Asphalt in the U.S. Transportation Infrastructure
Asphalt has been the major pavement material responsible for development of the transportation infrastructure enjoyed by American citizens. This paper addresses issues to be monitored...
Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards by the Bureau of Reclamation
This paper outlines how the Bureau of Reclamation has historically participated in standards development for emerging technologies, and how present standards are applied or adapted for...
Construction Quality Assurance for Geomembranes
The results of and lessons learned from construction quality assurance (CQA) programs on 19 geomembrane liners are presented. The specifications are generally exceeded by comfortable margins...
Concrete Pavement?Specification by Modeling
Concrete pavement specifications have traditionally been prescriptive with construction in-put defined. This practice does not include a definition of the product intended, restricts innovation,...
Irrigation and Drainage
This proceedings consists of 70 papers presented at the National Conference on Irrigation and Drainage sponsored by the Irrigation and Drainage Division of the American Society of Civil...
On the Road to Clean Air
Anticipating passage of the 1990 Clean Air Act in the fall of the year, this article examines the remaining air quality problems in U.S. cities and some efforts underway or being planned...
Site Assessments
The 1986 Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act (SARA) established an innocent purchaser defense applicable if a new owner conducts appropriate inspection and appropriate inquiry...
Recharging Ground Water
For more than 55 years, the Orange County Water District has been responsible for the protection and management of the extensive ground water basin which lies under Orange County, California....
The U.S. Agency for International Development's Water and Sanitation for Health (WASH) Project: Lessons of the Decade
A review of the International Decade of Water Supply and Sanitation of the 1980's shows the enormous accomplishments made to date: 600 million more people served with a drinkable...
Lessons Learned in Southeast United States
The droughts during the decades of the eighties in the southeast were the most severe during the period of record. In addition to the immediate inconvenience they caused, they were precursors...
Great Lakes Waters: Too Little or Too Much?
Water supplies in the Great Lakes Basin, the world's largest fresh water supply, are more than adequate to meet current and projected needs. However, supplies could become...
The Impact of Agricultural and Industrial Development on the Water Quality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Agricultural and Industrial development are having a serious negative impact upon the quality of water resources in Latin America and the Caribbean. The continuing demographic explosion...
Extent and Sources of Ground Water Contamination Now in the Nineties
In spite of man's tendency toward grandiose surface-water projects which resist natural forces, along with a political climate which spawns disincentives to conserve and economically...
Ground-Water Management and Aquifer Protection Plan
Just because a water quality problem is not known to exist at the present time does not mean that one may not appear tomorrow or at some other time in the future. Contingency plans should...
Treatment of Contaminated Groundwater
Treatment of groundwater contaminated by improper disposal practices of the past, routine agricultural chemical usage, accidents, and leaks is going to be of increasing importance. Prevention...
Governments' Role Relative to Public and Political Pressures
Groundwater quality is a major concern in the United States today. The body of law pertaining to the protection of groundwater quality is generally inadequate for the implementation of...
Cooperation: Solving the California Water Problem
The water picture in California is changing rapidly. Water professionals, to say nothing of the public at large, are hard-pressed to keep up with new technical information and changing...
Regulatory Perspective on Ground Water Pollution Cleanup in the Santa Clara Valley
The Santa Clara Valley is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay and serves as the home of approximately 1.2 million people. Approximately 40% of the Valley's water...
Remediation Technologies in Use for Groundwater and Soil Contamination in the Santa Clara Valley
Silicon Valley is known as the origin and the heart of the high technology (Hitech) industry. However, tech-nologies used for soils and groundwater remediation in the valley are not necessarily...
Agricultural Salinity Assessment and Management
Prepared by the Water Quality Technical Committee of the Irrigation and Drainage Division of ASCE.
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