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GAO Report: 'USACE - Information on the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program'

From the GAO - just published an released to the public on 22 January 2021: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Information on the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program.

This is actually a letter report, directed to four members of Congress, one of whom is my representative, Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR), Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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Fast Facts
The Upper Mississippi river system provides about $1 billion in economic benefits annually through commercial boating and fishing. It's home to over 2.5 million acres of habitats, like wetlands, across 5 states.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is managing the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program, consisting of over 1,000 projects along the river to improve navigation delays and restore ecosystems damaged by humans. The program will cost about $7.9 billion over 50 years. Since 2004, the Corps has spent $65 million on technical studies and designs for 47 projects and hasn't secured partners needed to share costs.

Barges like this play a key role in helping keep navigation paths open on the Upper Mississippi River

         Highlights

What GAO Found
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has taken steps to implement its Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP)—a dual-purpose program for navigation improvements and ecosystem restoration along the Upper Mississippi River system. Specifically, in 2004 the Corps identified 24 navigation improvement projects and 1,010 ecosystem restoration projects and proposed a plan for implementing them. For example, the Corps plans to construct or extend 12 locks to facilitate commercial barge traffic along the river system (see fig.), which the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin have generally relied on as their principal conduit for export-bound agricultural products. The Corps also plans to restore floodplains along the river system and backwaters that provide habitat for hundreds of species of wildlife. While the total estimated program cost is $7.9 billion, as of October 2020, the Corps has initiated technical studies and designs for 47 NESP projects at a cost of approximately $65 million.

Barge Tow at Lock and Dam 15 in Rock Island, Illinois

However, the Corps has identified several challenges facing the program, and it has taken steps to mitigate them. Specifically, the Corps was unable to implement NESP projects for 7 years because the program did not receive funding in fiscal years 2011 through 2017, in part because the Corps identified other projects as higher priorities. To mitigate this challenge, the Corps reprogrammed funding to help ensure projects could be executed when funds became available. Another challenge is that the Corps has not yet established partnership agreements that are needed for some NESP ecosystem projects. Corps officials said that about 15 to 20 percent of the ecosystem projects will require partnership agreements in which partners commit to share 35 percent of the project costs, typically through the purchase of land for the project. The officials said that partners may be reluctant to make financial commitments to projects while NESP funding is uncertain. Furthermore, the partnership agreements can take up to 18 months to put in place. To help expedite program implementation, Corps officials said they have pursued projects in fiscal year 2020 that can begin without a commitment from project partners.

Why GAO Did This Study
The Upper Mississippi River system provides approximately $1 billion in annual benefits to the nation’s economy through boating, fishing, and other uses, according to a Corps report. It also supports more than 2.5 million acres of aquatic, wetland, forest, grassland, and agricultural habitats. In 1986, Congress declared its intent to recognize the system as a nationally significant commercial navigation system and a nationally significant ecosystem. However, the Upper Mississippi River’s navigation system has faced significant delays in commercial boating and barge traffic, and human activity has caused a decline in environmental quality, according to a 2004 Corps report.

The Corps initiated studies in 1989 and 1990 to identify ways to improve the river system. The Corps issued a feasibility report in 2004 that identified improvement projects, and in 2007 Congress formally authorized NESP and the projects identified in the report.

GAO was asked to review NESP. This report describes (1) the steps the Corps has taken to implement NESP and (2) the challenges the Corps has identified to fully implementing the program and steps the Corps is taking to address these challenges. To conduct this work, GAO reviewed Corps reports, documents, and data from fiscal year 2005—the year in which the Corps began implementing NESP projects—through fiscal year 2020. GAO also interviewed Corps officials.

For more information, contact Mark Gaffigan at (202) 512-3841 or gaffiganm@gao.gov.

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Fernández Water 2021, 13(2), 157; doi:10.3390/w13020157 Article: Monitoring Skeletal Anomalies in Big-Scale Sand Smelt, Atherina boyeri, as a Potential Complementary Tool for Early Detection of Effects of Anthropic Pressure in Coastal Lagoons Chiara Leone, Francesca De Luca, Eleonora Ciccotti, Arianna Martini and Clara Boglione Water 2021, 13(2), 159; doi:10.3390/w13020159 Article: Mesocosm Experiments at a Tunnelling Construction Site for Assessing Re-Use of Spoil Material as a By-Product Anna Barra Caracciolo, Paola Grenni, Livia Mariani, Jasmin Rauseo, Martina Di Lenola, Valerio Giorgio Muzzini, Enrica Donati, Ines Lacchetti, Paola Margherita Bianca Gucci, Antonio Finizio, Eleonora Beccaloni and Luisa Patrolecco Water 2021, 13(2), 161; doi:10.3390/w13020161 Article: Climate Change-Enhanced Cyanobacteria Domination in Lake Kinneret: A Retrospective Overview Moshe Gophen Water 2021, 13(2), 163; doi:10.3390/w13020163 Article: Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Water Quality and Trophic State in an Artificial Dam Reservoir Md Mamun, Ji Yoon Kim and Kwang-Guk An Water 2021, 13(2), 186; doi:10.3390/w13020186 Article: Physiological, Developmental, and Biomarker Responses of Zebrafish Embryos to Sub-Lethal Exposure of Bendiocarb Gyöngyi Gazsi, Zsolt Czimmerer, Bence Ivánovics, Izabella Roberta Berta, Béla Urbányi, Zsolt Csenki-Bakos and András Ács Water 2021, 13(2), 204; doi:10.3390/w13020204 Article: Aquatic Ecosystem Health Assessment of Poyang Lake through Extension Evaluation Method Yanhui Zhang, Hongyun Zhu, Bing Li, Guishan Yang and Rongrong Wan Water 2021, 13(2), 211; doi:10.3390/w13020211 Article: Characteristics of Hydrochemistry and Stable Isotopes in a Karst Region in Samcheok, Republic of Korea Jiwook Jang, Jin-Yong Lee and Heejung Kim Water 2021, 13(2), 213; doi:10.3390/w13020213 Urban Water Management Article: Supervised Machine Learning for Estimation of Total Suspended Solids in Urban Watersheds Mohammadreza Moeini, Ali Shojaeizadeh and Mengistu Geza Water 2021, 13(2), 147; doi:10.3390/w13020147 Article: Urbanization and Floods in Sub-Saharan Africa: Spatiotemporal Study and Analysis of Vulnerability Factors—Case of Antananarivo Agglomeration (Madagascar) Fenosoa Nantenaina Ramiaramanana and Jacques Teller Water 2021, 13(2), 149; doi:10.3390/w13020149 Article: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Surface Water Quality in Mokopane Area, Limpopo, South Africa Mmasabata Dolly Molekoa, Ram Avtar, Pankaj Kumar, Huynh Vuong Thu Minh, Rajarshi Dasgupta, Brian Alan Johnson, Netrananda Sahu, Ram Lal Verma and Ali P. Yunus Water 2021, 13(2), 220; doi:10.3390/w13020220 Article: Planning the Urban Waterfront Transformation, from Infrastructures to Public Space Design in a Sea-Level Rise Scenario: The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Case Francesca Dal Cin, Fransje Hooimeijer and Maria Matos Silva Water 2021, 13(2), 218; doi:10.3390/w13020218 Article: SWMM-UrbanEVA: A Model for the Evapotranspiration of Urban Vegetation Birgitta Hörnschemeyer, Malte Henrichs and Mathias Uhl Water 2021, 13(2), 243; doi:10.3390/w13020243 Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics Review: Flow Resistance in Open Channel Due to Vegetation at Reach Scale: A Review Antonino D’Ippolito, Francesco Calomino, Giancarlo Alfonsi and Agostino Lauria Water 2021, 13(2), 116; doi:10.3390/w13020116 Review: Review on Numerical Simulation of the Internal Soil Erosion Mechanisms Using the Discrete Element Method Xiukai Wang, Yao Tang, Bo Huang, Tiantian Hu and Daosheng Ling Water 2021, 13(2), 169; doi:10.3390/w13020169 Article: Relationship between Morphological Characteristics and Quality of Aquatic Habitat in Mountain Streams of Slovakia Zuzana Štefunková, Viliam Macura, Andrej Škrinár, Peter Ivan, Milan Čistý, Martina Majorošová and Viktória Tyukosová Water 2021, 13(2), 142; doi:10.3390/w13020142 Article: Predicting Dam Flood Discharge Induced Ground Vibration with Modified Frequency Response Function Yan Zhang, Jijian Lian, Songhui Li, Yanbing Zhao, Guoxin Zhang and Yi Liu Water 2021, 13(2), 144; doi:10.3390/w13020144 Article: On the Rainfall Triggering of Phlegraean Fields Volcanic Tremors Nicola Scafetta and Adriano Mazzarella Water 2021, 13(2), 154; doi:10.3390/w13020154 Article: Thixotropic Behavior of Reconstituted Debris-Flow Mixture Leonardo Schippa, Ferruccio Doghieri, Anna Maria Pellegrino and Elisa Pavesi Water 2021, 13(2), 153; doi:10.3390/w13020153 Article: Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Leaching Zones within Potash Seams Reproduced by Reactive Transport Simulations Svenja Steding, Thomas Kempka, Axel Zirkler and Michael Kühn Water 2021, 13(2), 168; doi:10.3390/w13020168 Article: Two-Dimensional Flood Inundation Modeling in the Godavari River Basin, India—Insights on Model Output Uncertainty Vimal Chandra Sharma and Satish Kumar Regonda Water 2021, 13(2), 191; doi:10.3390/w13020191 Article: Impact Force of a Geomorphic Dam-Break Wave against an Obstacle: Effects of Sediment Inertia Cristiana Di Cristo, Massimo Greco, Michele Iervolino and Andrea Vacca Water 2021, 13(2), 232; doi:10.3390/w13020232 Article: Numerical Study of Fluctuating Pressure on Stilling Basin Slab with Sudden Lateral Enlargement and Bottom Drop Yangliang Lu, Jinbu Yin, Zhou Yang, Kebang Wei and Zhiming Liu Water 2021, 13(2), 238; doi:10.3390/w13020238 Brief Report: Variability of Currents and Water Column Structure in a Temperate Estuarine System (Sado Estuary, Portugal) Beatriz Biguino, Fátima Sousa and Ana C. Brito Water 2021, 13(2), 187; doi:10.3390/w13020187 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Article: Low Dose Coagulant and Local Soil Ballast Effectively Remove Cyanobacteria (Microcystis) from Tropical Lake Water without Cell Damage Somjate Thongdam, Anthony C. Kuster, Brian J. Huser and Anootnara T. Kuster Water 2021, 13(2), 111; doi:10.3390/w13020111 Article: Distribution of Charophyte Oospores in the Curonian Lagoon and their Relationship to Environmental Forcing Vaiva Stragauskaitė, Martynas Bučas and Georg Martin Water 2021, 13(2), 117; doi:10.3390/w13020117 Article: Investigation on River Thermal Regime under Dam Influence by Integrating Remote Sensing and Water Temperature Model Xi Shi, Jian Sun and Zijun Xiao Water 2021, 13(2), 133; doi:10.3390/w13020133 Article: Relative Abundance and Invasion Dynamics of Alien Fish Species Linked to Chemical Conditions, Ecosystem Health, Native Fish Assemblage, and Stream Order Ji Yoon Kim, Usman Atique and Kwang-Guk An Water 2021, 13(2), 158; doi:10.3390/w13020158 Article: Riparian Vegetation Structure Influences Terrestrial Invertebrate Communities in an Agricultural Landscape Cristina Popescu, Mihaela Oprina-Pavelescu, Valentin Dinu, Constantin Cazacu, Francis J. Burdon, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Benjamin Kupilas, Nikolai Friberg, Peter Goethals, Brendan G. McKie and Geta Rîșnoveanu Water 2021, 13(2), 188; doi:10.3390/w13020188 Article: Food Web Structure and Trophic Interactions Revealed by Stable Isotope Analysis in the Midstream of the Chishui River, a Tributary of the Yangtze River, China Qiang Qin, Fubin Zhang, Fei Liu, Chunling Wang and Huanzhang Liu Water 2021, 13(2), 195; doi:10.3390/w13020195 Article: How to Assess the Ecological Status of Highly Humic Lakes? Development of a New Method Based on Benthic Invertebrates Dāvis Ozoliņš, Agnija Skuja, Jolanta Jēkabsone, Ilga Kokorite, Andris Avotins and Sandra Poikane Water 2021, 13(2), 223; doi:10.3390/w13020223 Oceans and Coastal Zones Article: A Multivariate Balanced Initial Ensemble Generation Approach for an Atmospheric General Circulation Model Juan Du, Fei Zheng, He Zhang and Jiang Zhu Water 2021, 13(2), 122; doi:10.3390/w13020122 Article: Study on the Dynamic Responses of a Large Caisson during Wet-Towing Transportation Haoyang Gu, Huakun Wang, Qiu Zhai, Weibing Feng and Jiaxiu Cao Water 2021, 13(2), 126; doi:10.3390/w13020126 Article: Physiological Changes and Elemental Ratio of Scrippsiella trochoidea and Heterosigma akashiwo in Different Growth Phase Xiaofang Liu, Yang Liu, Md Abu Noman, Satheeswaran Thangaraj and Jun Sun Water 2021, 13(2), 132; doi:10.3390/w13020132 Article: Submarine Geomorphology of the Southwestern Sardinian Continental Shelf (Mediterranean Sea): Insights into the Last Glacial Maximum Sea-Level Changes and Related Environments Giacomo Deiana, Luciano Lecca, Rita Teresa Melis, Mauro Soldati, Valentino Demurtas and Paolo Emanuele Orrù Water 2021, 13(2), 155; doi:10.3390/w13020155 Article: Future Changes in Wave Conditions at the German Baltic Sea Coast Based on a Hybrid Approach Using an Ensemble of Regional Climate Change Projections Norman Dreier, Edgar Nehlsen, Peter Fröhle, Diana Rechid, Laurens M. Bouwer and Susanne Pfeifer Water 2021, 13(2), 167; doi:10.3390/w13020167 Article: Barrier Islands Resilience to Extreme Events: Do Earthquake and Tsunami Play a Role? Ella Meilianda, Franck Lavigne, Biswajeet Pradhan, Patrick Wassmer, Darusman Darusman and Marjolein Dohmen-Janssen Water 2021, 13(2), 178; doi:10.3390/w13020178 Article: Biogeochemical Responses and Seasonal Dynamics of the Benthic Boundary Layer Microbial Communities during the El Niño 2015 in an Eastern Boundary Upwelling System Verónica Molina, Marcela Cornejo-D’Ottone, Eulogio H. Soto, Eduardo Quiroga, Guillermo Alarcón, Daniela Silva, Carla Acuña and Nelson Silva Water 2021, 13(2), 180; doi:10.3390/w13020180 Article: Spectral Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter in Seawater and Sediment Pore Water from the Arctic Fjords (West Svalbard) in Summer Meilian Chen, Ji-Hoon Kim, Sungwook Hong, Yun Kyung Lee, Moo Hee Kang, Young Keun Jin and Jin Hur Water 2021, 13(2), 202; doi:10.3390/w13020202 Article: Hazards, Vulnerability, and Risk Analysis on Wave Overtopping and Coastal Flooding in Low-Lying Coastal Areas: The Case of Costa da Caparica, Portugal José Carlos Ferreira, Fábio Santos Cardona, Catarina Jóia Santos and José António Tenedório Water 2021, 13(2), 237; doi:10.3390/w13020237 Water Erosion and Sediment Transport Article: A Study on Interaction between Overfall Types and Scour at Bridge Piers with a Moving-Bed Experiment Wei-Lin Lee, Chih-Wei Lu and Chin-Kun Huang Water 2021, 13(2), 152; doi:10.3390/w13020152 Article: A New Method for Wet-Dry Front Treatment in Outburst Flood Simulation Dingzhu Liu, Jinbo Tang, Hao Wang, Yang Cao, Nazir Ahmed Bazai, Huayong Chen and Daochuan Liu Water 2021, 13(2), 221; doi:10.3390/w13020221 Article: Mechanisms of Flood-Induced Levee Breaching in Marumori Town during the 2019 Hagibis Typhoon Nguyen Xuan Tinh, Hitoshi Tanaka, Gen Abe, Yuka Okamoto and Kwanchai Pakoksung Water 2021, 13(2), 244; doi:10.3390/w13020244 Water Use and Scarcity Review: A Review of Water Stress and Water Footprint Accounting Dan Wang, Klaus Hubacek, Yuli Shan, Winnie Gerbens-Leenes and Junguo Liu Water 2021, 13(2), 201; doi:10.3390/w13020201 Article: A Green Roof Case Study in the Urban Context of Milan: Integrating the Residential and Cultivation Functions for Sustainable Development Giulia Procaccini and Carol Monticelli Water 2021, 13(2), 137; doi:10.3390/w13020137 Article: Distribution Uniformity in Intensive Horticultural Systems of Almería and Influence of the Production System and Water Quality Juana Isabel Contreras, José Roldán-Cañas, Maria Fatima Moreno-Pérez, Pedro Gavilán, David Lozano and Rafael Baeza Water 2021, 13(2), 233; doi:10.3390/w13020233 Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture Article: Soil Moisture Retrieval during the Wheat Growth Cycle Using SAR and Optical Satellite Data Min Zhang, Fengkai Lang and Nanshan Zheng Water 2021, 13(2), 135; doi:10.3390/w13020135 Article: Effects of Soil Water Deficit at Different Growth Stages on Maize Growth, Yield, and Water Use Efficiency under Alternate Partial Root-Zone Irrigation Minghui Cheng, Haidong Wang, Junliang Fan, Fucang Zhang and Xiukang Wang Water 2021, 13(2), 148; doi:10.3390/w13020148 Article: Simulation and Verification of Hydraulic Performance and Energy Dissipation Mechanism of Perforated Drip Irrigation Emitters Shaobo Xing, Zhenhua Wang, Jinzhu Zhang, Ningning Liu and Bo Zhou Water 2021, 13(2), 171; doi:10.3390/w13020171 Article: Analysis of Factors Influencing Effective Utilization Coefficient of Irrigation Water in the Manas River Basin Lili Yang, Tong Heng, Guang Yang, Xinchen Gu, Jiaxin Wang and Xinlin He Water 2021, 13(2), 189; doi:10.3390/w13020189 Article: Effects of Biochar Addition on Rice Growth and Yield under Water-Saving Irrigation Xi Chen, Shihong Yang, Jie Ding, Zewei Jiang and Xiao Sun Water 2021, 13(2), 209; doi:10.3390/w13020209 Article: The Evaluation of the Accuracy of Interpolation Methods in Crafting Maps of Physical and Hydro-Physical Soil Properties Dušan Igaz, Karol Šinka, Peter Varga, Gréta Vrbičanová, Elena Aydın and Andrej Tárník Water 2021, 13(2), 212; doi:10.3390/w13020212 Article: Impact of Suspended Solids and Organic Matter on Chlorine and UV Disinfection Efficiency of Greywater Eran Friedler, Diana F. Chavez, Yuval Alfiya, Yael Gilboa and Amit Gross Water 2021, 13(2), 214; doi:10.3390/w13020214 Article: Effect of Drip Irrigation on Soil Water Balance and Water Use Efficiency of Maize in Northwest China Yahui Wang, Sien Li, Yaokui Cui, Shujing Qin, Hui Guo, Danni Yang and Chunyu Wang Water 2021, 13(2), 217; doi:10.3390/w13020217

Special Issues Open for Submissions Impact of River Hydrology on Hydraulic Engineering and Hydropower (Deadline: 10 February 2021) Seawater Intrusion into Coastal Aquifers (Deadline: 10 February 2021) Adaptation to Coastal Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise (Deadline: 12 February 2021) Using Ecology to Understand the Fate and Mitigation of Antibiotic Resistance (Deadline: 14 February 2021) Modeling and Prediction of Groundwater Contaminant Plumes (Deadline: 15 February 2021)   "Never trust the teller, trust the tale." -  D.H. Lawrence

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 16 - 22 January 2021

Sad to hear of the death of a Great American hero - Hammerin' Hank Aaron. He died today, age 86. Aaron was a remarkable person and one of the greatest baseball players of all time, starring for the Milwaukee Braves, then the Atlanta Braves, and closing his 23-year major league career with two years as a Milwaukee Brewer. 

He faced unbelievable racism during his life, a lot of it as he chased Babe Ruth's home run record. Here is an account of his visit to DC as a member of the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League:

We had breakfast while we were waiting for the rain to stop, and I can still envision sitting with the Clowns in a restaurant behind Griffith Stadium and hearing them break all the plates in the kitchen after we finished eating. What a horrible sound. Even as a kid, the irony of it hit me: here we were in the capital in the land of freedom and equality, and they had to destroy the plates that had touched the forks that had been in the mouths of black men. If dogs had eaten off those plates, they'd have washed them

I saw him play a game against the New York Mets in 1965. Quite a treat, as he was a well-established start by that time. Yeah, he hit a home run, one his 755.

Read about his life here.

R.I.P., Hank!

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Coronavirus and COVID-19
It's @nature Briefing- 22 January 2021. Today we explore the first real-world data from #COVID19 vaccine programs and how they might change the course of the pandemic. We hear that widespread discrimination in hiring has been laid bare by a mountain of data http://bit.ly/39R0imQ

It's @nature Briefing - 21 January 2021. Today we hear that there is still a lot to learn about how new #COVID19 variants will affect schools, discover ten computer codes that transformed science and learn why cats love catnip http://bit.ly/39Rq0aM #coronavirus

From @bbgvisualdata: More Than 39.7 Million Shots Given: #COVID19 Vaccine Tracker. The U.S. has administered 13.7 million doses; Europe’s rollout begins. http://bloom.bg/3bMemjY

It's @nature Briefing - 19 January 2021. Today we get to know the worrying B.1.1.7 #coronavirus variant, learn how chemists are trying to make the cold chain a thing of the past and discover lessons learnt from a retraction. http://bit.ly/39Ojjq4

It's @nature Briefing 18 January 2021. Today we hear about headaches with #coronavirus-variant naming conventions, learn of the scientific clout US president-elect @JoeBiden will be bringing to his administration, delve into the sticky world of honey fraud http://bit.ly/3p2PQPG

Top Twenty-Five (More or Less)
The @WaterNetwork1 Newsletter -22 January 2021. Essential Industry Trending Technology~Editor's Choice~Articles & Knowledge Exchange~Featured Jobs~Online Course~Events~More! http://bit.ly/3paNbU3

From @AGU_Eos: Taíno Stilt Houses May Have Been an Adaptation to Climate Change http://bit.ly/3sOcoWr #globalwater

CRS InFocus Report: 'Role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Environmental Justice' https://bit.ly/3p62rkU

From @TxWRI: New administration signals changes for toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water. http://bit.ly/3iKrfNa #txwater

From @TxWRI: The sinking situation of subsidence. http://bit.ly/3o8K3H0 #txwater #globalwater

In @csmonitor: The next climate change challenge: Matching words with action http://bit.ly/3c0XIgT

From @KUNC: Upper Colorado River Drought Plan Triggered For First Time. http://bit.ly/2KCv629

From @USATODAY: Climate Point - 21 January 2021. Biden takes office with ambitious climate plans but few details; Trump rips up conservation plans on his way out the door; More! http://bit.ly/3iAmZQ1 #cdnwater #globalwater

ICYMI (2011) - Groundwater: The 'Rodney Dangerfield' of the Hydrologic Cycle http://bit.ly/3iw77OB

A @USGAO Report: 'Chemical Assessments - Annual @EPA Survey Inconsistent with Leading Practices in Program Management' https://bit.ly/35WWz5Y

CRS InFocus Report: 'A Brief Comparison of Two Climate Change Mitigation Approaches: Cap-and-Trade and Carbon Tax (or Fee)' https://bit.ly/3p1yd2D

Great CO River piece @ByIanJames in @azcentral: Climate change is hitting the Colorado River 'incredibly fast and incredibly hard' http://bit.ly/387BnMg

 

In @YahooNews: A river used to run through it: how New Mexico handles a dwindling Rio Grande. http://yhoo.it/3qybqf3 #SWUSwater

 

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 18 January 2021 https://bit.ly/39HSgg6

 

In @capitalpress: Oregon water allocation may complicate 'live flows' irrigation. http://bit.ly/2XUAz7A

 

From @AP: Analysis: Mississippi pump fight unresolved as Trump departs. http://bit.ly/38XGyyN

 

From @UCDavisHydro: By Y. Yao & @JayLund113 'Managing Groundwater Overdraft – Combining Crop and Water Decisions (without salinity) http://bit.ly/3imAgvr

 

From @bbgvisualdata: More Than 39.7 Million Shots Given: #COVID19 Vaccine Tracker. The U.S. has administered 13.7 million doses; Europe’s rollout begins. http://bloom.bg/3bMemjY

 

CRS Insight Report: 'Enactment of the National Landslide Preparedness Act (P.L. 116-323)' and More from the AGS! https://bit.ly/38RKUr2

 

From @csmonitor Meet the team shaking up climate models. http://bit.ly/2Y4UzUT

 

In@VailDaily Letter: Column mischaracterized demand management http://bit.ly/38SJlt4

 

CRS Insight Report: 'U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Infrastructure Financing Program (CWIFP) - Status and Issues' https://bit.ly/3oRSqHP

 

My 10 Cents: 'SDG-6 - Useful, But What About Transformative Change?' (Water Alternatives) https://bit.ly/38QqAGr

 

In@smartwatermag: Rethinking aquifer management for water, food and energy security in post #COVID19 era and beyond http://bit.ly/2XPKlYm

 

In @WFM_Journal: @radhikafox, CEO of @USWaterAlliance,
appointed to lead @EPAwater http://bit.ly/3sRJnJk

 

From @AZWRRC: Weekly Wave Newssletter - 22 January 2021, Volume 9, Issue 3. In this issue: Photo Contest, Brown Bag Recap, Chris Eastoe Publication, APW, Colorado River, More! http://conta.cc/3p9xlck

Books, Reviews and Related
Book from @ElsevierNews: 'Global Groundwater: Source, Scarcity, Sustainability, Security, and Solutions' http://bit.ly/3seTGH7

Bottled Water, Beer, Drinking Water/TapWater
From @TxWRI: New administration signals changes for toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water. http://bit.ly/3iKrfNa #txwater

From @ABC12WJRT: #FlintWaterCrisis timeline: How we got to second round of criminal charges http://bit.ly/2XN8grr #NEWater

Bullshit and Crap Detection
From @CBSDenver: Pipeline Dream: Aaron Million's Ambitious Proposal To Bring Utah Water To Colorado. http://cbsloc.al/2KwYCX6 

California
From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History - 21 January. 2015: End of “Chinatown” Water Feud; 1915: Passaic Valley Sewer http://bit.ly/3sIAcuN #TDIWH #cawater

From @UCDavisHydro: By Y. Yao & @JayLund113 'Managing Groundwater Overdraft – Combining Crop and Water Decisions (without salinity) http://bit.ly/3imAgvr

Canada
From @CanadianWater: 'The Droplet' Newsletter - 18 January 2021. Building the Business Case for Natural Infrastructure; PFAS: The Real Cost of Inaction; Funding Announced to Improve Water Quality; More! http://bit.ly/2M0w7RS

Climate, Climate Change, and Meteorology
From @AGU_Eos: Taíno Stilt Houses May Have Been an Adaptation to Climate Change http://bit.ly/3sOcoWr #globalwater

Great CO River piece @ByIanJames in @azcentral: Climate change is hitting the Colorado River 'incredibly fast and incredibly hard' http://bit.ly/387BnMg

In @csmonitor: The next climate change challenge: Matching words with action http://bit.ly/3c0XIgT

From @USATODAY: Climate Point - 21 January 2021. Biden takes office with ambitious climate plans but few details; Trump rips up conservation plans on his way out the door; More! http://bit.ly/3iAmZQ1 #cdnwater #globalwater

CRS InFocus Report: 'A Brief Comparison of Two Climate Change Mitigation Approaches: Cap-and-Trade and Carbon Tax (or Fee)' https://bit.ly/3p1yd2D

From @csmonitor Meet the team shaking up climate models. http://bit.ly/2Y4UzUT

Conferences,Webinars, Workshops and Calls for Abstracts/Paper
Webinar from @INTERA_Inc: 'Subsidence – What Groundwater Users and Managers Need to Know', 26 January, 10 - 11 AM PST. https://bit.ly/2MhtUS3 #cdnwater #globalwater

Webinar 20 January 10 AM - 11 AM PST: 'Part 3 of Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations Series: Engineering Aspects of a FIRO Program'. Free to @AWRAHQ & @aihydrology members. http://bit.ly/3qwzhvQ

Conflict, Cooperation, and Security
People are capable of doing horrible things to each other. What they seem reluctant to do is turn off each other’s water.”- Dr. Aaron T. Wolf, @oregonstategeog

Disasters: Droughts, Floods, Wildfires and More
From @KUNC: Upper Colorado River Drought Plan Triggered For First Time. http://bit.ly/2KCv629

Great CO River piece @ByIanJames in @azcentral: Climate change is hitting the Colorado River 'incredibly fast and incredibly hard' http://bit.ly/387BnMg

CRS Insight Report: 'Enactment of the National Landslide Preparedness Act (P.L. 116-323)' and More from the AGS! https://bit.ly/38RKUr2

In @siskiyou_daily: If Klamath River dams are removed, will there be water for firefighting? KRRC says yes, with new plan https://bit.ly/35Ogsw6

Daily Water Newsletters
California Water Daily
California Water Daily - 22 January 2021 http://bit.ly/2LNwHms #cawater 

California Water Daily - 21 January 2021 http://bit.ly/3pbhrOG #cawater

California Water Daily - 20 January 2021 http://bit.ly/2NnPFAo #cawater

California Water Daily - 19 January 2021 http://bit.ly/3nZ4fuL #cawater

California Water Daily - 18 January 2021. http://bit.ly/3bQ9RoF #cawater

California Water Daily - 17 January 2021. http://bit.ly/3nSiKAo #cawater

California Water Daily - 16 January 2021. http://bit.ly/35Ng6WG #cawater

Colorado Water Daily
Colorado Water Daily - 22 January 2021. http://bit.ly/360MFQH #cowater

Colorado Water Daily - 21 January 2021. http://bit.ly/2KAKv2P #cowater

Colorado Water Daily - 20 January 2021. http://bit.ly/3peDWC0 #cowater

Colorado Water Daily - 19 January 2021 http://bit.ly/3qBz5v2 #cowater

Colorado Water Daily - 18 January 2021. http://bit.ly/3sw49hL #cowater

Colorado Water Daily - 17 January 2021. http://bit.ly/38RCU9k #cowater

Colorado Water Daily - 16 Janauary 2021. http://bit.ly/39DDAi3 #cowate

Florida Water Daily
Florida Water Daily - 22 January 2021. http://bit.ly/39atDtr #FLwater

Florida Water Daily - 21 January 2021. http://bit.ly/39OjCkE #FLwater

Florida Water Daily - 20 January 2021. http://bit.ly/2KCQpkc #FLwater

Florida Water Daily - 19 January 2021. http://bit.ly/3ireIxX #FLwater

Florida Water Daily - 18 January 2021. http://bit.ly/38RHbK6 #FLwater

Florida Water dasily - 17 January 2021 http://bit.ly/3nZyXEc #FLwater

Florida Water Daily - 16 January 2021. http://bit.ly/3nTErjD #FLwater

Northeast US Water Daily
Northeast US Water Daily - 22 January 2021. https://bit.ly/2Y4so8G #NEWater

Northeast US Water Daily - 21 January 2021. https://bit.ly/3c2iMDp #NEWater

Northeast US Water Daily - 20 January 2021. https://bit.ly/39MYuLy #NEWater

Northeast US Water Daily - 19 January 2021. https://bit.ly/39JqTSU #NEWater

Northeast US Water Daily - 18 January 2021. https://bit.ly/3qv2BCL #NEWater

Northeast US Water - 17 January 2021. http://bit.ly/3qs7vAr #NEWater

Northeast US Water Daily - 16 January 2021. https://bit.ly/39IDZj2 #NEWater

Pacific Northwest Water Daily
Pacific Northwest Water Daily - 22 January 2021. https://bit.ly/3paGGAD #PNWater

Pacific Northwest Water Daily - 21 January 2021. https://bit.ly/39XxYPA #PNWater

Pacific Northwest Water Daily - 20 January 2021. https://bit.ly/3qCd8Mr #PNWater

Pacific Northwest Water Daily - 19 January 2021. https://bit.ly/3o3oTKa #PNWater

Pacific Northwest Water Daily - 18 January 2021. http://bit.ly/3bPXj0p #PNWater

Eugene Water Weekly - 18 January 2021. https://bit.ly/3sEICTV #EUGwater #PNWater

Pacific Northwest Water Daily - 17 January 2021. https://bit.ly/38QvNy0 #PNWater

Pacific Northwest Water Daily - 16 January 2021. https://bit.ly/2LvtNm9 #PNWater

Southwest US Water Daily
Southwest US Water Daily - 22 January 2021. http://bit.ly/3966oQY #SWUSwater

Southwest US Water Daily - 21 January 2021. https://bit.ly/3sLCR6W #SWUSwater

Southwest US Water Daily - 20 January 2021. https://bit.ly/2NotcDl #SWUSwater

Southwest US Water Daily - 19 January 2021. http://bit.ly/2XSpHHa #SWUSwater 

Southwest US Water Daily - 18 January 2021. https://bit.ly/3sB57Jo #SWUSwater

Southwest US Water Daily - 17 January 2021. https://bit.ly/2Ku0Why #SWUSwater

Southwest US Water Daily - 16 January 2021. https://bit.ly/3swEWUa #SWUSwater

Texas Water Daily
Texas Water Daily - 22 January 2021. http://bit.ly/3qJsM8V #txwater

Texas Water Daily - 21 January 2021. http://bit.ly/3sFUmWi #txwater

Texas Water Daily - 20 January 2021. http://bit.ly/3p3wMRh #txwater

Texas Water Daily - 19 January 2021. http://bit.ly/2XSc3nz #txwater

Texas Water Daily - 18 January 2021. http://bit.ly/3p8Ne2o #txwater cc:

Texas Water Daily - 17 January 2021. http://bit.ly/3syUW8l #txwater

 

Texas Water Daily - 16 January 2021. http://bit.ly/2XKbBrr #txwater cc

Education, Events, and Opportunities
From @OSUCEOAS 'On the Horizon' Newsletter - 22 January 2021. http://bit.ly/2LNHqxf #PNWater

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History - 22 January. 2001: Arsenic Rule Final. http://bit.ly/2NoU7yJ #TDIWH

 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History - 21 January. 2015: End of “Chinatown” Water Feud; 1915: Passaic Valley Sewer http://bit.ly/3sIAcuN #TDIWH #cawater

 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History - 19 January. 1918: Canton, Mississippi Well and Syracuse, NY Sewage Disposal. http://bit.ly/2KAvcY8 #TDIWH

 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History - 18 January. 1825: Birth of Sir Edward Frankland; 1911: Sewer Explosion, Spitters and Sanitary Sewers http://bit.ly/3inFg30 #TDIWH

 

From @CaptDocMike This Day inWater History 17 January. 1896: Drought Cartoon; 1994: Northridge Earthquake Damages Los Angeles Infrastructure; 1900: Missouri v Illinois over Chicago Sewage; 1856: Charles V. Chapin Born; 1859: Death of Lemuel Shattuck http://bit.ly/2XNjBIf #TDIWH

 

From @CaptDocMike This Day in Water History - 16 January. 1806: Death of Nicolas Leblanc; 1913: Chicago Drainage Canal Decision http://bit.ly/2NefMJZ #TDIWH

 

E-Newsletters and E-Newspapers
The @WaterNetwork1 Newsletter -22 January 2021. Essential Industry Trending Technology~Editor's Choice~Articles & Knowledge Exchange~Featured Jobs~Online Course~Events~More! http://bit.ly/3paNbU3

From @AZWRRC: Weekly Wave Newssletter - 22 January 2021, Volume 9, Issue 3. In this issue: Photo Contest, Brown Bag Recap, Chris Eastoe Publication, APW, Colorado River, More! http://conta.cc/3p9xlck

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 18 January 2021 https://bit.ly/39HSgg6

From @OSUCEOAS 'On the Horizon' Newsletter - 22 January 2021. http://bit.ly/2LNHqxf #PNWater

From @CASTagScience 'Friday Notes' - 22 January 2021. 'Science in the Spotlight' and More! http://conta.cc/2Y6drmE #globalwater

From @TxWRI & @TAMU_NRI 'Conservation Matters' - January 2021. New administration signals changes for toxic “forever chemicals” in DW; Financial, ecological benefits of conservation easements on working lands; The sinking situation of subsidence http://bit.ly/364AjHr #txwater

From @USATODAY: Climate Point - 21 January 2021. Biden takes office with ambitious climate plans but few details; Trump rips up conservation plans on his way out the door; More! http://bit.ly/3iAmZQ1 #cdnwater #globalwater

It's @nature Briefing- 22 January 2021. Today we explore the first real-world data from #COVID19 vaccine programs and how they might change the course of the pandemic. We hear that widespread discrimination in hiring has been laid bare by a mountain of data http://bit.ly/39R0imQ

It's @nature Briefing - 21 January 2021. Today we hear that there is still a lot to learn about how new #COVID19 variants will affect schools, discover ten computer codes that transformed science and learn why cats love catnip http://bit.ly/39Rq0aM #coronavirus

It's @nature Briefing - 19 January 2021. Today we get to know the worrying B.1.1.7 #coronavirus variant, learn how chemists are trying to make the cold chain a thing of the past and discover lessons learnt from a retraction. http://bit.ly/39Ojjq4

It's @nature Briefing 18 January 2021. Today we hear about headaches with #coronavirus-variant naming conventions, learn of the scientific clout US president-elect @JoeBiden will be bringing to his administration, delve into the sticky world of honey fraud http://bit.ly/3p2PQPG

Ethics, Gender, Indigenous People, Rights
CRS InFocus Report: 'Role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Environmental Justice' https://bit.ly/3p62rkU

My 10 Cents: 'SDG-6 - Useful, But What About Transformative Change?' (Water Alternatives) https://bit.ly/38QqAGr

In @WFM_Journal: @radhikafox, CEO of @USWaterAlliance,
appointed to lead @EPAwater http://bit.ly/3sRJnJk

From @AGU_Eos Contamination of Medicinal Plants: Implications for Indigenous Health http://bit.ly/38zdwnI #SWUSwater

In @abqjournal: Universities to treat water on Navajo reservation https://bit.ly/30m2Oh7

Support Women in Water Scholarship Fund-Donate Now! https://bit.ly/2S63TVr

 

Florida Water

In @SunSentinel: Environmentalists challenge

@EPA change that allows Florida to control wetlands development http://bit.ly/3qsapFf

Global Water
The @WaterNetwork1 Newsletter -22 January 2021. Essential Industry Trending Technology~Editor's Choice~Articles & Knowledge Exchange~Featured Jobs~Online Course~Events~More! http://bit.ly/3paNbU3

From @USATODAY: Climate Point - 21 January 2021. Biden takes office with ambitious climate plans but few details; Trump rips up conservation plans on his way out the door; More! http://bit.ly/3iAmZQ1 #cdnwater #globalwater

Webinar from @INTERA_Inc: 'Subsidence – What Groundwater Users and Managers Need to Know', 26 January, 10 - 11 AM PST. https://bit.ly/2MhtUS3 #cdnwater #globalwater

From @TxWRI: The sinking situation of subsidence. http://bit.ly/3o8K3H0 #txwater #globalwater

From @AGU_Eos Freshened Groundwater in the Sub-seafloor http://bit.ly/3qvl5Tt

Groundwater and Hydrogeology
Webinar from @INTERA_Inc: 'Subsidence – What Groundwater Users and Managers Need to Know', 26 January, 10 - 11 AM PST. https://bit.ly/2MhtUS3 #cdnwater #globalwater

From @TxWRI: The sinking situation of subsidence. http://bit.ly/3o8K3H0 #txwater #globalwater

ICYMI (2011) - Groundwater: The 'Rodney Dangerfield' of the Hydrologic Cycle http://bit.ly/3iw77OB

From @UCDavisHydro: By Y. Yao & @JayLund113 'Managing Groundwater Overdraft – Combining Crop and Water Decisions (without salinity) http://bit.ly/3imAgvr

From @AGU_Eos Freshened Groundwater in the Sub-seafloor http://bit.ly/3qvl5Tt

Hydrofracking, Shale Gas, and Energy
In@smartwatermag: Rethinking aquifer management for water, food and energy security in post #COVID19 era and beyond http://bit.ly/2XPKlYm

NE Water #NEWater
From @ABC12WJRT: #FlintWaterCrisis timeline: How we got to second round of criminal charges http://bit.ly/2XN8grr #NEWater

In @WFM_Journal: @radhikafox, CEO of @USWaterAlliance,
appointed to lead @EPAwater http://bit.ly/3sRJnJk

Personal, People, Interviews, and Quotes
"A + B + C = Success if, A = Hard Work, B = Hard Play, C = Keeping Your Mouth Shut." - Albert Einstein

"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice."- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Remember your humanity; forget the rest." - Bertrand Russell

“We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.” – Cicero

"The US does have a water policy and vision; it’s to have no water policy or water vision." – Gerry Galloway, Past President, @AWRAHQ

"Progress moves at the speed of trust." - Unknown

“Managers do not solve problems; they manage messes...effective management of messes requires a particular type of planning, not problem solving.” - Russell Ackoff (tnx @LISABEUTLER)

“Water is the Rubik’s Cube of public policy.” – John Laird, former Secretary, California Natural Resources Agency

People are capable of doing horrible things to each other. What they seem reluctant to do is turn off each other’s water.”- Dr. Aaron T. Wolf,@oregonstategeog

“I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.” - Rodney Dangerfield

"It's funny. All you have to do is say something nobody understands and they'll do practically anything you want them to." - J.D. Salinger (quoted in @willistonherald via @TheWeek)

"We understand. You are for social justice just so long as it doesn’t come out of your research budget." - @ass_deans

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."- Hunter S. Thompson

Slugger Hammerin' Hank Aaron dies at 86. https://es.pn/394IHIW

PNW Water
In @capitalpress: Oregon water allocation may complicate 'live flows' irrigation. http://bit.ly/2XUAz7A

In @siskiyou_daily: If Klamath River dams are removed, will there be water for firefighting? KRRC says yes, with new plan https://bit.ly/35Ogsw6

Policy, Planning, Law, Governance, Economics, IWRM, and Management
In@VailDaily Letter: Column mischaracterized demand management http://bit.ly/38SJlt4

By Martin Doyle of @DukeEnvironment: 'A Water Policy for the American People – Revisited' 26 January, 1-2 PM EST. Free from @theNASEM http://bit.ly/3qimnBj

Positions Open  #JobWaWi
Josh's Water Jobs and More! 12 January 2021 https://bit.ly/2LNahB2

Positions (11): @GWFutures (Saskatoon, SK) - 2 Research Scientists, 6 Postdoctoral Fellows and 3 PhD students. Application reviews: 31 January 2021. https://bit.ly/3oD75Xr

Position: @OregonState (Aurora, OR) - Director, North Willamette Research & Extension Center. Full consideration: 31 January; Closes: 15 February. http://bit.ly/35WX5AT

Position: @OregonDEQ (Portland, OR) - Environmental Cleanup Program Coordinator (Natural Resource Specialist 4). Closes: 21 February http://bit.ly/3phbUpS #JobWaWi

Position: @BerkeleyLawCLEE (Berkeley, CA) - Water Policy Fellow. Full consideration date: 24 January. Final date: 19 February http://bit.ly/2Y63pC5

Positions (4): @DRIScience (Las Vegas, NV) - Postdoctoral Fellowships - Hydrologic Sciences. App review begins immediately and OUF. https://bit.ly/3o6iCh2 #JobWaWi

Check out jobs @ @OregonState's Water Resources Graduate Program https://oregonstate.edu/gradwater/jobs #JobWaWi

Check out @WaterDistJobs! https://waterdistrictjobs.com  #JobWaWi

For the latest @TVAjobs Employment opportunities visit https://tva.me/4mRN6k  #JobWaWi

Amazing resource! Follow @joshswaterjobs and visit his website: https://www.joshswaterjobs.com  #JobWaWi

Check out @FLWaterDaily #FLwater jobs! https://tinyurl.com/jpffgoh  #JobWaWi

Positions: @CA_DWR - Various locations and types: enviro science, geology, engineering, restoration, etc.https://bit.ly/1XaG4sw  #JobWaWi

Positions: @SeaGrant - Various positions across the USA. Updated regularly. https://1.usa.gov/1SYL5RQ  #JobWaWi

 @BCWaterNews Jobs Click 'View Jobs' at https://bcwaterjobs.com 

@EcologyWA - Current Openings - Updated every few days https://1.usa.gov/1evxlPd

Current Positions: @NYCDEP (New York City & environs) - Various. https://tinyurl.com/zoq6jqc

Positions (many): @nature_org - Various locations and duties. https://jobs.nature.org/jobs/  #JobWaWi

Previous Weeks' Positions Open    #JobWaWi
Josh's Water Jobs and More! 22 December 2020 http://bitly.com/3h9fn6z

Previous Weekly Water Summaries - Go To #WaWiNews
TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 16 - 22 January 2021. https://bit.ly/3abL8ZJ

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 9 - 15 January 2021 https://bit.ly/3oM17Ud

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 2 - 8 January 2021 https://bit.ly/39fZ58f

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 26 December 2020 - 1 January 2021 https://bit.ly/38Riv31

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 19 - 25 December 2020 https://bit.ly/3aEzFDH

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 12 - 18 December 2020 https://bit.ly/38iqVjN

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 5 - 11 December 2020 https://bit.ly/37V8XDV

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 28 November - 4 December 2020 https://bit.ly/2VGwD98

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 21-27 November 2020 https://bit.ly/2JkTeFy

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 14 - 20 November 2020 https://bit.ly/36TF3zo

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 7-13 Nov 2020 http://bitly.com/3kvwBLh

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 31 October - 6 November 2020 https://bit.ly/3l1BRaC

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 24 - 30 October 2020. https://bit.ly/3mGVTYz

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 17 - 23 October 2020 https://bit.ly/3olOTls

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 10 - 16 October 2020 https://bit.ly/3o9H6qS

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 26 September - 2 October 2020 https://bit.ly/33pXwD9

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 19 - 25 September 2020 https://bit.ly/2GdhoQt

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 12 - 18 September 2020 https://bit.ly/3kvS9rM

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 5 - 11 September 2020 https://bit.ly/2RfQBp6

TGIF! Weekly Water News Summary 29 August - 4 September 2020  https://bit.ly/3lLfGWW

Reports, Publications, and Journals
CRS InFocus Report: 'Role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Environmental Justice' https://bit.ly/3p62rkU

A @USGAO Report: 'Chemical Assessments - Annual @EPA Survey Inconsistent with Leading Practices in Program Management' https://bit.ly/35WWz5Y

CRS InFocus Report: 'A Brief Comparison of Two Climate Change Mitigation Approaches: Cap-and-Trade and Carbon Tax (or Fee)' https://bit.ly/3p1yd2D

CRS Insight Report: 'Enactment of the National Landslide Preparedness Act (P.L. 116-323)' and More from the AGS! https://bit.ly/38RKUr2

CRS Insight Report: 'U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Infrastructure Financing Program (CWIFP) - Status and Issues' https://bit.ly/3oRSqHP

Science, Medicine, Health, and Technology
From @CASTagScience 'Friday Notes' - 22 January 2021. 'Science in the Spotlight' and More! http://conta.cc/2Y6drmE #globalwater

Elaine J. Hanford's Bulletin Boards: 1) Geoscience; 2) Environmental Science; 3) Coastal Zone Management - 18 January 2021 https://bit.ly/39HSgg6

CRS Insight Report: 'Enactment of the National Landslide Preparedness Act (P.L. 116-323)' and More from the AGS! https://bit.ly/38RKUr2

Southwest Water  #SWUSwater
From @KUNC: Upper Colorado River Drought Plan Triggered For First Time . http://bit.ly/2KCv629

Great CO River piece @ByIanJames in @azcentral: Climate change is hitting the Colorado River 'incredibly fast and incredibly hard' http://bit.ly/387BnMg

Got this from @AZWRRC. Bucket graphic from @CAPArizona - January 2021. #SWUSwater

In @YahooNews: A river used to run through it: how New Mexico handles a dwindling Rio Grande. http://yhoo.it/3qybqf3 #SWUSwater

In @capitalpress: Oregon water allocation may complicate 'live flows' irrigation. http://bit.ly/2XUAz7A

From @CBSDenver: Pipeline Dream: Aaron Million's Ambitious Proposal To Bring Utah Water To Colorado. http://cbsloc.al/2KwYCX6 

In @SpectrumNews: The Water Tap: The complicated picture of southwestern Utah's tenuous water future http://bit.ly/38QYZFf #SWUSwater cc: @usbr @Interior

From @AZWRRC: Weekly Wave Newssletter - 22 January 2021, Volume 9, Issue 3. In this issue: Photo Contest, Brown Bag Recap, Chris Eastoe Publication, APW, Colorado River, More! http://conta.cc/3p9xlck

Streams, Wetlands, Dams, Lakes, and Ecosystems
In @YahooNews: A river used to run through it: how New Mexico handles a dwindling Rio Grande. http://yhoo.it/3qybqf3 #SWUSwater

In @capitalpress: Oregon water allocation may complicate 'live flows' irrigation. http://bit.ly/2XUAz7A

From @AP: Analysis: Mississippi pump fight unresolved as Trump departs. http://bit.ly/38XGyyN

Texas   #txwater
From @TxWRI & @TAMU_NRI 'Conservation Matters' - January 2021. New administration signals changes for toxic “forever chemicals” in DW; Financial, ecological benefits of conservation easements on working lands; The sinking situation of subsidence http://bit.ly/364AjHr #txwater

From @TxWRI: New administration signals changes for toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water. http://bit.ly/3iKrfNa #txwater

From @TxWRI: The sinking situation of subsidence. http://bit.ly/3o8K3H0 #txwater #globalwater

Visuals, Audios, Podcasts and Infographics
On @NPR's @TEDRadioHour: 'Our Relationship With Water' https://n.pr/31Ekp3o

Water/Land Quality and Contamination
A @USGAO Report: 'Chemical Assessments - Annual @EPA Survey Inconsistent with Leading Practices in Program Management' https://bit.ly/35WWz5Y

Water Supply, Quantity, Reuse, Conservation, Infrastructure
From @CBSDenver: Pipeline Dream: Aaron Million's Ambitious Proposal To Bring Utah Water To Colorado. http://cbsloc.al/2KwYCX6 

In @SpectrumNews: The Water Tap: The complicated picture of southwestern Utah's tenuous water future http://bit.ly/38QYZFf #SWUSwater cc: @usbr @Interior

CRS Insight Report: 'U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Infrastructure Financing Program (CWIFP) - Status and Issues' https://bit.ly/3oRSqHP

WTF?
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."- Hunter S. Thompson

 

CRS InFocus Report: 'Role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Environmental Justice'

Great to see this important topic updated by CRS staffers David M. Bearden and Angela C. Jones (21 January 2021): 'Role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Environmental Justice'.

Download CRS_InFocus_Report_Role_EPA_Env_Justice_21Jan2021

Below I have pasted the entire first page of two pages.

Executive Order 12898
The role of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in environmental justice is rooted in Executive Order (E.O.) 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, signed by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1994. E.O. 12898 directs each executive department, EPA, and certain other agencies to “make achieving environmental justice part of its mission.”

The consideration of environmental justice across federal programs and activities is not mandated in statute. E.O. 12898 more generally directs executive departments and agencies to integrate environmental justice into their respective missions to “the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law.” Some departments and agencies have incorporated the consideration of environmental justice into their respective regulations to carry out E.O. 12898.

E.O. 12898 itself does not establish federal law but is a presidential directive for the management of executive departments and agencies that instructs the implementation of existing law. (See CRS Report RS20846, Executive Orders: Issuance, Modification, and Revocation, by Todd Garvey.) E.O. 12898 is not judicially enforceable and explicitly precludes “any right of judicial review involving the compliance or noncompliance of the United States, its agencies, officers, or any other person with this order.” E.O. 12898 also states that it is intended to supplement E.O. 12250 for implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that generally prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in federally funded programs or activities. Although amended by E.O. 12948 in 1995 to alter time frames for certain actions, E.O. 12898 has not been revoked and has continued to apply to executive departments and agencies.

Under E.O. 12898, executive departments and agencies are responsible for interpreting the statutes that authorize their respective programs and activities to determine the extent to which environmental justice may be incorporated as a facet of their mission. Some agency programs or activities may not incorporate environmental justice or may incorporate it in a more limited capacity. Although the authorizing statutes do not explicitly preclude consideration of environmental justice, some implementation criteria may be inconsistent with such considerations. For example, federal environmental laws that authorize the permitting of industrial facilities do not allow the denial of a permit solely because of proximity to a particular community based on its demographics, although, during permitting actions, certain communities may cite proximity as an environmental justice concern. From a scientific standpoint, potential health risks in such situations would depend on exposure to pollutants, not proximity alone.

What Is Environmental Justice?
What constitutes environmental justice has been an ongoing issue for many years. There is no definition of environmental justice in federal law. Some have interpreted the terms “environmental justice (or injustice)” and “environmental equity (or inequity)” broadly to describe the perceived disproportionate impacts of pollution across populations that possess different demographic characteristics (e.g., age, gender, race, national origin, occupation, income, or language). Some have also raised concerns about environmental justice in terms of access to natural resources and recreational opportunities as part of a broader focus on the environment than just pollution from anthropogenic sources.

Stakeholder concerns about the consideration of environmental justice in the implementation of EPA programs and activities have generally focused on the protection of certain populations that may be disproportionately exposed to potentially hazardous or toxic substances. Economic impacts may also be cited as an environmental justice concern, such as perceived effects of the presence of pollution sources on property values.

E.O. 12898 refers to environmental justice in terms of disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental impacts specifically on minority and low- income populations. In its role under E.O. 12898, EPA has generally defined environmental justice as the “fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.” Other federal departments and agencies may tailor their definition of environmental justice to their respective missions.

EPA Implementation
EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ), administered within the Office of the Administrator, coordinates the implementation of E.O. 12898 within the agency to integrate environmental justice into policies and programs across the agency’s headquarters and regional offices. OEJ also administers EPA environmental justice grants and may provide information and technical assistance to other federal departments and agencies in their implementation of E.O. 12898. Prior to early 2018, OEJ was managed within EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.

Established prior to E.O. 12898 on September 30, 1993, the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) has also served as a federal independent advisory committee to EPA and has continued to consult with the agency in its implementation of E.O. 12898. 

Doesn't seem like a lot of money.

Enjoy!

"Sooner or later, wittingly or unwittingly, we must pay for every intrusion on the natural environment." - Barry Commoner

GAO Report: 'Chemical Assessments - Annual EPA Survey Inconsistent with Leading Practices in Program Management'

This recent report from GAO (released to the public on 19 January 2020): 'Chemical Assessments: Annual EPA Survey Inconsistent with Leading Practices in Program Management'

Download GAO_Chem_Assessments_Highlights Dec2020

Download GAO_Chemical_Assessments_Full_Dec2020

Fast Facts
One of EPA's chemical assessment programs maintains a database of chemicals' toxicity and effects on human health. This information contributes to the development of policies and regulations.

EPA's IRIS Program has not produced timely chemical assessments, and most of its ongoing assessments have experienced delays. Although EPA began soliciting nominations in an annual survey, starting in December 2019, EPA didn't provide sufficient guidance on how to prioritize and submit nominations to meet user needs.

We recommended issuing guidance and criteria for nominating and selecting chemicals for assessment.

What GAO Found
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Program has not produced timely chemical assessments, and most of its 15 ongoing assessments have experienced delays. As we reported in March 2019, the IRIS Program has taken some actions to make the assessment process more transparent, such as increasing communication with EPA offices and releasing supporting documentation for review earlier in the draft development process, but the need for greater transparency in some steps of the assessment process remains. Specifically, the IRIS Program does not publicly announce when assessment drafts move to certain steps in their development process or announce reasons for delays in producing specific assessments. Without such information, stakeholders who may be able to help fill data and analytical gaps are unable to contribute. This could leave EPA without potential support that could help overcome delays.

Delays of Milestones by Quarter for a Selection of the Integrated Risk information System's Assessments in Development 2019 - 2024

In mid-2018, EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) instituted changes to the way it solicits nominations for chemical assessments prepared by the IRIS Program but did so without providing sufficient guidance or criteria, raising questions about its ability to meet EPA user needs. For example, ORD issued a new survey to EPA program and regional offices but did not provide them with guidance for selecting chemicals for nomination, and ORD did not make explicit the criteria it was using for selecting nominations to include in the IRIS Program's list of assessments in development. Furthermore, despite a significant decline in survey participation between 2018 and 2019, EPA did not indicate whether the agency has assessed the quality of information generated by the survey. Leading program management practices state that agency management should internally communicate the necessary, quality information to achieve the entity's objectives and should monitor and evaluate program activities. Without evaluating the quality of the information produced by the survey, ORD cannot know if the survey is achieving its intended purpose and whether ORD has the information necessary to meet user needs.

Why GAO Did This Study
EPA's IRIS Program prepares chemical toxicity assessments that contain EPA's scientific position on the potential human health effects of exposure to chemicals; at present, the IRIS database contains more than 570 chemical assessments. In March 2019, GAO reported on the IRIS Program's changes to increase transparency about its processes and methodologies, including the use of systematic review. However, GAO also found that EPA decreased the number of ongoing assessments in December 2018 from 22 to 13 and continued to face challenges in producing timely assessments.

This report evaluates (1) EPA's progress in completing IRIS chemical assessments since 2018; and (2) EPA's recent actions to manage the IRIS Program, and the extent to which these actions help the Program meet EPA user needs.

GAO reviewed and analyzed EPA documents and interviewed officials from EPA; GAO also selected three standards for program management, found commonalities among them, and compared ORD's management of the IRIS Program against these leading practices.

What GAO Recommends
GAO is making five recommendations, including that EPA provide more information publicly about where chemical assessments are in the development process; and issue guidance for selecting chemicals for nomination and criteria for selecting nominations for assessment. EPA partially agreed with two of our recommendations and disagreed with the other three.

1) Recommendation: The Administrator should direct the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Research and Development to provide more information publicly about where chemical assessments are in the development process, including internal and external steps in the process, and changes to assessment milestones. (Recommendation 1)

Agency Affected: Environmental Protection Agency

Status: Open

Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

2) Recommendation: The Administrator should direct the Assistant Administrators of program offices and Regional Administrators to develop and make available guidance for chemical assessment nominations. Such guidance could include information such as how to select chemicals for IRIS assessment nomination or for high priority needs, criteria explaining how Assistant and Regional Administrators determine which nominations to support and which they may choose not to support, and how to document these decisions. (Recommendation 2)

Agency Affected: Environmental Protection Agency

Status: Open

Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

3) Recommendation: The Administrator should direct the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Research and Development to issue criteria for how chemical assessment nominations are selected for inclusion in the IRIS Program's list of assessments in development and provide quality information about such topics as defining high-priority chemicals, prioritizing assessment work, and determining the IRIS Program's capacity to undertake work. (Recommendation 3)

Agency Affected: Environmental Protection Agency

Status: Open

Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

4( Recommendation: The Administrator of EPA should direct the Office of Research and Development to continue evaluating the survey process used to solicit IRIS user needs and assess key elements, such as its purpose and timing, to facilitate the collection of quality information. (Recommendation 4)

Agency Affected: Environmental Protection Agenc

Status: Open

Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

5) Recommendation: The Administrator of EPA should include in ORD's strategic plan (or subsidiary strategic plans) identification of EPA's universe of chemical assessment needs; how the IRIS Program is being resourced to meet user needs; and specific implementation steps that indicate how IRIS will achieve the plan's objectives, such as specific metrics to define progress in meeting user needs. (Recommendation 5)

Agency Affected: Environmental Protection Agency

For more information, contact J. Alfredo Gómez at (202) 512-3841 or gomezj@gao.gov.

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