US Water Cleanup Program Speeds Up�But Still Much Red Tape
Since Congress enacted the Federal Pollution Control Amendments (P.L. 92-500) in 1972, little progress has been made in cleaning up the nation's waters. In fact, public dollars...
Flow Equalization�Plus for Wastewater Treatment Plants
Flow equalization is important in maintaining optimum level performance in chemical water treatment plants. One way to do this is to build storage tanks upstream to regulate flow instead...
What's New in Water Treatment�
The Safe Drinking Water Act recently passed by Congress will have a definite impact on water treatment methods and especially on new standards and the monitoring thereof. Many have felt...
Local Land Use Control Over Critical Areas
Some people advocate land-use plans that ban development in environmentally critical areas. But courts are overturning such regulations because they take land without compensation. Better...
The Sinking of the Amsterdam Metro
Subway construction was not practical in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, until this new placement technique. Most of the buildings in Amsterdam rest on old, untreated wooden piles that would...
Protection of Piles: Steel, Concrete, Wood
Normal construction materials have a very limited life when placed in a corrosive soil or water environment; steel rusts, concrete spalls, and wood rots (if the insects don't...
Will Industry Meet Water-Quality Goals�
What impact will the 1972 Water Pollution Control Act Amendments (PL 92-500) have on American industry? Able to cope with 1977 requirement to install best practicable technology (BPT)?...
Modeling Techniques
Proceedings of the Symposium on Modeling Techniques held in San Francisco, California, September 3-5, 1975. Sponsored by the Waterways, Harbors, and Coastal Engineering Division of ASCE....
Watershed Management
Proceedings of the Symposium conducted by the Committee on Watershed Management of the Irrigation and Drainage Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, held at Utah State University,...
Irrigation & Drainage in an Age of Competition for Resources
Proceedings of A Specialty Conference conducted by the Irrigation and Drainage Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, held in Logan, Utah, August 13-15, 1975. Sponsored by...
Regional Earth Science Information in Local Water Management (Earth Science Information Needs in Local Control Master Planning)
This report contains the findings of an ASCE projects conducted for the USGS San Francisco Bay Region Survey. It covers a broad range of topics, including urban water management and planning...
Pipeline Design for Water and Wastewater
Contribution of Irrigation and Drainage to the World Food Supply
Proceedings of the Contribution of Irrigation and Drainage to the World Food Supply Specialty Conference held in Biloxi, Mississippi, August 14-16, 1974. Sponsored by the Irrigation and...
Residential Storm Water Management
Objectives, Principles & Design Considerations
This joint report examines the objectives, principles, and design considerations to be applied to the development of stormwater management systems to serve residential communities. Based...
Civil Engineering Education
Related to Engineering Practice and to the Nation's Needs
The primary emphasis is on programs and requirements for planning / design / construction / operation of facilities for transportation, water supply and control, environmental protection,...
Urban Runoff
Quantity & Quality
Proceedings of the Research Conference, Urban Runoff: Quantity and Quality, held at Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, New Hampshire, August 11-16, 1974. Sponsored by the Engineering Foundation...
Preprints of Conference Proceedings of ASCE National Meeting on Water Resources Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, 1974
The preprints were provided for the purpose of convenient distribution of information at the convention. Both author and subject indexes are provided in the beginning of volume 2117-2150....
Consumptive Use of Water and Irrigation Water Requirements
The purpose of
Selected Papers from Agricultural and Urban Considerations in Irrigation and Drainage Specialty Conference
Proceedings of the Agricultural and Urban Considerations in Irrigation and Drainage Specialty Conference, held in Fort Collins, Colorado, April 22-24, 1973. Sponsored by the Irrigation...
Performance of Earth and Earth-Supported Structures
Proceedings of the Specialty Conference on Performance of Earth and Earth-Supported Structures held at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, June 11-14, 1972. Sponsored by the School...
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