Potential Non-Traffic Benefits from a New Highway
The State of Delaware is now in the design/build phase of a major north-south relief highway. Expedient action included an Environmental Impact Statement adequate to show that the project...
Groundwater Loadings of Pesticides From Chemigation: A Gleams Model Simulation
This paper describes how, with slight modifications, the GLEAMS model (Groundwater Loading Effects of Agricultural Management Systems) was used to represent chemigation for herbicides,...
Agricultural, Meteorologic, and Hydrologic Drought Relations: Applications to Irrigation and Water Supply Planning
Meteorologic and hydrologic factors can combine to significantly reduce crop yields, leading to an agricultural drought. Agricultural and hydrologic droughts affect a large segment of...
Dam Replacement Insurance
Most dam owners recognize that the dams they operate are critical structures, both to water users as well as downstream floodplain occupants. Loss of the structure use has significant...
Water Resources Planning for the San Antonio Region
Water resources planning for the San Antonio region begins with the physical setting and the technical considerations - the science and engineering aspects. It proceeds to the economic...
World Bank's Role in Global Water and Related Environmental Issues
The World Bank provides loans and technical assistance to developing countries for improvement of the physical and economic well-being of the people. A major portion of its lending is...
Conflict Resolution in Regional Water Management
The experience with environmental dispute resolution (EDR) at South Florida Water Management has been largely one of changing the operating premises regarding the agency's...
Planning for Future Hydroelectric Power: A Myth?
The hydroelectric power industry in the U.S. is authorized and regulated by the Federal Government through the Federal Energy Retgulatory Commission (FERC) under the Federal Power Act....
Strategies for Planning Metropolitan Water Supplies
Metropolitan growth and increased concerns for water quality and environmental impacts have created challenges for the provision of water supplies within metropolitan areas. The paper...
Optimal Control of the West Parisian Area Water Supply Network
The West Parisian Area regional office of Lyonnaise des Eaux has been equipped with computer-aided optimal decision-making software, using daily water demand forecasts. This tool calculates...
Simulation Model for Economic Irrigation Project Planning and Design
The principle design parameters considered are: water supply configurations (quantity, source and storage); shapes and sizes of the area to be served; on-farm irrigation techniques; cropping...
Comparison of
Manning's n values were determined for three stream channels in two complex watersheds in North Mississippi. The study covered a wide range of channel conditions and flow...
Laboratory Analysis of Hyperconcentrations
The physical and kinematic behavior of hyperconcentrations has been reviewed and a summary of recent and past developments in hyperconcentrated flow research is presented. This paper focuses...
Breakwater Choices
Most of the maritime breakwaters built throughout the world are of the rubble mount type, with a protective armor constructed of artificial blocks. Despite the multitude of different shapes...
Predicting Human Instability in Flood Flows
The delineation of high flood hazard zones within a flood plain is usually independent of the parameters that constitute a life threatening situation. In order to define human instability...
Climate Change and U.S. Water Resources: Results from a Study by the American Association for Advancement of Science
The time horizon of the changes that might occur is similar to the time required for planning, approval, funding, construction and economic life of such major water facilities as dams,...
Effects of Climate Change on Watershed Runoff
This paper examines forecasts of changes in watershed runoff in the Delaware River basin that result from a range of predicted effects of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2)...
Seven Oaks Dam Outlet Works Design
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed the preliminary design of the outlet works for the proposed Seven Oaks Dam. The dam is the upstream-most feature of the Corps'...
The Hydro Business: 1990 and Beyond
During the last ten years, hydroelectric generation received more and more attention as a source of reliable and economical electricity. Since the first WATERPOWER conference, the industry...
Joint Economic Evaluation of Pumped Storage in Colorado
This paper summarizes a joint planning study completed in December 1988 on the economic potential of pumped-storage development. The study was unusual in water development investigations...
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