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Building a Geographic Information System (GIS) for Siting New York City Sludge Management Facilities
Siting studies for waste facilities usually focus on a particular geographic region, or a defined study area, and are restricted to a specific technology. However, the siting of land-based...

A GIS for the Louisiana Coastal Zone
The U. S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans is responsible for collecting, interpreting, and publishing large amounts of data related to engineering geology, subsidence, and land loss...

GIS Applications Floodplain Reconnaissance Studies
U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans (NOD) employed a Geographic Information System (GIS) to support a flood plain management Reconnaissance Study. The study region encompassed the...

Applications of GIS to Wastewater System Master Planning in Albuquerque
The City of Albuquerque Public Works Department provides wastewater collection and treatment services to a metropolitan area of over 550,000 people. In order to plan for needed wastewater...

Updating New York City's Sewer and Water Main Distribution Systems: Practical Applications of GIS
To systematically begin meeting infrastructure management challenges, the City of New York has dedicated precious resources to implement a utility-based Geographic Information System (GIS)....

Use of Computers in the Management of Pecos River Compact
The Pecos River Compact between New Mexico and Texas did not define clearly what New Mexico's delivery obligation was. After a 14-year long litigation in the U.S. Supreme...

Unique Water Quality Aspects of Lake Pontchartrain
Natural factors causing changes in Lake Pontchartrain, can be grouped into the following: subsidence and wetland loss due to the deterioration of the St. Bernard Delta, natural variations...

Allocation of Pecos River Basin Water Between New Mexico and Texas
An interstate compact was signed in 1948 between the States of New Mexico and Texas for the allocation of water of the Pecos River Basin which was approved by the Congress of the United...

A Decision Support System for Dredging the Lower Mississippi River
The paper describes a decision support system proposed to aid short-term scheduling of maintenance dredging activities on the lower Mississippi River for the New Orleans District of the...

Water Technology Development and Transfer in Mexico
Mexican Government has developed the National Potable Water Supply and Sanitation Program to meet the country's water supply demands, both in quantity and quality. Two core...

New Jersey Department of Transportation Bridge Scour Evaluation Program
The New Jersey Department of Transportation's (NJDOT's) newly initiated bridge scour investigation program will assess the vulnerability to failure by scour of...

Analysis of 1989 Floods in Harris County, Texas
On May 17 and 18, 1989, a severe thunderstorm stalled over Harris County, Texas, producing over fourteen inches of rain in a twenty-one hour period. Slightly more than one month later...

Water Supply and Sanitation Policies in Mexico
The National Water Commission (CNA), is the responsible Department for the Governmental Water Division in Mexico. Within the National Potable Water Supply and Sanitation Program, the Commission...

Water Supply and Sanitation Strategies in Mexico
The Mexican Federal Government has started the National Potable Water Supply and Sanitation Program. In the latter part of 1991, there will be a change concerning acceptance of projects...

Demand Management in New York City
The paper discusses the New York City municipal waater supply system and the various methods being utilized to reduce aggregate demand. Subjects covered include water consumption, metering,...

Regional Water Supply Management in Southern New Hampshire
This paper presents the findings and recommendations of the Southern New Hamsphire Water Supply Study regarding regional water supply management in the study area. The study area includes...

Field Investigation for Leachate Flow in a Landfill
Field investigation for leachate flow was done for the Fresh Kills landfill at Staten Island, New York. The leachate monitoring program included data collection from the field for a six...

Stormwater Quality Issues for Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish has a unique set obstacles to overcome in the operation of the drainage system. Situated in a coastal area and surrounded by water, the area has been developed through...

Beach Politics?The Importance of Informed, Local Support for Beach Restoration Projects
The increasing utilization of our coastal areas by people and the development attendant to it have resulted in attempts to maintain or stabilize shorelines. In this paper the author emphasizes...

The Use of Computer Mapping to Establish Historical Erosion Rates and Coastal Cosntruction Setbacks in New Jersey
New Jersey's Rules on Coastal Zone Management define coastal policies which guide public decisions about significant proposed development and management of resources of New Jersey's coastal...

 

 

 

 

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