (Cairns QLD, Australia): 3 August   102) Local recruitment: Senior Hydrographer – Tasmanian Government (Launceston TAS, Australia): 1 August   103) Local recruitment: Assistant Hydrographer – Tasmanian Government (Launceston TAS, Australia): 1 August   104) Local recruitment: Senior Project Officer – Queensland Government (Queensland, Australia): 2 August   105) Local recruitment: Aboriginal Cultural Officer – Government of New South Wales (New South Wales, Australia): 30 July   106) Local recruitment: Water Resources Coordinator – Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority(Hamilton/Warrnambool VIC, Australia): 28 July   107) Local recruitment: Project Lead – Queensland Government (Brisbane QLD, Australia): 27 July   108) Local recruitment: Manager – Queensland Government (Brisbane QLD, Australia): 2 August   109) Local recruitment: Head of Policy and Regional Engagement – International Hydropower Association (IHA)(London, UK): 13 August   110) Local recruitment: Senior Research Officer (Wetland Science) – Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) (London, UK/Home-based): 3 August   111) Local recruitment: Hydrologist – Environment Agency (York, UK): 31 July   112) Local recruitment: Hydrology Officer – Environment Agency (Darlington/Newcastle, UK): 30 July   113) Local recruitment: Water, Land & Biodiversity Team Leaders – Environment Agency (Various, UK): 30 July   114) Local recruitment: Project Manager (Community Engagement) – Groundwork (Denham, UK/Home-based): 30 July   115) Local recruitment: Communications Officer – Findhorn Watershed Initiative (Moray, UK): 28 July   116) Local recruitment: Hydrologist – Natural Resources Wales (Wales, UK): 6 August   117) Local recruitment: Project Manager – Mersey Rivers Trust (Various, UK): 4 August   118) Local recruitment: Project Officer (NFM Delivery) – Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust (Yorkshire Dales, Leyburn, UK): 4 August   119) Local recruitment: Nature Restoration Officer – Spey Catchment Initiative (SCIO) (Aviemore,/Knockando, Ballindalloch, UK): 4 August   120) Local recruitment: Regional Hydrologist – British Columbia Public Service (British Columbia, Canada): 7 August   121) Local recruitment: Water Resources Project Specialist – Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (London, ON, Canada): 4 August   122) U.S. nationals: Director, Water Division – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (Atlanta, GA, USA): 7 August   123) U.S. nationals: Director, Chesapeake Bay Program Office – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)(Annapolis, MD, USA): 2 August   124) Local recruitment: Environmental Analyst (Policy and Planning) – Metropolitan Council (St Paul, MN, USA): 6 August   125) Local recruitment: Water Supply Planning and Analysis Team Leader – Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (Richmond, VA, USA): 4 August   126) Local recruitment: NOWCorps Watershed & Stormwater Steward – Tinker's Creek Watershed Partners(Aurora, OH, USA): 1 August   127) Local recruitment: Water Management Engineer – Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (La Crosse, WI, USA): Until filled   128) Local recruitment: Hydropower Water Resilience Support – Boston Government Services (Washington, D.C., USA): Until filled   129) Local recruitment: Program Officer - Outreach and Restoration – Chesapeake Bay Trust (Annapolis, MD, USA): Until filled   130) Local recruitment: Sr. Program Officer - Restoration – Chesapeake Bay Trust (Annapolis, MD, USA): Until filled

Academic

Professors/Lecturers (See all)

131) Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Water Sciences – University College London (London, UK): 7 August   132) Assistant Professor in Sustainable Bioresource Engineering – University of Washington (Seattle, WA, USA): 15 October   133) Assistant Professor in Ecological Restoration and Management – University of Washington (Seattle, WA, USA): 15 October   134) Director, Institute of Fisheries, Wetlands, and Aquatic Systems – University of Missouri (Columbia, MO, USA): 1 August   135) Lecturer in Environmental Civil Engineering – University of Greenwich (London, UK): 26 July   136) Local recruitment: Associate or Full Research Professor in Hydrologic Sciences/Engineering – Desert Research Institute (DRI) (Reno/Las Vegas, NV, USA): Until filled

Postdocs (See all)

137) Postdoctoral Researcher in Human Dimensions of Conservation Practice Implementation – Iowa State University (Ames, IA, USA): 2 August   138) Postdoctoral Scholar (Watershed and Water Quality Modeling) – The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH, USA): 31 July   139) Postdoc: Evaluation of historical data on disaster risk components in Brazil – National Center for Monitoring and Alerting of Natural Disasters (CEMADEN) (São Paulo, Brazil): 31 July   140) Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in Ecohydrology and Processed-Based Restoration – University of California-Davis (Davis, CA, USA): Until filled   141) Postdoctoral Scholar Pool (The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment) = Texas State University(San Marcos, TX, USA): Until filled   142) Post-doctoral Scholar position focused on improving Earth system science approaches to evapotranspiration partitioning through data fusion – Oregon State University(Corvallis, OR, USA): Until filled   143) Post doctor (2 years) within carbon burial in Arctic lakes – Umeå University (Umeå, Sweden): 7 August   144) Postdoc on Natural Hazard Infrastructure Risk Assessments – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands): 4 August   145) Local recruitment: Post Doc Research Associate (Climate Resiliency Scientist) – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, WA, USA): 27 July

Researchers/Other

146) Research Technician (Life Cycle Assessment) – University of Huddersfield (Huddersfield, UK): 8 August   147) Researcher on microplastic and particulate matter analysis in Lake Kinneret and its watershed (m/f/d) – Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (Helgoland, Germany): 2 August   148) Research Fellow – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London, UK): 1 August   149) Freshwater ecologist (m/f/x) – Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) (Berlin, Germany): 30 July   150) Local recruitment: Research Coordinator – Shahidi wa Maji (Morogoro, Tanzania): 31 July   151) Research Associate in Modelling of Freshwater Geochemistry – The University of Sheffield (Sheffield, UK): 8 August   152) Principal Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow – Climate and Sustainability – Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (London, UK/Home-based): 6 August   153) Research Fellow (Drought Forecast) – National University of Singapore (NUS) (Singapore): Until filled   154) German speakers: wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter (m/w/d) – Bundesantalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR) (Hannover, Germany): 31 July   155) Research Assistant I – Michigan State University(East Lansing, MI, USA): 8 August   156) Local recruitment: Research Professional 1, MNiMORPH – University of Minnesota (Twin Cities, MN, USA): Until filled   157) Research Assistant, Civil and Environmental Engineering – Villanova University (Villanova, PA, USA): Until filled   158) Research Coordinator II – University of Florida(Suwannee, FL, USA): 4 August   159) Local recruitment: Technologist II, Water and Ecosystems Group – Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)(Pasadena, CA, USA): Until filled   160) Research Scientist, Assc – New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM, USA): 4 August   161) Assistant Director of Water Resiliency – Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY, USA): Until filled   162) Part-Time - PA Water Resources Research Assistant – Research – Penn State University (State College, PA, USA): Until filled   163) Project Manager Wetland Scientist (Research Program Manager I) – University of Louisville (Louisville, KY, USA): Until filled

WASH (SEE ALL)

0-2 years (See all)

164) Project Officer (WASH, Information Management and GIS) – International Organization for Migration (IOM)(Kyiv, Ukraine): 3 August   165) French speakers: Operations Officer (WASH) – International Organization for Migration (IOM) (Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo): 2 August   166) French speakers: WASH Officer – Oxfam Intermón(Bria, Central African Republic): 31 July   167) Water Engineer – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) (Port Sudan, Sudan): 26 July   168) French speakers: WASH-Shelter Officer – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Bouar, Central African Republic): 3 August   169) WASH Operations Assistant – GOAL (Azaz, Syria): 31 July   170) Arabic speakers: WASH & Shelter Engineering Assistant – Orange (Afrin, Syria): 28 July   171) Block Project Co-Ordinator – Bhavishya Educational and Charitable Society (Various, Haryana, India): 31 July   172) Venezuela nationals: Profesional de Agua, Saneamiento e Higiene – Lutheran World Federation(Delta Amacuro, Venezuela): 6 August   173) Central African Republic nationals: WASH Officer (Sanitation & Hygiene) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Bangui, Central African Republic): 31 July   174) Solomon Islands nationals: WASH Officer – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Honiara, Solomon Islands): 31 July   175) Ethiopia nationals: WASH Assistant – Danish Refugee Council (Various, Ethiopia): 27 July   176) Zambia nationals: Programme Assistant (UNICEF) – United Nations Volunteers (UNV) (Lusaka, Zambia): 31 July   177) Ethiopia nationals: Water Technician Assistant – International Rescue Committee (IRC) (Asosa, Ethiopia): Until filled

3-4 years (See all)

178) WASH Manager – CARE (Bo, Sierra Leone): Until filled   179) Regional Technical Support (Water & Sanitation) – Médecins Sans Frontières (Amman, Jordan): 2 August   180) Wash & Shelter Officer – Islamic Relief (Mogadishu, Somalia): 29 July   181) WASH Working Group Coordinator (H/F) – Solidarités International (Amuda, Syria): Until filled   182) Arabic speakers: WASH & Shelter Engineer – Orange(Afrin, Syria): 28 July   183) Arabic speakers: WASH Coordinator – Save the Children (Taiz, Yemen): 27 July   184) French speakers: WASH Program Manager (M/F) – Solidarités International (Gedaref, Sudan): Until filled   185) French speakers: WASH Coordinator (M/F) – Solidarités International (Sudan): Until filled   186) Hindi speakers: Specialist – Hygiene, Behavior Change and WASH in Institutions – WaterAid (Various, India): 28 July   187) Local recruitment: Especialista Técnico WASH – World Vision (WV) (Managua, Nicaragua): Until filled

5-9 years (See all)

188) Programme Officer (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Knowledge & Innovation) – International Organization for Migration (IOM) (Vinnytsia, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine): 3 August   189) Programme Officer (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Energy & Environment) – International Organization for Migration (IOM) (Kyiv, Ukraine): 3 August   190) Sub-Cluster Coordinator (WASH) – International Organization for Migration (IOM) (Kyiv, Ukraine): 3 August   191) Local recruitment: Director Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) – Relief International (United States/United Kingdom/France/Home-based): Until filled   192) French speakers: Integrated WASH and Nutrition Lead (Purpose Two Lead) – Food for the Hungry(Democratic Republic of the Congo): Until filled   193) WASH Specialist – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Almaty, Kazakhstan): 30 July   194) WASH Technical Advisor for Africa region – IsraAID(Israel/Nairobi, Kenya/Home-based): 10 August   195) Emergency WASH Advisor – CARE (Nairobi, Kenya/Home-based): Until filled   196) French speakers: Information Management Specialist (WASH sector coordination - Cholera and Complex crisis) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Port-au-Prince, Haiti): 26 July   197) Sr. Investment Officer- Waste, Sanitation, and Circular Economy (Re-ad) – Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) (Bangkok, Thailand): 31 July   198) Palestine nationals: WASH Specialist (Cluster) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (East Jerusalem, Palestine): 3 August   199) Local recruitment: WASH Coordinator – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (Shire, Ethiopia): 1 August

10+ years (See all)

200) French speakers: Chief of Party - USAID Senegal WASH Activity – RTI International (Dakar, Senegal): Until filled   201) French/Spanish speakers: Especialista (Senior) de Agua y Saneamiento Nacional bilingüe (Frances-Castellano) República Dominicana o Haití - Spécialiste (senior), National Bilingue Eau et Assainissement (Français-Espagnol) – Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) (Haiti/Dominican Republic): 18 August   202) Senior Director, Business Development – Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)(Calgary, AB, Canada): Until filled   203) Hindi speakers: Technical Lead – Hygiene, Behaviour Change and WASH in Institutions – WaterAid (Various, India): 28 July   204) Local recruitment: WASH Specialist (in Charge of WASH Infrastructure Quality Assurance & Quality Control) – World Vision (WV) (Dakar, Senegal): Until filled

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205) WASH Engineer (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) –Register – UK-Med: 2 August   206) WASH Adviser - Humanitarian Surge Team – Save the Children (United Kingdom): 30 July

Consultancies (SEE ALL)

207) Spanish speakers: Consultor para Apoyo Técnico a la División de agua y saneamiento en Uruguay WSA/CUR – Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (Uruguay): 3 August   208) Consultancy - Multi-country WASH Emergency – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Home-based): 3 August   209) Promoting Environmental Management and Sustainable Livelihoods in Lake Urmia – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Iran): 1 August   210) French speakers: Pact for Nature Consultant – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment)(Nairobi, Kenya): 1 August   211) Consultancy: Pilot Studies In-Stream Wetlands to Improve Drainage Water Quality – African Development Bank (AfDB) (Egypt): 1 August   212) Data Field Collection and Training Consultant WASH – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Bissau, Guinea-Bissau): 30 July   213) French speakers: Contrat de Consultant Individuel Charge de L’appui dans le Traitement des Rapports des Etudes Techniques Dans Les Infrastructures Hydrauliques – The World Bank (Burundi): 28 July   214) Arabic speakers: Senior Expert in Environmental Economy – United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (Lebanon): 28 July   215) Technical Evaluation to be Performed on Water and Irrigation Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program (M/F) – Solidarités International (Syria): 3 August   216) French speakers: Consultancy: Mano River Union Ecosystem Conservation and International Water Resources Management Project – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (West Africa): 3 August   217) Spanish speakers: Environmental Adviser – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (San José, Costa Rica): 31 July   218) Management of Hydrographic Production Database (Hydrographic Database Expert) – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Riyadh Saudi Arabia): 30 July   219) Water Sector Specialist – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Philippines): 28 July   220) WASH M&E and Information Management Consultant – International Organization for Migration (IOM) (Geneva, Switzerland): 29 July   221) Emergency WASH Advisor, STC – CARE (Nairobi, Kenya): Until filled   222) Sustainable Blue Economy expert for development of Integrated, Ecosystem-based Land-Sea Planning Guidelines for Kenyan coast – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Home-based): 8 August   223) Consultancy: Technical Support for the Implementation of the Marine Biodiversity and Blue Economy Programme at IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Home-based): 31 July   224) Environmental and Social Safeguard Expert – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)(Kathmandu, Nepal): 31 July   225) Spanish speakers: Consultoría: Asistencia técnica para desarrollar una guía metodológica para la inclusión de variables de adaptación al cambio climático en los procesos de evaluación de impacto ambiental de República Dominicana – National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network (Home-based): 31 July   226) Spanish speakers: Regulation and Environmental Governance Coordinator – United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) (Mexico City, Mexico): 30 July   227) Somali speakers: Environmental Specialist – The World Bank (Somalia): 3 August   228) National Consultant to develop a guideline for Water Resources Protection Zone – United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Laos): 3 August   229) Tajikistan nationals: Expert for conducting training on project proposal writing with regard to water governance and management (SSA) – Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) (Dushanbe, Tajikistan): 2 August   230) Yemen nationals: Consultant - Water Reticulation and Solid Waste Management – Committed To Good (CTG)(Aden, Yemen): 1 August   231) Kenya nationals: Consultancy - Technical Support for the Development of a Mobile and Web-Based Remote Monitoring System for the Regional Open WASH Program for Refugees and IDPs (R-WASH) in East Africa – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Nairobi, Kenya): 31 July   232) Nepal nationals: Engineer (Watershed/Bio-engineering) – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (Kathmandu, Nepal): 1 August   233) Local recruitment: Economiste Principal.e (Eau) – United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)(Niamey, Niger): 30 July   234) Korean speakers: 2023 AWC Water Project Consultant – Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)(Seoul, South Korea): 27 July

RFP (SEE ALL)

235) RFP: WASH Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Ukraine): 8 August   236) RFP: Feasibility study for the implementation of Water Supply and Sanitation Schemes under proposed Municipal Water Supply and Sanitation Project – The World Bank (Bangladesh): 3 August   237) RFP: Apoyo a la Gestión Integral de la Cuenca del Río Salado y Ejecución de Obras contempladas en el Tramo IV-1-B del PMICRS – The World Bank (Argentina): 7 August   238) RFP: Consulting Services for Development of the Land Reclamation and Irrigation Sector Strategy (including energy efficiency audit of the sector and review of tariffs and subsidies) – The World Bank (Tajikistan): 4 August   239) Request for Proposal: legal Consultant for a Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Rural Water – The World Bank (Haiti): 7 August   240) Support life-saving WASH drought emergency interventions for vulnerable girls, boys, women and men targeting schools with linkages to communities and Health care facilities in Marsabit County ​– United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Kenya): 28 July   241) French speakers: Recrutement d’un Cabinet de Recrutement Pour le Projet d’amelioration de L’acces a L’eau Potable (Paaep) de Madagascar – The World Bank(Madagascar): 2 August   242) EOI - Documentation of 15 evidence-based impact stories: Climate Change, Resilient Agriculture & Impact of Adaptation Practices – Indo-Global Social Service Society (IGSSS) (Various, India): 30 July   243) EOI - Study on change in Land use pattern and improve Water use efficiency – Indo-Global Social Service Society (IGSSS) (Various, India): 30 July

Internships (SEE ALL)

244) Intern (SG) - Sectors Group Water and Urban Development Sector Office – Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Manila, Philippines): 15 September   245) Internship (WASH Support) – International Organization for Migration (IOM) (Geneva, Switzerland): 2 August   246) French speakers: Stage Eau Potable, Assainissement et Hygiene (EPAH) – United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) (Port-au-Prince, Haiti): 2 August   247) Spanish speakers: Intern, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene – International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) (Panama City, Panama): 31 July   248) Local recruitment: Stage Water Governance – WSP(Nieuwegein, Netherlands): Until filled   249) Research Master Thesis / Research Internship - Drought Risk – WSP (Breda/Nieuwegein, Netherlands): Until filled   250) Local recruitment: Policy and Government Affairs Fall 2023 Intern – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)(Washington, D.C., USA): Until filled

Scholarships/Assistantships (SEE ALL)

251) Two Ph.D. Student Positions – Data science, agricultural lands, wetland restoration, and environmental benefits – Boise State University (Boise, ID, USA): Until filled   252) Junior Researcher (Doctoral Candidate) – Open University (Wallingford, UK): 6 August   253) PhD student position in hydrologic and water quality modeling – State University of New York at Albany (SUNY-Albany) (Albany, NY, USA): 6 August   254) PhD studentship/Postdoctoral fellow in Environmental Geoscience – Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel): 4 August   255) Doctoral student in political science focusing on water policy and governance – Örebro University (Örebro, Sweden): 6 August   256) MSc in Environmental Technology – Integrated Water Management Option:Funded Part-Time Course over two years with Placement in Anglian Water (overall 2 years) – Imperial College London (London, UK): 4 August   257) U.K. nationals: Understanding processes and impacts of pollutants in nutrient-sensitive headwater chalk streams - PhD – University of Southampton (Southampton, UK): 7 August   258) U.K. nationals: The impact of the glacial biome on Arctic freshwater ecosystems – PhD – Lancaster University(Lancaster, UK): 7 August   259) U.K. nationals: EPSRC funded PhD in Chemistry: Catalytic Routes to Water Disinfection – Cardiff University(Cardiff, UK): 4 August

Fellowships

260) U.S. nationals: EPA Fellowship on Optimizing Wetland Restoration Placement for Nutrient Interception and Removal – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)(Corvallis, OR, USA): 4 August

Other

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263) Position: @DeltaCouncil & @USGS (Sacramento CA) - Delta Lead Scientist - will oversee implementation of Delta Science Plan. Priority apps due: 25 August 2023. Position begins: Summer 2024. Term: 3 years, total of two terms. Flyer: https://tinyurl.com/3k8vfawp #JobWaWi

 

264) Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland) - Water Quality Manager (Natural Resource Protection and Sustainability Manager 2). Closes: 26 July 2023. https://tinyurl.com/52jkcfu3 #JobWaWi

 

265 - 307) From @IISD: Many Climate Change Job Vacancies. Go to 

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308 - 310) Postdoc Positions (3): @unevadareno
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311) Position:@OregonDEQ (Portland) - Water Quality Manager (Natural Resource Protection and Sustainability Manager 2). Closes: 9 August 2023. https://tinyurl.com/52jkcfu3 #JobWaWi

 

312) Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland) - LAN Administrator (Information Systems Specialist 4). Closes: 9 August 2023. https://tinyurl.com/kxa5fmks #JobWaWi

 

313) Position: California Delta Stewardship Council - Independent Science Board member. Pay: $166/hr + travel. Meetings: monthly, alternating between live & teleconference. 5-year term, maximum 2 terms. Apps due: 18 August 2023. See flyer: https://tinyurl.com/4jwsv8m6 #JobWaWi

 

314) Position: Office of the State Engineer (Santa Fe, NM) - Senior Hydrologist/Water Resources Professional IV. Closes: 25 August 2023. https://tinyurl.com/3cxmr7xr #JobWaWi

 

315) Position: @UCBerkeley (CA) - Postdoctoral Scholar - life-cycle analysis and the economics of groundwater recharge. 2 years w/possible renewal. App due: 16 August 2023. Start: Summer 2023. https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03974 #JobWaWi cc:@kiparsky

 

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