Improved Hydrologic Forecasting
Why and How
This conference was structured to achieve several purposes. High on the list was to share lessons that were learned during the drought of 1976 and 1977 with practicing hydrologists. During...

Evaluation and Prediction of Subsidence
Proceedings of the International Conference on Evaluation and Prediction of Subsidence held at Casino Hotel, Pensacola Beach, Florida, January 1978. Sponsored by the American Society of...

Our Grand Erie Canal: A Splendid Project, A Little Short of Madness
As the first major water project in the United States, the old Erie Canal had major consequences on the economy and on civil engineering. Built in 1817-1825 to take advantage of the lowest...

The extraordinary genius of Arthur E. Morgan
He saw himself as lamentably ordinary and sought to make his mark in some socially significant way. Early in the century he engineered the Miami Conservancy District-the first flood control...

Sediment Runoff During Highway Construction
Hydrologic data have been collected from several small streams below a highway construction project. The data have been gathered to determine the magnitude of the highway construction-sediment...

Water Harvesting�� Modern Application of an Ancient Method
Water harvesting�The process of collecting natural precipitation from prepared watersheds for beneficial use was the topic of a 3-day symposium held in Phoenix, Arizona, in March 1974....

Consumptive Use of Water and Irrigation Water Requirements
The purpose of Consumptive Use of Water and Irrigation Water Requirements is to serve as a foundation on which to build a more comprehensive...

An Analysis of National Basic Information Needs in Urban Hydrology
The Analysis of National Basic Information Needs in Urban Hydrology has focused on Data Needs, Data Devices, and Data Networks. Primarily aimed...

Ground Water Basin Management
The purpose of this manual, Ground Water Basin Management, is to focus attention upon one particular phase of the hydrologic cycleground water....

Hydrology Handbook
Hydrology Handbook presents extensive information about the hydrologic cycle and engineering responses to it. The handbook is presented as...

 

 

 

 

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