Patrick Thomson

Researcher/practitioner working on rural water services with @OxfordGeography @OxSocSci @HWISE_RCN @FundiFix and @SmartHandpumps. The usual caveats apply.

[Patrick Thomson @patrickgthomson]

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.

[UK Research and Innovation @UKRI_News]

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

[Rhett Larson @rhett_larson]

Grateful to be on @NewsHour w/ @WmBrangham discussing Colorado River shortage. https://t.co/XGLAqomoh4

[Patrick Thomson @patrickgthomson]

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

[Ian James @ByIanJames]

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

[Patrick Thomson @patrickgthomson]

@HSlim_Oxford @CrisisGroup This would benefit from more on the terms on which the conflict ended. Who signed things in what capacity in 1994 has implications for the situation today. As written it would lead the casual reader to misunderstand NK’s status for a quarter of a century.

[REACH @reachwater]

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

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

"Thames Water: Oxford City Council calls for end to water privatisation."

Which city / town will be next I wonder?

https://t.co/M5HxBSa5vI

[Refugee-Led Research Hub @RLRH_Oxford]

📣 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

[Ali Chalala 📊📈📉 @alichalala]

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.
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[Patrick Thomson @patrickgthomson]

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? https://t.co/GDvcd0EJhd

[Smart Handpumps 💦 @SmartHandpumps]

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.]

[HWISE RCN @HWISE_RCN]

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

[Patrick Thomson @patrickgthomson]

Help keep this excellent organisation keep ticking along 👇

[BHF Policy @BHFpolicy]

🚨 Closing tomorrow! 📢 

Join our fantastic team as a Research Policy Manager ❤️ 

Find out more below 👇

https://t.co/8FOJu6K3lH

[BHF Policy @BHFpolicy]

🚨 Closing tomorrow! 📢 

Join our fantastic team as a Research Policy Manager ❤️ 

Find out more below 👇

https://t.co/8FOJu6K3lH

[Patrick Thomson @patrickgthomson]

@RikeFranke Will it be allowed into NK by the doughty environmental activists or just write reports from Goris?

[Alexander Clarkson  @APHClarkson]

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

[Alison Parker @AlisonP_WASH]

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

[Patrick Thomson @patrickgthomson]

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.

[Centre for Water Systems @Water_UofExeter]

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

[kevin starr @mulagostarr]

wow, this is a really great - thoughtful and authoritative - piece on mackenzie scott’s philanthropy.

[Louise Slater @DrLouiseSlater]

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