Feb
15
Wanted: JAWRA Associate Editor, Water Quality Monitoring
February 15, 2012 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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Ken Lanfear (editor@awra.org), editor of JAWRA and one of the best journal editors I’ve ever known, sent me this item for posting.
AWRA Associate Editors (AE’s) serve as primary advisors to the JAWRA Editor. Responsibilities fall into two areas: reviews and subject development. The Water Quality Monitoring position handles between 15 and 20 papers per year. All manuscripts are handled through our ScholarOne Manuscripts™ system, with the AE selecting reviewers and, when reviews return, making a recommendation to the Editor. AE’s are encouraged to seek out qualified authors in their subject areas and encourage them to submit papers to JAWRA. These could be individual submittals or as featured collections of related papers organized around an introduction.
The AE for Water Quality Monitoring sees a lot of interesting and sometimes controversial manuscripts. Departing Associate Editor Joe Delfino would like to help his replacement ease into the position. So, the new AE will get a real running
start on his or her responsibilities!
Associate editorship is a volunteer position earning our heartfelt thanks and an invitation to our annual AE luncheon. It also offers the opportunity to make a difference on the cutting edge of multidisciplinary water resources. The term of an AE is three years, but may be extended by mutual agreement.
Interested individuals should email the Editor at editor@awra.org. We are happy to answer any questions. We will hold this position open at a minimum until March 15, 2012, but early application is encouraged.
Give it some thought! You don’t need to be a member of AWRA to serve as an Associate Editor. We just want the best, regardless of her/his afflliation.
Some information about JAWRA:
Impact Factor: 1.373
ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2010: 24/45 (Engineering Environmental); 29/76 (Water Resources); 77/165 (Geosciences Multidisciplinary)
Apply now!
“Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.” – John von Neumann
Feb
10
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 4 – 10 February 2012
February 10, 2012 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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Just your weekly water displacement behavior this week. No video BS (except for this one from Oz).
But we do have a fair number of entries in the ‘WTF?’ category, thanks to Zimbabwe, Canada, et al.
Enjoy!
The picture is one of me at the old wastewater treatment plant in Astana, Kazakhstan. Nice white pants and cap.
Click here to catch up!
“I urge governments to recognize the urban water crisis for what it is – a crisis of governance, weak policies and poor management, rather than one of scarcity.” - Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, 2011
Feb
9
Summary: AWRA National Water Policy Dialogues 1 – 4
February 9, 2012 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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It has been a while – 22 September 2008 – since AWRA held its last National Water Policy Dialogue, the fourth in a series that began in September 2002. Technical Director Richard Engberg has just written a summary of the entire series.
Download AWRA_Policy_Dialogues_1-4_Summary
Here is the dialogues home page. Here is a November 2006 Water Resources IMPACT issue on Water Policy: Present and Future.
And here’s the PDF of a presentation I gave several months ago, Does the USA Need a National Water (fill in the blank) Vision, Strategy, Policy, Ethic….?
Download GEOG_Seminar_Vision_15Nov2011_v2
Enjoy!
“The US does have a water policy and vision: it’s to have no water policy or water vision.” – Gerry Galloway, former AWRA President
Feb
6
JAWRA February 2012 Highlights
February 6, 2012 | Posted by smcclung
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HIGHLIGHTS – JAWRA FEBRUARY 2012
Edmunds et al. quantify glacier area and volume changes through the use of historical aerial photographs in Wyoming’s Teton Range.
Chaffin et al. use data collected from a single survey instrument to determine the status, structure, and success of watershed groups in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, respectively.
Abudu et al. compare several models for forecasting monthly total dissolved solids in the Rio Grande River.
Moore et al. assess the accuracy of a simple water balance model for physiographically complex regions that can be run using existing spatial datasets.
Collentine and Johnsson evaluate the effect of one possible new measure for reducing nitrogen loads to the Baltic Sea, introducing mandatory discharge permits for crop cultivation as one component of a proposed discharge permit system.
Stephens et al. assess the importance of decentralized methods to reduce stormwater runoff, including methods such as low-impact development (LID) technology, and to enhance recharge in urban areas.
Newburn and Woodward evaluate the economic and institutional aspects of the Great Miami Trading Program in Ohio, including cost effectiveness, efficiency of bidding, transaction costs, trading ratios, and innovation.
Hope and Bart test a regionalization approach previously developed for perennial and ephemeral watersheds in Portugal for use in central and southern California.
Woznicki and Nejadhashemi determine how the sensitivity of BMPs performance vary due to changes in precipitation, temperature, and CO2 using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool.
Shrestha et al. present a modeling study on climate-induced changes in hydrologic and nutrient fluxes in the Upper Assiniboine catchment, located in the Lake Winnipeg watershed.
Buchanan et al. describe a geographic information system-based operational model that simulates the spatio-temporal dynamics of variable source area (VSA) runoff generation and distributed runoff-routing, including through complex artificial drainage networks.
Feb
3
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 28 January – 3 February 2012
February 3, 2012 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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Time for your weekly water displacement behavior!
I apologize for any misspellings – I had my eye treatments yesterday and I was watching and listening to this Phil Collins videoas I assembled this. I had to switch to Phil after an Air Supply video lulled
me into a near-coma. I’m better now – eyes, too!
What am I doing listening to Air Supply? Long story…
Enjoy! Just click here.
“And I know the roads to riches,
And I know the ways to fame.
I know all the rules and then I know how to break them.
And I always know the name of the game.”
– Making Love Out Of Nothing At All, by Air Supply, written by Jim Steinman (great for karaoke)
Jan
27
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 21-27 January 2012
January 27, 2012 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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That day of the week again -Friday, time for last week’s water news via my Twitter feeds.
Now enjoy some well-deserved water displacement behavior. You’re worth it! Click here.
“Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche
Jan
24
Survey Says! Seven Minutes of Your Time for Data
January 24, 2012 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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Kaveh Madani, who Tweets and created SISWEBS (Scientific Information Syndication WEBsite, which includes WaterSISWEB) and Daene McKinney have asked me to post this. They have designed a short survey about data whose results will be reported at the upcoming Sixth World Water Forum.You can read a longer blog post about the reason for the survey or go directly to the 7-minute survey itself.Thanks.
“Survey says!” - Richard Dawson, original host of the TV game show Family Feud
Jan
20
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 14-20 January 2012 (AWRA Day!)
January 20, 2012 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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That time of the week again – Friday water displascement behavior! And I got this out nice and early so that many of you can enjoy a full day of checking out the previous week’s water news!
I’m enjoying the Dulles Airport environs attending my last winter board meeting of AWRA today and tomorrow.
So click here for your weekly dose of water news.
Enjoy!
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.” - Mark Twain
Jan
16
Sneak Preview: JAWRA February 2012
January 16, 2012 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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Here are some items from the JAWRA blog by Editor Ken Lanfear. He provides early views of eight papers from the February 2012 issue of JAWRA.
Click on the post title next to the number to view his post for that article, in which he summarizes the article and provides access to the abstract (free) and paper (for a fee, or free to AWRA members). Clicking on the article title will take you directly to the abstract and access to the paper, which you can purchase or download freely if you are an AWRA member.
Enjoy!
February 2012 Article (Early View): “Modeling Climate Change Impacts on Hydrology and Nutrient Loading in the Upper Assiniboine Catchment,” Rajesh R. Shrestha, Yonas B. Dibike, and Terry D. Prowse.
February 2012 Article: “Sensitivity Analysis of Best Management Practices Under Climate Change Scenarios,” by Sean A. Woznicki and A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi.
3) Regionalization for Flow Duration
February 2012 Article (Early View): “Evaluation of a Regionalization Approach for Daily Flow Duration Curves in Central and Southern California Watersheds,” by Allen Hope and Ryan Bart.
4) Greater Miami Water Quality Trading Program
February 2012 Article (Early View): “An Ex Post Evaluation of Ohio’s Great Miami Water Quality Trading Program,” by David A. Newburn and Richard T. Woodward.
5) Decentralized Groundwater Recharge
February 2012 Article (Early View): “Decentralized Groundwater Recharge Systems Using Roofwater and Stormwater Runoff,” by Daniel B. Stephens, Mark Miller, Stephanie J. Moore, Todd Umstot, and Deborah J. Salvato.
6) A Simple Water Balance Model
February 2012 Article (Early View): “Prediction of Streamflow Regime and Annual Runoff for Ungauged Basins Using a Distributed Monthly Water Balance Model,” by R.D. (Dan) Moore, J.W. Trubilowicz, and J.M Buttle.
7) Why Do Some Watershed Groups Succeed?
February 2012 article (Early View): “Collaborative Watershed Groups in Three Pacific Northwest States: A Regional Evaluation of Group Metrics and Perceived Success,” by B.C. Chaffin, R.L. Mahler, J.D. Wulfhorst, and B. Shafii.
February 2012 Article (Early View): “Crop Discharge Permits for Reduction of Nitrogen Loads to the Baltic Sea,” by Dennis Collentine and Holger Johnsson
“A scientist will never show any kindness for a theory which he did not start himself.” – Mark Twain
Jan
13
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary, 7-13 January 2012 (Triskaidekaphobia Day!)
January 13, 2012 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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Triskaidekaphobia special!
There are actually two more Friday the 13ths this year: 13 April and 13 July. Rare! But that makes sense; after all, 2012 is the predicted end of the world.
In any event, it’s not a good year for those who suffer from paraskevidekatriaphobia —fear of Friday the 13th.
Enjoy some water displacement behavior – it’s good luck!
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“All economic statistics are best seen as a peculiarly boring form of science fiction.” – Paul Krugman
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