Rehabilitation of Rapidly Urbanizing Streams
DuPage County, Illinois is implementing a stream maintenance program with the purpose of restoring and preserving the hydraulic efficiency of its streams and drainageways. The program...
Utilization of Stormwater Runoff to Recharge Underlying Aquifer
Based on the available data and its proximity to the Capital area, Wadi Al Khawd was selected as the site of the first aquifer recharge project in Oman. The project was designed by Stanley...
Financing Small Water Supply Projects in Colorado
In order to meet the water supply needs of Colorado communities and the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1986, the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority...
Preliminary Report of the Feasibility of an Interbasin Water Transfer Through Existing Canal Systems
A preliminary feasibility study of the interbasin transport of water from the Sabine River on the Texas Louisiana border to the San Jacinto River Basin, northeast of Houston, Texas, using...
Water for Houston: The Wallisville Case
The multipurpose Wallisville project included an industrial water supply for Houston. The project was nearly 70 percent complete when environmentalists succeeded in stopping construction...
The Impact of the Morris Sheppard Dam Experience on Buttress Dam Safety Evaluations
The stability problems encountered at the Morris Sheppard Dam have had an impact upon the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) dam safety program. This paper describes...
Reservoir Reevaluation in TVA
Demands for the use of dams and reservoirs tend to change after the projects are completed. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) works with State and local groups to try to increase the...
Measuring Benefits of Water Supply Projects
Various approaches are used to determine the value of water supply projects. Deterministic methods will lead to biased valuation of additional supplies of water. Calculation of risk premium...
Instream Habitat Considering Hydro-Peaking
Hydroelectric projects with storage have the characteristic of being able to generate electricity with short notice and to stop generating electricity with equally short notice. This peaking...
A Comparison of Two Reservoir Projects and Associated Fisheries Impacts
The evaluation of environmental impacts is a critical component of reservoir project development. Impacts to fisheries are especially significant because of the extensive alteration to...
Hueco Bolson Recharge Demonstration Project
The Hueco Bolson Recharge Project in El Paso, Texas, is a unique recharge system, being a full-scale program in operation for 5 years in which municipal sewage is treated to potable quality...
Electronic Communication and Data Transfer: Productivity Enhancements
Large ventures operating from widely separated sites cannot depend on local area networks for their communication requirements, as can small, single-sited projects. Not all projects have...
MacIntosh II True-Color Visual Simulation Project: A Proposed Elevated Rail System for Metropolitan Phoenix
Utilizing new high-resolution, 24-bit true-color technology available for the Macintosh II microcomputer, this project enabled professional consultants and the public to visualize a proposed...
Applying TRANPLAN to Assist Air Quality Impact Analysis
Environmental analysts have been using the plotting capabilities of TRANPLAN, a transportation planning software package, to facilitate the analysis of air quality impacts of the Boston...
Microcomputer Applications in the Development of a Traffic Operations Control Center
There is a growing need for new methods to maximize highway transportation operations, and a growing set of tools for the engineer to use in this task. This report examines one specific...
Guidelines for Micro-CADD Implementation - How You Can Do it Right the First Time
This paper discusses methods found to be useful in applying selected lower cost microcomputer-CADD systems in the civil engineering environment CAD is defined as Computer Aided Drafting...
California DOT CADD
Starting in 1983 the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) embarked on a project to incorporate current computer technology into the project development process. Today the...
A Bridge Management System Module for the Selection of Rehabilitation and Replacement Projects
A procedure, developed for the state of Texas is reported, which determines an allocation budget for bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects, using multi-attribute criteria and...
Validation of a Traffic Modeling System for Detour Planning
The Downtown Seattle Transit Project (DSTP) was initiated as an effort to relieve existing traffic congestion in downtown Seattle. It consists primarily of a 1.3-mile electric-bus tunnel...
Using Microcomputers for Project Management
Microcomputers for both project scheduling and cost control were used during design and construction on a major project in Honolulu. Hotel Street Mall, located in the heart of Honolulu's...
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