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UK - man builds his own flood walls (BBC) -    

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67888641 

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.

• UNDRR definition
• Natech Emergency Preparedness and Response - by Georgios Marios Karagiannis
• Natech Accidents poster - by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (via ResearchGate)
• With no running water, Asheville finds other ways to flush thousands of toilets - NPR

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.  

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:

• Response to the 2024 Francis Scott Key Bridge Incident - NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey
• Key Bridge Collapse: Unity of Effort - Domestic Preparedness Journal
• The Key Bridge Collapse - Through the Lens of Community Lifelines - Domestic Preparedness Journal

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• Charity: Water - website
• YouTube video from founder Scott Harrison
• Thirst - by Scott Harrison

• South Carolina and 'Managed Retreat' - from Inside Climate News

• Los Angeles Resevoir and its 'shade' balls - from The Smithsonian Magazine

• 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. 

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Compounding Disasters in Gulf Coast Communities, 2020–2021: Impacts, Findings, and Lessons Learned. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27170.