Office of Petroleum Spill Response Looking for Chemist in Rancho Cordova
The CA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife OSPR (Office of Petroleum Spill Response) is looking for an Environmental Scientist at their lab in Rancho Cordova. The Scientist will utilize Gas chromatography/Mass spectrometry (GC/MS) to “fingerprint” spilled petroleum products in the environment and match them to their potential sources. Duties include sample preparation, sample analysis, data review and analysis, report writing and...
Water Control Board Hiring Environmental Scientist
The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board has an opening for an Environmental Scientist in the Freshwater and Estuarine Harmful Algal Blooms (FHAB) Program. This is a hybrid position located in Rancho Cordova, California. This position will focus on implementing the FHAB Program required by Assembly Bill (AB) 834 and will coordinate FHAB activities and efforts in the Central Valley region, implement the FHAB Monitoring...
Two State Scientific Aid Positions Open
The CDFW Water Pollution Control Lab (WPCL), where I work, is looking for a scientific aid. You would perform water quality analyses in the inorganic section to support CDFW fish hatchery discharge monitoring requirements. Water quality analyses include, turbidity, total suspended solids, total dissolved solids, alkalinity, hardness, and pH. Click here for the posting. The Freshwater and Estuarine Harmful Algal Bloom (FHAB) Program is...
SCCOOS Hiring an Outreach and Education Coordinator
SCCOOS is hiring a part-time Outreach and Education Coordinator to join our team at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, CA! They are looking for someone to help manage communications with partners and funded principal investigators, including social media communications and STEM outreach projects. Click here to read the full job description at UCSD job dashboard #121228. The application deadline is February 10,...
EPA Solicits Comments on the Draft FAQs on Water Quality
EPA released the draft Frequently Asked Questions: Implementing the 2021 Recommended Clean Water Act Section 304(a) Ambient Water Quality Criteria to Address Nutrient Pollution in Lakes and Reservoirs (pdf), for a 60-day public comment period. This document supports state and tribal adoption and implementation of EPA’s 2021 Recommended Clean Water Act Section 304(a) Ambient Water Quality Criteria to Address Nutrient Pollution in Lakes...