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Modeling Fort Ord Site OU2's Remediation System Using Optimization
Fort Ord.s Site OU2 is located approximately 80 miles south of San Francisco near Monterey Bay in Monterey County, California. Fort Ord contains two landfills which were used for residential...

History of the USDA-ARS Experimental Watersheds on the Washita River, Oklahoma
A national experimental watershed network, operated by the Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture, was established in 1959 to conduct research on the effects...

Challenges in Drinking Water Distribution Systems Security Modeling
This paper is on challenges in drinking water distribution systems security modeling connected to OCMS, addressing research and practical issues coming-out from two recent activities which...

Characterization of Particle Class Sizes Associated with Indicator Organisms in Stormwater
The presence of pathogen indicators is the leading cause of water body impairment in the United States, accounting for over 15% of the waters currently requiring TMDL development (USEPA,...

Simulation/Optimization Modeling Post-Audits
S/O models have long been used to compute optimal strategies for user-specified optimization problems. It is useful to provide a retrospective of two S/O modeling applications, and how...

Characterizing the Pathways and Characteristics of Nutrients Discharging from Ground-Water to Surface Water
Any investigation of surface-water quality for a lake or pond requires accurate estimates of the contributing contaminant or nutrient loads. In many cases, inflow from the adjacent ground...

Characterization of Interaction of Surface Water and Groundwater in the El Paso Lower Valley of Texas
El Paso is located in the Chihuahua desert and prone to long periods of extreme drought. With the river drought, regional irrigation districts only received 34% and 38%of a full water...

Drinking Water Distribution Systems: A Dual-Use Vision for Implementing an Environmental Observatory for an Engineered System
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7, has been tasked as the lead federal agency in protecting water infrastructure in the U.S....

Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) Operation in Wastewater Treatment Plants
Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) Operation Wastewater Treatment Plants instructs readers in the theory, equipment, and practical techniques needed to optimize BNR in varied environments,...

Summary and Analysis of Findings
The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overall perspective of water resources planning being conducted in the fifty states of the United States. Commonalities, variances, and highlights...

Suggested Components of a State Water Resources Plan
The purpose of this chapter is to present the authors' views on: state water resources planning objectives, components of state water resources planning processes, and on...

State-by-State Water Resources Planning Profiles
This chapter contains water resources planning profiles for each of the 50 states (2004-2005). The profiles reflect a consideration of: water resources planning vision and goals; agencies...

Artificial Neural Networks in Water Supply Engineering
Prepared by the Water Supply Engineering Technical Committee of the Infrastructure Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE. ...

Calendar: 1991 Calendar
Featured bridges are: Smith Avenue High Bridge (MN); Waterville Bridge (PA); Redwood Falls Bridge (MN); Atlantic Beach/Morehead City Bridge (NC); Stokes County Bridge No. 197 (NC); Walter...

Calendar: A 1984 Calendar Illustrating National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks
Featured landmarks are: John A. Riebkubg Bridge (KY & OH); A Hydraulic Powered Inclined Plane of the Morris Canal; Buffalo Bill Dam (WY); The Philadelphia Municipal Water Supple...

Calendar: A 1982 Calendar Illustrating National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks
Featured landmarks are: The Erie Canal (NY); High Bridge (NY); The Joining of the Rails if the First Transcontinental Railroad (UT); Mormon Tabernacle (UT); Theodore Roosevelt Dam and...

Restoring Coastal Louisiana
Enhancing the Role of Engineering and Science in the Restoration Program
Louisiana's coastal wetlands represent a significant natural and economic resource for the state and the nation but have been disappearing at a rate of 25 to 35 square miles...

Natural Attenuation of Hazardous Wastes
Sponsored by the Natural Attenuation Task Committee of the Environmental and Multi-Media Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE. ...

Sea Change
Desalinated seawater�considered a novelty by the United States water treatment community just five years ago�is rapidly becoming a viable water resource in this country....

Light at the End of the Tunnel
As part of a comprehensive program to control combined sewer overflows in Richmond, Virginia, engineers designed a deep tunnel 5,900 feet long to store the polluted water during severe...

 

 

 

 

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