Recognizing Institutional Barriers in Regionalizing Water Supply Infrastructure
The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (District) is conducting a study to determine the feasibility of implementing expanded regional cooperation for future municipal and industrial...
Legal Issues Presented by the Regionalization of a Water System
The joint development of a water supply and related infrastructure ('regionalization') by independent municipal and private entities presents legal and institutional...
Incentives for Regionalization of Water Supply Infrastructure
Regionalization of water supply entails an agreement between two or more previously independent water suppliers wherein regionalization offers each something more than they could obtain...
Stormwater Management: Detention in Illinois
In 1987 the Illinois Department of Transportation contracted the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC) to perform a study to determine the effectiveness of the current accepted...
Key Environmental Development Issues
Those in the business community who may be affected by environmental factors include: buyers and sellers of businesses, existing facilities, and real property; their lenders, brokers,...
Developing a Wastewater Plan for an Urbanizing Area?The Case of Johnson County, Texas
Johnson County, Texas, is located south of Ft. Worth, Texas, and is influenced by the entire Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex, which has a population of more than 3 million people. In 1988 the...
Water Development Ideology: A New Status Quo
The old ideology of economic growth used to justify water resource development is no longer popular in the Southwest. A new ideology is developing, based on new circumstances....
Environmental Permitting a Major Expressway Facility in Florida
As general consultant to the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority, Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendoff (HNTB) was responsible for the environmental permitting required for...
Stormwater Management Planning for the Rush Creek Watershed, Arlington, Texas
Persistent planning focused through the City of Arlington and a Citizen Stormwater Management Implementation Committee has initiated the developed of a City stormwater management program...
Impacts of EPA Storm Water Regulations on the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
New storm water discharge permit application regulations proposed by EPA will have a significant impact on municipalities across the nation. Cities in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex are...
Land Use Considerations and the Siting of Water Facilities
Land uses are an important consideration of water districts in the process of facilities siting. The methodology used to evaluate land use sensitivities in a large pipeline alignment study...
On Obtaining Best Compromise Solutions for Municipal Water Use
Approaches to determine the 'best' use of available resources, including reuse of treated effluent streams have frequently relied on optimization techniques which...
Land-Water Management: Theory and Practice
Policies for land and water management should be consistent and coordinated. Traditionally, land use and water management decisions have been made by different levels of government and/or...
Fort Worth: Where the West Began with Water
This paper presents a historic overview of the impact the Trinity River has had on the development of Forth Worth with regard to fire protection, water supply and flood control....
The Dallas Floodway?Past and Present Successes in Flood Protection Benefits
This paper explores the history of the Dallas Floodway, past performance of the project under various flood conditions and, most recently, the present successes in flood protection provided...
Water Resources: Transfer of Development Rights
This paper addresses conflicts regarding development, land owners rights, accepted land development management practices, and community or public rights. It includes such issues as the...
Watermaster Administration of Texas State Waters
The State of Texas is developing a watermaster program which will enable the State to administer water right issues on a regional basis. A primary role of a watermaster operation is to...
Creating a Transportation Microcomputer User's Group in Mid-Michigan: Organizational Issues and Opportunities
This paper describes the Mid-Michigan Transportation Microcomputer User's Group. Purposes of the User's Group include promoting demonstrations and evaluations...
How Microcomputer Transportation Networks Can Shift Institutional Relationships Between Governmental Agencies
This paper describes the current institutional and microcomputer relationships in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan region; identifies how emerging microcomputer linkages have affected...
Regional Traffic Assessment for Major Growth
This paper presents the methodology and findings of a major regional transportation analysis. The results of the study lead to the development of a Transportation Improvement Plan for...
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