This just-published peer-reviewed article argues that a US Army Corps flood risk management project should focus on tributaries of the Pearl River, where flooding impacts are most extensive, and disproportionately affect poor, non-white neighborhoods.
The open-access paper is available for download here: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/17/4/497/pdf
Berkeley Water Day: Addressing Water Challenges of a Changing Climate.
Thursday, March 20th, 2025 at the Banatao Auditorium in Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley.
This was an exciting day filled with discussion and innovative solutions to water challenges. Attendees heard from renowned experts like Dr. Kongjian Yu on flooding and Dr. Menachem Elimelech on water scarcity, followed by dynamic lightning talks from Berkeley faculty. A panel of policy makers and industry leaders explored California’s water risks and how research can shape the future. This event also featured a student poster session highlighting cutting-edge research happening across campus. Coffee, snacks, and lunch were provided for registered attendees!
Berkeley Water Day: Addressing Water Challenges of a Changing Climate
Urban Creeks and the Unhoused
A panel discussion Tuesday 18 February 2025
3-5pm Rm 305 Bauer Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley
Creeks have always attracted the unhoused, offering relatively natural settings, water sources, and
commonly quieter environments than alternatives such as freeway underpasses. With increasingly
costly housing, the SF Bay region has experienced increasing populations of unhoused along urban
creeks. This intersection of the state’s massive housing shortage with the urban stream network
drives a set of issues, including the risk of flooding the people who live along these creeks and the
impacts of these encampments on water quality of the streams. There are no easy solutions, but
perhaps we can learn something from recent experience in the urban and peri-urban streams of
Contra Costa County, where issues are brought into sharp focus.
The panel featured insightful presentations from Amanda Booth (City of San Pablo), Daniel Barth (SOS Richmond), O’Neill Fernandez (SOS Richmond), Chris Lim (Contra Costa RCD), and Mark Boucher (Contra Costa County Flood Control & Water Conservation District). After presentations, panelists and audience members engaged in discussion. This Riverlab event was part of the class Rivers & Cities (LA254-3) in the Dept of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, UC Berkeley.
See info on engineer position now open at US Army Corps Engineers SF District
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/830583600
About the Position: Performs hydraulic and hydrologic engineering design, analyses, and
review of hydraulic structures associated with levees and channels; interior flooding facilities;
river stabilization measures; shore and bank protection; wetlands development; and
engineering projects.
Duties
Salary
$110,788 – $144,031 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 12
Public Policy Institute of California’s Water Policy Center is looking for a researcher with
a background in civil or environmental engineering, hydrology or a related discipline and
water/natural resources policy, as detailed in this announcement. Candidates can be
recent grads or more seasoned researchers