Dispersion Analysis of the Dartmouth, MA Municipal Sewage Outfall Off Salters Point
The water quality impacts of the existing and proposed upgraded Dartmouth, Massachusetts Wastewater Treatment Plant on the Salters Point region of Buzzards Bay were examined through the...

Advection-Diffusion Calibration of Dissolved Oxygen
Modifications of J.J. Leendertse's water-quality model for improving calculations of dissolved oxygen concentrations in Jamaica Bay, New York, are discussed. Changes to the...

Procedures Used for Determining Water Rights on the Caribbean National Forest
In response to increasing demand, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico enacted legislation requiring current users of water to file existing water uses. Application for water rights on the...

Canal Automation for Flexibility on Sloping Canals
This project and tested a method which would allow flexible water deliveries from medium-large canals. The canal gate movement algorithm CARDD (Canal Automation for Rapid Demand Deliveries)...

Delivering Appropriate Quantities of Water to the Farm
To study how well an irrigation district was able to meet farmer demand, water deliveries along two monitored lateral canals were compared to the orders and bills for these events. The...

Water for the San Diego Region: Past, Present and Future
Ever since the earliest days of permanent settlement in the arid San Diego region, securing reliable water supplies has been an issue of critical importance. The San Diego region's...

Implemented Solutions to Wqter Supply Problems?The Tucson Experience
During the past 30 years Tucson Arizona has been one of the fastest growing urban centers in the United States. During this period, the population served by the municipal water utility,...

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta The Key to Water Transfer
The Delta is a key feature in California's water resources picture. This ecologically sensitive area is currently experiencing adverse effects from water diversions and needed...

The Need for Water Transfers and the State Water Project
California's water resources do not all occur when and where they are needed to meet growing urban and agricultural needs. Extensive water transfer projects have been constructed...

Feasibility of Stormwater for Recharge in the Las Vegas Valley
Rapid growth in the Las Vegas Valley has increased the pressure on the limited water supply. The increased water demand has stimulated public interest in water conservation and the potential...

Moving Toward the Millennium
The last decade of the 1990's is just beginning and paradoxically the water resources readily available to Clark County, Nevada are just ending. In a few short years Nevada's...

A Review of the State-of-the-Art in Sediment-Water Column Interaction Measurement Techniques
This paper reviews the state-of-the-art measurement techniques available to water quality modeling practioners to estimate: (a) sediment oxygen demand rates, (b) sediment-water column...

Measurement of Hydraulic and Environmental Effects of Aeration Devices in Douglas Reservoir
The releases from Douglas Reservoir experience periods of low dissolved oxygen (DO) content during the summer months. Tests were conducted during August 1989 to determine the effects of...

Utilization of Stormwater Runoff to Recharge Underlying Aquifer
The expanding economy in Oman has led to rapid development in the Capital area. Water is critical to sustaining this rapid growth, and new sources of water are being sought to meet the...

High Early Strength Concrete Containing Large Quantities of Fly Ash
This paper presents results of research performed at a precast/prestressed concrete plant to identify optimum mix proportions for production of high early strength concrete with high fly...

Long-Term Water Supply and Demand in Light of California's Population Growth
Californians will have to be more creative, more imaginative, and willing to investigate new methods of meeting people's water needs. Waste water reclamation and water conservation...

Analysis of Model Uncertainty Using Bayesian Monte Carlo
Bayesian Monte Carlo analysis combines Bayesian inference with standard Monte Carlo techniques to provide improved estimates of the uncertainty in water quality model parameters and results....

Water Quality Assessment in a Stochastic Stream Environment
Methodologies are presented within this article to aid in the quantification of the uncertainty in the management of stream water quality. Specifically, means are developed for: (1) establishing...

Sediment Processes and the Houston Ship Channel
A year-long field and laboratory study of sediment oxygen demand was conducted on the Houston Ship Channel. The primary objective of the work was to better understand the processes controlling...

Managing Water Shortage by Regional Cooperation and Conservation
In the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area, water emergencies becoming more frequent events because of increases in water demand and lack of new supply additions. The water supply problem...

 

 

 

 

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