The Winter Issue is available online NOW!  This issue focuses on Global Water Issues and how they relate back to Florida.

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FWJ 2012-2013 Planning Underway

The FWJ Executive Committee is planning our 2012-2013 publication schedule.  To do this successfully, we are asking for your input on topics or themes you’d like to see covered in future issues.  Please submit your ideas to lperez@brwncald.com.  We would appreciate your input on topics or potential authors so we can continually improve our relevance and timely coverage of what is most important to the Florida water resources community.

Spring 2012: New Ideas in Stormwater BMPs

The Spring 2012 issue will feature four papers on stormwater BMPs and LID.  If you are interested in becoming a subject matter expert for this issue, please contact Bill Lynch at BLynch@CORRADINO.com.  More information will be posted on this issue as the publication date nears.

Winter 2012: Global Water Issues and Florida

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The Winter 2012 issue of the Florida Watershed Journal  includes four dynamic papers covering global water issues and how those translate back to Florida.  The issue includes information on global volunteerism,  cooperative  large-scale engineering projects, and unique international perspectives on Florida’s water resource challenges.  We hope our readers will enjoy these papers on this timely and important topic.   (Image: Children taking advantage of a new handwashing station in Patzun Guatemala.  Compliments of Scott Kelly.)

 

 

Global Water Issue Author Spotlight: Stephen Bourne

The Winter 2011 Issue of the Florida Watershed Journal will feature papers that discuss the importance of global water issues and how those can and will translate to Florida.  Steve Bourne is one of the authors that will be featured in this upcoming issue.  Steve’s paper is highlighted below.

Flooding causes millions of dollars in damage and even loss of life each year.  Flood preparedness starts with an accurate understanding of the total depth of rainfall that can be expected in storms.  Traditionally, potential storms are quantified according to the total water they will deliver and the probability with which they will occur.  For example, in Tampa, Florida, the storm with 1% chance of occurrence in any given year will deliver approximately 12 inches of rainfall over a 24 hour period (Hershfield, 1961).  Often, this storm is referred to as the 100-year storm, or the storm with a 100-year return period.  As concerns over climate change grow, the fundamental assumption that the size of the 100 year storm remains the same over time is being questioned.  In a new article in the FWJ, Stephen Bourne from the Atkins engineering consultancy explores the question of how Florida storms may change in the future.  Using a combination of general circulation model (GCM) projections of 21^st century Florida weather and libraries of actual historical storms, Mr. Bourne demonstrates a method for predicting the localized impacts of climate change on storm frequency and volume using Tampa, Florida as an example. 

 

This is Your Journal

The Florida Watershed Journal belongs to the water and environmental professionals of Florida.  We want to hear from you.  Please email us your ideas, comments, and questions about current or future issues by contacting Liz Perez at lperez@brwncald.com.

Fall 2011: Differing Perspectives on Water Supply in Florida

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The Fall 2011 issue of the Florida Watershed Journal will include four unique perspectives and approaches to water supply issues affecting the state.  The papers discuss technologies and some of the contentious aspects of water supply from practical and academic perspectives.  We thought it was best to publish differing perspectives and let our readers decide for themselves what the best routes might be to address our future water needs as Floridians.  Needless to say, this is the first of many issues of the Journal that will focus on water supply.  We hope this issue injects new energy into the ongoing dialogue on Florida’s water future during this time of drought and budgetary hardships. (Image: Projected 2040 Population Dot Density Map of Hillsborough County, Florida.  Source: GIS Associates, Inc.)