<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">An ORISE position is available
for a recent Master's degree recipient at the US Environmental Protection
Agency's Atlantic Ecology Division in Narragansett, RI. Applicants must
apply directly through the Zintellect web site:<a href="https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/EPA-ORD-NHEERL-AED-2018-05" style="color:blue" target="_blank">https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/EPA-ORD-NHEERL-AED-2018-05</a></span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">The research participant will be
part of a Research team that is developing tools to assist in Integrated Water
Management on community and watershed scales. The overall project involves the
development and application of EPA's Watershed Management Optimization Support
Tool (<a href="https://www.epa.gov/exposure-assessment-models/wmost" style="color:blue" target="_blank">https://www.epa.gov/exposure-assessment-models/wmost</a>).
WMOST is a decision-support tool designed to facilitate cost-effective
integrated water management by communities and watershed organizations
involving elements of storm water, drinking water, wastewater, and land
conservation programs. Version 3 of the tool enables users to plan how to meet
selected targets related to water quantity-related goals such as maintaining
base flows, minimizing peak flows and flooding risks, and maintaining storage
within watersheds as well as water quality goals such as water quality
critieria, loading targets for total maximum daily loads, or minimization of
combined sewer overflow events through the use of combinations of management
options, which combine both gray and green infrastructure. Version 4 of the
tool (in progress) will enable users to evaluate ancillary co-benefits as well
as minimizing overall cost. Use of the WMOST tool requires exploration of goals
and possible management scenarios, identification of input data, running WMOST,
and working with stakeholders to use WMOST outputs in their decision making.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">In addition to tool development,
EPA is working on improving user access to available data required as inputs to
WMOST, including hydrologic (and ultimately water quality) time series from
existing hydrologic models such as HSPF, SWAT, GWLF, and SWMM. EPA is
developing alternative approaches to enable internet access to these time
series as well as other ancillary data required by WMOST. </span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">The research participant will
have the opportunity to run existing models using both historic and future
climate scenarios to produce the time series with appropriate spatial and
temporal resolution required for WMOST, to learn how to apply a preprocessor to
format HSPF and SWAT model outputs to match WMOST input requirements, and to
format data for posting in EPA's Estuary Data Mapper application (<a href="http://www.epa.gov/edm" style="color:blue" target="_blank">www.epa.gov/edm</a>) and elsewhere. EMD allows
users to identify, visualize, and download environmental data for coastal
watersheds and estuaries. The research participant will also have the
opportunity to assist with case studies involving the application of WMOST to
communities in different climatic regions across the country and testing of
functionality as new modules are developed in WMOST. The case studies are
conducted as collaborative exercises involving communities and watershed
organizations and will involve stakeholder engagement. </span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Future opportunities (pending
funding) will include participation in development of interfaces for a tiered
optimization approach, with Tier 1 optimization conducted at larger river basin
scales to meet annual loading targets at multiple locations, to be followed
with more focused optimization solutions at the HUC12 to HUC10 scale using
WMOST.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">This program, administered by
ORAU through its contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to manage
the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), was established
through an interagency agreement between DOE and EPA. The initial appointment
is for one year, but may be renewed upon recommendation of EPA and is
contingent on the availability of funds. The participant will receive a monthly
stipend commensurate with educational level and experience. Proof of health
insurance is required for participation in this program. The appointment is
full-time. Participants do not become employees of EPA, DOE or the program administrator,
and there are no employment-related benefits.</span></p>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The mentor for this project
is Dr. Naomi Detenbeck (<a href="mailto:detenbeck.naomi@epa.gov" style="color:blue" target="_blank">detenbeck.naomi@epa.gov</a>).</span><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-7322604566920492517gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div></div></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></div></div>