WATER
E-NEWS Vol. 2 Issue
UD Water Resources
Agency (WRA) http://www.wr.udel.edu/
In this issue:
I. DWRC News: Statewide Water Forum Oct.2; II. Job Opportunities in Water Resources;
III.
Project funding and awards programs; IV. Upcoming seminars and conferences;
V. New information and training sources in
water resources.
I. DWRC NEWS: Statewide Water Forum Oct.2
The public is welcomed to attend
the statewide 2003
Delaware Water Policy Forum “Land Use Change and Water Quality” to
be held Thurs. Oct. 2, 2003, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the University of
Delaware’s (UD’s) Clayton Hall, Newark,
with pending video link to the UD Virden Center, Lewes. Invited speakers and panelists from
government, private sector, and academia will discuss the status of and
challenges to
II.
GRADUATE STUDENT, POST-DOC and PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Two graduate research assistantships (one PhD., one M.S.) are available from a
collaboration of University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland
Eastern Shore, USDA-ARS, University Park, PA, and the Maryland Dept. of Natural
Resources, starting spring semester 2004 for studies on drainage ditch management
to mitigate nutrient loss from agro-ecosystems. See http://www.sawgal.umd.edu/DrainageDitches/
for more information.
A directory of available water resources related graduate programs is maintained online by Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) for its member institutions, listing schools and contact persons by state as of Fall 2002. See http://www.uwin.siu.edu/ucowr/grad/list.html.
The Science and Technology (S&T)
Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) offers new Homeland
Security Undergraduate Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships awarded on a
competitive basis. Visit http://www.orau.gov/dhsed/; new
information and 2004 application forms will appear there
USDA lists several
student, post-doc, and professional job vacancies nationwide for Agriculture
Research Service (ARS), Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service (CSREES), Economic Research Service (ERS), and National
Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS), at http://www.afm.ars.usda.gov/hrd/jobs/index.htm,
including a link to the U.S. government jobs clearinghouse “USAjobs”
site at http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/. An example is a position for an Ecologist,
Soil Scientist, Agricultural Engineer with closing
date of
III. PROJECT FUNDING AND AWARDS
USEPA’s Catalog of Federal
Funding Sources for Watershed Protection, developed by an Office of Water
Finance Work group with representatives from staff in the Office of Wetlands,
Oceans and Watersheds, Office of Wastewater Management, and Office of Ground
Water and Drinking Water, is now updated and online at http://www.epa.gov/watershedfunding.
Nominations for the
Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz International Prize for
Water are due
IV. SEMINARS / CONFERENCES
Oct. 20-23: 3rd
National Conference on
Oct. 29-30: “Getting It Done: The Role of TMDL Implementation in Watershed
Restoration”,
Nov. 2-4: Water
Environment Federation (WEF)
Specialty Conference discussing new CAFO options “Animal Residuals 2003
Conference”,
Nov. 3-6: American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Annual Water Resources
Conference,
Nov. 8-12: American Society of Agricultural
Engineers (ASAE) Total Maximum
Daily Load Conference,
Nov. 19-20: “The
2004 SEMINARS / CONFERENCES:
July 11-14, 2004: WEF
International Specialty Conference “Watershed 2004”, Dearborn, Michigan,
sponsored by WEF and the Michigan Water
Environment Association supported by several international, federal, and
regional agencies. Integrated resource
management and environmental protection using watershed-based approaches will
be showcased. For conference information
and abstract submittal form, visit the WEF
website: http://www.wef.org/pdffiles/Watershed04Call.pdf.
The
V. NEW WATER RESOURCES INFORMATION / TRAINING
SOURCES
Keyword search for UD
water-related courses and faculty contacts:
From DWRC: Visit http://ag.udel.edu/dwrc/faculty.html
for the link and search instructions.
Newly released reports:
From USEPA: Two new reports are now available at http://www.epa.gov/indicators/. The Draft Report on the Environment highlights progress the nation has
made in protecting its air, water, and land resources, and describes methods to
track the status of the environment and human health. Its scientific foundation is found in the Draft Technical Document, which
discusses indicators and data currently available, as well as their
limitations. These reports attempt to
answer a series of key questions using the best available indicators and scientifically
sound data to describe what is known and unknown about the current state of the
nation's environment. ---- Visit http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/info/NewsNotes/,
USEPA’s searchable Nonpoint News-Notes, for periodic reports: The Condition of
the Water-Related Environment, The Control of Nonpoint
Sources of Water Pollution, and the Ecological Management and Restoration of
Watersheds ---- USEPA’s Office for Water News
(http://www.epa.gov/ow/waternews/) announces Drinking Water
Security Flyers available at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/security/flyers.
National
Drinking Water Clearinghouse (http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/ndwc/, email ndwc_contact@mail.nesc.wvu.edu) offers a free 66-page Resource Guide listing more than 80 organizations
that can help you and your community find water-related information. Call the NDWC at (800) 624-8301 to order item number DWBKGN36. Anyone interested in
providing clean drinking water for small communities can benefit from the NDWC's other free services, which include On Tap
magazine, more than 340 educational products, the toll-free technical
assistance hotline above, and three computer databases.
The Water Quality Information Center at
the National Agricultural Library has compiled a bibliography on agricultural
hydrology. Subtopics covered are best
management practices,
concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO’s),
and TMDLs.
Find it online at: http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/Bibliographies/qb0301.html. The WQIC
has also compiled a bibliography "Constructed Wetlands and Other
Approaches to Protecting Water Quality."
Subtopics covered are constructed wetlands, agricultural best management
practices, nutrient management and environmental management systems for
agriculture. Find it online at: http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/Bibliographies/qb0302.html. Other center bibliographies can be found at: http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/biblios.html.
From the USDA:
Issues of the national newsletter for volunteer watershed monitoring may be
obtained in hardcopy form by sending an email request to Alice Mayio at mayio.alice@epa.gov, or by downloading it at: http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/issues.htm.
Books:
From
the American Geological Insitute (AGI): “Water and the Environment” by
Stephen J. Vandas, Thomas C. Winter, and William A. Battaglin, featured at http://www.agiweb.org/pubs/
. The Institute also provides a public-outreach web site, http://www.earthscienceworld.org .
Other helpful websites:
Also from AGI:
New free searchable online database “Earth Science World ImageBank”
(http://www.earthscienceworld.org/imagebank)
containing over 1,000 fully-indexed high-quality images in a wide range of
Earth science topics for non-commercial public use.
Videos:
Contributor Tom McKenna tells us that the video
"Journey in the History of Water" described in Vol. 2 Issue 1 of Water E-News is now available for
limited circulation from the UD library (call number VHS 8862 P1+P2). A description is at http://watervideo.com/video.htm.
Training:
The Nutrient Management Commission (http://www.state.de.us/deptagri/nutrients/index.htm) reminds those needing Nutrient Management Certification by Dec. 31 of 2003 to sign up for Session I no later than Oct. 15. For session schedules and contact information, visit http://www.rec.udel.edu/nutrient/page3.html.
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