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Additional Links and Material (Not in the Book)
Too Much FreshWater
UK - man builds his own flood walls (BBC) -
World Water Day - every March 22nd
Global recognition of the importance of clean, potable water supplies, around the world.
Water Book for Kids - from National Geographic
National Geographic Readers: Water! By Lisa M. Gerry.
The Engineering Behind Cloud Seeding: The Art of Creating Rain
Cloud seeding produces rain by manipulating clouds. (Interesting Engineering) - https://interestingengineering.com/video/the-engineering-behind-cloud-seeding-the-art-of-creating-rain
American Experience - Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
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 how a dam in Turkey (Türkiye) releases massive amounts of water through its spillways
Watch "Çoruh River, Deriner Dam (249 meters) water discharge (Türkiye - Artvin) Deriner Barajı su tahliyesi" on YouTube
Ephemeral stream water
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.
The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland
Watch how the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland moves vessels from the Forth & Clyde Canal to the Union Canal 35 metres above, on YouTube.
Rural Texas Towns Report Cyberattacks That Caused One Water System to Overflow
Read April, 2024 article by the Associated Press at Security Week.
Natech - Natural hazard triggered technological accident
- 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
NIST's NCCoE - Securing Water and Wastewater Utilities
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.
NA-SEM - Modernizing Probable Maximum Precipitation
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.
Allision
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
charity: water
charity: water is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
100% of public donations go directly to fund clean water projects.
- Charity: Water - website
- YouTube video from founder Scott Harrison
- Thirst - by Scott Harrison
Climate Change: Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding
- South Carolina and 'Managed Retreat' - from Inside Climate News
Water Treatment Systems and Storage
- Los Angeles Resevoir and its 'shade' balls - from The Smithsonian Magazine
Looking to Wastewater for Disease Surveillance
- 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.
Compounding Disasters in Gulf Coast Communities 2020-2021: Impacts, Findings, and Lessons Learned
- 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.
Compounding effects of sea level rise and fluvial flooding
- H.R. Moftakhari, G. Salvadori, A. AghaKouchak, B.F. Sanders, R.A. Matthew, Compounding effects of sea level rise and fluvial flooding. 2017. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. (PNAS) 114 (37) 9785-9790, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1620325114
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Emergency Management Threats and Hazards: Water is a resource guidebook, which bridges the work of the emergency management practitioners and academic researchers, specifically for water-related incidents.