Download a PDF version of the first eleven pages - including the Table of Contents, Introduction/Preface, and full list of web links found in the book.
Chapter 2 of the book is an overview of Emergency Management, and is provided online, courtesy of the author. It is still copyrighted work, released under Creative Commons,
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UK - man builds his own flood walls (BBC) -
Global recognition of the importance of clean, potable water supplies, around the world.
National Geographic Readers: Water! By Lisa M. Gerry.
Cloud seeding produces rain by manipulating clouds. (Interesting Engineering) - https://interestingengineering.com/video/the-engineering-behind-cloud-seeding-the-art-of-creating-rain
The dramatic and inspiring story of ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families. In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY, discovered that their homes, schools, and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump. Housewives activated to create a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill. https://www.pbs.org/video/poisoned-ground-the-tragedy-at-love-canal-pifecm/
Watch "Çoruh River, Deriner Dam (249 meters) water discharge (Türkiye - Artvin) Deriner Barajı su tahliyesi" on YouTube
Ephemeral streams - those which form only when precipitation occurs - can be pathways for excess water (i.e., flooding) and also movement of pollutants into rivers and watersheds. Learn more at this 2024 article from Science, by Brinkerhoff, et al.
Watch how the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland moves vessels from the Forth & Clyde Canal to the Union Canal 35 metres above, on YouTube.
Read April, 2024 article by the Associated Press at Security Week.
The NCCoE is in the initial phase of a project that demonstrates practical solutions for water and wastewater utilities of all sizes. The reference design will use commercially available products and services to address four WWS cybersecurity challenges: asset management, data integrity, remote access, and network segmentation. This project will result in a publicly available NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide which will include a detailed implementation guide of the practical steps needed to implement a cybersecurity reference design that addresses these challenges.
The National Acaademies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends a new definition of Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) and presents a vision for a methodology relevant for design, operation, and regulation of critical infrastructure. Free e-book version here.
From the NY/NJ/CT/PA Regional Catastrophic Planning Team
Watch how the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland moves vessels from the Forth & Clyde Canal to the Union Canal 35 metres above.
In desert landscapes, access to clean and safe water is crucial for wildlife. Their camera traps revealed that many species struggled with existing troughs—leading to drowning incidents, water contamination, and limited accessibility.
In the early morning of 26 March 2024, the MV Dali experienced a mechanical failure while departing from Baltimore, Maryland USA. The subsequent allision with the Francis Scott Key Bridge caused a bridge span to collapse, falling onto the ship’s forecastle and cargo hold number 1. Under OPA 90, a USCG regulation that requires all vessels entering U.S waters have a named SMFF provider and Vessel Response Plan, Resolve Marine responded to the scene within hours to assist. The goal of the national response was to clear the channel. Resolve Marine focused on salvage crew safety, fire prevention, damage control, vessel stabilization and refloat, and the removal of the bridge and cargo.
Over the last 20 years (through 2024), large floods were associated with up to 25 percent higher death rates from major mortality causes in the U.S. compared to normal conditions. A study in the journal Nature Medicine demonstrates the sweeping and hidden effects of floods — including floods unrelated to hurricanes, such as those due to heavy rain, snowmelt, or ice jams.
New word learned - which in nautical terms is different from collision. On March 26, 2024, the container ship M/V DALI allided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland. The resulting collapse blocked the main channel in the Port, bringing maritime traffic to a standstill. See the following:
charity: water is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
100% of public donations go directly to fund clean water projects.
National Academies report offers recommendations to transition the U.S. National Wastewater Surveillance System from its COVID pandemic-era use to a forward-looking system for public health.
Dialysis Centers need massive amounts of potable water.
Dialysis Machines need more than 150 gallons (575 liters) of
water for every station they operate at a dialysis center for each 3-4 hour treatment.
If the center has 10 stations and operates 24 hours a day, that is 12,000 gallons (46,000 liters) of water needed per day.
Open-Source Intelligence indicates the average size of a potable water tanker truck holds 4,000 gallons (15,000 liters).
The dam project, drafted in 2018 and based on a former military training site south of Prague, had been delayed by land negotiations. Local beavers built several dams, saving the government more than one million euros. - From Livia Albeck-Ripka of the New York Times
This report covers the history of a General Motors industrial plant in the 1930's eventually becoming a golf course - and the adverse impacts to waterways, a major river, soil contamination and more, along the way.
Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that contaminated a major river and could potentially affect millions of people after signs of pollution were detected at least 100 kilometers (60 miles) downstream - from the Associated Press.
In some locations, raw water is withdrawn from rivers, via an intake structure with a bar rack (preventing larger objects) and pumped to the Water Filtration Plant via raw water pump stations. During winter months, frazil ice crystals present in the river can adhere to the bar racks, bridge across adjacent bars, and restrict water from flowing to the raw water pump station wet wells.
The collapse happened in Ottawa early Wednesday morning (2/26/2025). Thankfully, no one was injured in the collapse, officials said.
The Community Rating System (CRS) is a voluntary incentive program that recognizes and encourages community floodplain management practices that exceed the minimum requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Over 1,500 communities participate nationwide.
In CRS communities, flood insurance premium rates are discounted to reflect the reduced flood risk resulting from the community’s efforts that address the three goals of the program:
Stormsmart's "Developing CRS Programs for Public Information"
As a company that depends on and benefits from the water and as a company that operates globally, the Suntory Group believes it must contribute towards a sustainable society by taking an honest look at the world's water challenges. Based on their Basic Environmental Principle, they have formulated the Suntory Group Sustainable Water Philosophy to develop initiatives that contribute to solving water issues in each region of the world they operate in, and they are developing and promoting initiatives that are tailored to the conditions for water resources in each area of the world where they do business.
All along the Southern California coastline from San Diego to Santa Barbara, hundreds of animals — sea lions, dolphins, seabirds — are washing up on the sand either dead or seriously ill. Coastal researchers and officials say it’s become a marine-life crisis that has overwhelmed rescue organizations, distressed beachgoers and hurt California’s ocean habitat. - New York Times
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The soft skills emergency management that matters at the hardest time: A phenomenology study of healthcare worker's experiences during Kelantan flood 2014,
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 75, 2022, 102916, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102916.
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Agopian, A., Hino, M., Siders, A. R., Samoray, C., & Mach, K. J. (2024). A nationwide analysis of community-level floodplain development outcomes and key influences. Earth's Future, 12, e2024EF004585. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF004585
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Analyzing Common Social and Physical Features of Flash-Flood Vulnerability in Urban Areas,
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105437.
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