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Revista Ingeniería del Agua December, 2001
Following a recent agreement signed with IAHR, the well-known peer-reviewed Journal "Revista Ingeniería del Agua" is now available at a special discount price to IAHR Members.
The titles of papers in the last published issue are:
*La gestión indirecta del abastecimiento de agua potable. Una aproximación al caso español.
The private management of municipal water facilities: The spanish case.
by Aurelia Bengochea Morancho y Ana Mª Fuertes Eugenio
*Aprovechamiento hidráulico óptimo del Embalse del Cenajo en la Cuenca del Segura.
Optimum Hydraulic Development of Dam of Cenajo in the Basin of Segura River.
by Miguel Ángel Cánovas García, Blas Zamora Parra y Juan Ramón Jiménez Bosque
*Comportamiento hídrico y eficiencia del uso del agua en una pastura consociada.
Hydric behaviour and water use efficiency in a consociate pasture.
by R. Crespi, A. Rivetti, H. Pagliaricci, A. Ohanian , T. Pereyra y M. del P. Díaz
*Siete lecciones de la experiencia de Chile en materia de mercados del agua.
Seven lessons of the Chilean experience in the field of water markets.
by Axel Dourojeanni R. y Andrei S. Jouravlev
* Medición de parámetros físicos, biológicos y químicos en el tramo estuarino del río Ebro
Measurement of physical, biological and chemical parameters in the estuarine stretch of the Ebro river
by J.P. Sierra, J. González Del Rio, J. Flos, A. Sánchez-Arcilla, E. Movellán, M. Rodilla, C. Mösso, R. Martínez, S. Falco, I. Romero, y M.J. Velasco
*Análisis de la evapotranspiración a escala local y regional en Cataluña
by Pedro J. Pérez, Françesc Castellví

website: www.ingenieriadelagua.com
For subscription rates contact IAHR at www.iahr.org

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Call for abutment scour countermeasure design methods and case studies
We are in need of case studies and design guidelines for bridge abutment scour countermeasures as part of a major new project sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, USA. Any and all information regarding successful and unsuccessful attempts to reduce abutment scour are desired. As many details of the abutment geometry, sediment, river alignment, bridge span, etc. will be helpful. Please comment on the following aspects of each countermeasure: Environmental concerns, Feasibility, Effectiveness, Contractibility, Durability, Maintainability, and Cost. The information will be used to develop a screening approach to determine which countermeasures are applicable to various conditions to be published as a user-friendly design manual for abutment scour countermeasures . Countermeasures include, but are not limited to: rip-rap, guide banks, spur dikes, cable-tied blocks, and vanes.
Brian D. Barkdoll, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
University of Mississippi, USA
e-mail: cvbark@olemiss.edu
For full text please visit: www.iahr.org/newsweb/bdy_scour_info.htm

Research on Integrated Coastal Zone Management
I am conducting a research on Integrated Coastal Zone Management and I would like to know the the e-mail addresses of the Offices in charge of Coastal Zone Management at the United States. I would also appreciate the e-mail addresses from CZM institutions in other countries.
Gregorio Gómez-Piña, Jefe del Area de Proyectos y Obras, Dirección General de Costas, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Spain
e-mail: gregoriogpina@yahoo.es

Post-doctoral position
I am looking for a post-doctoral position in the field of nearshore and coastal processes, and would be interested in broadening my experience on tidal inlets morphodynamics and connections with adjacent coasts. I would be very grateful if you could send me any information concerning postdoctoral openings in 2002 or fellowship programs currently developed.
e-mail: y.balouin@geocean.u-bordeaux.Fr
Please find a brief CV at:
www.epoc.u-bordeaux.fr/en/indiv/ybalouin.htm

New Events
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EGW Short Course:
Multiphase Flow, Transport and Bioremediation in the Subsurface
March 11-15, 2002, Stuttgart, Germany
e-mail: mia.suess@iws.uni-stuttgart.de
website: www.iws.uni-stuttgart.de/Weiterbildung/kurse/

XX IAHR Latin American Congress
October 2-5, 2002, La Habana, Cuba
e-mail: unaevent@ip.etecsa.cu , unaicc@ip.etecsa.cu , unaiccch@ip.etecsa.cu
website: www.buroconv.cubaweb.cu

5th International Conference on Coasts, Ports and Marine Structures
ICOPMAS '2002
October 14-17, 2002, Iran
e-mail: icopmas@ir-pso.com

III Iberian Congress on Water Resources Planning and Management: The EU Water Framework
November 13-17, 2002, Seville, Spain
website: www.us.es/ciberico

6th International River Engineering Conference
January 2003, Ahwaz, Iran
website: www.6irec.com .

Symposium on Groundwater Intensive Use: Challenges and opportunities (SINEX)
February 3-8, 2003, Spain
Contact: Margarita Valverde
e-mail: gerencia@fcihs.org
website: www.fcihs.org

International Symposium on Shallow Flows
June 16-18, 2003, Delft, The Netherlands
website: shallowflows.tudelft.nl/

Just Published
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Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics
Ferziger, J.H and Peric, M.
Publisher: Springer, ISBN: 3-540-42074-6, Price: Eur 49,95
In its 3rd revised and extended edition the book offers an overview of the techniques used to solve problems in fluid mechanics on computers and describes in detail those most often used in practice. Included are advanced methods in computational fluid dynamics, like direct and large-eddy simulation of turbulence, multigrid methods, parallel computing, moving grids, structured, block-structured and unstructured boundary-fitted grids, free surface flows. The 3rd edition contains a new section dealing with grid quality and an extended description of discretization methods. The book shows common roots and basic principles for many different methods. The book also contains a great deal of practical advice for code developers and users, it is designed to be equally useful to beginners and experts. The issues of numerical accuracy, estimation and reduction of numerical errors are dealt with in detail, with many examples.
website: www.springer.de/press/index.html

Foundations of Fluid Dynamics
Gallavotti, G
Publisher: Springer; ISBN: 3-540-41415-0; Price: Eur 59,95
This monograph on fluid mechanics is not only a superb and unique textbook but also an impressive piece of research. The author writes from the vantage point of a mathematical physicist: Having in mind the important applications and approximation techniques used in physics and engineering, he carefully analyses the power of the theory. He examines, among others, the theories of Leray, Ruelle and Takens, and discusses Lorenz's ideas of attractors. This is the only textbook that fully covers turbulence, all the way from the works of Kolmogorov to modern dynamics.
website: www.springer.de/press/index.html

L'Hydraulique dans les Civilizations anciennes -5000 Ans d'Histoire
Hydraulics in Ancient Civilizations -A 5000 years history
Pierre-Louis Viollet
Publisher: Presses de l'école nationale des Ponts et Chaussées;ISBN:2-85978-335-0
The oldest known dams built in the desert, 6000 years ago, by people already skilled in water collecting and management technology. The collapse of the large-scale dam built by a pharaoh from the Ancient Empire in Egypt, not far from the Great Pyramids. The terrible flood which destroyed Tyrins, a Mycenaean city, in1200 BC, and the construction works undertaken in order to protect this city after reconstruction. Irrigation in the ancient civilization of Sumer, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, and in the country of Saba, where frankincense used to be collected. How pharaoh Amenemhat III created the rich "Lake Province", controlling the flow of the Nile into the Fayun depression, in Egypt, and how Sennacherib, having destroyed Babylon, used to love gardens, and diverted rivers in order to provide with water the orchards of Niniveh. How the First Emperor of China developed irrigation, creating hydraulic structures which are still in use nowadays. And also : the oldest known sailing ships, sewage circuits, and water adduction works ; the Roman aqueducts, the great navigation canals and harbours in the Antiquity, the conquest of underground water, the first watermills and windmills. The Great Canal, between the Yellow River and Yangtze basins. Lifting water machines, from the Archimedes's screw to the hydraulic noria, and the chain-pallet pump. Water in medieval cities, from China to Spain, Samarkand, Delhi, Damascus, Marrakech, and the works of Cistercian monks in western countries, for the conquest of new lands upon lasses, and developing watermills.
e-mail: presses.ponts@descartes.enpc.fr

Global Storm Surges
Gabriele Gönnert, Shishir K. Dube, Tad Murty and Winfried Siefert
Edited by German Coastal Engineering Research Council; ISBN: 3-8042-1054-6
This book addresses students, scientists and engineers around the globe who are interested in the latest scientific findings on storm surges.
e-mail: buchverlag@sh-nordsee.de

Site Seeing
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World Wide Web Meets World Wide Waves
A unique, new web site called Global Wave Statistics Online, designed to give comprehensive information on the wave and wind climates across the world has been launched by BMT Fluid Mechanics. Registered users can select and purchase data sets for individual sea areas and have the wave climate data immediately displayed and available for download to their PC for further analysis or input to other user applications
website: www.globalwavestatisticsonline.com

New Website on Science, Technology and the Developing World
An Interesting new free-access global website providing news, views and information on science, technology and the developing world has been launched at www.scidev.net Backed by the well-known journals Nature and Science, the new initiative is funded by the international development agencies in Britain, Canada and Sweden.

The British Dam Society now online
This website offers a range of information and services for British Dam Society members and non-members alike. These services include easy access to the latest programme of Meetings and Events, a searchable database of Dam & Reservoir related publications, links and information relating to Reservoir Safety, ICOLD, Best Practice, Current Issues… and much more!
website: www.britishdams.org

River-Basin-Initiative
River-Basin-Initiative is a global initiative on integrating biodiversity, wetland and river basin management, endorsed by both the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. This electronic group is an informal communication means to keep individuals informed. This network group serves as a virtual office space for general information and file sharing, message posting and activities outlook in the coming months relating to the operation of the Initiative. To join, send a blank message to: River-Basin-Initiative-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
website:
groups.yahoo.com/group/River-Basin-Initiative/
More background on the RBI is available on the Ramsar site at ramsar.org/key_rbi_index.htm

World Wetlands Day
The Convention of Wetlands has produced, on the occasion of the World Wetlands Day (February 2, 2002), an electronic card and screen saver that you can send to your colleagues and friends. These can be viewed and downloaded from: ramsar.org/wwd2002_index.htm.
e-mail: ramsar@ramsar.org

XXI IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems
September 9-12, 2002, Lausanne, Switzerland
The Conference website is now up and running.
website: lmhwww.epfl.ch/IAHR2002

Droplets
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Modelling solution for river channel and floodplain systems
Wallingford Software, part of the HR Wallingford Group, has announced the launch of InfoWorks RS, a powerful new modelling solution for river channel and floodplain systems. InfoWorks RS combines within a single product the established ISIS Flow simulation engine, geographical analysis tools and a relational database for storing model data and results. The new software provides planners and engineers with an unequaled tool to build river models efficiently and to carry out fast and accurate simulation, whilst maintaining the full audit trail of the modelling project through from source data to the final model outputs. A key feature of InfoWorks RS is a fully integrated floodplain mapping model, which allows animated flood extent maps to be generated and interrogated.
website: www.hrwallingford.co.uk

Job Announcements
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Program Director, Arlington, Virginia, USA
The Hydrologic Sciences Program at NSF is seeking a full-time temporary rotator to work as Program Director with Douglas James. Initial assignments may be made for a period of one or two years, with possible extension to a third year.
website: www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?e20010198ipa

Postdoctoral Research Position/Sediment and Contaminant Transport, USA
Northwestern University's Department of Civil Engineering seeks applicants for a postdoctoral research position to support interdisciplinary sediment and contaminant transport projects funded by the US NSF and ONR. The successful candidate will take primary responsibility for a project that seeks to define the role of physicochemical particle-particle interactions in turbidity currents, and will also work with a diverse group of graduate and undergraduate students to conduct laboratory studies of fundamental contaminant transport processes related to sediments. This position is available immediately. To apply, send curriculum vitae and list of three references to: Dr. Aaron Packman, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, USA, 60208-3109.
e-mail: a-packman@northwestern.edu

ExxonMobil vacancies
ExxonMobil has vacancies for students, graduates and experienced engineers in offices throughout the world.
website: www.exxonmobil.com/careers/index.html

Assistantship available, Pennsylvania, USA
An assistantship is available for graduate study, beginning in the fall of 2002, in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. Research is to be conducted on the hydrodynamic impacts of watercraft on shallow lake and river systems. Of particular interest is the potential for shoreline erosion and bottom material resuspension. Both laboratory and field work will be performed. A strong interest in fluid mechanics and previous experience in data acquisition techniques in general and velocity, discharge, and wave measurements in particular is desirable. For futher information, please contact Dr. David F. Hill.
e-mail: dfhill@engr.psu.edu

Chief, Coastal Hydrology and Hydraulics Section, USA
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, is currently accepting applications for Chief, Coastal Hydrology and Hydraulics Section, which functions as the technical competence centre for District programs and activities requiring a need for specialized coastal engineering expertise. The project area is the coast and river basins of North Carolina.
website: cpol.army.mil/va/scripts/public.html and enter GP-02-012X as the announcement number.

EUREAU Assistant Secretary General , Brussels
The European Union of National Associations of Water Suppliers and Waste Water Services (Eureau) is looking for an Assistant Secretary General. The selected candidate will be working with the Secretary General to support Eureau’s 20-plus members. Applicants are likely to have a university degree or equivalent, will need a knowledge of community organisation and law, should be fluent in English and French and must be a national of a Member State of the European Union. It is also important to be familiar with IT tools and self-sufficient. Experience in the water sector would be an asset.
If you are interested please send before February 28 your curriculum vitae to: EUREAU, Rue Colonel Bourg 127, Brussels, Belgium. Tel : +32/ 2 706 40 80; Fax : +32/ 2 706 40 81 1140
e-mail : eureau@skynet.be

Coastal Engineer, Auckland, New Zealand
This is a great opportunity commence or build your career in coastal engineering with one of NZ's leading consultancies.
website: www.nz.tmp.com and enter the Job Reference
number atpt25122.

Senior Scientists/Engineers, USA
Environmental Consulting & Technology (ECT) Inc. is interested in hiring
recent graduates with a Masters or a Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering or related areas. For further information, please send a resume with names of three references to Dr. Sanjiv K. Sinha, Manager-Hydrologic and Water Resources, Business Services, ECT Inc., Book Tower, 35th Floor,1249 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226, USA
e-mail: ssinha@ectinc.com

GA Assistantships
I am currently offering one, potentially two, GA assistanceships to qualified graduate students that seek to pursue a PhD in Hydroinformatics.
Michael Piasecki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia
Tel: (215) 895-1721
e-mail: Michael.Piasecki@drexel.edu

Project Manager, Maryland, USA
We are currently searching for a Project Manager with coastal engineering
experience for our regional office located in Maryland. Specific experience in hydrographic surveys, channel dredging or deepening, harbour or shoreline improvements, dredge containment areas, flood control structures, dredging at dock sites, etc desired. Potential candidate must be a USA resident.
e-mail: SEMPERBA@aol.com

Doherty Visiting Professor, Florida, USA
The faculty of the Department of Marine and Environmental Systems (DMES) in Florida Tech's College of Engineering invites applications for the academic year 2002-2003 Doherty Visiting Professor. The endowment to DMES from the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation, Inc. provides up to $40,000, and is ideally suited as matching funds for a sabbatical. DMES offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in oceanography together with coastal zone management, ocean engineering including coastal engineering, naval architecture, environmental science, environmental resource management, and in meteorology. Applicants should mail a statement of interest on letterhead stationary not exceeding two pages in length, and a two-page curriculum vita to: Dr. George A. Maul, Professor and Head, Department of Marine and
Environmental Systems, Florida Institute of Technology, 150 West University
Boulevard, Melbourne FL 32901.
website: www.fit.edu/dmes

Environmental Modeling of Singapore Waters Project, Singapore
This Project is a part of the multidisciplinary Marine Environment Programme, recently funded by the National Science and Technology Board of Singapore. The Project focuses on the enhancement of the marine environment modeling capabilities of TMSI. Coupled 3-D hydrodynamics, water quality, and ecology models have been under development by an existing research team for several years. The water quality and ecological models for simulation of oil spills, eutrophication, heavy metals and organic pollutants, are at different stages of the development.
Positions Available: (A) Research Fellow; (B) Research Assistant
Both positions are available from March 2002, for the initial term of one year.
e-mail: tmspt@nus.edu.sg

Please note that the vacancies may be restricted to applicants having right of residence in the country concerned.
Vacancies which can be posted under "Job Opportunities" can be e-mailed to IAHR, e-mail: iahr@iahr.org

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