Patrick Thomson
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Researcher/practitioner working on rural water services with @OxfordGeography @OxSocSci @HWISE_RCN @FundiFix and @SmartHandpumps. The usual caveats apply.
Oxford, UK
Joined April 2013
Great to see our work on maintaining rural water systems with @FundiFix being featured by UKRI. Professional repair services x better information = more reliable water systems.
Handpumps are a crucial source of water for rural communities in many countries, but one in four aren't working at any given time. Here's how academics from @UniofOxford and @uonbi have helped build a system to identify and fix faulty pumps sooner https://t.co/u7jXSoX69i /1
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Grateful to be on @NewsHour w/ @WmBrangham discussing Colorado River shortage.
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This was an important week in the battle out west over water use. Seven states along the Colorado River basin were supposed to reach a collective agreement on how to use less water from an ever-shr...
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The latest on the Colorado River crisis, including pithy input from @rhett_larson of @ASU. Also check out the longer piece and podcast from the @latimes
https://t.co/HHAYmQ3Yrc
latimes.com
Colorado River in Crisis is a series of stories, videos and podcasts in which Los Angeles Times journalists travel throughout the river’s watershed, from the headwaters in the Rocky Mountains to the...
California is now sharply at odds with six other states over how to take less water from the #ColoradoRiver. The political tug-of-war over how to reduce water use is heating up. https://t.co/yVHLM4baQu Photo by @bvdbrug
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Groundwater plays a key role towards #climateresilience - but it needs to be understood, protected & managed. Read insights from REACH's exciting GW research in Kenya & Ethiopia in this piece by @florencetanui @BehailBirhan, Prof Dan Olago & @Sefwater. https://t.co/UeY6x2tpLX
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"Thames Water: Oxford City Council calls for end to water privatisation." Which city / town will be next I wonder? https://t.co/M5HxBSa5vI
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Oxford City Council votes unanimously to call for Thames Water to be taken into public ownership.
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📣 Come work with us in Oxford! 🌈 RLRH is hiring a Project Coordinator! The role is part-time w an office at @refugeestudies in @UniofOxford. You'd join a team that's building an inclusive env't for refugee scholars. 🗓️ Deadline: Mon 13th Feb ✍️ Apply: https://t.co/qbxNpPLwY9
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There is an urgent need to conserve the Shimba National Reserve, home to the famous Marere, Votia & Mwaluganje springs. In their hey days, they provided 11,000m3 of water each day for residents of Kwale and Mombasa Counties. Thread.
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Water issues featured in this week’s episode on @BBCRadio4: Disputes over allocation in Arizona involving rural vs. urban trade-offs in an area of growing population and high water stress #watersecurity #wickedproblem?
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Amid the grim reality of the frontline in eastern Donbas, soldiers imagine life after war.
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Users of the handpump at Mwamambi Hildu Haji pumped 8,792 litres of water with it in the last week. [This is an automated Tweet; for more details go to https://t.co/yvWWGNCU9A.]
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Postdoc Opportunity in Geography at Texas A&M University with Dr. Wendy Jepson -- Quantitative Social Scientist to work with @HWISE_RCN scholars on data collection. Deadline: Feb. 27, 2023 If interested, please apply here: https://t.co/kIKPp7Psar
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Help keep this excellent organisation keep ticking along 👇
🚨 Closing tomorrow! 📢 Join our fantastic team as a Research Policy Manager ❤️ Find out more below 👇 https://t.co/8FOJu6K3lH
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🚨 Closing tomorrow! 📢 Join our fantastic team as a Research Policy Manager ❤️ Find out more below 👇 https://t.co/8FOJu6K3lH
🚨 Job opportunity alert 🚨 We're looking for a policy expert with knowledge of the research funding landscape to join our wonderful team as a Policy Manager for 12 months! Apply before 25 January 👇 https://t.co/8FOJu6Jvw9
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So much commentary in The Economist and Financial Times is in essence a desperate yearning for a stable and sensible Tory Party that is never coming back
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We are advertising a PhD position with @Aguaconsult to start Oct 23 at @LeedsUniEng @WEDCUK or @cranfieldwater on managing rural #water supplies Deadline 22 Jan, but might be extended. Our open PhDs are still available if you have your own research idea. https://t.co/9H9AyQNcku
findaphd.com
PhD Project - Improving management of rural water services at University of Leeds, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Looking forward to this seminar next week, discussing our research @oxfordgeography with @FundiFix and @SmartHandpumps, and learning from the @Water_UofExeter group about mitigating supply intermittency and ensuring reliable water services.
Dr Patrick Thomson (@UniofOxford) will talk about the @SmartHandpumps on next #CWSseminars and discuss common challenges encountered in rural water management. Come to join us @UniOfExeterESE @UniofExeter Streatham campus at 1330-1430 on next Monday! https://t.co/cKNYPWezD9
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wow, this is a really great - thoughtful and authoritative - piece on mackenzie scott’s philanthropy.
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We (@simmoulds and I) are excited to offer a UNIQ+ paid summer research internship in @oxfordgeography (on Deep learning for streamflow forecasting) for UK students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are curious about doing a PhD https://t.co/NUGLMU9dr8
@OxfordEnvRes
ox.ac.uk
UNIQ+ Research Internships are aimed at talented undergraduates from under-represented groups, who would find continuing into postgraduate study a challenge for reasons other than their academic
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*Funded* PhD in WASH econ! - Fees covered for LIC and LMIC nationals + UK - Stipend ~£20k/year - Deadline Sun 19th Feb Project: Evaluating how dev't banks produce/use benefit-cost evidence in WASH decisions https://t.co/uiyR6J8UcM
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Users of the handpump at Mwamambi Hildu Haji pumped 2,637 litres of water with it in the last week. [This is an automated Tweet; for more details go to https://t.co/yvWWGNCU9A.]
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